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  1. Radiation Enhanced Absorption of Frank Loops by Nanovoids in Cu

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    Chen, Youxing; Zhang, Xinghang; Wang, Jian

    Neutron and heavy ion irradiation generally induces voids in metallic materials, and continuous radiations typically result in void swelling and mechanical failure of the irradiated materials. Recent experiments showed that nanovoids in nanotwinned copper could act as sinks for radiation-induced Frank loops, significantly mitigating radiation damage [Y. Chen et al., Nat. Commun. 6:7036 (2015)]. In this paper, we report on structural evolution of Frank loops under cascades and address the role of nanovoids in absorbing Frank loops in detail by using molecular dynamics simulations. Results show that a stand-alone Frank loop is stable under cascades. When Frank loops are adjacentmore » to nanovoids, the diffusion of a group of atoms from the loop into nanovoids is accomplished via the formation and propagation of dislocation loops. The loop-nanovoid interactions result in the shrinkage of the nanovoids and the Frank loops.« less

  2. Radiation Enhanced Absorption of Frank Loops by Nanovoids in Cu

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    Chen, Youxing; Zhang, Xinghang; Wang, Jian

    2016-11-01

    Neutron and heavy ion irradiation generally induces voids in metallic materials, and continuous radiations typically result in void swelling and mechanical failure of the irradiated materials. Recent experiments showed that nanovoids in nanotwinned copper could act as sinks for radiation-induced Frank loops, significantly mitigating radiation damage [Y. Chen et al., Nat. Commun. 6:7036 (2015)]. In this paper, we report on structural evolution of Frank loops under cascades and address the role of nanovoids in absorbing Frank loops in detail by using molecular dynamics simulations. Results show that a stand-alone Frank loop is stable under cascades. When Frank loops are adjacentmore » to nanovoids, the diffusion of a group of atoms from the loop into nanovoids is accomplished via the formation and propagation of dislocation loops. The loop-nanovoid interactions result in the shrinkage of the nanovoids and the Frank loops.« less

  3. Numerical analysis of stress effects on Frank loop evolution during irradiation in austenitic Fe&z.sbnd;Cr&z.sbnd;Ni alloy

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    Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Katoh, Yutai; Kohyama, Akira

    1995-08-01

    Effects of applied stress on early stages of interstitial type Frank loop evolution were investigated by both numerical calculation and irradiation experiments. The final objective of this research is to propose a comprehensive model of complex stress effects on microstructural evolution under various conditions. In the experimental part of this work, the microstructural analysis revealed that the differences in resolved normal stress caused those in the nucleation rates of Frank loops on {111} crystallographic family planes, and that with increasing external applied stress the total nucleation rate of Frank loops was increased. A numerical calculation was carried out primarily to evaluate the validity of models of stress effects on nucleation processes of Frank loop evolution. The calculation stands on rate equuations which describe evolution of point defects, small points defect clusters and Frank loops. The rate equations of Frank loop evolution were formulated for {111} planes, considering effects of resolved normal stress to clustering processes of small point defects and growth processes of Frank loops, separately. The experimental results and the predictions from the numerical calculation qualitatively coincided well with each other.

  4. Stability of disclination loop in pure twist nematic liquid crystals

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    Kadivar, Erfan

    2018-04-01

    In this work, the annihilations dynamics and stability of disclination loop in a bulk pure twist nematic liquid crystal are investigated. This work is based on the Frank free energy and the nematodynamics equations. The energy dissipation is calculated by using two methods. In the first method, the energy dissipation is obtained from the Frank free energy. In the second method, it is calculated by using the nematodynamics equations. Finally, we derive a critical radius of disclination loop that above this radius, loop creation is energetically forbidden.

  5. Limitations of Dower's inverse transform for the study of atrial loops during atrial fibrillation.

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    Guillem, María S; Climent, Andreu M; Bollmann, Andreas; Husser, Daniela; Millet, José; Castells, Francisco

    2009-08-01

    Spatial characteristics of atrial fibrillatory waves have been extracted by using a vectorcardiogram (VCG) during atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the VCG is usually not recorded in clinical practice and atrial loops are derived from the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). We evaluated the suitability of the reconstruction of orthogonal leads from the 12-lead ECG for fibrillatory waves in AF. We used the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt diagnostic ECG database, which contains 15 simultaneously recorded signals (12-lead ECG and three Frank orthogonal leads) of 13 patients during AF. Frank leads were derived from the 12-lead ECG by using Dower's inverse transform. Derived leads were then compared to true Frank leads in terms of the relative error achieved. We calculated the orientation of AF loops of both recorded orthogonal leads and derived leads and measured the difference in estimated orientation. Also, we investigated the relationship of errors in derivation with fibrillatory wave amplitude, frequency, wave residuum, and fit to a plane of the AF loops. Errors in derivation of AF loops were 68 +/- 31% and errors in the estimation of orientation were 35.85 +/- 20.43 degrees . We did not find any correlation among these errors and amplitude, frequency, or other parameters. In conclusion, Dower's inverse transform should not be used for the derivation of orthogonal leads from the 12-lead ECG for the analysis of fibrillatory wave loops in AF. Spatial parameters obtained after this derivation may differ from those obtained from recorded orthogonal leads.

  6. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. Competition in the Local Loop Section. Papers.

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    Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Inc., Washington, DC.

    Four papers consider competition, new technology and economics of local telephone companies in a deregulated environment: (1) "An Engineering and Policy Analysis of Fiber Introduction into the Residential Subscriber Loop" (Marvin Sirbu, Frank Ferrante, and David Reed); (2) "Competition in the Local Loop: Pricing Carrier Access"…

  7. Microstructural evolution of NF709 (20Cr–25Ni–1.5MoNbTiN) under neutron irradiation

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    Kim, Byoungkoo; Tan, Lizhen; Xu, C.

    In this study, because of its superior creep and corrosion resistance as compared with general austenitic stainless steels, NF709 has emerged as a candidate structural material for advanced nuclear reactors. To obtain fundamental information about the radiation resistance of this material, this study examined the microstructural evolution of NF709 subjected to neutron irradiation to 3 displacements per atom at 500 °C. Transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and high-energy x-ray diffraction were employed to characterize radiation-induced segregation, Frank loops, voids, as well as the formation and reduction of precipitates. Radiation hardening of ~76% was estimated by nanoindentation, approximately consistent withmore » the calculation according to the dispersed barrier-hardening model, suggesting Frank loops as the primary hardening source.« less

  8. Microstructural evolution of NF709 (20Cr–25Ni–1.5MoNbTiN) under neutron irradiation

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    Kim, Byoungkoo; Tan, Lizhen; Xu, C.; ...

    2015-12-30

    In this study, because of its superior creep and corrosion resistance as compared with general austenitic stainless steels, NF709 has emerged as a candidate structural material for advanced nuclear reactors. To obtain fundamental information about the radiation resistance of this material, this study examined the microstructural evolution of NF709 subjected to neutron irradiation to 3 displacements per atom at 500 °C. Transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and high-energy x-ray diffraction were employed to characterize radiation-induced segregation, Frank loops, voids, as well as the formation and reduction of precipitates. Radiation hardening of ~76% was estimated by nanoindentation, approximately consistent withmore » the calculation according to the dispersed barrier-hardening model, suggesting Frank loops as the primary hardening source.« less

  9. Evolution of ion damage at 773K in Ni- containing concentrated solid-solution alloys

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    Shi, Shi; He, Mo-Rigen; Jin, Ke; ...

    2018-01-10

    Quantitative analysis of the impact of the compositional complexity in a series of Ni-containing concentrated solid-solution alloys, Ni, NiCo, NiFe, NiCoCr, NiCoFeCr, NiCoFeCrMn and NiCoFeCrPd, on the evolution of defects produced by 1 MeV Kr ion irradiation at 773 K is reported in this paper. The dynamics of the evolution of the damage structure during irradiation to a dose of 2 displacements per atom were observed directly by performing the ion irradiations in electron transparent foils in a transmission electron microscope coupled to an ion accelerator. The defect evolution was assessed through measurement of the defect density, defect size andmore » fraction of perfect and Frank loops. These three parameters were dependent on the alloying element as well as the number of elements. The population of loops was sensitive to the ion dose and alloy composition as faulted Frank loops were observed to unfault to perfect loops with increasing ion dose. Finally, these dependences are explained in terms of the influence of each element on the lifetime of the displacement cascade as well as on defect formation and migration energies.« less

  10. Evolution of ion damage at 773K in Ni- containing concentrated solid-solution alloys

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    Shi, Shi; He, Mo-Rigen; Jin, Ke

    Quantitative analysis of the impact of the compositional complexity in a series of Ni-containing concentrated solid-solution alloys, Ni, NiCo, NiFe, NiCoCr, NiCoFeCr, NiCoFeCrMn and NiCoFeCrPd, on the evolution of defects produced by 1 MeV Kr ion irradiation at 773 K is reported in this paper. The dynamics of the evolution of the damage structure during irradiation to a dose of 2 displacements per atom were observed directly by performing the ion irradiations in electron transparent foils in a transmission electron microscope coupled to an ion accelerator. The defect evolution was assessed through measurement of the defect density, defect size andmore » fraction of perfect and Frank loops. These three parameters were dependent on the alloying element as well as the number of elements. The population of loops was sensitive to the ion dose and alloy composition as faulted Frank loops were observed to unfault to perfect loops with increasing ion dose. Finally, these dependences are explained in terms of the influence of each element on the lifetime of the displacement cascade as well as on defect formation and migration energies.« less

  11. Bit Synchronization with Cross Spectrum Synchronization Loop. Attachment III.

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    1981-10-01

    AO-AII 1 ICMCR AAE~C BIT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CROSS SPECTRUM SYNCHRONIZATION LOOP .A_ ETC(U) O’ASFE CT A1 R A MA A 6. A C LINDSEY, C M CHIE NOOOI𔃾...BUR[AU OF STANOARDS 196.- A I~I -I I I Yinwoa on. IAoalt [ S0Box0 2793D, Pasadena Calif 91105 82 03 09098 I7- ATTACHMENT III BIT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH...CROSS SPECTRUM SYNCHRONIZATION LOOP I ’I PREPARED FOR NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20375 .Jr TECHNICAL MONITOR: MR. MORT FRANK I CONTRACT

  12. Energetics analysis of interstitial loops in single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys

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    Wang, Xin-Xin; Niu, Liang-Liang; Wang, Shaoqing

    2018-04-01

    Systematic energetics analysis on the shape preference, relative stability and radiation-induced segregation of interstitial loops in nickel-containing single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys have been conducted using atomistic simulations. It is shown that the perfect loops prefer rhombus shape for its low potential energy, while the Frank faulted loops favor ellipse for its low potential energy and the possible large configurational entropy. The decrease of stacking fault energy with increasing compositional complexity provides the energetic driving force for the formation of faulted loops, which, in conjunction with the kinetic factors, explains the experimental observation that the fraction of faulted loops rises with increasing compositional complexity. Notably, the kinetics is primarily responsible for the absence of faulted loops in nickel-cobalt with a very low stacking fault energy. We further demonstrate that the simultaneous nickel enrichment and iron/chromium depletion on interstitial loops can be fully accounted for by their energetics.

  13. Enhanced damage resistance and novel defect structure of CrFeCoNi under in situ electron irradiation

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    He, Mo -Rigen; Wang, Shuai; Jin, Ke

    Defect production and growth in CrFeCoNi, a single-phase concentrated solid solution alloy, is characterized using in situ electron irradiation inside a transmission electron microscope operated at 400–1250 kV and 400 °C. All observed defects are interstitial-type, either elliptical Frank loops or polygonal (mostly rhombus) perfect loops. Both forms of loops in CrFeCoNi exhibit a sublinear power law of growth that is > 40 times slower than the linear defect growth in pure Ni. Lastly, this result shows how compositional complexity impacts the production of Frenkel pairs and the agglomeration of interstitials into loops, and, thus, enhances the radiation tolerance.

  14. Enhanced damage resistance and novel defect structure of CrFeCoNi under in situ electron irradiation

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    He, Mo -Rigen; Wang, Shuai; Jin, Ke; ...

    2016-07-25

    Defect production and growth in CrFeCoNi, a single-phase concentrated solid solution alloy, is characterized using in situ electron irradiation inside a transmission electron microscope operated at 400–1250 kV and 400 °C. All observed defects are interstitial-type, either elliptical Frank loops or polygonal (mostly rhombus) perfect loops. Both forms of loops in CrFeCoNi exhibit a sublinear power law of growth that is > 40 times slower than the linear defect growth in pure Ni. Lastly, this result shows how compositional complexity impacts the production of Frenkel pairs and the agglomeration of interstitials into loops, and, thus, enhances the radiation tolerance.

  15. Reassessing Diagrams of Cardiac Mechanics: From Otto Frank and Ernest Starling to Hiroyuki Suga.

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    Kuhtz-Buschbeck, Johann-Peter; Lie, Reidar K; Schaefer, Jochen; Wilder, Nicolaus

    2016-01-01

    This article explores the importance of diagrams in the history of the understanding of cardiac function, by comparing Ernest Starling's famous "Law of the Heart" (1918) with the mathematically based view of cardiac mechanics put forward by Otto Frank (1897). Whereas Frank's diagrams gained influence in German cardio-physiological publications, they were widely unknown abroad until 1969, when Hiroyuki Suga began to present similar approaches for warm-blooded animals as Frank had done for the frog. Suga succeeded in correlating the pressure volume area (PVA)-a composite of Frank's work loop plus the area of remaining potential energy-with the oxygen consumption of the beating heart. With the concept of time-varying elastance as an index of cardiac contractility, Suga's approach became attractive for clinical applications, and Daniel Burkhoff and colleagues were able to use these insights for real-time, interactive simulations of the cardiovascular system. Such tools can be used for exploring basic hemodynamic principles and, thanks to technical developments of miniature pumps within the same time frame (Καιρός, the "right moment," or "the opportune"), to test the effects of device-based treatment for heart failure. These outcomes confirm that old analyses of the heart's activity may still be useful today.

  16. Microstructural evolution of type 304 and 316 stainless steels under neutron irradiation at LWR relevant conditions

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    Tan, Lizhen; Stoller, Roger E.; Field, Kevin G.

    Extension of light water reactors' useful life will expose austenitic internal core components to irradiation damage levels beyond 100 displacements per atom (dpa), which will lead to profound microstructural evolution and consequent degradation of macroscopic properties. Microstructural evolution, including Frank loops, cavities, precipitates, and segregation at boundaries and the resultant radiation hardening in type 304 and 316 stainless steel (SS) variants, were studied in this work via experimental characterization and multiple simulation methods. Experimental data for up to 40 heats of type 304SS and 316SS variants irradiated in different reactors to 0.6–120 dpa at 275–375°C were either generated from thismore » work or collected from literature reports. These experimental data were then combined with models of Frank loop and cavity evolution, computational thermodynamics and precipitation, and ab initio and rate theory integrated radiation-induced segregation models to provide insights into microstructural evolution and degradation at higher radiation doses.« less

  17. Microstructural evolution of type 304 and 316 stainless steels under neutron irradiation at LWR relevant conditions

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    Tan, Lizhen; Stoller, Roger E.; Field, Kevin G.; ...

    2015-12-11

    Extension of light water reactors' useful life will expose austenitic internal core components to irradiation damage levels beyond 100 displacements per atom (dpa), which will lead to profound microstructural evolution and consequent degradation of macroscopic properties. Microstructural evolution, including Frank loops, cavities, precipitates, and segregation at boundaries and the resultant radiation hardening in type 304 and 316 stainless steel (SS) variants, were studied in this work via experimental characterization and multiple simulation methods. Experimental data for up to 40 heats of type 304SS and 316SS variants irradiated in different reactors to 0.6–120 dpa at 275–375°C were either generated from thismore » work or collected from literature reports. These experimental data were then combined with models of Frank loop and cavity evolution, computational thermodynamics and precipitation, and ab initio and rate theory integrated radiation-induced segregation models to provide insights into microstructural evolution and degradation at higher radiation doses.« less

  18. Normal limits of pediatric Frank lead electrocardiograms. Differences in data obtained in 4th or 5th intercostal spaces.

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    Robert, A; Derwael-Barchy, C; Fesler, R; Brasseur, L A; Brohet, C R

    1984-01-01

    Frank lead electrocardiograms (VCGs) were recorded from 970 young subjects in order to establish normal limits for pediatric VCGs. In 245 children and 231 adolescents, the thoracic electrodes were located at the levels of the 4th and of the 5th intercostal space with subjects in supine position. Pairwise comparisons of 211 linear and angular parameters were made, using the 4th interspace as the reference. In children, there were 155 parameters with statistically significant differences and 56 parameters without significant differences between levels 4 and 5. In adolescents, corresponding figures were 158 parameters with significant differences and 53 without. Results for selected measurements showed an increase of the amplitude of Q and R waves in leads X and Y, a decrease of Q and R waves in lead Z and an increase of maximal spatial and planar QRS vectors, with the QRS loop being more anteriorly oriented by shifting the electrodes from level 4 to level 5. The mean differences in amplitude and orientation were generally small and of little practical value. However, the percentile distribution of the differences indicated that substantial changes in either direction can occur in some subjects. Thus, quantitative analysis of the pediatric Frank VCGs can be critically affected by modification of electrode placement. It is suggested that normal limits should be determined for each recording level and that criteria for analysis should be applied only to VCGs recorded at the same specified level.

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  20. Communication Environments for Local Networks.

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    1982-12-01

    San Francisco, February-March 1979, pp.272.275. [Frank 75] Frank, H., I. Gitman , and R. Van Slyke, "Packet radio system - Network * -considerations...34 in AFIPS Conference Proceedings, Volume 44: National Computer Conference, Anaheim, Calif., May 1975, pp. 217-231. [Frank 76a] Frank, H., I. Gitman ...Local, Regional and Larger Scale Integrated Networks, Volume 2, 4 February 1976. [Frank 76b] Frank, H., I. Gitman , and R. Van Slyke, Local and Regional

  1. Bilateral ureteric stones: an unusual cause of acute kidney injury.

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    Sumner, Daniel; Rehnberg, Lucas; Kler, Aaron

    2016-03-30

    A 49-year-old man presented to the accident and emergency department, with a short history of vague abdominal pain, abdominal distension and two episodes of frank haematuria. A plain chest film showed dilated loops of large bowel and blood results on admission showed an acute kidney injury (stage 3). A diagnosis of bowel obstruction was made initially but a CT scan of the abdomen showed bilateral obstructing calculi. After initial resuscitation, the patient had bilateral ultrasound-guided nephrostomies and haemofiltration. He later underwent bilateral antegrade ureteric stenting. A decision will later be made on whether or not he is fit enough to undergo ureteroscopy and laser stone fragmentation. 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

  2. Memories of Fort Valley from 1938 to 1942

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    Frank H. Wadsworth

    2008-01-01

    This delightful essay records Frank Wadsworth's early forestry career at FVEF in the late 1930s. Frank married Margaret Pearson, G.A. and May Pearson's daughter, in 1941. Pearson believed Frank could not continue to work for him because of nepotism rules, so Frank and Margaret moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1942 where Frank continued his forestry career....

  3. Memories of Fort Valley From 1938 to 1942 (P-53)

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    Frank H. Wadsworth

    2008-01-01

    This delightful essay records Frank Wadsworth’s early forestry career at FVEF in the late 1930s. Frank married Margaret Pearson, G.A. and May Pearson’s daughter, in 1941. Pearson believed Frank could not continue to work for him because of nepotism rules, so Frank and Margaret moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1942 where Frank continued his forestry career. His...

  4. Annealing effect on microstructural recovery in 316L and A533B

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    Hashimoto, N.; Goto, S.; Inoue, S.; Suzuki, E.

    2017-11-01

    An austenitic model alloy (316L) and a low alloy steel (A533B) were exposed to constant or fluctuating temperature after electron irradiation to a cumulative damage level of 1 displacement per atom. 316L model alloy was exposed to LWR operating temperature during electron irradiation, and were exposed to a higher temperature at a high heating and cooling rates. The annealing experiment after irradiation to 316L resulted in the change in irradiation-induced microstructure; both the size and the number density of Frank loop and black dots were decreased, while the volume fraction of void was increased. In the case of A533B, the aging experiment after electron irradiation resulted in the shrinkage or the disappearance of black dots and the growth of dislocation loops. It is suggested that during annealing and/or aging at a high temperature the excess vacancies could be provided and flew into each defect feature, resulting in that interstitial type feature could be diminished, while vacancy type increased in volume fraction if exists.

  5. Maniac Talk - Frank Cepollina

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    2015-08-28

    Frank Cepollina Maniac Lecture, August 28, 2015 Frank Cepollina, 2003 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee, presented a Maniac lecture entitled "Servicing and NASA." Frank gave a rundown of his career in servicing spacecraft going back to 1970 and talked about the future of servicing and scientific missions working together in the future.

  6. Embedded control system for computerized franking machine

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    Shi, W. M.; Zhang, L. B.; Xu, F.; Zhan, H. W.

    2007-12-01

    This paper presents a novel control system for franking machine. A methodology for operating a franking machine using the functional controls consisting of connection, configuration and franking electromechanical drive is studied. A set of enabling technologies to synthesize postage management software architectures driven microprocessor-based embedded systems is proposed. The cryptographic algorithm that calculates mail items is analyzed to enhance the postal indicia accountability and security. The study indicated that the franking machine is reliability, performance and flexibility in printing mail items.

  7. Effects of Neutron Irradiation and Post-irradiation Annealing on the Microstructure of HT-UPS Stainless Steel

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    Xu, Chi; Chen, Wei-Ying; Zhang, Xuan

    Microstructural changes resulted from neutron irradiation and post-irradiation annealing in a high-temperature ultra-fine precipitate strengthened (HT-UPS) stainless steel were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atom probe tomography (APT). Three HT-UPS samples were neutron-irradiated to 3 dpa at 500 °C, and after irradiation, two of them were annealed for 1 h at 600 °C and 700 °C, respectively. Frank dislocation loops were the dominant defect structure in both the as-irradiated and 600 °C post-irradiation-annealed (PIAed) samples, and the loop sizes and densities were similar in these two samples. Unfaulted dislocation loops were observed in the 700 °C PIAed sample, and the loop density was greatly reducedmore » in comparison with that in the as-irradiated sample. Nano-sized MX precipitates were observed under TEM in the 700 °C PIAed sample, but not in the 600 °C PIAed or the as-irradiated samples. The titanium-rich clusters were identified in all three samples using APT. The post-irradiation annealing (PIA) caused the growth of the Ti-rich clusters with a stronger effect at 700 °C than at 600 °C. The irradiation caused elemental segregations at the grain boundary and the grain interior, and the grain boundary segregation behavior is consistent with observations in other irradiated austenitic steels. APT results showed that PIA reduced the magnitude of irradiation induced segregations.« less

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  12. When Deriving the Spatial QRS-T Angle from the 12-lead ECG, which Transform is More Frank: Regression or Inverse Dower?

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    Schlegel, Todd T.; Cortez, Daniel

    2010-01-01

    Our primary objective was to ascertain which commonly used 12-to-Frank-lead transformation yields spatial QRS-T angle values closest to those obtained from simultaneously collected true Frank-lead recordings. Simultaneous 12-lead and Frank XYZ-lead recordings were analyzed for 100 post-myocardial infarction patients and 50 controls. Relative agreement, with true Frank-lead results, of 12-to-Frank-lead transformed results for the spatial QRS-T angle using Kors regression versus inverse Dower was assessed via ANOVA, Lin s concordance and Bland-Altman plots. Spatial QRS-T angles from the true Frank leads were not significantly different than those derived from the Kors regression-related transformation but were significantly smaller than those derived from the inverse Dower-related transformation (P less than 0.001). Independent of method, spatial mean QRS-T angles were also always significantly larger than spatial maximum (peaks) QRS-T angles. Spatial QRS-T angles are best approximated by regression-related transforms. Spatial mean and spatial peaks QRS-T angles should also not be used interchangeably.

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    2014-03-03

    Society of America, (12 2012): 2643. doi: Christopher F. Neese, Ivan R. Medvedev, Grant M. Plummer, Aaron J. Frank, Christopher D. Ball, Frank C. De...NCNCS in view of quantum monodromy, Physical Chem Chem Physics, (02 2010): . doi: Ivan R. Medvedev, Christopher F. Neese, Grant M. Plummer, Frank C...Christopher F. Neese, Frank C. De Lucia, Ivan R. Medvedev, Bob D. Guenther . Terahertz Signature Modeling for Kill Assessment and Warhead Materials

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  15. Obituary: Frank Culver Jones, 1932-2007

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    Ormes, Johnathan F.; Streitmatter, Robert E.

    2007-12-01

    Frank C. Jones, an emeritus theoretical physicist at NASA, died May 2, 2007 at age 74 after a struggle with a rare form of cancer. He died at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, surrounded by his family. Frank was born July 30, 1932 in Fort Worth, Texas, the oldest of three boys. His parents were Kenneth Hugh and Nancy Culver Jones. Frank's father was a lawyer, and his grandfather was a Methodist minister. Frank graduated from Rice University in 1954 and earned a master's degree in 1955 and a doctorate in 1961, both in physics, from the University of Chicago. He did his graduate work with Prof. John Simpson. Dr. Jones began his professional career as an instructor in physics at Princeton University before joining NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in 1963 as a National Research Council associate. He subsequently became a member of the Theory Division and the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics. His area of expertise was the origin, transport, and electromagnetic interactions of cosmic rays. His particular focus was the stochastic physics related to the diffusion of particles in random fields, plasma turbulence, and the shock acceleration of charged particles in collisionless plasmas. From 1993 to 1995, Frank was head of Goddard's Theoretical High Energy Astrophysics Office and continued to serve as Head of the Theory group. In 2003 he served as Acting Chief of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics. He retired in 2005 and continued his affiliation with NASA as an emeritus scientist at Goddard until his death. As a youngster, Frank showed the signs of curiosity and initiative that indicated he might become an experimentalist. At the memorial service for Frank, his brother related the stories of how Frank had rigged a hidden microphone to play through the family television as his brother courted a young woman on the front porch swing, and how one of Frank's early chemistry experiments caused all the family silverware to turn black. Although Frank started his professional career as an experimentalist, his wife Ardythe says he didn't become really happy until he turned to theoretical work after his postdoctoral appointment at Princeton. Frank, with characteristic good humor, was not averse to telling his experimentalist friends that, after attempting balloon-borne experiments, he decided he was better suited to theoretical work. In more than four decades of research at NASA, Dr. Jones made a number of pioneering contributions to his area of expertise, regularly attending and presenting his work at the biannual International Cosmic Ray Conferences sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). He was known among his colleagues for his low-key presentations that demonstrated his deep understanding of the fundamentals of broad areas of physics far removed from cosmic radiation. This knowledge, combined with his friendly, generous, and open personality, meant that he was much sought after for his insight, advice, and wisdom on physics generally. He authored a paper on Compton scattering--the decrease in energy of a high energy photon when it interacts with matter--that is still widely used (Jones, F. C. Physics Review. 167, p. 1159, 1968). His works on acceleration of particles at oblique shocks with M. Baring and D. Ellison (Advances in Space Research, 15, #8/9, p. 397, 1995 & Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 90, p. 547, 1994.) are essential references in the field. Frank's review paper with D. Ellison in Space Science Reviews is considered one of the classics in the field of particle acceleration (Space Science Reviews, 58, p. 259, 1992). Frank was never afraid to look at an unconventional idea. When scientists were searching for evidence of tachyons, Frank looked into the kind of Cherenkov radiation they might produce (Jones, F. C. Physics Review D, 6, p. 2727, 1972). Don Ellison, Professor at North Carolina State University and one of Frank's most productive graduate students, told us that Frank had an astonishing memory. Don said he used to visit with Frank after lunch to discuss progress on his dissertation and get advice. He would think that Frank was dozing off and not listening to his report. However, he would find that many weeks or even months later Frank would remember the conversation and quote it back to him long after he had forgotten the encounter. Frank's colleagues were also the beneficiaries of this recall ability in informal settings. An avid fan of vintage movies, Frank could recall a scene from movies released long ago to draw an analogy or encapsulate a pertinent idea for any point of discussion that happened to be on the table. Frank was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1974 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996, being cited for "theoretical investigations of propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium." Frank took his turn at public service duties. He was elected by his peers to a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the Cosmic Physics Division (now the Astrophysics Division) of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1980. He served the APS as Council Member from 1994 until 1997, as a member and chair of the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws 1996-1998, and as its Chair in 1997. Frank chaired the Publications Committee responsible for the volumes of the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference in La Jolla, California, in 1985, as well as serving on the conference steering committee. In 1987, when COSNEWS, the Newsletter of the Cosmic Ray Commission of the IUPAP, needed a new Editor and Publisher, Frank volunteered and served until 2002. Frank loved computer technology and was highly regarded in the laboratory as a helpful expert on this new technology as it grew and personal computers came to be found in every office. These sometimes incomprehensible new devices were well understood by Frank. He was always providing helpful advice to everyone from technicians to scientists and managers. This generosity resulted in his becoming the first senior research scientist to be honored with the Laboratory's Peer Award. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Ardythe Grube Jones of Silver Spring, Maryland, two children, Cheryl Mattis of Columbia and Timothy Jones of Silver Spring, two brothers, and four grandchildren.

  16. Microstructural characterization and density change of 304 stainless steel reflector blocks after long-term irradiation in EBR-II

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    Huang, Y.; Wiezorek, J. M. K.; Garner, F. A.; Freyer, P. D.; Okita, T.; Sagisaka, M.; Isobe, Y.; Allen, T. R.

    2015-10-01

    While thin reactor structural components such as cladding and ducts do not experience significant gradients in dpa rate, gamma heating rate, temperature or stress, thick components can develop strong local variations in void swelling and irradiation creep in response to gradients in these variables. In this study we conducted microstructural investigations by transmission electron microscopy of two 52 mm thick 304-type stainless steel hex-blocks irradiated for 12 years in the EBR-II reactor with accumulated doses ranging from ∼0.4 to 33 dpa. Spatial variations in the populations of voids, precipitates, Frank loops and dislocation lines have been determined for 304 stainless steel sections exposed to different temperatures, different dpa levels and at different dpa rates, demonstrating the existence of spatial gradients in the resulting void swelling. The microstructural measurements compare very well with complementary density change measurements regarding void swelling gradients in the 304 stainless steel hex-block components. The TEM studies revealed that the original cold-worked-state microstructure of the unirradiated blocks was completely erased by irradiation, replaced by high densities of interstitial Frank loops, voids and carbide precipitates at both the lowest and highest doses. At large dose levels the amount of volumetric void swelling correlated directly with the gamma heating gradient-related temperature increase (e.g. for 28 dpa, ∼2% swelling at 418 °C and ∼2.9% swelling at 448 °C). Under approximately iso-thermal local conditions, volumetric void swelling was found to increase with dose level (e.g. ∼0.2% swelling at 0.4 dpa, ∼0.5% swelling at 4 dpa and ∼2% swelling at 28 dpa). Carbide precipitate formation levels were found to be relatively independent of both dpa level and temperature and induced a measurable densification. Void swelling was dominant at the higher dose levels and caused measurable decreases in density. Void swelling at the lowest doses was larger than might be expected based on the dpa level, an observation in agreement with earlier studies showing that the onset of void swelling is accelerated by decreasing dpa rates.

  17. 77 FR 29705 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

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  18. 2. Context view showing FrankJensen Summer Home in foreground and ...

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    2. Context view showing Frank-Jensen Summer Home in foreground and new home under construction in background. Lake Wenatchee is visible in distance through the trees. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

  19. Frank Snodgrass 1920-1985

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    Munk, Walter

    Frank Snodgrass died this morning on his farm in Oregon. He had been my partner for 23 years prior to his retirement in 1976.So many oceanographic techniques that are taken for granted today were introduced by Frank. He pioneered digital recording. He was the first (in 1965) to drop gear in freefall to the sea floor for subsequent acoustic recall. I believe that he was the first to use a portable sea-going laboratory. We still use the frame of Frank's first model, which dates back over 20 years.

  20. "Frank" presentations as a novel research construct and element of diagnostic decision-making in autism spectrum disorder.

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    de Marchena, Ashley; Miller, Judith

    2017-04-01

    Many individuals with ASD have a distinctive behavioral presentation that is recognizable within moments, a phenomenon we call "frank" ASD. This phenomenon has been discussed informally for decades, perhaps as "classic" ASD; however, there is no unitary "classic" presentation, and classic autism does not seem to correspond to level of functioning. Thus, neither "frank" nor "classic" autism has been delineated or studied as a research construct. To initiate the empirical study of frank ASD, we surveyed 151 clinicians, from a range of disciplines that diagnose ASD, about this phenomenon. Respondents completed a 13-item questionnaire about frank ASD, which was analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Ninety-seven percentage of respondents were familiar with the phenomenon. Respondents estimated that 40% of the ASD population has a frank presentation. Respondents reported the most highly specific behaviors associated with frank presentations were a general sense of impaired reciprocity, quality of eye contact, atypical vocal prosody, presence of motor mannerisms, and atypical gait or posture. In general, respondents reported detecting frank features rapidly, with the majority forming their impressions within the first ten minutes of interaction or observation. Although unstudied empirically, "frank" presentations of ASD are familiar to diagnosing clinicians, and appear to be based on behaviors both central to ASD diagnostic criteria (e.g., impaired reciprocity), and absent from diagnostic criteria (e.g., atypical gait or posture). We discuss these findings within the context of diagnostic decision-making and behavioral phenotyping of ASD. Autism Res 2016,. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Autism Res 2017, 10: 653-662. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  1. 77 FR 35199 - Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements: Pre-Enactment and Transition Swaps

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

  2. High-velocity projectile impact induced 9R phase in ultrafine-grained aluminium.

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    Xue, Sichuang; Fan, Zhe; Lawal, Olawale B; Thevamaran, Ramathasan; Li, Qiang; Liu, Yue; Yu, K Y; Wang, Jian; Thomas, Edwin L; Wang, Haiyan; Zhang, Xinghang

    2017-11-21

    Aluminium typically deforms via full dislocations due to its high stacking fault energy. Twinning in aluminium, although difficult, may occur at low temperature and high strain rate. However, the 9R phase rarely occurs in aluminium simply because of its giant stacking fault energy. Here, by using a laser-induced projectile impact testing technique, we discover a deformation-induced 9R phase with tens of nm in width in ultrafine-grained aluminium with an average grain size of 140 nm, as confirmed by extensive post-impact microscopy analyses. The stability of the 9R phase is related to the existence of sessile Frank loops. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the formation mechanisms of the 9R phase in aluminium. This study sheds lights on a deformation mechanism in metals with high stacking fault energies.

  3. Thermomechanical treatment for improved neutron irradiation resistance of austenitic alloy (Fe-21Cr-32Ni)

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    L. Tan; J. T. Busby; H. J. M. Chichester

    2013-06-01

    An optimized thermomechanical treatment (TMT) applied to austenitic alloy 800H (Fe-21Cr-32Ni) had shown significant improvements in corrosion resistance and basic mechanical properties. This study examined its effect on radiation resistance by irradiating both the solution-annealed (SA) and TMT samples at 500 degrees C for 3 dpa. Microstructural characterization using transmission electron microscopy revealed that the radiation-induced Frank loops, voids, and y'-Ni3(Ti,Al) precipitates had similar sizes between the SA and TMT samples. The amounts of radiation-induced defects and more significantly y' precipitates, however, were reduced in the TMT samples. These reductions would approximately reduce by 40.9% the radiation hardening compared tomore » the SA samples. This study indicates that optimized-TMT is an economical approach for effective overall property improvements.« less

  4. Comparative Performance of Broadcast Bus Local Area Networks with Voice and Data Traffic

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    networks [Maxemchuk & Netravali 85, Weinstein & Forgie 831. Others have dealt with economic aspects of voice/data networks [ Gitman & Frank 78] and...88. North Holland, Amsterdam, 1981. [ Gitman & Frank 78] I. Gitman & H. Frank. Economic Analysis of Integrated Voice and Data Networks: A Case Study

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  9. Obituary: Frank K. Edmondson (1912-2008)

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    Pilachowski, Catherine A.; Olson, Margaret K. Edmondson; Edmondson, Frank K., Jr.

    2009-12-01

    Hanging in the basement of Kirkwood Observatory on the Indiana University campus is a battered sign, dated Aug 31, 1932, announcing "Indiana Univ. Eclipse Station." While the path of totality passed well north of Bloomington, IN, where only 80% of the Sun's disk was covered, the eclipse made a lasting impression on the young Frank Kelley Edmondson, then an undergraduate student at Indiana University. Frank was born on August 1, 1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Clarence Edward Edmondson and Marie (Kelley) Edmondson. Growing up in Seymour, Indiana, he became interested in astronomy at an early age, reading voraciously from the "Book of Knowledge" at an aunt's house (The Book of Knowledge Set of Encyclopedias). He learned magic and was acquainted with Blackstone, the magician. He took ballet lessons and performed with his brother. He was a YMCA Camp Counselor at Camp Bedford where he taught natural sciences to the campers. He worked one summer as a cook on an ore boat on Lake Michigan. In high school he sang in a musical - and wore a false beard. In 1944 he grew his own beard, one of only two on the IU faculty at the time, and he kept the beard all the many years since. In 1996, Frank was elected to the Shields High School "Wall of Fame." After graduating from Shields High School in 1929, Frank enrolled at Indiana University. He was a member of the IU intercollegiate debate team for four years. He was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa as a junior and was a member of Sigma Xi. He graduated in 1933 and earned a Master's degree in 1934 based on a thesis ("An Analysis of the Radial Velocities of Twenty-One Globular Star Clusters") and professional experience earned while holding the Lawrence Fellowship at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1934-35, where he worked as an observing assistant to Clyde Tombaugh. Despite his close association with Lowell, Tombaugh, and Pluto, Frank approved of the decision of the International Astronomical Union in 2006 to change Pluto's status to a dwarf planet. While in Flagstaff, Frank met Margaret Russell, the youngest daughter of famed American astronomer Henry Norris Russell of Princeton University. The young couple instantly bonded and became engaged after only two weeks. He and Margaret were married on November 24, 1934. Frank and Margaret remained inseparable until her death in 1999, always together at meetings of the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union, and elsewhere. Studying under astronomer Bart Bok, Frank received his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1937 from Harvard University, where he completed his dissertation on "The Absorption of Light in the Galaxy," and joined the faculty as an Instructor in Astronomy at Indiana University. Frank became the second member of the Astronomy Department, with Professor W. A. Cogshall, housed in Kirkwood Observatory. Frank served as chair of the department from 1944 until 1978. Under his leadership, the University acquired the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, IN, (a gift from Dr. Goethe Link, a noted Indianapolis physician and avid amateur astronomer), established a graduate program in astronomy, and enlarged the Department of Astronomy from two faculty members to eight. In one of his favorite stories, Edmondson bet Professor Cogshall a chocolate ice cream cone that President Herman B Wells would fund a new position for the Department, knowing full well that Wells had already agreed. Frank retired from IU in 1983. Studying under astronomer Bart Bok, Frank received his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1937 from Harvard University, where he completed his dissertation on "The Absorption of Light in the Galaxy," and joined the faculty as an Instructor in Astronomy at Indiana University. Frank became the second member of the Astronomy Department, with Professor W. A. Cogshall, housed in Kirkwood Observatory. Frank served as chair of the department from 1944 until 1978. Under his leadership, the University acquired the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, IN, (a gift from Dr. Goethe Link, a noted Indianapolis physician and avid amateur astronomer), established a graduate program in astronomy, and enlarged the Department of Astronomy from two faculty members to eight. In one of his favorite stories, Edmondson bet Professor Cogshall a chocolate ice cream cone that President Herman B Wells would fund a new position for the Department, knowing full well that Wells had already agreed. Frank retired from IU in 1983. When many asteroids were lost during World War II, Frank and his colleague James Cuffey established the Indiana University Asteroid Program. Frank is credited with determining the orbits of 119 asteroids from 7000 photographic plates taken with a 10" astrographic telescope at the Goethe Link Observatory. Frank selected names for each of these asteroids, honoring IU Presidents, prominent scholars, and important Hoosier and astronomical landmarks. Asteroid 4300 Marg Edmondson he named for his wife Margaret. During his years as a faculty member at Indiana University, Frank advised Dr. Alfred Kinsey on statistical techniques for his pioneering studies of human sexuality, and also shared with Kinsey an abiding interest in classical music. The music and the programs at the IU School of Music brought great joy to Frank over his career at IU. His memory for programs he had heard in the past was phenomenal. Frank is best known in Bloomington for his remarkable skill as an educator. He loved teaching. He taught elementary astronomy to literally thousands of students, often taking advantage of his knowledge of music to introduce astronomical topics with appropriate musical selections. His popular, award-winning, televised astronomy course was broadcast to students throughout the state and is widely remembered even today. Following in the tradition of IU's legendary President Herman B Wells, whom he greatly admired, Frank devoted his career to service. In 1957 Indiana University became one of the seven founding members of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which founded the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Following the formation of AURA, Frank served as a Program Director for Astronomy at the National Science Foundation (1956-1957), helping to assure funding for the new national observatory. He served as Vice President of AURA from 1957-1961, as President of AURA (1962-1965), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1957-1983). Upon his retirement in 1983, he became the AURA Historian writing "AURA and its US National Observatories" (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997), based on his personal experience plus 10 years (1978-88) searching archives and taping 85 oral histories. In 1964 Frank was awarded the Order of Merit by the Republic of Chile for his work in helping to establish the Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory. In 2007, he commemorated the 50th anniversary of the founding of AURA by naming one of the remaining Indiana asteroids Aurapenenta. Frank served as the Treasurer of the American Astronomical Society for 21 years, from 1954 until 1975, and was also a leader of the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union, serving as its President from 1970-1973, and chairing the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union in 1963-1964. Frank was honored in 2001 for his attendance at American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meetings over a seventy year span 1931-2001. Professor Cogshall took Frank to his first AAS meeting at Perkins Observatory while he was still a junior at Indiana University. In his reminiscence in the American Astronomical Society's First Century volume, Frank recalls that Einstein played the violin at the banquet of the Princeton meeting in 1935, and that Koussevitsky conducted a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Harvard Yard at the 1936 meeting, Frank's fourth AAS meeting. Frank's fifth AAS meeting, in 1937, was held in Bloomington shortly after he joined the faculty. Closer to home, Frank assisted Indiana University in many ways as it continued to grow during the 20th century, and he received a Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the University in 1997. His contributions to astronomy where honored by the Indiana State Legislature on the centennial of the Department of Astronomy in 1995. Frank's commitment to service is a hallmark of our campus, and one that the Department of Astronomy is proud to continue. Indiana University Emeritus Professor Frank Kelley Edmondson passed away on December 8, 2008, at Bloomington Hospital, at the age of 96. His wife, his parents and two brothers (W. T. Edmondson and Richard H. Edmondson) pre-deceased him. He is survived by his two children: Margaret Olson (Edward) of Urbana, Illinois, and Frank K. Edmondson Jr. (Vickie) of Seattle, Washington, a sister-in-law (Sally Edmondson of Philadelphia) and by six grandchildren (Mylene Melson, Yvonne Edmondson, Catherine Edmondson, Eric Olson, Jeffrey Olson, Charissa Young). He is also survived by twelve great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, and by several nieces and nephews. Frank enjoyed the many coincidences that sparked new connections and initiatives in his career. He liked to say that he was the right person in the right place at the right time. That was almost always true, and often because Frank himself understood and anticipated what would be needed, and made sure to be ready with an answer or guidance. He has been an inspiration to generations of students and colleagues and will be long remembered.

  10. Frank Middelburg (1936-1985)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ardeberg, A.

    1985-12-01

    La noticia de la desaparicion de Frank Middelburg, en el dia 15 de Noviembre de 1985, conmovio a tode el mundo astronomico con un sentimiento especial de tristeza. Frank no solo era un experto reconocido en el campo de procesamiento de imagen y un ingeniero de sistemas altamente respetado, tambien era un preciado amigo y colega.

  11. 76 FR 81019 - Electronic Fund Transfers (Regulation E)

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  12. 9 CFR 319.180 - Frankfurter, frank, furter, hotdog, weiner, vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, knockwurst, and...

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    ...) Frankfurter, frank, furter, hot-dog, wiener, vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, knockwurst and similar cooked... poultry meat and/or Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry) without skin and without kidneys and sex... accordance with the provisions of § 381.118 of this chapter. (b) Frankfurter, frank, furter, hot-dog, wiener...

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    ...) Frankfurter, frank, furter, hot-dog, wiener, vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, knockwurst and similar cooked... poultry meat and/or Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry) without skin and without kidneys and sex... accordance with the provisions of § 381.118 of this chapter. (b) Frankfurter, frank, furter, hot-dog, wiener...

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  16. Frank, We Hardly Knew Ye: The Very Personal Side of Frank Parsons

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    Pope, Mark; Sveinsdottir, Maria

    2005-01-01

    This article is a detailing of the limited information available regarding the personal life of Frank Parsons, who is credited with founding the career counseling specialization of modern day professional counseling as well as all professional counseling and the related fields of vocational psychology and counseling psychology in the early 1900s.…

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  18. 10. Elevation view of south side of FrankJensen Summer Home. ...

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    10. Elevation view of south side of Frank-Jensen Summer Home. Note that the steep angle of view gives an illusion of a flat roof. For a more accurate depiction of the roof line, see photos WA-207-4 and WA-207-8. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

  19. A Practical Terrestrial Packet Radio Network.

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    1983-11-01

    12 Howard Frank, Israel Gitman and Richard Van Slyke , "Packet Radio System--Network Considerations," AFIPS Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, 1975...p, 1396. 33 Howard Frank, Israel Gitman and Richard Van Slyke, "Packet Radio System--Network Considerations," AFIPS...44, 1975 NCC, Anaheim, pp. 233-242. J 149 I : Frank, Howard, Israel Gitman and Richard Van Slyke, "Packet Radio System — Network

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  4. Mortimer Frank, Johann Ludwig Choulant, and the history of anatomical illustration.

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    Feibel, Robert M

    2018-01-01

    Mortimer Frank (1874-1919) was an ophthalmologist in Chicago, Illinois. He published a number of papers on the history of medicine, and was secretary of the Chicago Society of the History of Medicine and editor of their Bulletin. His major contribution to the history of medicine relates to the history of anatomical illustration. The classic book on that subject had been published in 1852 in German by the physician and historian, Johann Ludwig Choulant (1791-1861). However, by Frank's time this text was both out dated and out of print. Frank took on the tremendous project of translating Choulant's German text into English as History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration in Its Relation to Anatomic Science and The Graphic Arts. He improved Choulant's text with the results of his and other scholars' research, greatly enlarging the text. Frank supplemented the original book with a biography of Choulant, essays on anatomists not considered in the original text, and an essay on the history of anatomical illustration prior to those authors discussed by Choulant. This book, now referred to as Choulant/Frank, has been reprinted several times, and is still useful as a reference in this field, though some of its research is now dated.

  5. Philipp Frank, Richard von Mises, and the Frank-Mises

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    Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard

    2007-01-01

    The theoretical physicist Philipp Frank (1884 1966) and the applied mathematician Richard von Mises (1883 1953) both received their university education in Vienna shortly after 1900 and became friends at the latest during the Great War.They were attached to the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivists and wrote an influential two-part work on the differential and integral equations of mechanics and physics, the Frank-Mises, of 1925 and 1927, with its second edition following in 1930 and 1935.This work originated in the lectures that the mathematician Bernhard Riemann (1826 1866) delivered on partial differential equations and their applications to physical questions at the University of Göttingen between 1854 and 1862, which were edited and published posthumously in1869 by the physicist Karl Hattendorff (1834 1882).The immediate precursor of the Frank-Mises, however, was the extensive revision of Hattendorff’s edition of Riemann’s lectures that the mathematician Heinrich Weber (1842 1913) published in two volumes, the Riemann-Weber, of 1900 and 1901, with its second edition following in 1910 and 1912. I trace this historical lineage, explore the nature and contents of the Frank-Mises, and discuss its complementary relationship to the first volume of the text that the mathematicians Richard Courant (1888 1972) and David Hilbert (1862 1943) published on the methods of mathematical physics in 1924, the Courant-Hilbert,which, when it and its second volume of 1937 were translated into English and extensively revised in 1953 and 1961, eclipsed the classic Frank-Mises.

  6. Effect of irradiation temperature on microstructural changes in self-ion irradiated austenitic stainless steel

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    Jin, Hyung-Ha; Ko, Eunsol; Lim, Sangyeob; Kwon, Junhyun; Shin, Chansun

    2017-09-01

    We investigated the microstructural and hardness changes in austenitic stainless steel after Fe ion irradiation at 400, 300, and 200 °C using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nanoindentation. The size of the Frank loops increased and the density decreased with increasing irradiation temperature. Radiation-induced segregation (RIS) was detected across high-angle grain boundaries, and the degree of RIS increases with increasing irradiation temperature. Ni-Si clusters were observed using high-resolution TEM in the sample irradiated at 400 °C. The results of this work are compared with the literature data of self-ion and proton irradiation at comparable temperatures and damage levels on stainless steels with a similar material composition with this study. Despite the differences in dose rate, alloy composition and incident ion energy, the irradiation temperature dependence of RIS and the size and density of radiation defects followed the same trends, and were very comparable in magnitude.

  7. Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Modifications in Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Alloys

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    Stubbins, James; Heuser, Brent; Hosemann, Peter

    This final technical report summarizes the research performed during October 2014 and December 2017, with a focus on investigating the radiation-induced microstructural and mechanical property modifications in optimized advanced alloys for sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) structural applications. To accomplish these objectives, the radiation responses of several different advanced alloys, including austenitic steel Alloy 709 (A709) and 316H, and ferritic/ martensitic Fe–9Cr steels T91 and G92, were investigated using a combination of microstructure characterizations and nanoindentation measurements. Different types of irradiation, including ex situ bulk ion irradiation and in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ion irradiation, were employed in this study.more » Radiation-induced dislocations, precipitates, and voids were characterized by TEM. Scanning transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDS) and/or atom probe tomography (APT) were used to study radiation-induced segregation and precipitation. Nanoindentation was used for hardness measurements to study irradiation hardening. Austenitic A709 and 316H was bulk-irradiated by 3.5 MeV Fe ++ ions to up to 150 peak dpa at 400, 500, and 600°. Compared to neutron-irradiated stainless steel (SS) 316, the Frank loop density of ion-irradiated A709 shows similar dose dependence at 400°, but very different temperature dependence. Due to the noticeable difference in the initial microstructure of A709 and 316H, no systematic comparison on the Frank loops in A709 vs 316H was made. It would be helpful that future ion irradiation study on 316 stainless steel could be conducted to directly compare the temperature dependence of Frank loop density in ion-irradiated 316 SS with that in neutron-irradiated 316 SS. In addition, future neutron irradiation on A709 at 400–600° at relative high dose (≥10 dpa) can be carried out to compare with ion-irradiated A709. The radiation-induced segregation (RIS) of Ni and Si was observed in both A709 and 316H in all irradiated conditions and was found at various sinks: line dislocations, dislocation loops, void surfaces, carbide-matrix interfaces, etc. Radiation also induced the formation of Ni,Si-rich precipitates. As suggested in a previous study on neutron-irradiated 316 stainless steel, one possible consequence of the significant RIS of Si is that the enrichment at defect sinks depletes the silicon in the matrix, which can lead to enhanced void nucleation rate. The enrichment of Ni and Si is accompanied by the depletion of Cr at defect sinks, which could also affect the corrosion resistance. Radiation-induced change in the orientation relationship of pre-existing MX precipitates was observed at 600°. It is believed that this change is associated with the network dislocations formed under irradiation. The underlying mechanism is still not well understood. This change could be a positive indication that the MX precipitates can survive high density network dislocations. It would be helpful if neutron irradiation at similar dose conditions could be carried out to verify that this effect is not unique for ion irradiation. Intragranular Cr-rich carbides with a core-shell structure, i.e. Cr-rich carbide core and Ni,Si-rich shell was found at 500° and 600° in the highest dose (150 peak dpa) specimens. Coarse voids (30 nm in diameter) were only commonly found at 500° in the 50 and 150 peak dpa specimens in regions less than 750 nm in depth. The highest swelling for A709 irradiated to 50 and 150 peak dpa at 500° is about 0.44% and 0.37%, respectively. Due to the choice of 100 degree temperature intervals, this study did not attempt to precisely identify peak void swelling conditions, merely the range of irradiation temperatures where this could be a concern. It is known high-dose ion irradiation can significantly suppress void nucleation. Future neutron irradiation in the 500–600° range (without considering the temperature shift) is needed to determine the onset of accelerated void swelling (possibly at lower dose).« less

  8. Liars and Ghosts in the House of Congress: Frank's "Ad Hominem" Arguments in the Case against the Defense of Marriage Act.

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    Clarke, Lynn E.

    2000-01-01

    Offers a critical analysis of Rep. Barney Frank's speech delivered in the House of Representatives concerning the "Defense of Marriage Act." Argues that Frank attempts to persuade colleagues by advancing two "ad hominem" arguments, one of which could potentially shift the focus from the need to defend marriages from same-sex…

  9. 76 FR 11935 - Death of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the Last Surviving American Veteran of World War I

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    ... of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the Last Surviving American Veteran of World War I By the... Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and in remembrance of the generation of American veterans of World War I, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the...

  10. Nanostructuring of Aluminum Alloy Powders by Cryogenic Attrition with Hydrogen-Free Process Control Agent

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    2015-02-01

    Nanostructuring of Aluminum Alloy Powders by Cryogenic Attrition with Hydrogen-Free Process Control Agent by Frank Kellogg , Clara Hofmeister...Process Control Agent Frank Kellogg Bowhead Science and Technology Clara Hofmeister Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center...NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Frank Kellogg , Clara Hofmeister, Anit Giri, and Kyu Cho 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e

  11. Jerome Frank: Persuader and Exemplar.

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    Meinecke, Christine E.

    1987-01-01

    Interviews Jerome Frank, psychologist and psychiatrist, about his personal development, significant others, professional contributions, the psychotherapeutic professions, and his commitment to nuclear disarmament. (Author/ABB)

  12. Introduction--reproductive behavior: a symposium in honor of Frank A. Beach, 1911-1988.

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    Sachs, B D

    1990-01-01

    A symposium honoring the memory of Frank A. Beach (1911-1988) and celebrating his scientific contributions was held on June 12, 1989 during the 21st Conference on Reproductive Behavior (CRB). The papers arising from the symposium are introduced after a very brief history of the CRB and its origins in an annual meeting of West Coast American sex researchers that was organized by Frank Beach and his colleagues.

  13. Set Based Program Analysis

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    1992-10-01

    Philosophy Thesis Committee: Peter Lee, Co-Chair Frank Pfenning, Co-chair Dana Scott Joxan Jaffar, IBM Neil Jones, DIKU, Copenhagen Copyright C 1992...much of this thesis represents joint work with him. I am also indebted to Peter Lee and Frank Pfenning, my advisors at CMU. Their encouragement...I am very grateful to Peter , Frank, Joxan and CMU that this has been a synergistic experience. I would like to thank Neil Jones and Dana Scott for

  14. Rediscovery of Otto Frank's contribution to science.

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    Kuhtz-Buschbeck, Johann P; Drake-Holland, Angela; Noble, Mark I M; Lohff, Brigitte; Schaefer, Jochen

    2018-06-01

    In the late 19th century, German physiologist Otto Frank (1865-1944) embarked on a near life-long research program of laying down the mathematical, methodological, and theoretical foundations in order to understand and define the performance of the heart and circulatory system in all their complexity. The existence of the "Frank-Starling law" testifies to this. Two of his seminal publications have been translated into English previously, introducing Frank's research on the dynamics of the heart and the arterial pulse to a wider audience. It is likely that there are a host of other comparable achievements and publications of Frank that are still unknown to the international scientific (cardiological and physiological) community. However, their influence can still be felt and seen in modern cardiology and cardio-physiology, such as in the development of modern interactive simulating and teaching programs. We have translated and commented on ten of these papers, which can be read in parallel with the German originals. These publications show a wealth of theoretical assumptions and projections regarding the importance of the sarcomere, the development of models of contraction, thermo-dynamical considerations for muscular activity, differences between cardiac and skeletal muscles, problems related to methodology and measurement, and the first pressure-volume diagram (published 120 years ago). These topics were envisioned by Frank long before they became a focus of subsequent modern research. Nowadays, frequent measurements of pressure-volume relationships are made in research using the pressure-volume conductance catheter technique. In commenting Frank's scientific topics, we try to show how interconnected his thinking was, and thus how it enabled him to cover such a wide range of subjects. Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

  15. Analysis of Integrated and Nonintegrated Voice and Data Networks for DoD Communications.

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    1985-09-01

    not. A study of this nature was completed In 1973 by jItman and Frank(31). Gitman and Frank evaluated switching strageties for integrated DOD voice and...miieaea from Figure 5. fhe voice digitization costs were deterained for 56Kbps using information from the Gitman (30) study. Switching costs were...technique. this agrees with the research accomplished by Gitman and Frank(30) which found voice and data integration was the best approach to take

  16. Gas Control and Thermal Modeling Methods for Pressed Pellet and Fast Rise Thin-Film Thermal Batteries

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    2015-09-01

    Thin-Film Thermal Batteries by Frank C Krieger and Michael S Ding Approved for public release; distribution unlimited...Laboratory Gas Control and Thermal Modeling Methods for Pressed Pellet and Fast Rise Thin-Film Thermal Batteries by Frank C Krieger and Michael S...Batteries 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Frank C Krieger and Michael S Ding 5d. PROJECT NUMBER

  17. Frank Princiotta

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    Frank Princiotta retired from EPA in 2015 after a 43-year career with the agency as Director of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (APPCD) of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory.

  18. 76 FR 18354 - Truth in Lending

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    ...Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act provides that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold must be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Accordingly, the Board is making corresponding amendments to Regulation Z, which implements TILA, and to the accompanying staff commentary. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also increases the Consumer Leasing Act's threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000, the Board is making similar amendments to Regulation M elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  19. 76 FR 18349 - Consumer Leasing

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    ...Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA) by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act provides that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold must be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Accordingly, the Board is making corresponding amendments to Regulation M, which implements the CLA, and to the accompanying staff commentary. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also increases the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000, the Board is making similar amendments to Regulation Z elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  20. 75 FR 78636 - Truth in Lending

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    ...Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act provides that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold must be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Accordingly, the Board is proposing to make corresponding amendments to Regulation Z, which implements TILA, and to the accompanying staff commentary. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also increases the Consumer Leasing Act's threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000, the Board is proposing similar amendments to Regulation M elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  1. 75 FR 78632 - Consumer Leasing

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    ...Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA) by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act provides that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold must be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Accordingly, the Board is proposing to make corresponding amendments to Regulation M, which implements the CLA, and to the accompanying staff commentary. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also increases the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000, the Board is proposing similar amendments to Regulation Z elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  2. Understanding Brain Tumors

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    ... to Know About Brain Tumors . What is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor is an abnormal growth
 ... Tumors” from Frankly Speaking Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Brain Tumors Download the full book Questions to ask ...

  3. YouTube Physics

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    Riendeau, Diane

    2012-04-01

    I am indebted to Frank Noschese for this month's column. Frank has a fantastic blog and video list. He uses these videos in his class and asks the students to determine if they show a Physics Win or a Physics Fail. He will hook his students at the beginning of a new unit with a video and then refer back to that video at the end of the unit. Check out Frank's blog at: fnoschese. wordpress.com/2010/07/21/win-fail-physics-an-introduction/.

  4. A Body in Motion: A Conversation with Frank Gresham

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    Zabel, Robert; Kaff, Marilyn; Teagarden, James

    2015-01-01

    Dr. Frank Gresham provides his reflections on a long and productive career in providing support to children with significant challenges. Dr. Gresham also provides his thoughts on the future of the field.

  5. FPG Child Development Institute

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    ... Development, Teaching, and Learning The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute will partner with Zero to Three to ... Center October 6, 2017 More Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute The University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

  6. 16. Photocopy of postcard (from Ardella Fish Shanks) Frank Stumm, ...

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    16. Photocopy of postcard (from Ardella Fish Shanks) Frank Stumm, photographer ca. 1908-16 SOUTH FRONT, HASTINGS HOUSE IN BACKGROUND - Riddell Fish House, 245 West K Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

  7. RUNNER BOX MAINTENANCE. FRANK FEHER USES A COMPRESSED AIRPOWERED CHISEL ...

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    RUNNER BOX MAINTENANCE. FRANK FEHER USES A COMPRESSED AIR-POWERED CHISEL TO CHIP OUT CONGEALED METAL IN PREPARATION FOR ANOTHER HEAT. - American Brass Foundry, 70 Sayre Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

  8. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    2009-10-14

    ISS021-E-006202 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  9. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    2009-10-14

    ISS021-E-006219 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  10. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    2009-10-14

    ISS021-E-006209 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  11. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    ISS021-E-006180 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  12. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    2009-10-14

    ISS021-E-006196 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  13. 1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Frank C. Brown, Photographer. Spring ...

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    1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Frank C. Brown, Photographer. Spring of 1935 (a) Ext-- General view. (from Southeast) - Old Gaol, Vestal Street (moved from original site), Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

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    2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Sept. 4, 1940 (nn) 18- MILE STONE ROUTE 126, WAYLAND - Milestones MM, NN & OO, Various Wayland locations, Wayland, Middlesex County, MA

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    3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Sept. 4, 1940 (oo) 19- MILE STONE, ROUTE 126, WAYLAND - Milestones MM, NN & OO, Various Wayland locations, Wayland, Middlesex County, MA

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    1. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Sept. 4, 1940 (mm) - 17-MILE STONE, OLD CONNECTICUT PATH, WAYLAND - Milestones MM, NN & OO, Various Wayland locations, Wayland, Middlesex County, MA

  17. 2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Nov. ...

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    2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Nov. 19, 1940. (b) EXT.-FENCE AND HOUSE ENTRANCE, LOOKING WEST - Pierce-Knapp-Perry Place, 47 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

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    13. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer May 23, 1941 (f) EXT.-DETAILS OF LAMP STANDARD, LOOKING WEST - Massachusetts State House, Gates & Steps, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

  19. Performance of Dower's inverse transform and Frank lead system for Identification of Myocardial Infarction.

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    Aranda, A; Bonizzi, P; Karel, J; Peeters, R

    2015-08-01

    This study performs a comparison between Dower's inverse transform and Frank lead system for Myocardial Infarction (MI) identification. We have selected a set of relevant features for MI detection from the vectorcardiogram and used the lasso method after that to build a model for the Dower's inverse transform and one for the Frank leads system. Then we analyzed the performance between both models on MI detection. The proposed methods have been tested using PhysioNet PTB database that contains 550 records from which 368 are MIs. Two main conclusions are coming from this study. The first one is that Dower's inverse transform performs equally well than Frank leads in identification of MI patients. The second one is that lead positions have a large influence on the accuracy of MI patient identification.

  20. Effects of temperature on the nitric oxide-dependent modulation of the Frank-Starling mechanism: the fish heart as a case study.

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    Amelio, D; Garofalo, F; Capria, C; Tota, B; Imbrogno, S

    2013-02-01

    The Frank-Starling law is a fundamental property of the vertebrate myocardium which allows, when the end-diastolic volume increases, that the consequent stretch of the myocardial fibers generates a more forceful contraction. It has been shown that in the eel (Anguilla anguilla) heart, nitric oxide (NO) exerts a direct myocardial relaxant effect, increasing the sensitivity of the Frank-Starling response (Garofalo et al., 2009). With the use of isolated working heart preparations, this study investigated the relationship between NO modulation of Frank-Starling response and temperature challenges in the eel. The results showed that while, in long-term acclimated fish (spring animals perfused at 20 °C and winter animals perfused at 10 °C) the inhibition of NO production by L-N5 (1-iminoethyl)ornithine (L-NIO) significantly reduced the Frank-Starling response, under thermal shock conditions (spring animals perfused at 10 or 15 °C and winter animals perfused at 15 or 20 °C) L-NIO treatment resulted without effect. Western blotting analysis revealed a decrease of peNOS and pAkt expressions in samples subjected to thermal shock. Moreover, an increase in Hsp90 protein levels was observed under heat thermal stress. Together, these data suggest that the NO synthase/NO-dependent modulation of the Frank-Starling mechanism in fish is sensitive to thermal stress. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  1. 1. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    1. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 9, 1940 (a) 4- MILE STONE, POND ST., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

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    3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 23, 1940 (e) 6- MILE STONE, POND ST., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

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    4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 10, 1940 (g) 8- MILE STONE, ADAMS ST., MILTON - Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, Norfolk County, MA

  4. CDR Frank De Winne during MSRR Commissioning Activities

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    ISS021-E-006193 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with a Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) chamber in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  5. 22. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer May ...

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    22. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer May 6, 1941 (f) EXT.- WINDOW ON REAR (WEST) ELEVATION - Colonel Isaac Royall House, Main Street, between George & Royall Streets, Medford, Middlesex County, MA

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    5. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 10, 1940 (i) 10- MILE STONE, 1187 HANCOCK ST., QUINCY - Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

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    4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 10, 1940 (h) 9- MILE STONE, ADAMS ST., QUINCY - Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

  8. 75 FR 80897 - Swap Data Repositories

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    2010-12-23

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

  9. 19. Photocopy of October 18, 1903 photograph by Frank Trelease. ...

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    19. Photocopy of October 18, 1903 photograph by Frank Trelease. Glass Negative Box IX, Tower Grove, Missouri Botanical Garden. LOOKING SOUTH FROM GREENHOUSES - Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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    6. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 23, 1940 (b) 7- MILE STONE, opp. 1040 ADAMS ST., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

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    2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 23, 1940 (hhh) 5- MILE STONE, 879 BLUE HILL AVE., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

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    5. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 17, 1940 (ppp) 7- MILE STONE, 1411 BLUE HILL AVE., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

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    188. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer April 1998 VIEW OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE, SOUTH SIDE, WITH SAN FRANCISCO IN BACKGROUND, FACING WEST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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    5. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 16, 1940 (k) 8- MILE STONE, 741 CANTON AVE., MILTON - Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, Norfolk County, MA

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    7. Perspective view showing west side and north side of Frank-Jensen Summer Home. Cabin on Lot 2 is visible in distance. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

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    6. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 8, 1940 (aa) 5- MILE STONE, CENTRE & SOUTH STS., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

  17. 2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Aug. ...

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    2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Aug. 6, 1940 (y) 3- MILE STONE, 45 CENTRE ST., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

  18. 9. Photocopy of postcard (from Benicia Historical Society) Frank J. ...

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    9. Photocopy of postcard (from Benicia Historical Society) Frank J. Stumm, Photographer ca. 1908-16 'ST. DOMINIC'S CHURCH AT XMAS TIME,' INTERIOR - St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 475 East I Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

  19. 73. TILE WORKS FROM SOUTHEAST, c. 1920. JACOB FRANK COLLECTION ...

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    73. TILE WORKS FROM SOUTHEAST, c. 1920. JACOB FRANK COLLECTION (MISC 319), SL/BCHS. - Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

  20. 3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 10, 1940 (eee) 71/4m. 50r. STONE, HANCOCK ST., QUINCY - Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

  1. 1. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    1. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 9, 1940 (ddd) 6- MILE STONE, at 540 HANCOCK ST., QUINCY - Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

  2. 2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    2. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 9, 1940 (ccc) 6- MILE STONE, opp. 487 HANCOCK ST., QUINCY - Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

  3. 76 FR 35721 - Consumer Leasing

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    ...The Board is publishing a final rule amending the staff commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation M, which implements the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA). Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the CLA by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act requires that this threshold be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Accordingly, based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2011, the Board is adjusting the exemption threshold from $50,000 to $51,800, effective January 1, 2012. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions, the Board is making similar amendments to Regulation Z elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  4. 76 FR 35722 - Truth in Lending

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    ...The Board is publishing a final rule amending the staff commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd- Frank Act) amends TILA by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, the Dodd- Frank Act requires that this threshold be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Accordingly, based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2011, the Board is adjusting the exemption threshold from $50,000 to $51,800, effective January 1, 2012. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Consumer Leasing Act's threshold for exempt consumer leases, the Board is making similar amendments to Regulation M elsewhere in today's Federal Register.

  5. Free energy change of a dislocation due to a Cottrell atmosphere

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    Sills, R. B.; Cai, W.

    2018-06-01

    The free energy reduction of a dislocation due to a Cottrell atmosphere of solutes is computed using a continuum model. We show that the free energy change is composed of near-core and far-field components. The far-field component can be computed analytically using the linearized theory of solid solutions. Near the core the linearized theory is inaccurate, and the near-core component must be computed numerically. The influence of interactions between solutes in neighbouring lattice sites is also examined using the continuum model. We show that this model is able to reproduce atomistic calculations of the nickel-hydrogen system, predicting hydride formation on dislocations. The formation of these hydrides leads to dramatic reductions in the free energy. Finally, the influence of the free energy change on a dislocation's line tension is examined by computing the equilibrium shape of a dislocation shear loop and the activation stress for a Frank-Read source using discrete dislocation dynamics.

  6. 6. Photocopy of postcard (from Crooks Mansion Partnership) Frank Stumm, ...

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    6. Photocopy of postcard (from Crooks Mansion Partnership) Frank Stumm, photographer ca. 1908-16 'A PRETTY RESIDENCE SPOT AT BENICIA, CAL.,' CROOKS HOUSE ON THE LEFT - Crooks House, 285 West G Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

  7. Frank Press, Long-Shot Candidate, May Become Science Adviser

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    Boffey, Philip M.

    1977-01-01

    Describes recent events suggesting that Frank Press, a 52-year-old geophysicist who currently heads the department of earth and planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may be named Science Advisor to the President. (MLH)

  8. 4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 23, 1940 (iii) 6- MILE STONE, opp. 1280 BLUE HILL AVE., DORCHESTER - Milestones A, B, E, HHH, III & PPP, Various Dorchester locations, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA

  9. 9. Perspective view showing west side and part of south ...

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    9. Perspective view showing west side and part of south side of Frank-Jensen Summer Home. Note stone in-filling at cabin's base. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

  10. 3. Context view showing cabin on Lot 4 in foreground ...

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    3. Context view showing cabin on Lot 4 in foreground (17427 North Shore Drive) and west side of Frank-Jensen Summer Home in distance. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

  11. 262. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer June 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF ...

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    262. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer June 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF CANTILEVER TRUSS CANTILEVER ARM AND SUSPENDED SPAN, NORTH SIDE, FACING SOUTH. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  12. 7. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    7. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 8, 1940 (bb) 6- MILE STONE, CENTRE ST., opp. ALLANDALE ST., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

  13. 4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Aug. ...

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    4. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer Aug. 8, 1940 (z) 4- MILE STONE, 366c CENTRE ST., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

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    5. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 8, 1940 (ff) 4- MILE STONE, opp. 862 HUNTINGTON AVE., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

  15. 3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July ...

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    3. Historic American Buildings Survey Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer July 17, 1940 (d) 4- MILE STONE, 471 BLUE HILL AVE., ROXBURY - Milestones D, Y, Z, AA, BB, FF & NN, Various Roxbury locations, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

  16. 72. TILE WORKS FROM SOUTH, c. 1925. JACOB FRANK COLLECTION ...

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    72. TILE WORKS FROM SOUTH, c. 1925. JACOB FRANK COLLECTION (MSC 319I. SL/BCHS. - Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

  17. 78 FR 68887 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee; Meeting

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

  18. 17. THE INDIAN HOUSE. EAST AND SOUTH WALLS. FRANK K. ...

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    17. THE INDIAN HOUSE. EAST AND SOUTH WALLS. FRANK K. SWAIN'S OFFICE IS BEYOND THE GLASS PARTITION. - Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Southwest side of State Route 313 (Swamp Road), Northwest of East Court Street, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA

  19. Frank Bursley Taylor - Forgotten Pioneer of Continental Drift.

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    Black, George W., Jr.

    1979-01-01

    Frank B. Taylor was an American geologist who specialized in the glacial geology of the Great Lakes. This article discusses his work on the Continental Drift theory, which preceeded the work of Alfred Wegener by a year and a half. (MA)

  20. 42. VIEW OF WALL AT EAST ENTRANCE TO WALKWAY. 'FRANK ...

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    42. VIEW OF WALL AT EAST ENTRANCE TO WALKWAY. 'FRANK AUZA, FLAGSTAFF SHEEP CO.' SCRATCHED INTO FRESH MORTAR CAP ON STONE WALL. February 1987 - Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest), Cave Creek, Maricopa County, AZ

  1. Astronaut Frank Borman hoisted from water by recovery helicopter

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    1966-01-01

    Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Wasp. Below him, Navy divers sit in the life raft next to the Gemini spacecraft.

  2. 1. Context view showing cabin on Lot 2 in foreground ...

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    1. Context view showing cabin on Lot 2 in foreground (17419 North Shore Drive) and east side of Frank-Jensen Summer Home on Lot 3 in background. - Frank-Jensen Summer Home, 17423 North Lake Shore Drive, Telma, Chelan County, WA

  3. 77 FR 51898 - Registration of Intermediaries

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    ... Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) regarding... of preferred stock. However, upon further reflection, the Commission is concerned that the Proposal...; (4) sound risk management practices; and (5) other public interest considerations. The Commission...

  4. 213. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 DETAIL VIEW OF ...

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    213. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 DETAIL VIEW OF ROCKER ARM IN YERBA BUENA ANCHORAGE, NORTHWEST CORNER (HUMAN SCALE: CHUCK HAZELWOOD, CALTRANS EMPLOYEE), FACING WEST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  5. 236. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF ...

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    236. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF DECK TRUSS AT YERBA BUENA ISLAND, SOUTH SIDE, WITH TREASURE ISLAND IN BACKGROUND, FACING NORTH NORTHWEST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  6. 238. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF ...

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    238. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer May 1998 AERIAL VIEW OF DECK TRUSS AT YERBA BUENA ISLAND, SOUTH SIDE, WITH TREASURE ISLAND IN BACKGROUND, FACING NORTHWEST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  7. 75 FR 5846 - Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Primary, Cargo...

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    .... Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division, APP-500, on (202) 267-3831..., the date March 3, 2010, is corrected to read, March 17, 2010. Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports...

  8. On Teaching International Courses on Health Information Systems. Lessons Learned during 16 Years of Frank - van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management in Health Information Systems.

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    Ammenwerth, Elske; Knaup, Petra; Winter, Alfred; Bauer, Axel W; Bott, Oliver J; Gietzelt, Matthias; Haarbrandt, Birger; Hackl, Werner O; Hellrung, Nils; Hübner-Bloder, Gudrun; Jahn, Franziska; Jaspers, Monique W; Kutscha, Ulrike; Machan, Christoph; Oppermann, Bianca; Pilz, Jochen; Schwartze, Jonas; Seidel, Christoph; Slot, Jan-Eric; Smers, Stefan; Spitalewsky, Katharina; Steckel, Nathalie; Strübing, Alexander; van der Haak, Minne; Haux, Reinhold; Ter Burg, Willem J

    2017-03-08

    Health information systems (HIS) are one of the most important areas for biomedical and health informatics. In order to professionally deal with HIS well-educated informaticians are needed. Because of these reasons, in 2001 an international course has been established: The Frank - van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management of Health Information Systems. Reporting about the Frank - van Swieten Lectures and about our students' feedback on this course during the last 16 years. Summarizing our lessons learned and making recommendations for such international courses on HIS. The basic concept of the Frank - van Swieten lectures is to teach the theoretical background in local lectures, to organize practical exercises on modelling sub-information systems of the respective local HIS and finally to conduct Joint Three Days as an international meeting were the resulting models are introduced and compared. During the last 16 years, the Universities of Amsterdam, Braunschweig, Heidelberg/Heilbronn, Leipzig as well as UMIT were involved in running this course. Overall, 517 students from these universities participated. Our students' feedback was clearly positive. The Joint Three Days of the Frank - van Swieten Lectures, where at the end of the course all students can meet, turned out to be an important component of this course. Based on the last 16 years, we recommend common teaching materials, agreement on equivalent clinical areas for the exercises, support of group building of international student groups, motivation of using a collaboration platform, ensuring quality management of the course, addressing different levels of knowledge of the students, and ensuring sufficient funding for joint activities. Although associated with considerable additional efforts, we can clearly recommend establishing such international courses on HIS, such as the Frank - van Swieten Lectures.

  9. Frank Netter's Legacy: Interprofessional Anatomy Instruction

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    Niekrash, Christine E.; Copes, Lynn E.; Gonzalez, Richard A.

    2015-01-01

    Several medical schools have recently described new innovations in interprofessional interactions in gross anatomy courses. The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT has developed and implemented two contrasting interprofessional experiences in first-year medical student gross anatomy dissection laboratories:…

  10. 300. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer June 1998 VIEW OF THROUGH ...

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    300. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer June 1998 VIEW OF THROUGH TRUSS AND DECK TRUSS SPANS AT PIERS E-8 THROUGH E-l 1, SOUTH SIDE, FACING NORTH-NORTHEAST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  11. 156. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer December 1997 DETAIL VIEW OF ...

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    156. Frank Deras Jr., Photographer December 1997 DETAIL VIEW OF STRAND SHOE AND EYE BAR AT SAN FRANCISCO ANCHORAGE (HUMAN SCALE: TERRY COSTA, CALTRANS EMPLOYEE), FACING SOUTHEAST. - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  12. More Lessons from a Master Teacher! Frank Wachowiak.

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    Morris, Jimmy

    1989-01-01

    Presents two printmaking lessons for children inspired by master art teacher, Frank Wachowiak. "Repeated Motifs and Designs" uses vegetables and found objects to make prints emphasizing repeat patterns. "Fish Under the Sea" uses white liquid glue to make line prints with strong linear compositions. (LS)

  13. A printed, dry electrode Frank configuration vest for ambulatory vectorcardiographic monitoring

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    Paul, Gordon; Torah, Russel; Beeby, Steve; Tudor, John

    2017-02-01

    This paper describes the design and fabrication of a screen printed network of bio-potential measurement electrodes on a garment, in this case a vest. The electrodes are placed according to the Frank configuration, which allows monitoring of the electrical behavior of the heart in three spatial orientations. The vest is designed to provide stable contact pressure on the electrodes. The electrodes are fabricated from stencil printed carbon loaded rubber and are connected by screen printed silver polymer conductive tracks to an array of vias, which form an electrical connection to the other side of the textile. The vest is tested and compared to Frank configuration recordings that were obtained using standard self-adhesive ECG electrodes. The vest was successfully used to obtain Frank configuration recordings with minimal baseline drift. The vest is fabricated using only technologies found in standard textile production lines and can be used with a reduced setup effort compared to clinical 12-lead examinations.

  14. [Priest-doctors in Russia].

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    Berlan, Hélène; Triaire, Dominique

    2012-01-01

    Jean Pierre Frank offers in the early nineteenth century a revolution in medical Russian Empire. Indeed, Russia is in an emergency situation where the lack of practitioners is obvious. The imperial project is inspired by past practices in some European countries. Frank fits these transfers and implements a unique model where the priest-doctor stands out as the solution to overcome the lack of medicalization of the Empire. Even if the attempt was a failure, it remains that the proposals were part of Frank in both an ancient tradition that priests and physicians providing care for souls and bodies, but also showed that called his wishes the advent of "public health" in this country disinherited.

  15. 76 FR 10671 - Assessments, Large Bank Pricing

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    ...The FDIC is amending its regulations to implement revisions to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act made by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank'') by modifying the definition of an institution's deposit insurance assessment base; to change the assessment rate adjustments; to revise the deposit insurance assessment rate schedules in light of the new assessment base and altered adjustments; to implement Dodd-Frank's dividend provisions; to revise the large insured depository institution assessment system to better differentiate for risk and better take into account losses from large institution failures that the FDIC may incur; and to make technical and other changes to the FDIC's assessment rules.

  16. Extent of utilization of the Frank-Starling mechanism in conscious dogs. [preload effects on myocardial regulation

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    Boettcher, D. H.; Vatner, S. F.; Heyndrickx, G. R.; Braunwald, E.

    1978-01-01

    The left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-dimension relationships in conscious dogs were studied; the ventricle was stressed to its limit in terms of myocardial preload in order to assess the extent of use of the Frank-Starling mechanism under these conditions. The preload was increased through volume loading with saline infusions, the provocation of global myocardial ischemia by constriction of the left main coronary artery, and infusion of methoxamine. While left ventricular end-diastolic pressure increased substantially in the reclining conscious animals, the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter did not increase, suggesting a minimum role for the Frank-Starling mechanism in this case.

  17. Astronaut Frank Borman during training exercise in Apollo Mission simulator

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    1967-08-01

    S67-50590 (1867) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, assigned duty as commander of the Apollo 8 mission, participates in a training exercise in the Apollo Mission simulator in the Mission Simulation and training Facility, Building 5, at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Photo credit: NASA

  18. 76 FR 12888 - Registration of Intermediaries

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    ... enacted by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act... list of principals remains a meaningful reflection of the persons who actually exercise control over... the futures markets; (3) price discovery; (4) sound risk management practices; and (5) other public...

  19. 77 FR 77187 - Electronic Fund Transfers (Regulation E)

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    ... section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regarding remittance.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Overview Section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection... providers, section 1073 creates a new EFTA section 919, and generally requires: (i) The provision of...

  20. 75 FR 65442 - Disclosure for Asset-Backed Securities Required by Section 943 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...

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    ...-Backed Securities Required by Section 943 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. SUMMARY: The..., October 25, 2010 / Proposed Rules#0;#0; [[Page 65442

  1. Frank Parsons on Interests

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    Briddick, William C.

    2009-01-01

    In addition to Frank Parsons' posthumous publications a third manuscript remained unpublished. The manuscript can be classified as part of the success literature so prominent in Parsons' era. Within the manuscript is a chapter dealing with interests. Progress in recent years has further defined and provided a comprehensive theoretical overview of…

  2. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. Volume 29, Number 3,

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    1982-09-01

    proposed for combining voice and data demands over the available channel bandwidth (Coviello and Vena [21, Fischer and Harris (41, Frank and Gitman 151...and Packet Switched Multiplex Structure," IEEE Transactions nn Communications, Com-24, 195-202 (1976). (51 Frank, H. and I. Gitman , "Integrated DOB

  3. Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up

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    K.C. Cole

    2009-10-14

    Cole discusses the extraordinary life of her late mentor, Frank Oppenheimer (1912-1985), physicist, cattle rancher, teacher and founder of the Exploratorium, a hands-on museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco. He was the younger brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

  4. 77 FR 35659 - Request for Information Regarding Complaints From Private Education Loan Borrowers

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    ... Regarding Complaints From Private Education Loan Borrowers AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection... and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) established a Private Education Loan Ombudsman... borrowers of private education loans. Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act directs the Ombudsman to...

  5. 76 FR 35351 - Capital Plans

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    ... requirements, on large bank holding companies.\\9\\ As the Board implements the Dodd-Frank Act, bank holding... remediation requirements imposed under the Dodd-Frank Act may result in additional limitations on a company's... or treated as a bank holding company pursuant to section 8(a) of the International Banking Act of...

  6. 75 FR 76706 - Acceptance of Public Submissions on a Study Mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

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    ... COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-63423... Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Section 719(b) AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Request for Comments. SUMMARY: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...

  7. Multiagent Learning in the Presence of Agents with Limitations

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    2003-05-14

    abstract domain. They examine the problem of adapting to a specific opponent in simulated robotic soccer (Noda, Matsubara, Hiraki , & Frank, 1998...Equilibrium points in n-person games. PNAS, 36, 48–49. Reprinted in (Kuhn, 1997). Noda, I., Matsubara, H., Hiraki , K., & Frank, I. (1998). Soccer server: a

  8. 76 FR 30250 - Share Insurance and Appendix

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    ...-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) \\1\\ provides that, on a temporary... the time of failure. For example, if pursuant to an agreement between an insured credit union and its... unions would retain flexibility regarding the form of the notice. Therefore, in conjunction with...

  9. 77 FR 39101 - Rules Relating to Investigations

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    ... procedures for investigations under section 1052 of the Dodd-Frank Act. DATES: The final rule is effective... Federal consumer financial law. Section 1052 of the Dodd-Frank Act sets forth the parameters that govern these investigations. 12 U.S.C. 5562. Section 1052 became effective immediately upon transfer on July 21...

  10. Microstructural evolution of CANDU spacer material Inconel X-750 under in situ ion irradiation

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    Zhang, He Ken; Yao, Zhongwen; Judge, Colin; Griffiths, Malcolm

    2013-11-01

    Work on Inconel®Inconel® is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation that refers to a family of austenitic nickel-chromium-based superalloys.1 X-750 spacers removed from CANDU®CANDU® is a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited standing for ''CANada Deuterium Uranium''.2 reactors has shown that they become embrittled and there is development of many small cavities within the metal matrix and along grain boundaries. In order to emulate the neutron irradiation induced microstructural changes, heavy ion irradiations (1 MeV Kr2+ ions) were performed while observing the damage evolution using an intermediate voltage electron microscope (IVEM) operating at 200 kV. The irradiations were carried out at various temperatures 60-400 °C. The principal strengthening phase, γ‧, was disordered at low doses (˜0.06 dpa) during the irradiation. M23C6 carbides were found to be stable up to 5.4 dpa. Lattice defects consisted mostly of stacking fault tetrahedras (SFTs), 1/2<1 1 0> perfect loops and small 1/3<1 1 1> faulted Frank loops. The ratio of SFT number density to loop number density for each irradiation condition was found to be neither temperature nor dose dependent. Under the operation of the ion beam the SFT production was very rapid, with no evidence for further growth once formed, indicating that they probably formed as a result of cascade collapse in a single cascade. The number density of the defects was found to saturate at low dose (˜0.68 dpa). No cavities were observed regardless of the irradiation temperature between 60 °C and 400 °C for doses up to 5.4 dpa. In contrast, cavities have been observed after neutron irradiation in the same material at similar doses and temperatures indicating that helium, produce during neutron irradiation, may be essential for the nucleation and growth of cavities.

  11. Obituary: Frank J. Low (1933-2009)

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    McCarthy, Don

    2011-12-01

    Frank James Low was born on November 23, 1933, in Mobile, Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Yale University in 1955, and his Ph.D. in physics from Rice University in 1959. He worked at Texas Instruments, NRAO, Rice University, and spent most of his career at The University of Arizona with Steward Observatory and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. To honor his fundamental insight and innovations that revolutionized the fields of infrared and airborne astronomy, Frank received the Helen B. Warner Prize (1968), the Joseph Weber Award (2003), shared the Rumford Prize in physics (1986), the Karl Jansky Lectureship (2006), and the Bruce Medal (2006) for lifetime contributions in astronomy. This year the world celebrates the International Year of Astronomy, commemorating the accomplishments of Galileo. There are great parallels between Frank and Galileo. After developing a revolutionary low-temperature detector, Frank re-engineered and optimized telescopes for infrared performance. He not only oriented them to the heavens but also placed them there throughout Earth's atmosphere and to the Moon. He made fantastic new discoveries from the Sun throughout the Universe. He radically changed the way the entire world looks at the Universe and impacted generations of new scientists as well as the general public. Frank's level of innovation is stunning and diverse. Chopping and undersized secondary mirrors, cold baffling, cryogenic designs, "Low Dewars," Helium-3 systems, JFET amplifiers for the IRAS satellite, airborne astronomy, the silver-coated 28-inch survey telescope, the MMT, the 36-foot radio dish, Apollo 17 radiometer, television detector systems, infrared microscopes, and on and on. His insights enabled the IRAS and Spitzer missions and contributed to Spacelab2, KAO, SOFIA, NICMOS/HST, JWST, etc. He also established a small business (Infrared Laboratories Inc.) that for more than 40 years has supplied instrumentation to astronomers and semi-conductor industries around the world, in some cases literally giving it away. Frank applied his new tools to a wide variety of scientific fields. He measured the Sun's brightness at millimeter wavelengths, discovered the internal energy sources in Jupiter and Saturn, mapped the Milky Way in the far-infrared, discovered the Kleinmann-Low nebula of star formation in Orion, and investigated the infrared emission from active galaxies. He was especially excited about dust disks around stars such as HD 98800 and helped make the fist direct spatial measurements of circumstellar dust emission in Betelgeuse and non-spherical dusk structures around IRC +10216, VY CMa, etc. He helped initiate the first direct detection of low mass stellar companions to nearby stars. I first noticed Frank while in David Wilkinson's office at Princeton. Frank was pictured on the cover of an aviation magazine near the NASA Learjet and 12-inch telescope. That image of a new frontier attracted me to Arizona. As a graduate student, I wanted to be challenged by a great person. The pioneering nature of infrared astronomy caught my interest as did Frank's mapping-radiometer on Apollo 17, and then the opportunity to pioneer interferometry. For some reason, Frank took me on even though I was not the most talented student. Working with him was pure exploration and pioneering, always involving hands-on construction and observing. I was invigorated by his constant creativity and innovation as well as by his depth of insight not only in technical matters but also in how people think and behave. He continually provided new opportunities to learn and improve. His cutting insights and constant drive for optimization changed the way I think and how I approach life in general. Frank was a compassionate teacher and coach. He would console after defeat while urging on to the next level. He patiently taught me how to write meaningfully and concisely. He challenged me to write my first NSF proposals and scientific papers and guided me through the process. Like a good coach, Frank had a knack for finding flaws or weak points in my performance so, even when we disagreed, he was motivating me to improve my thinking and arguments for another round of discussion. He provided first-author opportunities when many professors might not. We swam and hiked together, mixed concrete and laid bricks, cut cardboard baffles for the 61-inch telescope, appeared live from the KPNO 4-meter telescope on "Good Morning America" after VB-8b, ate lunches at Eric's, and so on. I am honored to have worked with Frank, who in my mind has the stature of Galileo. The level of his accomplishments, combined with his deep enjoyment of life with a wonderful family, are amazing to me. I am happy to have opportunities to share his pioneering and insightful approach to life with new generations of students who need this perspective badly. I am proud to have been one of his students.

  12. Frank C. Laubach, Literacy Pioneer.

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    Kearney, Linda

    A fervent idealist whose dream was to eliminate illiteracy throughout the world, Frank C. Laubach sought to bring Christianity to the masses by giving them the ability to read and spread the teachings of the Bible. In working with people in the nonindustrialized nations, Laubach also saw the need for economic and political self-sufficiency. He…

  13. Culturally Adapted Psychotherapy and the Legitimacy of Myth: A Direct-Comparison Meta-Analysis

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    Benish, Steven G.; Quintana, Stephen; Wampold, Bruce E.

    2011-01-01

    Psychotherapy is a culturally encapsulated healing practice that is created from and dedicated to specific cultural contexts (Frank & Frank, 1993; Wampold, 2007; Wrenn, 1962). Consequently, conventional psychotherapy is a practice most suitable for dominant cultural groups within North America and Western Europe but may be culturally incongruent…

  14. Elementary Teachers' Understanding and Use of Cognition Based Assessment Learning Progression Materials for Multiplication and Division

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    Harrison, Ryan Matthew

    2012-01-01

    Teachers' knowledge of mathematical content and children's mathematical thinking have been identified as critical elements related to teachers' ability to effectively teach mathematics (Fennema & Franke, 1992; Kazemi & Franke, 2001; Ma, 1999; Peterson, Carpenter, & Fennema, 1989). Literature on teachers' knowledge…

  15. Philosophical Adventures in the Lands of Oz and Ev

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    Matthews, Gareth B.

    2009-01-01

    In this article, the author talks about the philosophical adventures of the characters in L. Frank Baum's Lands of Oz and Ev stories and discusses how such stories can stimulate reflections on philosophically interesting questions. Frank Baum is considered as the first American writer of philosophical fantasy for children for writing "The…

  16. Frank Westheimer's Early Demonstration of Enzymatic Specificity

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    Ault, Addison

    2008-01-01

    In this article I review one of the most significant accomplishments of Frank H. Westheimer, one of the most respected chemists of the 20th century. This accomplishment was a series of stereospecific enzymatic oxidation and reduction experiments that led chemists to recognize what we now call the enantiotopic and diastereotopic relationships of…

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    ... addition, section 806(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act permits a Reserve Bank to pay interest on the balances... the Dodd-Frank Act permits a Federal Reserve Bank to pay earnings on balances maintained by or on... amendments clarify the authority and terms for a Reserve Bank to pay interest on any balances held by a...

  19. The Hale Effect

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    Gray, Katti

    2012-01-01

    Ohio State University's (OSU) Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center is a rarity in academia, as was its namesake. When OSU named its standout Black cultural center after the civil rights activist, professor and vice provost who championed such a place, it was commemorating what Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr. stood for. He promoted academic rigor, those…

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    ... States'' include only amounts advanced to the covered financial company to promote the orderly resolution... (``Final Rule'') to implement certain provisions of its authority to resolve covered financial companies... the orderly liquidation of a systemically important financial institution under the Dodd-Frank Act...

  2. Frank Callaway 1919-2003: Honorary President of ISME 1988-2003

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    Meyer, John

    2004-01-01

    Frank Callaway, the fourth Honorary President of ISME, was a New Zealander who contributed greatly to raising the profile of music education in both that country and Australia. His essentially democratic view of music education was moulded by his teaching experience at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin. At the University of Western…

  3. Hollow-core screw dislocations in 6H-SiC single crystals: A test of Frank`s theory

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    Si, W.; Dudley, M.; Glass, R.

    1997-03-01

    Hollow-core screw dislocations, also known as `micropipes`, along the [0001] axis in 6H-SiC single crystals, have been studied by synchrotron white beam x-ray topography (SWBXT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Nomarski optical microscopy (NOM). Using SWBXT, the magnitude of the burgers vector of screw dislocations has been determined by measuring the following four parameters: (1) the diameter of dislocation images in back-reflection topographs; (2) the width of bimodal dislocation images in transmission topographs; (3) the magnitude of the tilt of lattice planes on both sides of dislocation core in projection topographs; and (4) the magnitude of the tilt of latticemore » planes in section topographs. The four methods show good agreement. The burgers vector magnitude of screw dislocations, b, and the diameter of associated micropipes, D, were fitted to Frank`s prediction for hollow-core screw dislocations: D = {mu}b{sup 2}/4{pi}{sup 2}{gamma}, where {mu} is shear modulus, and {gamma} is specific surface energy. 15 refs., 17 figs.« less

  4. Frank Gilbreth and health care delivery method study driven learning.

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    2009-01-01

    The purpose of this article is to look at method study, as devised by the Gilbreths at the beginning of the twentieth century, which found early application in hospital quality assurance and surgical "best practice". It has since become a core activity in all modern methods, as applied to healthcare delivery improvement programmes. The article traces the origin of what is now currently and variously called "business process re-engineering", "business process improvement" and "lean healthcare" etc., by different management gurus back to the century-old pioneering work of Frank Gilbreth. The outcome is a consistent framework involving "width", "length" and "depth" dimensions within which healthcare delivery systems can be analysed, designed and successfully implemented to achieve better and more consistent performance. Healthcare method (saving time plus saving motion) study is best practised as co-joint action learning activity "owned" by all "players" involved in the re-engineering process. However, although process mapping is a key step forward, in itself it is no guarantee of effective re-engineering. It is not even the beginning of the end of the change challenge, although it should be the end of the beginning. What is needed is innovative exploitation of method study within a healthcare organisational learning culture accelerated via the Gilbreth Knowledge Flywheel. It is shown that effective healthcare delivery pipeline improvement is anchored into a team approach involving all "players" in the system especially physicians. A comprehensive process study, constructive dialogue, proper and highly professional re-engineering plus managed implementation are essential components. Experience suggests "learning" is thereby achieved via "natural groups" actively involved in healthcare processes. The article provides a proven method for exploiting Gilbreths' outputs and their many successors in enabling more productive evidence-based healthcare delivery as summarised in the "learn-do-learn-do" feedback loop in the Gilbreth Knowledge Flywheel.

  5. NOAA Photo Library - Meet the Photographers/Frank Ruopoli

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    Services Center since 1997. Frank earned a B.F.A. in Graphic Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1993. As a designer, he helps package complex scientific information into useful products for /illustrator, his work includes design and layouts for print publications, exhibits, web pages, and multi-media

  6. Nathan R. Neale | NREL

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    -sensitized solar cells in the laboratories of Dr. Arthur J. Frank. After a brief stint at the University of Colorado, Boulder, during which he worked in collaboration with Dr. Frank, Dr. Arthur J. Nozik, and Prof . Ruddy, P. T. Erslev, S. E. Habas, J. A. Seabold, N. R. Neale (2013). "Surface Chemistry Exchange of

  7. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Valuable Military Option or Threat to Global Stability?

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    2005-09-01

    The Strategic Rocket Forces, 1991-2002,” in Russian Military Reform : 1992- 2002, ed. Anne C. Aldis and Roger McDermott (Portland, OR: Frank Cass...Redefining the Threat and the War on Terrorism,” in Russian Military Reform 1992-2002, ed. Anne C. Aldis and Roger N. Mc Dermott (Portland, OR: Frank...

  8. 76 FR 71625 - Position Limits for Futures and Swaps

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  9. Frank Parsons's Enablers: Pauline Agassiz Shaw, Meyer Bloomfield, and Ralph Albertson

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    2006-01-01

    Frank Parsons was not the 1st American to recognize or address the need for vocational guidance. Why he, rather than his predecessors, is credited with initiating the field can be attributed to the largely overlooked contributions of 3 other persons: Pauline Agassiz Shaw, Meyer Bloomfield, and Ralph Albertson. The author calls attention to the…

  10. Security Quality Requirements Engineering (SQUARE): Case Study Phase III

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    Security Quality Requirements Engineering (SQUARE): Case Study Phase III Lydia Chung Frank Hung Eric Hough Don Ojoko-Adams Advisor...Engineering (SQUARE): Case Study Phase III CMU/SEI-2006-SR-003 Lydia Chung Frank Hung Eric Hough Don Ojoko-Adams Advisor Nancy R. Mead...1 1.1 The SQUARE Process ............................................................................... 1 1.2 Case Study Clients

  11. Bodies in Space/Bodies in Motion/Bodies in Character: Adolescents Bear Witness to Anne Frank

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    Chisholm, James S.; Whitmore, Kathryn F.

    2016-01-01

    Situated at the intersection of research on Holocaust education and embodied literacies this study examines how an arts-based instructional approach engaged middle school learners in developing empathetic perspectives on the Anne Frank narrative. We addressed the research question: What can adolescents who are using their bodies to gain empathy…

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  13. The Nation behind the Diary: Anne Frank and the Holocaust of the Dutch Jews

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    Foray, Jennifer L.

    2011-01-01

    Since its first appearance in 1947, "The Diary of Anne Frank" has been translated into sixty-five different languages, including Welsh, Esperanto, and Faroese. Millions and perhaps even billions of readers, scattered throughout the globe and now spanning multiple generations, are familiar with the life and work of this young Jewish…

  14. The Learning Principal[R]. Volume 4, Number 7

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    von Frank, Valerie, Ed.

    2009-01-01

    "The Learning Principal" is an eight-page newsletter published eight times a year. It focuses on the important and unique work of school principals. This issue includes: (1) A Learning Community Is Built on Trust (Valerie von Frank); (2) School Leadership: Q & A: Turnaround Doesn't Have to Take Years, Just Solid Leadership (Valerie von Frank); (3)…

  15. A Joyful and Exhilarating Ride: An Interview with Frank J. Vattano

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    Dik, Bryan J.

    2008-01-01

    Frank J. Vattano is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Emeritus University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University (CSU), his undergraduate alma mater. He earned his PhD in experimental psychology from The Ohio State University and served as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the…

  16. Establishing Construct Validity for Integrity Tests

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    College of Business Administration Department of Management and Organizations University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 FINAL REPORT Establishing...Principal investigator: Deniz S. Ones Thesis Advisor: Frank L. Schmidt College of Business Administration Department of Management and...of Philosophy degree in Business Administration in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa June, 1993 Thesis supervisor: Professor Frank

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    ... of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203, approved July 21...-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act also defined when ``date of notice of foreclosure... possession of the property. (Failure to foreclose and evict in accordance with this reasonable diligence time...

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    ... provided by PTFA sunset on December 31, 2014. Section 1484 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and... protections to December 31, 2014. Section 1484 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection... completion and in acquiring title to and possession of the property. (Failure to foreclose and evict acquire...

  19. Irradiation-induced β to α SiC transformation at low temperature

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    Parish, Chad M.; Koyanagi, Takaaki; Kondo, Sosuke

    Here, we observed that β-SiC, neutron irradiated to 9 dpa (displacements per atom) at ≈1440 °C, began transforming to α-SiC, with radiation-induced Frank dislocation loops serving as the apparent nucleation sites. 1440 °C is a far lower temperature than usual β → α phase transformations in SiC. SiC is considered for applications in advanced nuclear systems, as well as for electronic or spintronic applications requiring ion irradiation processing. β-SiC, preferred for nuclear applications, is metastable and undergoes a phase transformation at high temperatures (typically 2000 °C and above). Nuclear reactor concepts are not expected to reach the very high temperaturesmore » for thermal transformation. However, our results indicate incipient β → α phase transformation, in the form of small (~5–10 nm) pockets of α-SiC forming in the β matrix. In service transformation could degrade structural stability and fuel integrity for SiC-based materials operated in this regime. However, engineering this transformation deliberately using ion irradiation could enable new electronic applications.« less

  20. Signature of dislocations and stacking faults of face-centred cubic nanocrystals in coherent X-ray diffraction patterns: a numerical study.

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    Dupraz, Maxime; Beutier, Guillaume; Rodney, David; Mordehai, Dan; Verdier, Marc

    2015-06-01

    Crystal defects induce strong distortions in diffraction patterns. A single defect alone can yield strong and fine features that are observed in high-resolution diffraction experiments such as coherent X-ray diffraction. The case of face-centred cubic nanocrystals is studied numerically and the signatures of typical defects close to Bragg positions are identified. Crystals of a few tens of nanometres are modelled with realistic atomic potentials and 'relaxed' after introduction of well defined defects such as pure screw or edge dislocations, or Frank or prismatic loops. Diffraction patterns calculated in the kinematic approximation reveal various signatures of the defects depending on the Miller indices. They are strongly modified by the dissociation of the dislocations. Selection rules on the Miller indices are provided, to observe the maximum effect of given crystal defects in the initial and relaxed configurations. The effect of several physical and geometrical parameters such as stacking fault energy, crystal shape and defect position are discussed. The method is illustrated on a complex structure resulting from the simulated nanoindentation of a gold nanocrystal.

  1. Signature of dislocations and stacking faults of face-centred cubic nanocrystals in coherent X-ray diffraction patterns: a numerical study1

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    Dupraz, Maxime; Beutier, Guillaume; Rodney, David; Mordehai, Dan; Verdier, Marc

    2015-01-01

    Crystal defects induce strong distortions in diffraction patterns. A single defect alone can yield strong and fine features that are observed in high-resolution diffraction experiments such as coherent X-ray diffraction. The case of face-centred cubic nanocrystals is studied numerically and the signatures of typical defects close to Bragg positions are identified. Crystals of a few tens of nanometres are modelled with realistic atomic potentials and ‘relaxed’ after introduction of well defined defects such as pure screw or edge dislocations, or Frank or prismatic loops. Diffraction patterns calculated in the kinematic approximation reveal various signatures of the defects depending on the Miller indices. They are strongly modified by the dissociation of the dislocations. Selection rules on the Miller indices are provided, to observe the maximum effect of given crystal defects in the initial and relaxed configurations. The effect of several physical and geometrical parameters such as stacking fault energy, crystal shape and defect position are discussed. The method is illustrated on a complex structure resulting from the simulated nanoindentation of a gold nanocrystal. PMID:26089755

  2. Irradiation-induced β to α SiC transformation at low temperature

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    Parish, Chad M.; Koyanagi, Takaaki; Kondo, Sosuke; ...

    2017-04-26

    Here, we observed that β-SiC, neutron irradiated to 9 dpa (displacements per atom) at ≈1440 °C, began transforming to α-SiC, with radiation-induced Frank dislocation loops serving as the apparent nucleation sites. 1440 °C is a far lower temperature than usual β → α phase transformations in SiC. SiC is considered for applications in advanced nuclear systems, as well as for electronic or spintronic applications requiring ion irradiation processing. β-SiC, preferred for nuclear applications, is metastable and undergoes a phase transformation at high temperatures (typically 2000 °C and above). Nuclear reactor concepts are not expected to reach the very high temperaturesmore » for thermal transformation. However, our results indicate incipient β → α phase transformation, in the form of small (~5–10 nm) pockets of α-SiC forming in the β matrix. In service transformation could degrade structural stability and fuel integrity for SiC-based materials operated in this regime. However, engineering this transformation deliberately using ion irradiation could enable new electronic applications.« less

  3. Vectorcardiographic results from Skylab medical experiment M092: Lower body negative pressure

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    Hoffler, G. W.; Johnson, R. L.; Nicogossian, A. E.; Bergman, S. A., Jr.; Jackson, M. M.

    1974-01-01

    Vectorcardiograms were recorded via a modified Frank lead system from all crewmen of the three Skylab missions in conjuction with the Lower Body Negative Pressure - M092 Experiment. Data were analyzed by a specially developed computer program (VECTAN). Design of the test sequences allowed direct comparisons of supine resting, Earth based (reference) vectorcardiograms with those taken during lower body negative pressure stress and those obtained at rest in orbit, as well as combinations of these conditions. Results revealed several statistically significant space flight related changes; namely, increased testing and lower body negative pressure stressed heart rates, modestly increased PR interval and corrected QTC interval, and greatly increased P and QPS loop maximal amplitudes. In addition, orientation changes in the QRS maximum vector and the J-vector at rest in space seem quite consistent among crewmen and different from those caused by the application of lower body negative pressure. No clinical abnormalities were observed. Etiology of these findings is conjectured to be, at least in part, related to fluid mass shifts occurring in weightlessness and attendant alterations in cardiovascular dynamics and myocardial autonomic control mechanisms.

  4. After $74-Million and Counting, Frank Gehry's Library Opens at Princeton

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    Carlson, Scott

    2008-01-01

    In putting up its new, Frank Gehry-designed Lewis Library, Princeton University endured its share of challenges. It constructed models of the building to give the subcontractors a chance to practice. It fired a contractor halfway through the job when the building was past due. It learned that some subcontractors were trying to bribe their way onto…

  5. Dynamics of chinook salmon populations within Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness: implications for persistence

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    Russell F. Thurow

    2000-01-01

    Research was begun in 1995 to describe factors influencing the spatial dynamics and persistence of federally listed chinook salmon within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. Results addressed two objectives: 1) description of chinook salmon redd distributions, and 2) comparison of index and total redd counts. Annual redd counts ranged from 20 to 661, and 99...

  6. Inquiry, Evidence, and Excellence: The Promise and Practice of Quality Assurance. A Festschrift in Honor of Frank B. Murray

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    LaCelle-Peterson, Mark, Ed.; Rigden, Diana, Ed.

    2012-01-01

    The overall aim of this volume of essays is to honor Frank B. Murray's commitments to empirically-based quality assurance and to the development of increasingly effective systems of quality control in educator preparation programs. As the editors approached the authors with the invitation to contribute an essay, two characteristic aspects of…

  7. Voice/Data Integration in Mobile Radio Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions

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    1989-09-30

    degradation in interactive speech when delays are less than about 300 ms (Gold 1977; Gitman and Frank, 1978). When delays are larger (between 300 ms and 1.5...222-267. Gitman , 1. and H. Frank (1978), "Economic Analysis of Integrated Voice and Data Networks: A Case Study," Proc. IEEE 66 1549-1570. Glynn, P.W

  8. Looking and Learning: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright

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    Vatsky, Sharon

    2007-01-01

    Frank Lloyd Wright was born and raised on the farmlands of Wisconsin. His mother had a vision that her son would become a great architect. Wright was raised with strong guiding principles, a love of nature, a belief in the unity of all things, and a respect for discipline and hard work. He created the philosophy of "organic architecture," which…

  9. "Who's in Charge Here?": Teaching Narrative Voice in Frank O'Connor's "My Oedipus Complex."

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    2001-01-01

    Considers how Frank O'Connor's "My Oedipus Complex" provides a good introduction to the subtleties of narrative voice and control. Concludes by considering the notion of control and its relation to the narrative point of view in O'Connor's story and how it bears directly upon the value of reading literature and the reader's role. (SG)

  10. Germania Quo Vadis?: Dynamics of Change in German Security Policy

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    2007-06-01

    Keohane, Robert O., Michael Brecher and Frank Harveys, eds. Institutional Theory in international Relations. In: Millennial Reflections on International...Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy, (Princeton University Press, 1984), pp. 78-109; Robert O. Keohane, “ Institutional ... Theory in international Relations,” in Michael Brecher and Frank Harveys, eds., Millennial Reflections on International Studies (University of Michigan

  11. New Textbook Publishing Model for the Internet Age

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    DiMaria, Frank

    2012-01-01

    College students living at or below the poverty line often have difficult choices to make: buy groceries, pay rent, or purchase textbooks. To Eric Frank, cofounder of Flat World Knowledge, this is not really a choice. When it comes to eating or buying a textbook, most will choose to eat. According to Frank, the biggest barrier to learning on scale…

  12. Obituary: Frank Albini, 1936-2005

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    2006-01-01

    Frank Albini, fire behavior research scientist from 1973 to 1985, died of cancer at the age of 69 on 3 December 2005. He was born in Madera, California, where he graduated from high school. He attended the California Institute of Technology and earned a BS in Aeronautical Engineering in 1958, and a year later an MS in Mechanical Engineering. He was awarded a PhD in...

  13. Integrated Swarming Operations for Air Base Defense: Applications in Irregular Warfare

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    Giordano THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public...Gray Approved by: John Arquilla Thesis Advisor Frank Giordano Second Reader Gordon McCormick Chairman, Department of Defense...Frank Giordano for all their help in guiding me down the path of swarming, counterinsurgency and applications for air base defense in irregular

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    ... SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 17 CFR PART 240 [Release Nos. 33-9175A; 34-63741A; File No. S7-24-10] RIN 3235-AK75 Disclosure for Asset-Backed Securities Required by Section 943 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION...

  15. Understanding and Teaching Students with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders: A Conversation with Frank H. Wood

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    Zabel, Robert; Kaff, Marilyn; Teagarden, Jim

    2011-01-01

    Frank H. Wood is both a pioneer and a first-generation leader, and his contributions continue to influence the field today. Dr. Wood participated in several "firsts." In the 1950s, he taught the first public school class in Minnesota for emotionally disturbed students, and he later served as the first coordinator of programs for students…

  16. DefenseLink Feature: The Great War

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    of former Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I and the oldest known World War I era veteran in the world, who passed away yesterday at the age of 110. A during the Second World War. Frank Buckles lived the American Century. Like so many veterans, he returned

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    ...The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These rules and rule amendments are designed to give effect to provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act that, among other things, increase the statutory threshold for registration by investment advisers with the Commission, require advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to register with the Commission, and require reporting by certain investment advisers that are exempt from registration. In addition, we are proposing rule amendments, including amendments to the Commission's pay-to-play rule, that address a number of other changes to the Advisers Act made by the Dodd-Frank Act.

  18. Modeling Interferometric Structures with Birefringent Elements: A Linear Vector-Space Formalism

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    Annapolis, Maryland ViNceNt J. Urick FraNk BUcholtz Photonics Technology Branch Optical Sciences Division i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form...a Linear Vector-Space Formalism Nicholas J. Frigo,1 Vincent J. Urick , and Frank Bucholtz Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5650 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW...Annapolis, MD Unclassified Unlimited Unclassified Unlimited Unclassified Unlimited Unclassified Unlimited 29 Vincent J. Urick (202) 767-9352 Coupled mode

  19. Characterization of Bc1-2, Bc1-xL, and Bax Pore Formation and Their Role in Apoptosis Regulation

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    2002-01-01

    Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Bax Pore Formation and Their Role in Apoptosis Regulation PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Frank Stenner -Liewen, Ph.D. Sharon Schendel, Ph.D...AUTHOR(S) Frank Stenner -Liewen, Ph.D. Sharon Schendel, Ph.D. John C. Reed, M.D., Ph.D. 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING

  20. The Last Word: An Interview with Frank Pajares--God, the Devil, William James, the Little Prince, and Self-Efficacy

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    Bembenutty, Hefer

    2007-01-01

    This article presents an interview with Frank Pajares, an internationally recognized scholar in the field of motivation and self-efficacy. During the interview, Pajares talked about William James, what he learned from reading "The Little Prince," his self-efficacy beliefs, and his famous speech wherein he spoke of God, the Devil, and solving the…

  1. Retroactive Seniority as a Remedy for Title VII Violations: Relief to Newly Hired and Incumbent Employees in Light of Franks v. Bowman

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    Stern, Lynne Rothschild

    1976-01-01

    Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. set forth the principles for determining whether a seniority system violates Title VII and awarded retroactive seniority to a limited group of employees previously denied employment due to their minority status. This ruling is examined in terms of the rights of non-minority employees. Available from: Loyola…

  2. 30. Photocopy of photograph (Frank O. Braynard Collection, Sea Cliff, ...

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    30. Photocopy of photograph (Frank O. Braynard Collection, Sea Cliff, NY), date and photographer unknown, probably c1935-40 VIEW NORTHWEST OF WEST 55TH ST. PIER INSHORE FACADE; QUEEN OF BERMUDA AND MONARCH OF BERMUDA MOORED ON EITHER SIDE. - West 55th Street & West 56th Street Piers, Hudson River at West Fifty-fifth & West Fifty-sixth Streets, Manhattan, New York County, NY

  3. GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-7 - PREFLIGHT PHYSICAL - ASTRONAUT FRANK BORMAN - CAPE

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    S65-60603 (2 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini-7 command pilot, sits attentively as two scalp electrodes are attached to his head. The electrodes will allow doctors to record electrical activity of the astronaut's cerebral cortex during periods of weightlessness. The objectives of this in-flight experiment are to assess state of alertness, levels of consciousness, and depth of sleep. Photo credit: NASA

  4. On Teaching International Courses on Health Information Systems

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    Bauer, Axel W.; Bott, Oliver J.; Gietzelt, Matthias; Haarbrandt, Birger; Hackl, Werner O.; Hellrung, Nils; Hübner-Bloder, Gudrun; Jahn, Franziska; Jaspers, Monique W.; Kutscha, Ulrike; Machan, Christoph; Oppermann, Bianca; Pilz, Jochen; Schwartze, Jonas; Seidel, Christoph; Slot, Jan-Eric; Smers, Stefan; Spitalewsky, Katharina; Steckel, Nathalie; Strübing, Alexander; van der Haak, Minne

    2017-01-01

    Summary Background Health information systems (HIS) are one of the most important areas for biomedical and health informatics. In order to professionally deal with HIS well-educated informaticians are needed. Because of these reasons, in 2001 an international course has been established: The Frank – van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management of Health Information Systems. Objectives Reporting about the Frank – van Swieten Lectures and about our students‘ feedback on this course during the last 16 years. Summarizing our lessons learned and making recommendations for such international courses on HIS. Methods The basic concept of the Frank – van Swieten lectures is to teach the theoretical background in local lectures, to organize practical exercises on modelling sub-information systems of the respective local HIS and finally to conduct Joint Three Days as an international meeting were the resulting models are introduced and compared. Results During the last 16 years, the Universities of Amsterdam, Braunschweig, Heidelberg/Heilbronn, Leipzig as well as UMIT were involved in running this course. Overall, 517 students from these universities participated. Our students‘ feedback was clearly positive. The Joint Three Days of the Frank – van Swieten Lectures, where at the end of the course all students can meet, turned out to be an important component of this course. Based on the last 16 years, we recommend common teaching materials, agreement on equivalent clinical areas for the exercises, support of group building of international student groups, motivation of using a collaboration platform, ensuring quality management of the course, addressing different levels of knowledge of the students, and ensuring sufficient funding for joint activities. Conclusions Although associated with considerable additional efforts, we can clearly recommend establishing such international courses on HIS, such as the Frank – van Swieten Lectures. PMID:28272648

  5. Midwater Fish Data Report: Cold Core Rings Time Series Cruises KNORR 62, 65, and 71 and ENDEAVOR 11.

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    N00014-79-C-0071 NR083-004 and its predecessors with the Office of Naval Research. Richard H. Backus James E. Craddock RHB ,JEC:md Au 0581 1aFor IFTIS A...6S 66 0 Al Bob Fob ob S EM Frank Frank Frank Fa. 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 12 0 42 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 21 23 3 45 t oo - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 123 S23 ill 750 0...26 63 0 n 0 0 0 o 250 0 .79 .18 .38V) 500 - 0 0 .48 750- 0 0 0 S 1000 Net 0 .38 0 .23 104 Nov-Dec 76 April 77 Oct-Nov 77 m KJNORR 62 KNORR 65 KNORR

  6. 75 FR 67282 - Provisions Common to Registered Entities

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    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is proposing rules to implement new statutory provisions enacted under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') and amend existing rules affected by the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. These proposed rules apply to designated contract markets (``DCMs''), derivatives clearing organizations (``DCOs''), swap execution facilities (``SEFs'') and swap data repositories (``SDRs''). The proposed rules implement the new statutory framework for certification and approval for new products, new rules and rule amendments submitted to the Commission by registered entities. Furthermore, the proposed rules prohibit event contracts based on certain excluded commodities, establish special procedures for certain rule changes proposed by systemically important derivatives clearing organizations (``SIDCOs''), and provide for the tolling of review periods for certain novel derivative products pending the resolution of jurisdictional determinations.

  7. Rapid adaptation to climate change.

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    Hancock, Angela M

    2016-08-01

    In recent years, amid growing concerns that changing climate is affecting species distributions and ecosystems, predicting responses to rapid environmental change has become a major goal. In this issue, Franks and colleagues take a first step towards this objective (Franks et al. 2016). They examine genomewide signatures of selection in populations of Brassica rapa after a severe multiyear drought. Together with other authors, Franks had previously shown that flowering time was reduced after this particular drought and that the reduction was genetically encoded. Now, the authors have sequenced previously stored samples to compare allele frequencies before and after the drought and identify the loci with the most extreme shifts in frequencies. The loci they identify largely differ between populations, suggesting that different genetic variants may be responsible for reduction in flowering time in the two populations. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  8. Testing Proposed National Guidelines for Perioperative Normothermia

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    2000-12-06

    8217 . :-r «fcM* TESTING PROPOSED NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR PERIOPERATIVE NORMOTHERMIA Capt. Flavia Casassola APPROVED: Maura McAuliffe, CRNA...incidence of hypothermia to 11% vs. 25% (P<.05), prior to the use of the forced- air blankets. In another study by Krenzischek, Frank, and Kelly ...hypothermia. Anesthesiology, 77, 252-257. Frank, S. M., Fleisher, L. A., Breslow, M. J., Higgins, M. S., Olson, K. F., Kelly , S., & Beattie, C

  9. 77 FR 9733 - Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants With Counterparties

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    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is adopting final rules to implement Section 4s(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') pursuant to Section 731 of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). These rules prescribe external business conduct standards for swap dealers and major swap participants.

  10. 76 FR 54537 - Swap Data Repositories: Registration Standards, Duties and Core Principles

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    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is adopting its regulations to implement section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'' or ``Act''), which establishes registration requirements, statutory duties, core principles and certain compliance obligations for registered swap data repositories (``SDRs''). Section 21 of the CEA was added by section 728 of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'').

  11. Hybrid Threat Center of Gravity Analysis: Cutting the Gordian Knot

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    2016-04-04

    U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis summed this best when he stated that “we expect future enemies to look at the four approaches [Traditional...synthesis is what we call hybrid warfare.”15 15 James N. Mattis and Frank Hoffman, "Future...accoun tid=12686 (accessed August 16, 2015). Mattis , James N. and Frank Hoffman. "Future Warfare: The Rise of Hybrid wars." United States Naval

  12. Bob Frank's recollections made on the occasion of the Penobscot Experimental Forest's 60TH anniversary

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    Robert M. Frank; Laura S. Kenefic

    2014-01-01

    Robert M. (Bob) Frank, Jr., spent his career with the U.S. Forest Service and oversaw the long-term silvicultural research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine for nearly 30 years. His reflections here span more than four decades, from his first days with the Forest Service until his retirement in 1996. He touches upon the agency's relations with members...

  13. Susceptibility of Tissue Cultures of Canine Origin to Viruses

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    1965-08-01

    importance. It was realized that dogs may harbor other than the common- ly recognized rabies, distemper and infectious canine hepatitis viruses. Proper... CANINE ORIGIN TO VIRUSES S......... . i Albuquerque, New Mexico by FRANK F. PINDAK AND WILLIAM E. CLAPPER August 1965 DISTRIBUTON STATEMENTA Approved...TID-4500 (43rd Ed.) SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TISSUE CULTURES OF CANINE ORIGIN TO VIRUSES by Frank F. Pindak and William E. Clapper Submitted as a Technical

  14. A Thousand Writers Writing: Seeking Change through the Radical Practice of Writing as a Way of Being

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    Yagelski, Robert P.

    2009-01-01

    In this frankly utopian essay, Robert Yagelski's theme is the transformative power of writing as an act in and of itself. He makes us reevaluate our motivation and point for teaching writing in schools and asks us to consider an agenda that will quite frankly scare teachers as he explains why we need an ontology of writing. (Contains 6 notes.)

  15. Behind the Scenes, Animal Caretakers and Technical Staff Contribute to High-Quality Research | Poster

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    By Frank Blanchard, Staff Writer; photos by Frank Blanchard and Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer Each day at 6 a.m. the lights pop on inside 18 buildings on the NCI at Frederick campus, illuminating the residential quarters for thousands of research mice. For the mice, it’s the end of their nocturnal day.  For their caretakers, however, the day has just begun.

  16. X-Article: Iran Operational Design, Clausewitz, and American Diplomacy

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    2013-03-01

    D. Frank United States Army 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES...addresses the United States current challenge with Iran, as the Islamic regime views itself as the regional rival to America and seeks to disrupt U.S...X-Article: Iran Operational Design, Clausewitz, and American Diplomacy by Colonel Patrick D. Frank United States Army

  17. Recycling Frank: Spontaneous emergence of homochirality in noncatalytic systems

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    Plasson, Raphaël; Bersini, Hugues; Commeyras, Auguste

    2004-01-01

    In this work, we introduce a prebiotically relevant protometabolic pattern corresponding to an engine of deracemization by using an external energy source. The spontaneous formation of a nonracemic mixture of chiral compounds can be observed in out-of-equilibrium systems via a symmetry-breaking phenomenon. This observation is possible thanks to chirally selective autocatalytic reactions (Frank's model) [Frank, F. C. (1953) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 11, 459–463]. We show that the use of a Frank-like model in a recycled system composed of reversible chemical reactions, rather than the classical irreversible system, allows for the emergence of a synergetic autoinduction from simple reactions, without any autocatalytic or even catalytic reaction. This model is described as a theoretical framework, based on the stereoselective reactivity of preexisting chiral monomeric building blocks (polymerization, epimerization, and depolymerization) maintained out of equilibrium by a continuous energy income, via an activation reaction. It permits the self-conversion of all monomeric subunits into a single chiral configuration. Real prebiotic systems of amino acid derivatives can be described on this basis. They are shown to be able to spontaneously reach a stable nonracemic state in a few centuries. In such systems, the presence of epimerization reactions is no more destructive, but in contrast is the central driving force of the unstabilization of the racemic state. PMID:15548617

  18. Assured Information Flow Capping Architecture.

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    1985-05-01

    Air Control System Deployment, ESD-TR-71-371, AD 733 584, Electronic Systems Division, AFSC, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, November 1971. 3. I. Gitman and...H. Frank, "Economic Analysis of Integrated Voice and Data Networks: A Case Study," Proceedings of the IEEE, November 1978. 4. H. Frank and I. Gitman ... Gitman , "Study Shows Packet Switching Best for Voice Traffic, Too," Data Communications, March 1979. ___ "Economic Analysis of Integrated Voice and

  19. 75 FR 79992 - End-User Exception to Mandatory Clearing of Security-Based Swaps

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    ...In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is proposing new Rule 3Cg-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') governing the exception to mandatory clearing of security-based swaps available for counterparties meeting certain conditions. The Commission is requesting comments on the proposed rule and related matters.

  20. Projectile Roll Dynamics and Control With a Low-Cost Skid-to-Turn Maneuver System

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    2013-03-01

    scheme. The mechatronics of the maneuver system was provided. The suitability of this design for survival at gun launch was assessed through...Projectile Roll Dynamics and Control With a Low-Cost Skid-to-Turn Maneuver System by Frank Fresconi, Ilmars Celmins, Mark Ilg, and James...5069 ARL-TR-6363 March 2013 Projectile Roll Dynamics and Control With a Low-Cost Skid-to-Turn Maneuver System Frank Fresconi, Ilmars

  1. United States Air Force Summer Research Program 1991. High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) Reports. Volume 11. Phillips Laboratory, Civil Engineering Laboratory

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    1992-01-09

    Crystal Polymers Tracy Reed Geophysics Laboratory (GEO) 9 Analysis of Model Output Statistics Thunderstorm Prediction Model Frank Lasley 10...four hours to twenty-four hours. It was predicted that the dogbones would turn brown once they reached the approximate annealing temperature. This was...LYS Hanscom AFB Frank A. Lasley Abstracft. Model Output Statistics (MOS) Thunderstorm prediction information and Service A weather observations

  2. Wolves, dogs, rearing and reinforcement: complex interactions underlying species differences in training and problem-solving performance.

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    Frank, Harry

    2011-11-01

    Frank and Frank et al. (1982-1987) administered a series of age-graded training and problem-solving tasks to samples of Eastern timber wolf (C. lupus lycaon) and Alaskan Malamute (C. familiaris) pups to test Frank's (Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 53:389-399, 1980) model of the evolution of information processing under conditions of natural and artificial selection. Results confirmed the model's prediction that wolves should perform better than dogs on problem-solving tasks and that dogs should perform better than wolves on training tasks. Further data collected at the University of Connecticut in 1983 revealed a more complex and refined picture, indicating that species differences can be mediated by a number of factors influencing wolf performance, including socialization regimen (hand-rearing vs. mother-rearing), interactive effects of socialization on the efficacy of both rewards and punishments, and the flexibility to select learning strategies that experimenters might not anticipate.

  3. 78 FR 4725 - Escrow Requirements Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

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    ...The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is publishing a final rule that amends Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to implement certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act made by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Regulation Z currently requires creditors to establish escrow accounts for higher-priced mortgage loans secured by a first lien on a principal dwelling. The rule implements statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act that lengthen the time for which a mandatory escrow account established for a higher-priced mortgage loan must be maintained. The rule also exempts certain transactions from the statute's escrow requirement. The primary exemption applies to mortgage transactions extended by creditors that operate predominantly in rural or underserved areas, originate a limited number of first-lien covered transactions, have assets below a certain threshold, and do not maintain escrow accounts on mortgage obligations they currently service.

  4. 76 FR 78977 - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X)

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    ...Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from seven Federal agencies to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) as of July 21, 2011. The Bureau is in the process of republishing the regulations implementing those laws with technical and conforming changes to reflect the transfer of authority and certain other changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act. In light of the transfer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rulemaking authority for the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) to the Bureau, the Bureau is publishing for public comment an interim final rule establishing a new Regulation X (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act). This interim final rule does not impose any new substantive obligations on persons subject to the existing Regulation X, previously published by HUD.

  5. 78 FR 70193 - Consumer Leasing (Regulation M)

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    ...The Board and the Bureau are publishing final rules amending the official interpretations and commentary for the agencies' regulations that implement the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA). The Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the CLA by requiring that the dollar threshold for exempt consumer leases be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2013, the Board and the Bureau are adjusting the exemption threshold to $53,500, effective January 1, 2014. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions, the Board and the Bureau are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Truth in Lending Act elsewhere in the Federal Register.

  6. 78 FR 70194 - Truth in Lending (Regulation Z)

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    ...The Board and the Bureau are publishing final rules amending the official interpretations and commentary for the agencies' regulations that implement the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended TILA by requiring that the dollar threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2013, the Board and the Bureau are adjusting the exemption threshold to $53,500, effective January 1, 2014. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Consumer Leasing Act's threshold for exempt consumer leases, the Board and the Bureau are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Consumer Leasing Act elsewhere in the Federal Register.

  7. Advanced three-dimensional electron microscopy techniques in the quest for better structural and functional materials

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    Schryvers, D; Cao, S; Tirry, W; Idrissi, H; Van Aert, S

    2013-01-01

    After a short review of electron tomography techniques for materials science, this overview will cover some recent results on different shape memory and nanostructured metallic systems obtained by various three-dimensional (3D) electron imaging techniques. In binary Ni–Ti, the 3D morphology and distribution of Ni4Ti3 precipitates are investigated by using FIB/SEM slice-and-view yielding 3D data stacks. Different quantification techniques will be presented including the principal ellipsoid for a given precipitate, shape classification following a Zingg scheme, particle distribution function, distance transform and water penetration. The latter is a novel approach to quantifying the expected matrix transformation in between the precipitates. The different samples investigated include a single crystal annealed with and without compression yielding layered and autocatalytic precipitation, respectively, and a polycrystal revealing different densities and sizes of the precipitates resulting in a multistage transformation process. Electron tomography was used to understand the interaction between focused ion beam-induced Frank loops and long dislocation structures in nanobeams of Al exhibiting special mechanical behaviour measured by on-chip deposition. Atomic resolution electron tomography is demonstrated on Ag nanoparticles in an Al matrix. PMID:27877554

  8. Functional requirements of a mathematical model of the heart.

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    Palladino, Joseph L; Noordergraaf, Abraham

    2009-01-01

    Functional descriptions of the heart, especially the left ventricle, are often based on the measured variables pressure and ventricular outflow, embodied as a time-varying elastance. The fundamental difficulty of describing the mechanical properties of the heart with a time-varying elastance function that is set a priori is described. As an alternative, a new functional model of the heart is presented, which characterizes the ventricle's contractile state with parameters, rather than variables. Each chamber is treated as a pressure generator that is time and volume dependent. The heart's complex dynamics develop from a single equation based on the formation and relaxation of crossbridge bonds. This equation permits the calculation of ventricular elastance via E(v) = partial differentialp(v)/ partial differentialV(v). This heart model is defined independently from load properties, and ventricular elastance is dynamic and reflects changing numbers of crossbridge bonds. In this paper, the functionality of this new heart model is presented via computed work loops that demonstrate the Frank-Starling mechanism and the effects of preload, the effects of afterload, inotropic changes, and varied heart rate, as well as the interdependence of these effects. Results suggest the origin of the equivalent of Hill's force-velocity relation in the ventricle.

  9. GT-7 RECOVERY - BORMAN, FRANK - ASTRONAUT - MISC.

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    1965-12-18

    S66-15463 (18 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 14-day Gemini-7 spaceflight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Gemini-7 splashed down in the western Atlantic recovery area at 9:05 a.m. (EST), Dec. 18, 1965, to conclude the record-breaking mission in space. Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. is the Gemini-7 pilot. Photo credit: NASA

  10. Avian Influenza Pandemic May Expand the Military Role in Disaster Relief

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    2006-03-15

    USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC MAY EXPAND THE MILITARY ROLE IN DISASTER RELIEF by Colonel Frank William Sherod II United... Influenza Pandemic May Expand the Military Role in Disaster Relief 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S...8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18 ABSTRACT AUTHOR: Colonel Frank William Sherod II TITLE: Avian Influenza Pandemic May Expand The Military Role

  11. Lighting recommendations for the Social Security Administration Frank Hagel Federal Building in Richmond CA

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    Rubinstein, Francis M.

    Specific recommendations are made to improve the lighting quality and energy efficiency of the lighting system at the Social Security Administration Frank Hagel Building in Richmond, CA. The main recommendation is to replace the recessed fluorescent lighting system in the general office area with indirect lighting. Indirect lighting will improve lighting quality, will provide an energy efficient solution and will be about the same cost as the direct lighting system originally proposed.

  12. Contributive Research and Development, Volume 123, Opportunities for International Partnerships and Technology Transfer to Support Racer Development

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    1998-10-01

    Life Cycle officer Frank Boydell hosted visit. Mr. Ed Brown, AFRL, accompanied Dr. Gregory. We were briefed on the Logistics Support Services (LSS...requirements for robotic ground support equipment. Mr. Boydell explained that most reliability factors are not used to project manpower requirements...Frank Boydell accompanied Dr. Gregory from the RAF LSS. DERA has 12,000 employees and appears to be organizationally equivalent to our OSD/PA&E

  13. The Practical Impact of Recent Computer Advances on the Analysis and Design of Large Scale Networks

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    1974-06-01

    Capacity Considerations," ARPA Network Information Center, Stanford Research Institute. 10. Gitman , I., R. M. VanSlyke, H. Frank: "On Splitting...281-285. 12. Gitman , I., "On : ^e Capacity of Slotted ALOHA Networks and Some Design Problems", ARPANET Network Information Center, Stanford...sum of the average demands of that population." Gitman , Van Slyke, and Frank [3], have addressed the problem of splitting a channel between two

  14. Worldwide Report, Arms Control

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    1985-09-12

    85) Belgium’s Science Minister on Eureka, SDI Prospects (Frank De Moor; Brussels KNACK, 17 Jul 85) Japan, PRC Foreign Ministers Talk; Wu Opposes...PROSPECTS Brussels KNACK in Dutch 17 Jul 85 pp 21-25 [Article by Frank De Moor: "Eureka And Europe Are First With Us."] TText] On 17 July the...be especially afraid of what he calls "getting bogged down in bureaucracy." It will not escape anyone that bureaucracy in this context is partly

  15. Investment Strategy for DoD Automatic Test Systems. Volume 2. Supporting Data

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    1994-01-01

    DESCOM Col Steve Dasher PM, TMDE Col William Deegan SAALC/LDA Mr. Don Desilets NVWC NPT (8314) Mr. W. Devers IDA Lt Col Easley HQ USAF (SOF) Mr. Bit Frank...OOALCJFISEA Mr. Craig Wall ASC/SMG Mr. Frank Wiilis OOALCMTISADC LCDR Patrick Witt NAWCADLKE 0 F- F-4 S Industry Participants (Briefings and Interviews...Effectiveness Analysis) COEA) Update (MSIIIB Report). January 1992 VXI Consortion. VXI (VXE Bus Extensions for Instrumentation) Briefing. Wall, Craig . ASD/ENEM

  16. Historical Analysis of the Battle of Little Bighorn Utilizing the Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS)

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    2004-06-01

    Frank Giordano , whose enlightening instruction and contagious enthusiasm in mathematical modeling provided us with the tools and concepts needed to...for each weapon, as taught by Brigadier General (Retired) Frank Giordano and Dr. Maurice Weir, authors of Mathematical Modeling and professors at...decision was to use the estimate given by Scott in a separate article he authored with Melissa A. Connor titled “Post-mortem at the Little Bighorn

  17. HF Radio Astronomy from a Small Satellite

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    2016-06-15

    SSC16-XI-03 HF Radio Astronomy from a Small Satellite Frank C. Robey1, Mary Knapp2, Alan J. Fenn1, Mark Silver1, Kerry Johnson1 Frank J. Lind3...frequency end of the electromagnetic spectrum (below 15 MHz) is one of the least explored windows in observational astronomy . Observations at these...pdf. [Accessed: 17-Oct-2015]. 3. G. Hallinan, “The Owens Valley LWA,” in Exascale Radio Astronomy , 2014, vol. 2. 4. C. J. Lonsdale, R. J. Cappallo

  18. Vector Antenna and Maximum Likelihood Imaging for Radio Astronomy

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    2016-03-05

    Maximum Likelihood Imaging for Radio Astronomy Mary Knapp1, Frank Robey2, Ryan Volz3, Frank Lind3, Alan Fenn2, Alex Morris2, Mark Silver2, Sarah Klein2...haystack.mit.edu Abstract1— Radio astronomy using frequencies less than ~100 MHz provides a window into non-thermal processes in objects ranging from planets...observational astronomy . Ground-based observatories including LOFAR [1], LWA [2], [3], MWA [4], and the proposed SKA-Low [5], [6] are improving access to

  19. Countering Global Terrorism: Developing the Antiterrorist Capabilities of the Central Asian Militaries

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    2004-02-01

    Strategic Studies (London) and the co-editor of the book, Russian Military Reform 1992- 2002 (Frank Cass: London/Portland, 2003). v SUMMARY Political: U.S...in Anne C. Aldis and Roger N. McDermott, eds., Russian Military Reform 1992-2002, London/Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2003, pp. 3-21. 55. The CRDF is...Challenge of “Small Wars” for the Russian Military,” in Aldis and McDermott, eds., Russian Military Reform 1992-2002, pp. 189-208. 86. Roger N

  20. Writing Skills Course for Newly Commissioned Marine Corps Officers

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    1993-10-01

    on the parked government vehicle were the 0 main causes of the accident. (8 and 9) 4. That LCpl Frank Johnson’s injuries were incurred in the line of...on the parked government vehicle were the main causes of the accident. (Findings of Fact14 8 and 9) 4. That LCpI Frank Johnson’s injuries were...sports, such as soccer, touch football, baseball, and karate . 3. Use a comma after an introductory word, Phrase. or adverb clause. Adverb clauses are

  1. Range Sidelobe Response from the Use of Polyphase Signals in Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar

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    2015-12-01

    come to closure. I also want to thank my mother for raising me and instilling in me the work ethic and values that have propelled me through life. I...to describe the poly-phase signals at baseband. IQ notation is preferred for complex waveforms because it allows for an easy mathematical...variables. 15 Once the Frank-coded phase vector is created, the IQ signal generation discussed in Chapter II was used to generate a Frank-code phase

  2. Space Weaponization and US-China Relations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-01-01

    and his JD degree from the New York University School of Law. Mr. Blazejewski would like to thank Frank von Hippel and R. Scott Kemp for their comments...Totem and Taboo,” 18. 69. Krepon, “Lost in Space,” 7. 70. One suggestion by Frank von Hippel would be to try to detect the laser beam by its scattering...more.” Pillsbury Report, 9. 15. Statement by Eric D. Hagt in “Chinese Military Modernization and Its Impact on the United States and the Asia

  3. Extension of the Schmidt and Hunter Validity Generalization Procedure to the Prediction of Absenteeism Behavior from Knowledge of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment,

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    1981-08-01

    Absenteeism Behavior from Knowledge of Job Sat- isfaction and Organizational Commitment James R. Terborg Thomas W. Lee Frank J. Smith Gregory A. Davis Mark...GRANT NUMBER() James R. Terborg, Thomas W. Lee, Frank J. Smith, Gregory A. Davis, and Mark S. Turbin. No. 00014-81-K-0406 /1 S. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION...Organizational Commitment Situational Specificity Absenteeism Meta-Analysis •Research would suggest that the relationship between job satisfaction and ab

  4. Palaeopathology of the earlobe crease (Frank's sign): New insights from Renaissance art.

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    Galassi, Francesco M; Borghi, Claudio; Ballestriero, Roberta; Habicht, Michael E; Henneberg, Maciej; Rühli, Frank J

    2017-06-01

    Several studies have associated the earlobe crease sign, discovered by Sanders T. Frank in 1973, with cardiovascular pathology, yet very few studies have focused on the antiquity of this trait, with the most ancient one thought to date back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138CE). This article presents two more cases from the Italian Renaissance in the works of the artist Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) and examines them in a multidisciplinary fashion. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  5. Books in Action: Armed Services Editions

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    1984-01-01

    were several omissions the army felt were "regrettable," particularly James Farrell’s Studs Lonigan .’ The Armed Services Editions venture was...HERB, editor. Esquire’s First Sports Reader 1284 GRAETO)N, C. W. My Name Is Christopher Nagel -j-277 GRAHAM, FRANK. Lou Gehrig T-2 4 GRAHAM, FRANK. The...Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes 84.3 IRWIN, MARGARET. Young Bess 1115 ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPH ER. Prater Violet o-19 JACKSON, CHARL.ES. The Lost Weekend 104 1

  6. Integration of the Execution Support System for the Computer-Aided Prototyping System (CAPS)

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    1990-09-01

    SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE COMPUTER -AIDED PROTOTYPING SYSTEM (CAPS) by Frank V. Palazzo September 1990 Thesis Advisor: Luq± Approved for public release...ZATON REPOR ,,.VBE (, 6a NAME OF PERPORMING ORGAN ZAT7ON 6b OFF:CE SYVBOL 7a NAME OF MONITORINC O0-CA’Za- ON Computer Science Department (if applicable...Include Security Classification) Integration of the Execution Support System for the Computer -Aided Prototyping System (C S) 12 PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Frank V

  7. Saturn Apollo Program

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    1964-09-09

    This is the official portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. A career Air Force officer from 1950, his assignments included service as a fighter pilot, an operational pilot and instructor, an experimental test pilot and an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at West Point. When selected by NASA, Frank Borman was an instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California. In 1967 he served as a member of the Apollo 204 Fire Investigation Board, investigating the causes of the fire which killed three astronauts aboard an Apollo spacecraft. Later he became the Apollo Program Resident Manager, heading the team that reengineered the Apollo spacecraft. He also served as Field Director of the NASA Space Station Task Force. Frank Borman retired from the air Force in 1970, but is well remembered as a part of American history as a pioneer in the exploration of space. He is a veteran of both the Gemini 7, 1965 Space Orbital Rendezvous with Gemini 6 and the first manned lunar orbital mission, Apollo 8, in 1968.

  8. 78 FR 6407 - Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Standards Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

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    2013-01-30

    ...The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Regulation Z currently prohibits a creditor from making a higher-priced mortgage loan without regard to the consumer's ability to repay the loan. The final rule implements sections 1411 and 1412 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), which generally require creditors to make a reasonable, good faith determination of a consumer's ability to repay any consumer credit transaction secured by a dwelling (excluding an open-end credit plan, timeshare plan, reverse mortgage, or temporary loan) and establishes certain protections from liability under this requirement for ``qualified mortgages.'' The final rule also implements section 1414 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which limits prepayment penalties. Finally, the final rule requires creditors to retain evidence of compliance with the rule for three years after a covered loan is consummated.

  9. Assessing whether black uniforms affect the decisions of Turkish soccer referees: is finding of Frank and Gilovich's study valid for Turkish culture?

    PubMed

    Tiryaki, M Sefik

    2005-02-01

    Frank and Gilovich (1988) found that teams with black uniforms were penalized by referees more than other teams that did not wear black uniforms in the U.S. National Football League (NFL), and the U.S. National Hockey League (NHL). This finding was examined for the referees in the Turkish Premier Soccer League (TPSL) for the soccer teams wearing or not wearing black uniforms during actual games. 30 male referees' (ages 22-45 years, M = 34.8) decisions were analyzed in a total of 2142 Turkish premier soccer league games played in 7 seasons. Using the number of red and yellow cards and penalty kicks teams drew as a penalty decision criteria, no significant differences were found between Turkish soccer teams wearing black uniforms or those not and the number of penalty kicks. This result, which was different from that of Frank and Gilovich's work, was discussed in relation to the social psychological point of view of different cultures and societies.

  10. United States Air Force Summer Research Program -- 1993. Volume 16. Arnold Engineering Development Center. Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory. Wilford Hall Medical Center

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    1993-12-01

    A I 7f t UNITED STATE AIR FORCE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM -- 1993 SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM FINAL REPORTS VOLUME 16 ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER...FRANK J. SELLER RESEARCH LABORATORY WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES 5800 Uplander Way Culver City, CA 90230-6608...National Rd. Vol-Page No: 15-44 Dist Tecumseh High School 8.4 New Carlisle, OH 45344-0000 Barber, Jason Laboratory: AL/CF 1000 10th St. Vol-Page No

  11. Expedition 3 Crew Interview: Frank Culbertson, Jr.

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    2001-01-01

    Expedition 3 Commander Frank Culbertson is seen being interviewed before leaving to become part of the third resident crew on the International Space Station (ISS). He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He discusses his expectations for life on the ISS and the experiments he will be performing while on board. Culbertson gives details on the spacewalks that will take place during the STS-105 mission (the mission carrying the Expedition 3 crew up to the ISS) and the unloading operations for the Multipurpose Logistics Module.

  12. X-Ray System, Lightweight Medical (XRSLM)

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    1992-08-10

    AD-25805 DTIC ELECTE DEC 3 1992 C~ontract No. DAMD 17-88(1-8058 X-Ray System , Lightweight Medical kXRSLM) M el in P .Siedba nl Frank C. G-reuzow’)N...Craig A. Hellman Robert C. Bruce rl 4 1W ý~( rf A&*- ~ko~.$~._ LO Contract No. DAMD17-88C-8058 X-Ray System , Lightweight Medical (XRSLM) Melvin P... System , Lightweight Medical (XRSLM) Contract No. DAMD17-88-C-805 8 6. AUTHOR(S)Melvin P. Siedband 63807A Frank C. Grenzow 3M463807L2336 HE 041 Craig A

  13. Consumer Surplus, Demand Functions, and Policy Analysis,

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    1983-06-01

    ARD-AL758 865 CONSUMER SURPLUS DEMAND FUNCTIONS AND POLICY ANALYSIS 1/2 (U) RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA F CANM JUN 83 RAND/R-3848-RC UNCLASSIFIED F/O 5...8217 - * 2, Consumer Surplus, Demand Functions, and Policy Analysis Frank Camm OCFILE COEYI b0 loo Thi! d Ci rr.i h,13 bea~n approvedS i i l ot p...ui.- r~aoz an~d sale; its (5 06 VP1 d’ *. . . * . ~ - V * * . R-3048-RC Consumer Surplus, Demand Functions, and Policy Analysis Frank Caomm June 1983

  14. Electronic publication of new animal names - An interview with Frank-T. Krell, Commissioner of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and Chair of the ICZN ZooBank Committee

    PubMed Central

    2012-01-01

    On the 4th September 2012 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature announced an amendment to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature allowing for electronic publication of the scientific names of animals. In this interview Frank-T. Krell discusses the implications of this amendment for authors wishing to publish descriptions of newly identified animal species in online and open access journals, and for the future of taxonomic science. PMID:22978411

  15. A Review of the Current State of European Research and Knowledge Concerning the Biological Effects of Radiowaves and Microwaves.

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    1982-09-15

    standards should be included in the report so we approached Mr. Frank Harlen of NRPB with a request that he should contribute to the project . The original...plan was that EHG should act as editor and project tco-ordinator wi’th Frank Harlen and me assisting. For reasons, not totally unconnected with. the... projected cross-sectional area of man of 0.7 m2 , and is absorbed without reflections or scatter, the resulting thermal load is 70W. This is less than the

  16. 76 FR 47651 - Transfer and Redesignation of Certain Regulations Involving State Savings Associations Pursuant...

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    2011-08-05

    ...Title III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act or the Act) provided that the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) relating to State savings associations will transfer to the FDIC effective one year after July 21, 2010, the date that the Dodd-Frank Act was enacted. The Act also amended section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) to designate the FDIC as the ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' for State savings associations. The FDIC is authorized to issue regulations pursuant to the FDI Act and other existing laws as the ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' (or under similar statutory terminology). As a result, pursuant to those laws, the FDIC, the newly-designated ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' for State savings associations, is authorized to issue certain regulations involving State savings associations. Consistent with the authority provided to the FDIC by the Dodd- Frank Act, the FDI Act, and other statutory authorities, the FDIC is reissuing and redesigning certain transferring OTS regulations. In republishing these rules, the FDIC is making only technical changes to existing OTS regulations (such as nomenclature or address changes). The FDIC is not republishing those OTS regulations for which other appropriate Federal banking agencies are authorized to act. In the future, the FDIC may take other actions related to the transferred rules: Incorporating them into other FDIC regulations contained in Title 12, Chapter III, amending them, or rescinding them, as appropriate.

  17. Northeast Waste Management Enterprise (NEWME) 1996 annual/final report

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    Goland, A.; Kaplan, E.; Palmedo, P. Wortman, J.

    1997-10-01

    The Northeast Waste Management Enterprise was created in response to Dr. Clyde Frank`s vision of a new partnership between research, industrial, and financial sectors, with the goal of speeding development and use (particularly at U.S. Department of Energy [DOE] facilities) of environmental remediation technologies. It was anticipated that this partnership would also strengthen the international competitiveness of the U.S. environmental industry. Brookhaven National Laboratory`s (BNL) response to Dr. Frank was a proposal to create the Northeast Waste Management Alliance, later renamed the Northeast Waste Management Enterprise (NEWME). Recognizing the need to supplement its own technical expertise with acumen in business,more » financial management, and venture capital development, BNL joined forces with the Long Island Research Institute (LIRI). Since its inception at the end of FY 1993, NEWME has achieved several significant accomplishments in pursuing its original business and strategic plans. However, its successes have been constrained by a fundamental mismatch between the time scales required for technology commercialization, and the immediate need for available environmental technologies of those involved with ongoing environmental remediations at DOE facilities.« less

  18. 77 FR 69735 - Consumer Leasing (Regulation M)

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    2012-11-21

    ...The Board and the Bureau are publishing final rules amending the official interpretations and commentary for the agencies' regulations that implement the Consumer Leasing Act (CLA). Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the CLA by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer leases from $25,000 to $50,000 and requiring that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Accordingly, the exemption threshold was adjusted to $51,800 effective January 1, 2012. Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2012, the Board and the Bureau are adjusting the exemption threshold from $51,800 to $53,000, effective January 1, 2013. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Truth in Lending Act's threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions, the Board and the Bureau are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Truth in Lending Act elsewhere in the Federal Register.

  19. 77 FR 69736 - Truth in Lending (Regulation Z)

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    2012-11-21

    ...The Board and the Bureau are publishing final rules amending the official interpretations and commentary for the agencies' regulations that implement the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Effective July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended TILA by increasing the threshold for exempt consumer credit transactions from $25,000 to $50,000 and requiring that, on or after December 31, 2011, this threshold be adjusted annually by any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W). Accordingly, the exemption threshold was adjusted to $51,800 effective January 1, 2012. Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2012, the Board and the Bureau are adjusting the exemption threshold from $51,800 to $53,000, effective January 1, 2013. Because the Dodd-Frank Act also requires similar adjustments in the Consumer Leasing Act's threshold for exempt consumer leases, the Board and the Bureau are making similar amendments to each of their respective regulations implementing the Consumer Leasing Act elsewhere in the Federal Register.

  20. Characterization of ion irradiation effects on the microstructure, hardness, deformation and crack initiation behavior of austenitic stainless steel:Heavy ions vs protons

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    Gupta, J.; Hure, J.; Tanguy, B.; Laffont, L.; Lafont, M.-C.; Andrieu, E.

    2018-04-01

    Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking (IASCC) is a complex phenomenon of degradation which can have a significant influence on maintenance time and cost of core internals of a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). Hence, it is an issue of concern, especially in the context of lifetime extension of PWRs. Proton irradiation is generally used as a representative alternative of neutron irradiation to improve the current understanding of the mechanisms involved in IASCC. This study assesses the possibility of using heavy ions irradiation to evaluate IASCC mechanisms by comparing the irradiation induced modifications (in microstructure and mechanical properties) and cracking susceptibility of SA 304 L after both type of irradiations: Fe irradiation at 450 °C and proton irradiation at 350 °C. Irradiation-induced defects are characterized and quantified along with nano-hardness measurements, showing a correlation between irradiation hardening and density of Frank loops that is well captured by Orowan's formula. Both irradiations (iron and proton) increase the susceptibility of SA 304 L to intergranular cracking on subjection to Constant Extension Rate Tensile tests (CERT) in simulated nominal PWR primary water environment at 340 °C. For these conditions, cracking susceptibility is found to be quantitatively similar for both irradiations, despite significant differences in hardening and degree of localization.

  1. Correlation of radiation-induced changes in microstructure/microchemistry, density and thermo-electric power of type 304L and 316 stainless steels irradiated in the Phénix reactor

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    Renault Laborne, Alexandra; Gavoille, Pierre; Malaplate, Joël; Pokor, Cédric; Tanguy, Benoît

    2015-05-01

    Annealed specimens of type 304L and 316 stainless steel and cold-worked 316 specimens were irradiated in the Phénix reactor in the temperature range 381-394 °C and to different damage doses up to 39 dpa. The microstructure and microchemistry of both 304L and 316 have been examined using the combination of the different techniques of TEM to establish the void swelling and precipitation behavior under neutron irradiation. TEM observations are compared with results of measurements of immersion density and thermo-electric power obtained on the same irradiated stainless steels. The similarities and differences in their behavior on different scales are used to understand the factors in terms of the chemical composition and metallurgical state of steels, affecting the precipitation under irradiation and the swelling behavior. Irradiation induces the formation of some precipitate phases (e.g., M6C and M23C6-type carbides, and γ'- and G-phases), Frank loops and cavities. According to the metallurgical state and chemical composition of the steel, the amount of each type of radiation-induced defects is not the same, affecting their density and thermo-electric power.

  2. Pauci-immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis.

    PubMed

    Qarni, M U; Kohan, D E

    2000-07-01

    Necrotizing glomerulonephritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis typically occurs in the setting of frankly apparent systemic vasculitic signs and symptoms. We report two recent cases that differed from this paradigm. Both patients had rheumatoid arthritis and deteriorating renal function due to P-ANCA positive pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis, but minimal systemic symptoms. Delay in diagnosis and institution of appropriate therapy may have contributed to the dialysis dependence of one of these patients. We suggest that heightened suspicion of an aggressive necrotizing glomerulonephritis should be maintained in all patients with rheumatoid arthritis who present with acute renal insufficiency even in the absence of frank vasculitis.

  3. 78 FR 44729 - Disqualification of Felons and Other “Bad Actors” From Rule 506 Offerings

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    2013-07-24

    ...We are adopting amendments to our rules to implement Section 926 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 926 requires us to adopt rules that disqualify securities offerings involving certain ``felons and other `bad actors''' from reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D. The rules must be ``substantially similar'' to Rule 262 under the Securities Act, which contains the disqualification provisions of Regulation A under the Securities Act, and must also cover matters enumerated in Section 926 of the Dodd-Frank Act (including certain state regulatory orders and bars).

  4. Frank Rubio/NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidate

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    2017-08-22

    The ranks of America’s Astronaut Corps grew by a dozen today! The twelve new NASA Astronaut Candidates have reported for duty at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to begin two years of training. Before they got to Houston we video-chatted with them all; U.S. Army Major Frank Rubio talks about how he became interested in science, technology, engineering and math, why he wanted to become an astronaut and where he was when he got the news that he’d achieved his dream. Learn more about the new space heroes right here: nasa.gov/2017astronauts

  5. System overview of the fully implantable destination therapy--ReinHeart-total artificial heart.

    PubMed

    Pelletier, Benedikt; Spiliopoulos, Sotirios; Finocchiaro, Thomas; Graef, Felix; Kuipers, Kristin; Laumen, Marco; Guersoy, Dilek; Steinseifer, Ulrich; Koerfer, Reiner; Tenderich, Gero

    2015-01-01

    Owing to the lack of suitable allografts, the demand for long-term mechanical circulatory support in patients with biventricular end-stage heart failure is rising. Currently available Total Artificial Heart (TAH) systems consist of pump units with only limited durability, percutaneous tubes and bulky external equipment that limit the quality of life. Therefore we are focusing on the development of a fully implantable, highly durable destination therapy total artificial heart. The ReinHeart-TAH system consists of a passively filling pump unit driven by a low-wear linear drive between two artificial ventricles, an implantable control unit and a compliance chamber. The TAH is powered by a transcutaneous energy transmission system. The flow distribution inside the ventricles was analysed by fluid structure interaction simulation and particle image velocimetry measurements. Along with durability tests, the hydrodynamic performance and flow balance capability were evaluated in a mock circulation loop. Animal trials are ongoing. Based on fluid structure interaction simulation and particle image velocimetry, blood stagnation areas have been significantly reduced. In the mock circulation loop the ReinHeart-TAH generated a cardiac output of 5 l/min at an operating frequency of 120 bpm and an aortic pressure of 120/80 mmHg. The highly effective preload sensitivity of the passively filling ventricles allowed the sensorless integration of the Frank Starling mechanism. The ReinHeart-TAH effectively replaced the native heart's function in animals for up to 2 days. In vitro and in vivo testing showed a safe and effective function of the ReinHeart-TAH system. This has the potential to become an alternative to transplantation. However, before a first-in-man implant, chronic animal trials still have to be completed. © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

  6. An optical search for small comets

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    Mutel, R. L.; Fix, J. D.

    2000-11-01

    We have conducted an extensive optical search for small comets with the characteristics proposed by Frank et al. [1986] and Frank and Sigwarth [1993, 1997]. The observations were made using the 0.5-m reflector of the Iowa Robotic Observatory between September 1998 and June 1999. The search technique consisted of tracking a fixed point in the ecliptic plane at +/-9° geocentric solar phase angle. The telescope scan rate was chosen to track objects moving prograde at 10 km s-1 relative to the Earth at a distance of 55,000 km. The camera was multiply shuttered to discriminate against trails caused by cosmic rays and sensor imperfections. Of 6143 total images, we selected 2713 which were suitable for detection of objects with a magnitude 16.5 or brighter with 120 pixel trails. The sensitivity and reliability of the visual detection scheme were determined by extensive double-blind tests using synthetic trails added to over 500 search images. After careful visual inspection of all images, we found no trials consistent with small comets. This result strongly disagrees with previous optical searches of Yeates [1989] and Frank et al. [1990], whose detection rates and magnitudes, when converted to the present search, predict 65+/-22 detections. We conclude that at 99% confidence, the number density of any prograde objects in the ecliptic plane brighter than magnitude 16.5 with speeds near 10 km s-1 have a number density less than 5% of the small-comet density derived by Frank et al. [1990]. Any object fainter than this magnitude limit with a mass corresponding to the small-comet hypothesis (M>20,000kg) must have either an implausibly low geometric albedo (p<0.01) or a density larger than that of water.

  7. Thyroid function and insulin sensitivity before and after bilio-pancreatic diversion.

    PubMed

    Gniuli, Donatella; Leccesi, Laura; Guidone, Caterina; Iaconelli, Amerigo; Chiellini, Chiara; Manto, Andrea; Castagneto, Marco; Ghirlanda, Giovanni; Mingrone, Geltrude

    2010-01-01

    Bilio-pancreatic diversion (BPD) induces permanent weight loss in previously severe obese patients through a malabsorptive mechanism. The aim of the study was to evaluate the modifications of circulating thyroid hormones after BPD, a surgical procedure which interferes with the entero-hepatic circulation of biliary metabolites. Forty-five patients were studied before and 2 years after BPD. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), free thyroxine (fT4), anti-thyroid antibodies, iodine urinary excretion, lipid profile, insulin and glucose plasma levels were assessed. The insulin-resistance HOMA IR index was calculated, and colour Doppler ultrasonography of the neck was performed. The subjects (23%) had subclinical hypothyroidism prior to BPD (TSH levels above the normal range with normal fT3 and fT4 levels). After 2 years 40.42% of the population showed subclinical hypothyroidism, while 6.3% became frankly hypothyroid, all of them with no evidence of auto-immune thyroiditis. Most of the patients, who became sub-clinically hypothyroid only following BPD, had already thyroid alterations at the sonogram (multi-nodular euthyroid goiter and thyroidal cysts) prior to surgery. BPD increases the prevalence of subclinical or even frank hypothyroidism, without causing a defect in thyroid function itself, through several integrated mechanisms. (1) It induces iodine malabsorption, which is partially compensated by iodine excretion contraction. (2) The entero-hepatic open circulation determines fT3 loss, which induces subclinical or frank hypothyroidism in patients with pre-existing thyroid alterations, interfering also with the weight loss progress. Iodine supplementation should be recommended in those patients reporting thyroid alterations at the sonogram prior to BPD, LT4 therapy should be strictly monitored in patients suffering of subclinical hypopthiroidism and T3 therapy should eventually be considered for patients diagnosed with frank hypothyroidism prior to BPD.

  8. 77 FR 30595 - Further Definition of “Swap Dealer,” “Security-Based Swap Dealer,” “Major Swap Participant...

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    2012-05-23

    ...In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') (collectively, the ``Commissions''), in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (``Board''), are adopting new rules and interpretive guidance under the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), to further define the terms ``swap dealer,'' ``security-based swap dealer,'' ``major swap participant,'' ``major security-based swap participant,'' and ``eligible contract participant.''

  9. Genetic engineering of a mouse: Dr. Frank Ruddle and somatic cell genetics.

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    Jones, Dennis

    2011-06-01

    Genetic engineering is the process of modifying an organism's genetic composition by adding foreign genes to produce desired traits or evaluate function. Dr. Jon W. Gordon and Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale Dr. Frank H. Ruddle were pioneers in mammalian gene transfer research. Their research resulted in production of the first transgenic animals, which contained foreign DNA that was passed on to offspring. Transgenic mice have revolutionized biology, medicine, and biotechnology in the 21st century. In brief, this review revisits their creation of transgenic mice and discusses a few evolving applications of their transgenic technology used in biomedical research.

  10. Cyclophosphamide/fludarabine nonmyeloablative allotransplant for acute myeloid leukemia.

    PubMed

    Khawaja, Muhammad Rizwan; Perkins, Susan M; Schwartz, Jennifer E; Robertson, Michael J; Kiel, Patrick J; Sayar, Hamid; Cox, Elizabeth A; Vance, Gail H; Farag, Sherif S; Cripe, Larry D; Nelson, Robert P

    2015-02-01

    We compared survival outcomes following myeloablative allotransplant (MAT) or cyclophosphamide/fludarabine (Cy/Flu) nonmyeloablative allotransplant (NMAT) for 165 patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in remission or without frank relapse. Patients who received NMAT were more likely to be older and have secondary AML and lower performance status. At a median follow-up of 61 months, median event-free survival and overall survival survival were not different between NMAT and MAT in univariate as well as multivariate analyses. Cy/Flu NMAT may provide similar disease control and survival when compared with MAT in patients with AML in remission or without frank relapse. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  11. 77 FR 70213 - Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security...

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    2012-11-23

    ...In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), is proposing capital and margin requirements for security-based swap dealers (``SBSDs'') and major security-based swap participants (``MSBSPs''), segregation requirements for SBSDs, and notification requirements with respect to segregation for SBSDs and MSBSPs. The Commission also is proposing to increase the minimum net capital requirements for broker-dealers permitted to use the alternative internal model-based method for computing net capital (``ANC broker-dealers'').

  12. 75 FR 62718 - Disclosure for Asset-Backed Securities Required by Section 943 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...

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    2010-10-13

    ...Pursuant to Section 943 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act \\1\\ we are proposing rules related to representations and warranties in asset-backed securities offerings. Our proposals would require securitizers of asset-backed securities to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase requests across all transactions. Our proposals would also require nationally recognized statistical rating organizations to include information regarding the representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms available to investors in an asset-backed securities offering in any report accompanying a credit rating issued in connection with such offerings, including a preliminary credit rating. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  13. The Anne Frank Haven in an Israeli Kibbutz.

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    Dror, Y

    1995-01-01

    The Anne Frank Haven, founded in 1956, in the Israeli Kibbutz Sasa provides a unique educational program for coping with muticultural and integration problems. It is a holistic, regional junior and senior high school system within the holistic community of three kibbutzim. The Haven has been the subject of much research into "Moral Development," carried out by Wolins (1969, 1971), and mainly by Kohlberg (1971), his doctoral students Reimer and Snarey and other colleagues. In the seventies and eighties they used the Kibbutz example as a model for the "Just Community" approach. In the early nineties, an Israeli group evaluated the success of the program and its rationale, taking into consideration all the "educational factors" of the community, in the Haven, and in the kibbutzim around it. This article offers a comprehensive picture of the Kohlbergian moral-developmental research at the Anne Frank Haven, including all the relevant references and evaluations of the Haven as a part of the "Just Community" approach. It concludes with a suggestion for another approach--"Community Education" research in the same Haven--as an example of present and future studies in the area of "Moral" and "Values" education.

  14. Effect of Time Dependent Bending of Current Sheets in Response to Generation of Plasma Jets and Reverse Currents

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    Frank, Anna

    Magnetic reconnection is a basis for many impulsive phenomena in space and laboratory plasmas accompanied by effective transformation of magnetic energy. Reconnection processes usually occur in relatively thin current sheets (CSs), which separate magnetic fields of different or opposite directions. We report on recent observations of time dependent bending of CSs, which results from plasma dynamics inside the sheet. The experiments are carried out with the CS-3D laboratory device (Institute of General Physics RAS, Moscow) [1]. The CS magnetic structure with an X line provides excitation of the Hall currents and plasma acceleration from the X line to both side edges [2]. In the presence of the guide field By the Hall currents give rise to bending of the sheet: the peripheral regions located away from the X line are deflected from CS middle plane (z=0) in the opposite directions ±z [3]. We have revealed generation of reverse currents jy near the CS edges, i.e. the currents flowing in the opposite direction to the main current in the sheet [4]. There are strong grounds to believe that reverse currents are generated by the outflow plasma jets [5], accelerated inside the sheet and penetrated into the regions with strong normal magnetic field component Bz [4]. An impressive effect of sudden change in the sign of the CS bend has been disclosed recently, when analyzing distributions of plasma density [6] and current away from the X line, in the presence of the guide field By. The CS configuration suddenly becomes opposite from that observed at the initial stage, and this effect correlates well with generation of reverse currents. Consequently this effect can be related to excitation of the reverse Hall currents owing to generation of reverse currents jy in the CS. Hence it may be concluded that CSs may exhibit time dependent vertical z-displacements, and the sheet geometry depends on excitation of the Hall currents, acceleration of plasma jets and generation of reverse currents. The work was supported in part by the Program (OFN-15) “Plasma Processes in Space and Laboratory” of the Division of Physical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1. Frank A.G., Bogdanov S.Yu., Markov V.S. et al. // Phys. Plasmas 2005. 12, 052316(1-11). 2. Frank A.G., Bugrov S.G., Markov V.S. // Phys. Plasmas 2008. 15, 092102 (1-10). 3. Frank A.G., Bogdanov S.Yu., Dreiden G.V. et al. // Phys. Lett. A 2006. 348, 318-325. 4. Frank A.G., Kyrie N.P., Satunin S.N. // Phys. Plasmas 2011. 18, 111209 (1-9). 5. Kyrie N.P., Markov V.S., Frank A.G. // Plasma Phys. Reports 2010. 36, 357-364; JETP Lett. 2012. 95, 14-19. 6. Ostrovskaya G.V., Frank A.G. // Plasma Phys. Reports 2014. 40, 21-33.

  15. Comment on the paper 'On the influx of small comets into the earth's upper atmosphere. I - Observations'

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    Chubb, T. A.

    1986-01-01

    The observations of transient decreases or holes in the EUV dayglow reported by Frank et al. (1986) and attributed to an influx of small comets into the earth atmosphere are discussed critically. The techniques used in acquiring and analyzing the observational data are examined, and it is argued that the decreases are probably instrument artifacts. A critique of the geophysical basis of the comet hypothesis is also included. In a reply by Frank et al., the instrument-artifact argument is rejected, in part on the basis of the statistical properties of the holes observed. Additional observational data are presented in graphs and dynamics Explorer 1 images are analyzed in detail.

  16. COTS Initiative Panel Discussion

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    2013-11-13

    L-R: Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager of Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASA; Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX; Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Orbital Sciences Advanced Programs Group; Frank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association and Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development at NASA, participate in a panel discussion on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Through COTS, NASA's partners Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corp., developed new U.S. rockets and spacecraft, launched from U.S. soil, capable of transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jay Westcott)

  17. Aqueous Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Frank-Kasper Mesophases

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    Mahanthappa, Mahesh; Kim, Sung A.; Jeong, Kyeong-Jun; Yethiraj, Arun

    Amphiphilic molecules undergo water concentration-dependent self-assembly to form lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) mesophases. LLC morphology selection is directed by cooperative optimization of preferred molecular packing arrangements, which stem from a subtle balance of local, non-covalent interactions. We recently discovered a class of amphiphiles that form a progression of discontinuous micellar LLCs, including two tetrahedrally-closest packed Frank-Kasper phases that exhibit exceptional long range order. This discovery complements recent reports of their formation in thermotropic liquid crystals, neat diblock and tetrablock polymers, and in lyotropic mesophases of block polymers in ionic liquids. Using a combination of MD simulations and experiments, we provide new insights into the mechanisms of formation for these low symmetry micelle phases.

  18. Wind Generators

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    1989-01-01

    When Enerpro, Inc. president, Frank J. Bourbeau, attempted to file a patent on a system for synchronizing a wind generator to the electric utility grid, he discovered Marshall Space Flight Center's Frank Nola's power factor controller. Bourbeau advanced the technology and received a NASA license and a patent for his Auto Synchronous Controller (ASC). The ASC reduces generator "inrush current," which occurs when large generators are abruptly brought on line. It controls voltage so the generator is smoothly connected to the utility grid when it reaches its synchronous speed, protecting the components from inrush current damage. Generator efficiency is also increased in light winds by applying lower than rated voltage. Wind energy is utilized to drive turbines to generate electricity for utility companies.

  19. Microbiological hazard analysis of ready-to-eat meats processed at a food plant in Trinidad, West Indies.

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    Syne, Stacey-Marie; Ramsubhag, Adash; Adesiyun, Abiodun A

    2013-01-01

    A bacteriological assessment of the environment and food products at different stages of processing was conducted during the manufacture of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken franks, chicken bologna and bacon at a large meat processing plant in Trinidad, West Indies. Samples of air, surfaces (swabs), raw materials, and in-process and finished food products were collected during two separate visits for each product type and subjected to qualitative or quantitative analysis for bacterial zoonotic pathogens and fecal indicator organisms. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen detected in pre-cooked products (mean counts = 0.66, 1.98, and 1.95 log10CFU/g for franks, bologna, and bacon, respectively). This pathogen was also found in unacceptable levels in 4 (16.7%) of 24 post-cooked samples. Fifty percent (10 of 20) of pre-cooked mixtures of bacon and bologna were contaminated with Listeria spp., including four with L. monocytogenes. Pre-cooked mixtures of franks and bologna also contained E. coli (35 and 0.72 log10 CFU/g, respectively) while 5 (12.5%) of 40 pre-cooked mixtures of chicken franks had Salmonella spp. Aerobic bacteria exceeded acceptable international standards in 46 (82.1%) of 56 pre-cooked and 6 (16.7%) of 36 post-cooked samples. Both pre-and post-cooking air and surfaces had relatively high levels of aerobic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and coliforms, including equipment and gloves of employees. A drastic decrease in aerobic counts and Staphylococcus aureus levels following heat treatment and subsequent increase in counts of these bacteria are suggestive of post-cooking contamination. A relatively high level of risk exists for microbial contamination of RTE meats at the food plant investigated and there is a need for enhancing the quality assurance programs to ensure the safety of consumers of products manufactured at this plant.

  20. Effect of salts of organic acids on Listeria monocytogenes, shelf life, meat quality, and consumer acceptability of beef frankfurters.

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    Morey, Amit; Bowers, Jordan W J; Bauermeister, Laura J; Singh, Manpreet; Huang, Tung-Shi; McKee, Shelly R

    2014-01-01

    The objective of this study was to evaluate anti-listerial efficacy of salts of organic acids, and their impact on the quality of frankfurters. Beef frankfurters were manufactured by incorporating organic acids in 5 different combinations: (1) control (no marinade addition; C); (2) sodium lactate (2% wt/wt; SL); (3) potassium lactate (2% wt/wt; PL); (4) sodium citrate (0.75% wt/wt; SC); and (5) sodium lactate (2% wt/wt)/sodium diacetate (0.25% wt/wt; SL/SD). Cooked frankfurters were inoculated with streptomycin-resistant (1500 μg/mL) L. monocytogenes (7 log₁₀ CFU/frank). Inoculated and noninoculated frankfurters were vacuum packaged and stored at 4 °C. Samples were taken weekly up to 10 wk for estimation of L. monocytogenes as well as aerobic plate count (APC) and psychrotrophs (PSY), respectively. Total of 2 independent trials of the entire experiment were conducted. Noninoculated beef frankfurters were evaluated weekly by untrained sensory panelists for 7 wk. SL, PL, and SC treatments did not (P > 0.05) adversely affect consumer acceptability through 8 wk although, SL/SD treatment was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) less preferred across all sensory attributes. SL/SD treatment negatively affected product quality, but was able to control APC, PSY, and L. monocytogenes levels. SC performed similar to the control throughout the 8, 9, and 10 wk storage periods, providing no benefit for inhibiting L. monocytogenes (increasing from 7 logs CFU/frank to 10 logs CFU/frank throughout storage) or extending shelf life of the beef frankfurters. In conclusion, 2% SL and PL, and 2% SL/0.25% SD may be effective L. monocytogenes inhibitors (maintaining inoculation levels of 7 logs CFU/frank during storage), but changes in SL/SD treatment formulation should be studied to improve product quality. © 2013 Institute of Food Technologists®

  1. Reverse engineering highlights potential principles of large gene regulatory network design and learning.

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    Carré, Clément; Mas, André; Krouk, Gabriel

    2017-01-01

    Inferring transcriptional gene regulatory networks from transcriptomic datasets is a key challenge of systems biology, with potential impacts ranging from medicine to agronomy. There are several techniques used presently to experimentally assay transcription factors to target relationships, defining important information about real gene regulatory networks connections. These techniques include classical ChIP-seq, yeast one-hybrid, or more recently, DAP-seq or target technologies. These techniques are usually used to validate algorithm predictions. Here, we developed a reverse engineering approach based on mathematical and computer simulation to evaluate the impact that this prior knowledge on gene regulatory networks may have on training machine learning algorithms. First, we developed a gene regulatory networks-simulating engine called FRANK (Fast Randomizing Algorithm for Network Knowledge) that is able to simulate large gene regulatory networks (containing 10 4 genes) with characteristics of gene regulatory networks observed in vivo. FRANK also generates stable or oscillatory gene expression directly produced by the simulated gene regulatory networks. The development of FRANK leads to important general conclusions concerning the design of large and stable gene regulatory networks harboring scale free properties (built ex nihilo). In combination with supervised (accepting prior knowledge) support vector machine algorithm we (i) address biologically oriented questions concerning our capacity to accurately reconstruct gene regulatory networks and in particular we demonstrate that prior-knowledge structure is crucial for accurate learning, and (ii) draw conclusions to inform experimental design to performed learning able to solve gene regulatory networks in the future. By demonstrating that our predictions concerning the influence of the prior-knowledge structure on support vector machine learning capacity holds true on real data ( Escherichia coli K14 network reconstruction using network and transcriptomic data), we show that the formalism used to build FRANK can to some extent be a reasonable model for gene regulatory networks in real cells.

  2. The critical role of cognitive-based trait differences in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) suppression of food craving and eating in frank obesity.

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    Ray, Mary Katherine; Sylvester, Maria D; Osborn, Lauren; Helms, Joel; Turan, Bulent; Burgess, Emilee E; Boggiano, Mary M

    2017-09-01

    Obesity remains a major public health concern and novel treatments are needed. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulation technique shown to reduce food craving and consumption, especially when targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) with a right anode/left cathode electrode montage. Despite the implications to treat frank (non-bingeeating) obesity, no study has tested the right anode/left cathode montage in this population. Additionally, most tDCS appetite studies have not controlled for differences in traits under DLPFC control that may influence how well one responds to tDCS. Hence, N = 18 (10F/8M) adults with frank obesity completed the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire-Restraint and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and received 20 min of 2 mA active tDCS and control tDCS session. Craving and eating was assessed at both sessions with a food photo "wanting" test and in-lab measures of total, preferred, and less-preferred kilocalories consumed of three highly palatable snack foods. While main effects of tDCS vs. control were not found, significant differences emerged when trait scores were controlled. tDCS reduced food craving in females with lower attention-type impulsiveness (p = 0.047), reduced preferred-food consumption in males with lower intent to restrict calories (p = 0.024), and reduced total food consumption in males with higher non-planning-type impulsiveness (p = 0.009) compared to control tDCS. This is the first study to find significant reductions in food craving and consumption in a sample with frank obesity using the most popular tDCS montage in appetite studies. The results also highlight the cognitive-based heterogeneity of individuals with obesity and the importance of considering these differences when evaluating the efficacy of DLPFC-targeted tDCS in future studies aimed at treating obesity. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  3. Microbiological hazard analysis of ready-to-eat meats processed at a food plant in Trinidad, West Indies

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    Syne, Stacey-Marie; Ramsubhag, Adash; Adesiyun, Abiodun A.

    2013-01-01

    Background A bacteriological assessment of the environment and food products at different stages of processing was conducted during the manufacture of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken franks, chicken bologna and bacon at a large meat processing plant in Trinidad, West Indies. Methods Samples of air, surfaces (swabs), raw materials, and in-process and finished food products were collected during two separate visits for each product type and subjected to qualitative or quantitative analysis for bacterial zoonotic pathogens and fecal indicator organisms. Results Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen detected in pre-cooked products (mean counts = 0.66, 1.98, and 1.95 log10CFU/g for franks, bologna, and bacon, respectively). This pathogen was also found in unacceptable levels in 4 (16.7%) of 24 post-cooked samples. Fifty percent (10 of 20) of pre-cooked mixtures of bacon and bologna were contaminated with Listeria spp., including four with L. monocytogenes. Pre-cooked mixtures of franks and bologna also contained E. coli (35 and 0.72 log10 CFU/g, respectively) while 5 (12.5%) of 40 pre-cooked mixtures of chicken franks had Salmonella spp. Aerobic bacteria exceeded acceptable international standards in 46 (82.1%) of 56 pre-cooked and 6 (16.7%) of 36 post-cooked samples. Both pre-and post-cooking air and surfaces had relatively high levels of aerobic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and coliforms, including equipment and gloves of employees. A drastic decrease in aerobic counts and Staphylococcus aureus levels following heat treatment and subsequent increase in counts of these bacteria are suggestive of post-cooking contamination. Conclusion A relatively high level of risk exists for microbial contamination of RTE meats at the food plant investigated and there is a need for enhancing the quality assurance programs to ensure the safety of consumers of products manufactured at this plant. PMID:23878681

  4. The Oseen-Frank Limit of Onsager's Molecular Theory for Liquid Crystals

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    Liu, Yuning; Wang, Wei

    2018-03-01

    We study the relationship between Onsager's molecular theory, which involves the effects of nonlocal molecular interactions and the Oseen-Frank theory for nematic liquid crystals. Under the molecular setting, we prove the existence of global minimizers for the generalized Onsager's free energy, subject to a nonlocal boundary condition which prescribes the second moment of the number density function near the boundary. Moreover, when the re-scaled interaction distance tends to zero, the global minimizers will converge to a uniaxial distribution predicted by a minimizing harmonic map. This is achieved through the investigations of the compactness property and the boundary behaviors of the corresponding second moments. A similar result is established for critical points of the free energy that fulfill a natural energy bound.

  5. 78 FR 10367 - Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

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    ...The Board, Bureau, FDIC, FHFA, NCUA, and OCC (collectively, the Agencies) are issuing a final rule to amend Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and the official interpretation to the regulation. The revisions to Regulation Z implement a new provision requiring appraisals for ``higher-risk mortgages'' that was added to TILA by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act or Act). For mortgages with an annual percentage rate that exceeds the average prime offer rate by a specified percentage, the final rule requires creditors to obtain an appraisal or appraisals meeting certain specified standards, provide applicants with a notification regarding the use of the appraisals, and give applicants a copy of the written appraisals used.

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    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the ``Commission'') is issuing final rules implementing new statutory provisions enacted by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). Specifically, the final rule contained herein imposes requirements on swap dealers (``SDs'') and major swap participants (``MSPs'') with respect to the treatment of collateral posted by their counterparties to margin, guarantee, or secure uncleared swaps. Additionally, the final rule includes revisions to ensure that, for purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, securities held in a portfolio margining account that is a futures account or a Cleared Swaps Customer Account constitute ``customer property''; and owners of such account constitute ``customers.''

  7. 76 FR 43549 - Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd-Frank Act Implementation

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    ...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.

  8. Steve Frank | NREL

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    Commercial Buildings Research Group. Steve's areas of expertise are electric power distribution systems, DC techniques for maximizing the energy efficiency of electrical distribution systems in commercial buildings

  9. Digital Documentation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, Fallingwater

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    Jerome, P.; Emilio, D.

    2017-08-01

    Since 1988, the professional staff of Architectural Preservation Studio (APS) has been involved with the conservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA. Designed and erected from 1935 to 1939 as a weekend home for the Kauffman family, the complex consists of the main house and guest house. After five years of reports and prototype repairs, we produced a two-volume master plan. Using original Frank Lloyd Wright drawings from Avery Library as background drawings, we measured every surface and reproduced the drawings in CAD, also developing elevations of every room. Stone-by-stone drawings of every flagstone floor and terrace scheduled to be lifted were also created using overlapping film photography that was assembled into a photo mosaic. By 2005, we designed, administered and completed a four-phase exterior restoration, with the paint-stripping and repainting of interior rooms being performed during the brief winter period when the building is closed to the public on an ongoing basis. In 2016, we were invited back to the site to review conditions and advise on routine maintenance. At that time we proposed to re-document the buildings, this time using laser-scanning. Laser-scanning of the exterior was performed in May of 2016, and of the interior in March 2017, each over the course of four days. This paper will make a comparison between manual and digital techniques in terms of Fallingwater's documentation.

  10. Bayesian learning and the psychology of rule induction

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    Endress, Ansgar D.

    2014-01-01

    In recent years, Bayesian learning models have been applied to an increasing variety of domains. While such models have been criticized on theoretical grounds, the underlying assumptions and predictions are rarely made concrete and tested experimentally. Here, I use Frank and Tenenbaum's (2011) Bayesian model of rule-learning as a case study to spell out the underlying assumptions, and to confront them with the empirical results Frank and Tenenbaum (2011) propose to simulate, as well as with novel experiments. While rule-learning is arguably well suited to rational Bayesian approaches, I show that their models are neither psychologically plausible nor ideal observer models. Further, I show that their central assumption is unfounded: humans do not always preferentially learn more specific rules, but, at least in some situations, those rules that happen to be more salient. Even when granting the unsupported assumptions, I show that all of the experiments modeled by Frank and Tenenbaum (2011) either contradict their models, or have a large number of more plausible interpretations. I provide an alternative account of the experimental data based on simple psychological mechanisms, and show that this account both describes the data better, and is easier to falsify. I conclude that, despite the recent surge in Bayesian models of cognitive phenomena, psychological phenomena are best understood by developing and testing psychological theories rather than models that can be fit to virtually any data. PMID:23454791

  11. Early educator-supervised student rocketry: The galcit rocket research project, 1936-1939. A tribute to Frank J. Malina

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    James, George S.; Winter, Frank H.

    Dr. Frank J. Malina, (1912-1981) is best known to members of the International Astronautical Federation and the International Academy of Astronautics for his deep commitment to, and active involvement in, both organizations; to his associates at UNESCO for his leadership in organizing the UNESCO Division of Scientific Research; to members of the art world for his kinetic paintings and editorship of the journal Leonardo; and to aerospace historians for his co-founding, with Dr. Theodore von Karman (1881-1963), of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with its World War II development of rocket takeoff assist units for aircraft and, after WWII, America's first production sounding rocket, the WAC Corporal. However, Frank Malina has received little recognition from aerospace educators for his equally pioneering efforts on their behalf. This paper highlights Dr. Malina's efforts not only as an early participant in educator-supported student rocketry but also in helping establishing some of the guiding principles of this field of science motivation. As Dr. Malina noted in 1968, upon becoming one of the founding members of the Supervision of Youth Research Experiments (SYRE) subcommittee of the IAF's Education Committee, the fundamental safety and educational ground rules of: (A) qualified supervision, (B) proper safety facilities, and (C) professionally designed equipment, conceived almost fifty years ago, are equally valid to today's supervised youth rocketry space-related experiment educational programs.

  12. CDRA

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    2009-07-31

    ISS020-E-026695 (31 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with a carbon dioxide removal kit adapter in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

  13. MSRR-1 Commissioning

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    2009-11-02

    ISS021-E-018978 (2 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  14. GRACE-FO Prelaunch Briefing

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    2018-05-21

    NASA Headquarters Public Affairs Officer Steve Cole, left, moderates the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission prelaunch media briefing with David Jarrett, GRACE-FO program executive in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters; Frank Webb, GRACE-FO project scientist at JPL; Frank Flechtner, GRACE-FO project manager for the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany; Phil Morton, NASA GRACE-FO project manager at JPL; and Capt. Jennifer Haden, weather officer, 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg Air Force Base, right, Monday, May 21, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The twin GRACE-FO spacecraft will measure changes in how mass is redistributed within and among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land and ice sheets, as well as within Earth itself. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

  15. Comparison of two views of maximum entropy in biodiversity: Frank (2011) and Pueyo et al. (2007).

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    Pueyo, Salvador

    2012-05-01

    An increasing number of authors agree in that the maximum entropy principle (MaxEnt) is essential for the understanding of macroecological patterns. However, there are subtle but crucial differences among the approaches by several of these authors. This poses a major obstacle for anyone interested in applying the methodology of MaxEnt in this context. In a recent publication, Frank (2011) gives some arguments why his own approach would represent an improvement as compared to the earlier paper by Pueyo et al. (2007) and also to the views by Edwin T. Jaynes, who first formulated MaxEnt in the context of statistical physics. Here I show that his criticisms are flawed and that there are fundamental reasons to prefer the original approach.

  16. Comparison of two views of maximum entropy in biodiversity: Frank (2011) and Pueyo et al. (2007)

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    Pueyo, Salvador

    2012-01-01

    An increasing number of authors agree in that the maximum entropy principle (MaxEnt) is essential for the understanding of macroecological patterns. However, there are subtle but crucial differences among the approaches by several of these authors. This poses a major obstacle for anyone interested in applying the methodology of MaxEnt in this context. In a recent publication, Frank (2011) gives some arguments why his own approach would represent an improvement as compared to the earlier paper by Pueyo et al. (2007) and also to the views by Edwin T. Jaynes, who first formulated MaxEnt in the context of statistical physics. Here I show that his criticisms are flawed and that there are fundamental reasons to prefer the original approach. PMID:22837843

  17. The wounded blogger: analysis of narratives by women with breast cancer.

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    Coll-Planas, Gerard; Visa, Mariona

    2016-07-01

    The purpose of this article is to analyse the representation of the body in seven blogs by Spanish women with breast cancer. Using both texts and images, we analyse how they reproduce modern and postmodern logic to represent the wounded body. Based on Frank's proposals, this article draws the conclusion that the women bloggers mainly reproduce the modern logic (characterised by the restitution narrative and a predictable, disassociated and monadic body), but there are elements which break with this logic (the quest narrative, the body presented as associated, dyadic and full of desire, and the acceptance of contingency). After applying Frank's categories, we suggest that the contemporary way of experiencing illness may question the clarity of the modern/postmodern divide. © 2016 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness.

  18. Frequent Questions about TSCA CBI

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    General Questions and Answers Concerning Confidential Business Information (CBI) Provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

  19. 78 FR 43254 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

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    ... will be open to the public, except during portions of the meeting reserved for meetings of the... meeting includes approval of minutes, Investor as Owner Subcommittee recommendation regarding data tagging...

  20. Col WPA2 Degassing

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    2009-07-09

    ISS020-E-018137 (9 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  1. FSS (Fluid Servicing System)

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    2009-07-08

    ISS020-E-018121 (8 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  2. FSS (Fluid Servicing System)

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    2009-07-08

    ISS020-E-018118 (8 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  3. Col WPA2 Degassing

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    2009-07-09

    ISS020-E-018135 (9 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  4. 1. Photocopy of 1910 photograph in Louis Sanchez Collection, Oakland, ...

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    1. Photocopy of 1910 photograph in Louis Sanchez Collection, Oakland, California. Rephotographed August 1940. VIEW OF FRONT - Frank Norris Memorial, Redwood Retreat Road, Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA

  5. Usefulness of Derived Frank Lead Parameters in Screening for Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiomyopathy

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    DePalma, J. L.; Schlegel, T. T.; Arenare, B.; Greco, E. C.; Starc, V.; Rahman, M. A.; Delgado, R.

    2007-01-01

    We investigated the accuracy of several known as well as newly-introduced derived Frank-lead ECG parameters in differentiating healthy individuals from patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and cardiomyopathy (CM). Advanced high-fidelity 12-lead ECG tests (approx. 5-min supine) were first performed on a "training set" of 99 individuals: 33 with ischemic or dilated CM and low ejection fraction (EF less than 40%); 33 with catheterization-proven obstructive CAD but normal EF; and 33 age-/gender-matched healthy controls. The following derived Frank lead parameters were studied for their accuracy in detecting CAD and CM: the spatial ventricular gradient (VG), including its beat-to-beat coefficient of variability (VG CV); the spatial mean QRS (SM-QRS) and T-waves (SM-T) and their beat-to-beat coefficients of variability; the spatial ventricular activation time (VAT); the mean and maximum spatial QRS-T angles; and standard late potentials parameters (RMS40, fQRSD and LAS). Several of these parameters were accurate in discriminating between the control group and both diseased groups at p less than 0.0001. For example the fQRSD, VG CV, mean spatial QRS-T angle and VG minus SM-QRS (which is similar to the SM-T) had retrospective areas under the ROC curve of 0.78, 0.78, 0.80, and 0.84 (CAD vs. controls) and 0.93, 0.88, 0.98 and 0.99 (CM vs. controls), respectively. The single most effective parameter in discriminating between the CAD and CM groups was the spatial VAT (44 plus or minus 5.8 vs. 53 plus or minus 9.9 ms, p less than 0.0001), with an area under the ROC curve of 0.80. Since subsequent prospective analyses using new groups of patients and healthy subjects have yielded only slightly less accurate results, we conclude that derived Frank-lead parameters show great promise for potentially contributing to the development of a rapid and inexpensive resting ECG-based screening test for heart disease.

  6. A graphical simulation software for instruction in cardiovascular mechanics physiology.

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    Wildhaber, Reto A; Verrey, François; Wenger, Roland H

    2011-01-25

    Computer supported, interactive e-learning systems are widely used in the teaching of physiology. However, the currently available complimentary software tools in the field of the physiology of cardiovascular mechanics have not yet been adapted to the latest systems software. Therefore, a simple-to-use replacement for undergraduate and graduate students' education was needed, including an up-to-date graphical software that is validated and field-tested. Software compatible to Windows, based on modified versions of existing mathematical algorithms, has been newly developed. Testing was performed during a full term of physiological lecturing to medical and biology students. The newly developed CLabUZH software models a reduced human cardiovascular loop containing all basic compartments: an isolated heart including an artificial electrical stimulator, main vessels and the peripheral resistive components. Students can alter several physiological parameters interactively. The resulting output variables are printed in x-y diagrams and in addition shown in an animated, graphical model. CLabUZH offers insight into the relations of volume, pressure and time dependency in the circulation and their correlation to the electrocardiogram (ECG). Established mechanisms such as the Frank-Starling Law or the Windkessel Effect are considered in this model. The CLabUZH software is self-contained with no extra installation required and runs on most of today's personal computer systems. CLabUZH is a user-friendly interactive computer programme that has proved to be useful in teaching the basic physiological principles of heart mechanics.

  7. Improvement on the auxiliary total artificial heart (ATAH) left chamber design.

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    Andrade, Aron; Fonseca, Jeison; Legendre, Daniel; Nicolosi, Denys; Biscegli, Jose; Pinotti, Marcos; Ohashi, Yukio; Nosé, Yukihiko

    2003-05-01

    The auxiliary total artificial heart (ATAH) is an electromechanically driven artificial heart with reduced dimensions, which is able to be implanted in the right thoracic or abdominal cavities of an average human patient without removing the natural heart or the heart neurohumoral inherent control mechanism for the arterial pressure. This device uses a brushless direct current motor and a mechanical actuator (roller screw) to move two diaphragms. The ATAH's beating frequency is regulated through the change of the left preload, based on Frank-Starling's law, assisting the native heart in obtaining adequate blood flow. The ATAH left and right stroke volumes are 38 ml and 34 ml, respectively, giving approximately 5 L/min of cardiac output at 160 bpm. Flow visualization studies were performed in critical areas on the ATAH left chamber. A closed circuit loop was used with water and glycerin (37%) at 25 degrees C. Amberlite particles (80 mesh) were illuminated by a 1 mm planar helium-neon laser light. With left mean preload fixed at 10 mm Hg and the afterload at 100 mm Hg, the heart rate varied from 60 to 200 bpm. Two porcine valves were used on the inlet and outlet ports. The flow pattern images were obtained using a color micro-camera and a video recorder. Subsequently, these images were digitized using a PC computer. A persistent stagnant flow was detected in the left chamber inlet port. After improvement on the left chamber design, this stagnant flow disappeared.

  8. General Substantiation Questions to Support CBI Claims

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    General Questions and Answers Concerning Confidential Business Information (CBI) Provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

  9. Thirsk on ARED

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    2009-06-05

    ISS020-E-007089 (5 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, exercises using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

  10. Committee on Science

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    , articulate and straightforward traits all too rare around this town. He is an excellent manager someone who still being self-deprecating. These, too, are rare abilities, and ones that, frankly, he will need to

  11. De Winne in Columbus

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    2009-10-08

    ISS020-E-049895 (8 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander, works at the Biolab incubator in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  12. De Winne with CBEF in Kibo

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    2009-07-10

    ISS020-E-019027 (10 July 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works at the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

  13. Commander De Wine poses for a photo

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    2009-11-08

    ISS021-E-022397 (8 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, holds a stowage bag containing various beverages in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

  14. Thirsk on ARED

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    2009-06-05

    ISS020-E-007087 (5 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, prepares to use the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

  15. 78 FR 20156 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

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    2013-04-03

    ... Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stop 1090, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File No. 265-28. This file number should be included...

  16. Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011

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    Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID

    2011-10-04

    Senate - 10/04/2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  17. Genetics Home Reference: Noonan syndrome

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    ... Epub ahead of print] Citation on PubMed Kratz CP, Franke L, Peters H, Kohlschmidt N, Kazmierczak B, ... E, Rauch A, Niemeyer CM, Shannon K, Kratz CP. Germline KRAS mutations cause Noonan syndrome. Nat Genet. ...

  18. Dodd-Frank Repeal Act of 2011

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL

    2011-04-06

    Senate - 04/06/2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  19. Genetics Home Reference: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

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    ... one affected parent . Other cases result from new (de novo) gene mutations and occur in people with ... 31550. Review. Byers PH, Belmont J, Black J, De Backer J, Frank M, Jeunemaitre X, Johnson D, ...

  20. 1. Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November ...

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    1. Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 VIEW OF TOWER ACROSS BLIND BAY MARSH - Frank's Island Lighthouse, North East Pass, Mississippi River, Boothville, Plaquemines Parish, LA

  1. 2. Detail of tower foundation with lightning transfer wire, southeast ...

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    2. Detail of tower foundation with lightning transfer wire, southeast corner - Cold Mountain Fire Lookout Station, Lookout Tower, Krassel District, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Dixie, Idaho County, ID

  2. Frank Lamson-Scribner: botanist and pioneer plant pathologist in the United States.

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    Hilty, J W; Peterson, P D

    1997-01-01

    Frank Lamson-Scribner, in 1885, became the first scientist commissioned by the United States Department of Agriculture with the responsibility to study diseases of economic plants. His innovative approach established the foundation for applied plant pathology at the USDA. In an early international cooperative effort in plant pathology, he detailed the life history of the grape black rot pathogen. His early studies with the Bordeaux mixture introduced the American farmer to the modern era of chemical control. Scribner became the botanist and director of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station. He published the first book written on the subject of plant diseases in the United States, and described a new nematode disease of potato. He asserted that the practical value of plant pathology to farmers would only follow meticulous studies of the life history of pathogens.

  3. Discovery of a Frank-Kasper [sigma] Phase in Sphere-Forming Block Copolymer Melts

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    Lee, Sangwoo; Bluemle, Michael J.; Bates, Frank S.

    Sphere-forming block copolymers are known to self-assemble into body-centered cubic crystals near the order-disorder transition temperature. Small-angle x-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy experiments on diblock and tetrablock copolymer melts have revealed an equilibrium phase characterized by a large tetragonal unit cell containing 30 microphase-separated spheres. This structure, referred to as the sigma ({sigma}) phase by Frank and Kasper more than 50 years ago, nucleates and grows from the body-centered cubic phase similar to its occurrence in metal alloys and is a crystal approximant to dodecagonal quasicrystals. Formation of the {sigma} phase in undiluted linear block copolymers (and certain branchedmore » dendrimers) appears to be mediated by macromolecular packing frustration, an entropic contribution to the interparticle interactions that control the sphere-packing geometry.« less

  4. Men in Groups: Anthropology and Aggression, 1965-84.

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    Milam, Erika Lorraine

    2015-01-01

    By the late 1950s, Harry Frank Guggenheim was concerned with understanding why some charismatic leaders fought for freedom, while others sought power and domination. He believed that best-selling books on ethological approaches to animal and human behavior, especially those by playwright and screenwriter Robert Ardrey, promised a key to this dilemma, and he created a foundation that would fund research addressing problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. Under the directorship of Rutgers University professors Robin Fox and Lionel Tiger, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation fostered scientific investigations into the biological basis of human nature. This essay analyzes their discussions of aggression as fundamental to the behavior of men in groups in order to elucidate the private and professional dimensions of masculine networks of US philanthropic and academic authority in the late 1960s and 1970s.

  5. De Winne in Node 2

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    2009-10-05

    ISS020-E-045314 (5 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander, uses a communication system near a computer in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

  6. National Center for Mathematics and Science - publications

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    Approach to Teaching Evolution Speaks to Debate (press release) Fourth Grade Math Makes the News: VIEW , Megan Loef Franke, Linda Levi Publisher: Heinemann, 2003 Transforming Teaching in Math and Science: How

  7. 78 FR 67333 - Performance Review Board Membership

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    2013-11-12

    .... Arnold William G. Bostic, Jr. Stephen B. Burke Joanne Buenzli Crane Susan R. Helper Ron S. Jarmin Enrique... Stephens Sonja Steptoe Frank A. Vitrano Katherine K. Wallman Adam Wilczewski The term of each PRB member...

  8. 76 FR 7087 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

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    2011-02-08

    ... Dodd-Frank Act abolishes the OTS, provides for its integration with the Office of the Comptroller of... information technology; and (e) Estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, maintenance...

  9. De Winne exercises on CEVIS

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    2009-06-22

    ISS020-E-013983 (22 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  10. 78 FR 2706 - Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee

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    2013-01-14

    ... triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stop 1090, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549--1090. All submissions should refer to File No. 265-28. This file number should be...

  11. Frank from El Salvador: A Teacher's Story.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Pasquier, Binnie

    1994-01-01

    Describes the experiences of a young man from El Salvador and his eighth-grade second-language teacher as they watched other young El Salvadorans either drop out of school or accumulate insufficient credits to graduate. (RS)

  12. CDRA

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    2009-07-31

    ISS020-E-026697 (31 July 2009) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra (foreground) and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work with a carbon dioxide removal kit adapter in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

  13. 75 FR 39040 - National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

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    2010-07-07

    ... Manistee Iron Works Machine Shop, 254 River St., Manistee, 10000477 Wayne County Rosedale Gardens Historic... Schenectady County Rosendale Common School, 2572 Rosendale Rd., Niskayuna, 10000482 Suffolk County Frank...

  14. 76 FR 12356 - Farm Credit Administration Board; Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting

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    2011-03-07

    ... concludes its business. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm Credit... on Borrowers Rights--Part II. Update on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Projects. Dated: March 2, 2011. Dale L...

  15. 77 FR 63872 - Senior Executive Service; Appointment of Members to the Performance Review Board

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    2012-10-17

    ... Resources--Kim L.H. Green. Rotating Membership ASP Kathleen E. Franks, Director, Office of Regulatory and... OLMS Stephen J. Willertz, Director, Office of Enforcement and International Union Audits--appointment...

  16. 76 FR 52670 - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings

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    2011-08-23

    ...) Contact Person: Frank S. De Silva, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of.... De Silva, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural...

  17. B2 YNG Yeast EC (Experiment Container)

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    2009-10-02

    ISS020-E-044457 (2 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander, installs experiment containers in the Biolab incubator in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  18. Integrated Warfighter Biodefense Program (IWBP)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-08-01

    Distribution. Sincerely, Frank T. Abbott VP of Administration & Finance fta @quantumleap.us cc: Dr. Ganesh Vaidyanathan, Project Manager, Code 34...goals of IWBP. Areas of potential application include health care administration, clinical data analysis and health care research applications

  19. Kids Create Healthy Comics | NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine

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    ... book page from Choosing the Way on reducing childhood obesity All photos courtesy of Elizabeth Anne Thompson, MUSC " ... the Way is a frank discussion of the childhood obesity problem and the role that choices in diet ...

  20. Confidential Business Information under TSCA

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    This website informs businesses, policymakers, and the public about the confidential business information (CBI) provisions of § 14 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

  1. RFTA (Recycle Filter Tank Assembly) test fill

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    2009-06-02

    ISS020-E-005984 (2 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Water Recovery System Recycle Filter Tank Assembly (RFTA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  2. Beyond traffic 2045 : trends and choices - draft

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2015-02-01

    Beyond Traffic is an invitation to the American publicincluding the users, developers, owners, and operators of the transportation network and the policy officials who shape itto have a frank conversation about the shape, size, and condition of...

  3. Mobile Source Mitigation Opportunities

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    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge The objective of this chapter is to review this history, focusing initially on the historical growth patterns and the resulting environmental consequences; then on the current control efforts around the ...

  4. Old Truths, New Children.

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    Delattre, Edwin J.

    1993-01-01

    Suggests that the formation of habits is the basis of character and morality. Supports this suggestion with citations from Henry James and other writers, and with examples of intellectual diligence from the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Frank. (HTH)

  5. Advertising.

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    DeFazio, Frank A.; Arnold, Douglas

    1988-01-01

    Reaching students and donors through advertising is discussed in several articles including: "Proven Effective," on what makes three advertising campaigns work; "Commercial Appeal," on how advertising can help institutions meet its goals (Frank A. DeFazio); "Desperately Seeking Savvy," on finding the right advertising…

  6. Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman Receives Presidential Call

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1968-01-01

    Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Borman, along with astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, launched aboard the Apollo 8 mission on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.

  7. Automation system for measurement of gamma-ray spectra of induced activity for multi-element high volume neutron activation analysis at the reactor IBR-2 of Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics at the joint institute for nuclear research

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    Pavlov, S. S.; Dmitriev, A. Yu.; Chepurchenko, I. A.; Frontasyeva, M. V.

    2014-11-01

    The automation system for measurement of induced activity of gamma-ray spectra for multi-element high volume neutron activation analysis (NAA) was designed, developed and implemented at the reactor IBR-2 at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics. The system consists of three devices of automatic sample changers for three Canberra HPGe detector-based gamma spectrometry systems. Each sample changer consists of two-axis of linear positioning module M202A by DriveSet company and disk with 45 slots for containers with samples. Control of automatic sample changer is performed by the Xemo S360U controller by Systec company. Positioning accuracy can reach 0.1 mm. Special software performs automatic changing of samples and measurement of gamma spectra at constant interaction with the NAA database.

  8. Prediabetes and Pregnancy

    PubMed Central

    Barnes, P. H.

    1963-01-01

    In a prospective study of perinatal losses associated with prediabetes, 105 pregnancies were followed in women showing mild abnormalities of glucose tolerance. Hypoglycemic agents were not administered in the absence of frank diabetes. All patients were attended at delivery by interns or residents. Only two perinatal losses (1.5%) occurred in complicated cases, one of which might have been avoided. Perinatal losses in unrecognized prediabetics are largely due to associated obstetric factors, and in uncomplicated prediabetes should not differ from nondiabetic pregnancies. Recognition of the prediabetic state allows subsequent complications to be anticipated and treated early. In the absence of frank diabetes, hypoglycemic agents would not improve the immediate fetal salvage. Their value for reducing the incidence of recognized complications or in promoting the remote welfare of the fetus (preventing the ultimate development of diabetes) has not been established. The administration of hypoglycemic agents to the pregnant prediabetic is not recommended in view of the possible teratogenic effect. PMID:13969369

  9. Reappraising Positivism and Education: The Arguments of Philipp Frank and Herbert Feigl

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Matthews, Michaelr.

    This paper documents some of the `bad press' that Positivism has received in science education; it delineates the varied, and sometimes contradictory, ways in which educationalists characterize positivism; it indicates that Constructivism shares the same philosophical commitments as the instrumentalist tradition in positivism; and it suggests that there is considerable educational gain in reconsidering the philosophical and educational commitments of the non-instrumentalist, logical empiricist, tradition in positivism. The paper proceeds by examining and elaborating upon two educational papers of Vienna Circle members Philipp Frank and Herbert Feigl. It is argued that a number of the philosophical and educational `principles' of these foundational positivists are of value to educators facing a worldwide drift from natural sciences in schools and universities, and an increasingly strident anti-science lobby in universities and society. There are at least some positivist babies that should not be thrown out with the educational bathwater.

  10. Frank H. Spedding award citation

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    Soderholm, Lynda

    2003-02-01

    Today it is my honor and my pleasure to present the Frank H. Spedding Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science and Technology of the Rare Earths. Professor Spedding, after whom this award is named, was the former director of Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. in 1929 under the supervision of Professor G.N. Lewis and went on to receive the Langmuir Award in Pure Chemistry, awarded to a chemist, under 31 years old. With the advent of World War II he became involved with the Manhattan Project, and was present with Enrico Fermi during the first sustained pile reaction at the University of Chicago. Among Professor Spedding's most notable achievements was the development in the 1950s of a form of ion exchange displacement chromatography that permits the remarkably effective separation of neighboring rare-earth elements. Additionally, the Spedding team established the efficacy of EDTA in performing such separations.

  11. Dislocation Ledge Sources: Dispelling the Myth of Frank-Read Source Importance

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    Murr, L. E.

    2016-12-01

    In the early 1960s, J.C.M. Li questioned the formation of dislocation pileups at grain boundaries, especially in high-stacking-fault free-energy fcc metals and alloys, and proposed grain boundary ledge sources for dislocations in contrast to Frank -Read sources. This article reviews these proposals and the evolution of compelling evidence for grain boundary or related interfacial ledge sources of dislocations in metals and alloys, including unambiguous observations using transmission electron microscopy. Such observations have allowed grain boundary ledge source emission profiles of dislocations to be quantified in 304 stainless steel (with a stacking-fault free energy of 23 mJ/m2) and nickel (with a stacking-fault free energy of 128 mJ/m2) as a function of engineering strain. The evidence supports the conclusion that FR dislocation sources are virtually absent in metal and alloy deformation with ledges at interfaces dominating as dislocation sources.

  12. 77 FR 2613 - Registration of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

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    2012-01-19

    ...The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is adopting regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act (Act or CEA) that establish the process for the registration of swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs, and collectively with SDs, Swaps Entities) and that require Swaps Entities to become and remain members of a registered futures association (RFA). The Commission is also adopting regulations that define an ``associated person'' of an SD or MSP as a natural person and that implement the prohibition on a Swaps Entity permitting an associated person who is statutorily disqualified from registration from effecting or being involved in effecting swaps on behalf of the Swaps Entity. The Commission is adopting these regulations in accordance with section 4s of the CEA, which was recently added to the CEA by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).

  13. COMET - ASTRONOMY (KOHOUTEK)

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    1973-12-14

    S73-38390 (6 Dec. 1973) --- An Earth-based photograph of the Comet Kohoutek in the sky on Dec. 6, 1973, when the celestial phenomenon was more than 70 million miles from the sun and some 119 million miles from Earth. This picture was taken from a dark mountain top area of Haleakala (Island of Maui) Hawaii, using a 35mm Nikon camera with a 55mm lens, a 300-second exposure at f/1.2 and with Tri-X film. The photographer was Frank Giovane. The indicated visible tail of the comet appears to be about 10 million miles long. Other reports have inferred that the length of the tail is up to 13 million miles. The Skylab 4 crewmen have reported that Kohoutek's tail-length was from two to three degrees or from four to six million miles as viewed with the naked eye from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Giovane

  14. Hierarchical Self-Organization of AB n Dendron-like Molecules into a Supramolecular Lattice Sequence

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    Feng, Xueyan; Zhang, Ruimeng; Li, Yiwen

    To understand the hierarchical self-organization behaviors of soft materials as well as their dependence on molecular geometry, a series of ABn dendron-type giant molecules based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles were designed and synthesized. The apex of these molecules is a hydrophilic POSS cage with fourteen hydroxyl groups (denoted DPOSS). At its periphery, there are different numbers (n = 1–8) of hydrophobic POSS cages with seven isobutyl groups (denoted BPOSS), connected to the apical DPOSS via flexible dendron type linker(s). With varying the BPOSS number from one to seven, a supramolecular lattice formation sequence ranging from lamella (DPOSS-BPOSS), doublemore » gyroid (space group of Ia3d, DPOSS-BPOSS2), hexagonal cylinder (space group of P6mm, DPOSS-BPOSS3), Frank-Kasper A15 (space group of Pm3n, DPOSS-BPOSS4, DPOSS-BPOSS5, and DPOSS-BPOSS6), to Frank-Kasper sigma (space group of P42/mnm, DPOSS-BPOSS7) phases can be observed. The nanostructure formations in this series of ABn dendron-type giant molecules are mainly directed by the macromolecular geometric shapes. Furthermore, within each spherical motif, the soft spherical core is consisted of hydrophilic DPOSS cages with flexible linkages, while the hydrophobic BPOSS cages form the relative rigid shell and contact with neighbors to provide decreased interfaces among the spherical motifs for constructing final polyhedral motifs in these Frank-Kasper lattices. This study provides the design principle of macromolecules with specific geometric shapes and functional groups to achieve anticipated structures and macroscopic properties.« less

  15. Geologic map of the Fittstown 7.5΄ quadrangle, Pontotoc and Johnston Counties, Oklahoma

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    Lidke, David J.; Blome, Charles D.

    2017-01-09

    This 1:24,000-scale geologic map includes new geologic mapping as well as compilation and revision of previous geologic maps in the area. Field investigations were carried out during 2009–2011 that included mapping and investigations of the geology and hydrology of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma, west of the map area.The Fittstown quadrangle is in Pontotoc and Johnston Counties in south-central Oklahoma, which is in the northeastern part of the Arbuckle Mountains. The Arbuckle Mountains are composed of a thick sequence of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that overlie Lower Cambrian and Precambrian igneous rocks; these latter rocks are not exposed in the quadrangle. From Middle to Late Pennsylvanian time, the Arbuckle Mountains region was folded, faulted, and uplifted. Periods of erosion followed these Pennsylvanian mountain-building events, beveling this region and ultimately developing the current subtle topography that includes hills and incised uplands. The southern and northwestern parts of the Fittstown quadrangle are directly underlain by Lower Ordovician dolomite of the Arbuckle Group that has eroded to form an extensive, stream-incised upland containing the broad, gently southeast-plunging, Pennsylvanian-age Hunton anticline. The northeastern part of the map area is underlain by Middle Ordovician to Pennsylvanian limestone, shale, and sandstone units that predominantly dip northeast and form the northeastern limb of the Hunton anticline; this limb is cut by steeply dipping, northwest-southeast striking faults of the Franks fault zone. This limb and the Franks fault zone define the southwestern margin of the Franks graben, which is underlain by Pennsylvanian rocks in the northeast part of the map area.

  16. Science Using an Electrostatic Levitation Furnace in the MUCAT Sector at the APS

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    Goldman, A.; Kelton, K. F.; Rogers, J. R.

    2004-01-01

    The original motivation for the construction of the BESL prototype was to obtain the first proof of a 50-year-old hypothesis regarding the solidification of liquid metals. Since the 1950s it has been known that under proper conditions liquid metals can be cooled below their melting temperature (undercooled) without crystallizing to the stable solid phase. In 1952 Frank proposed that this was because the atoms in the metallic liquid were arranged with the symmetry of an icosahedron, a Platonic solid consisting of 20 tetrahedra (4-sided pyramid-shaped polyhedra) arranged around a common center. Since this local atomic order is incompatible with the long-range translational periodicity of crystal phases, a barrier is formed to the formation of small regions of the crystal phase, the nucleation barrier. A proof of Frank's hypothesis required a direct correlation between measured icosahedral order in the undercooled liquid and the nucleation barrier. The tendency of sample containers to catalyze nucleation obscured this relation, requiring containerless techniques. Combining containerless processing techniques for electrostatically levitated droplets (ESL) with x-ray synchrotron methods, a team from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and MUCAT at the APS demonstrated an increasing icosahedral order in TiZrNi liquids with decreasing temperature below the melting temperature. The increased icosahedral order caused the transformation of the liquid to a metastable icosahedral quasicrystal phase, instead of the stable tetrahedrally-coordinated crystal intermetallic, giving the first clear demonstration of the connection between the nucleation barrier and the local structure of the liquid, verifying Frank's hypothesis for this alloy.

  17. Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act

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    Sen. Thune, John [R-SD

    2009-10-29

    Senate - 12/03/2009 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-318. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  18. Pace Speaks Across America - February 21 2007 - U.S. Department of Defense

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    Washington State, Oregon, Alaska and Florida. Pace Discusses Force Levels, Military Challenges WASHINGTON Iraq, force levels or tour lengths, Marine Gen. Peter Pace is eager to answer frankly and completely

  19. GEMINI-7 - EARTH-SKY VIEW - LIMB - OUTER SPACE

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    1965-12-07

    S65-65257 (4-18 Dec. 1965) --- Sunrise and Earth's limb, as photographed by astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. during their Earth-orbital 14-day mission in the Gemini-7 (GT-7) spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA

  20. NICKEL SPECIATION OF RESIDUAL OIL ASH

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    EPA GRANT NUMBER: R827649C002
    Title: Nickel Speciation Of Residual Oil Ash
    Investigators: Kevin C. Galbreath, John Won, Frank E. Huggins, Gerald P. Huffman, Christopher J. Zygarlicke, Donald L. Toman
    Institution: University of North Dakota<...

  1. Gait or Walking Problems

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    ... be frank and upfront with your PT about cost, payment plans, and the benefits you can expect from therapy. Weakness Muscle weakness ... medical equipment) may be available through private or public insurance, community ... benefits if you have done military service. Reimbursement programs ...

  2. 78 FR 26637 - FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal

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    2013-05-07

    ... performance of duties imposed upon the FDIC by law. The Committee has been a successful undertaking by the... resolution of systemically important financial companies pursuant to Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...

  3. 78 FR 22546 - Hearing Procedures

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    2013-04-16

    ... FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL Hearing Procedures AGENCY: Financial Stability Oversight... Council (Council) has adopted amendments to its hearing procedures (Council Hearing Procedures) for hearings conducted by the Council under Title I and Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

  4. To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6

    2011-01-05

    House - 02/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  5. Global Climate Change and the Mitigation Challenge

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    Book edited by Frank Princiotta titled Global Climate Change--The Technology Challenge Transparent modeling tools and the most recent literature are used, to quantify the challenge posed by climate change and potential technological remedies. The chapter examines forces driving ...

  6. Expedition 21 Commander De Winne poses for a photo with a MSL FLSS

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    2009-10-14

    ISS021-E-018952 (14 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, is pictured with Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

  7. 1000424

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    2010-03-16

    L TO R: DR. FRANCIS CHIARAMONTE, PROGRAM EXECUTIVE FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES, ISS RESEARCH PROJECT, NASA HEADQUARTERS; DR. RAYMOND CLINTON, ACTING MANAGER FOR SCIENCE AND MISSION SYSTEMS OFFICE, NASA MARSHALL; DR. FRANK SZOFRAN, MICROGRAVITY MATERIALS SCIENCE PROJECT MANAGER AND DISCIPLINE SCIENTIST MATERIALS AND PROCESSES LABORATORY AT MSFC.

  8. 78 FR 32682 - Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless

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    2013-05-31

    ..., 1800 F Street NW., Room 7040, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-0084; NASA: Mr. Frank T. Bellinger... more details Iowa NRCS-USDA Unit 1820 E. Euclid Ave. Des Moines IA 50313 Landholding Agency: GSA...

  9. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013

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    Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL

    2013-03-05

    Senate - 03/05/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  10. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2012

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL

    2012-12-28

    Senate - 12/28/2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  11. 78 FR 44349 - Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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    2013-07-23

    ... financial institutions to report information concerning credit applications made by women- or minority... implements requirements and restrictions imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act concerning loan originator... final rule revises or provides additional commentary on Regulation Z's restrictions on loan originator...

  12. 75 FR 26942 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

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    2010-05-13

    ... Service, 9th Floor, Room 9802B, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. Phone (202) 606-6696. Fax (202) 606-3462. TDD: (202) 606-3472. E-mail: [email protected] . Dated: May 10, 2010. Frank R. Trinity...

  13. 76 FR 55469 - Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision

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    2011-09-07

    ... decided to extend each exemption for a renewable two-year period. They are: Dean N. Brown Matthew R. Floyd Christian L. Gremillion Frank D. Konwinski, Jr. Paul G. Mathes Kenneth D. Perkins Terry W. Pope Daniel T...

  14. 14. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 54, 'Wohnhaus Martin, ...

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    14. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 54, 'Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A. G., 1911), MR. MARTIN'S SISTER'S HOUSE. - Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

  15. 8. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 52, 'Wohnhaus Martin, ...

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    8. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 52, 'Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. Westseite und Einzelheit der Westseite' in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A. G., 1911). - Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

  16. Professional Books.

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    Gilstrap, Robert L.; And Others

    1994-01-01

    Reviews five books peace studies and conflict resolution: (1) "Voices from the Future" (Susan Goodwillie); (2) "War and Peace Literature for Children and Young Adults" (Virginia Walter); (3) "Teaching Young Children in Violent Times" (Diane Levin); (4) "Whose Language? What Power?" (Frank Smith); and (5)…

  17. Codes of Discipline: Developments, Dimensions, Directions.

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    Goldsmith, Arthur H.

    1982-01-01

    Well-drafted codes of discipline can help to eliminate the ambiguity and arbitrariness that often have been associated with school discipline. Discipline codes should be characterized by fairness, fact-finding provisions, completeness of information, frankness, flexibility, informality, firmness, concern with disciplinary suitability,…

  18. 78 FR 33451 - New Postal Product

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    2013-06-04

    ... Supporting Justification, Frank Cebello, Executive Director, Global Business Management, asserts that the... and medium-size businesses. Request at 5. Governors' Decision No. 10-1 established prices and...' Decision No. 11-6 authorizes Postal Service management to prepare and present to the Commission product...

  19. 76 FR 77283 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing of...

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    2011-12-12

    ... Laurence S. Moy, Pearl Zuchlewski, Linda A. Neilan and Katherine Blostein, The Neutral Corner (Volume 1--2008). In light of the changes set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act that invalidate predispute arbitration...

  20. Mission-Area Guide to Lead-Exposure Control

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    1996-03-01

    Bolyard - 303-692-3539 CONNECTICUT Debby Lafferty - 203-566-5808 DELAWARE Lisa Marencin - 302-739-4735 Wilmington- 302-995-8693 DISTRICT OF...MASSACHUSETTS Merrimack Valley Carmen Torres - 508-681-4940 Worcester Frank Birch - 508-799-8589 Southeastern Mass U. Carmen Maiocco

  1. Leadership Assessment at ACSC

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1999-04-01

    K, eds, Leadership in Education 1994-1995: A Source Book, (Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 1995). Freeman, Frank H., Knott, Katherine...B., and Schwartz, Mary K, eds, Leadership in Education 1996-1997, vol 2: A Source Book (Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 1996

  2. Insights in Architecture. Resources in Education.

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    Skena, K. George

    1996-01-01

    Focuses on new technological advances in the design process and especially the use of new materials to construct architectural marvels. Discusses the innovations of Le Corbusier, Mies van de Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Includes a student quiz and possible student outcomes. (JOW)

  3. 76 FR 56500 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    2011-09-13

    ..., 2011. The Dodd-Frank Act also abolishes the OTS ninety days after the transfer date. As part of that... information technology; and (e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance...

  4. Education

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    2003-01-01

    Frank Sosa, Dept. of the Air Force Col Juan Urbano , Peruvian Army Dr. Francis A’Hearn, Faculty Prof. William Mayall, Faculty COL Mark McGuire...insufficient time to meet job requirements such as planning lessons to grading papers, to participating in mandatory training to phoning parents to...

  5. 29 CFR 1985.100 - Purpose and scope.

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    2014-07-01

    ... (CONTINUED) PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROVISION OF THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2010 Complaints, Investigations, Findings, and Preliminary Orders... the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

  6. Geoengineering: Direct Mitigation of Climate Warming

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    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge With the concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) rising to levels unprecedented in the current glacial epoch, the earth’s climate system appears to be rapidly shifting into a warmer regime....

  7. 18. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number ...

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    18. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number 2271) Frank Cousins, photographer ca. 1900 FIRST STORY, DETAIL OF WINDOW (Illustration #10 of Data Report included in Field Records) - Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

  8. 17. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number ...

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    17. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number 214) Frank Cousins, photographer ca. 1891 SOUTH SIDE AND EAST REAR (Illustration #8 of Data Report included in Field Records) - Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

  9. 2. WEST FRONT ENTRANCE, WITH OWNERS MR. & MRS. ISACC ...

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    2. WEST FRONT ENTRANCE, WITH OWNERS MR. & MRS. ISACC N. HAGAN (WHO CONTRACTED WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE) - Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart Township), Chalkhill, Fayette County, PA

  10. Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2

    2011-03-08

    House - 01/24/2012 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions) Notes: For further action, see H.R.6364, which became Public Law 112-272 on 1/14/2013. Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  11. Modeling collective behavior of dislocations in crystalline materials

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Varadhan, Satya N.

    Elastic interaction of dislocations leads to collective behavior and determines plastic response at the mesoscale. Notable characteristics of mesoscale plasticity include the formation of dislocation patterns, propagative instability phenomena due to strain aging such as the Luders and Portevin-Le Chatelier effects, and size-dependence of low stress. This work presents a unified approach to modeling collective behavior based on mesoscale field dislocation mechanics and crystal plasticity, using constitutive models with physical basis. Successful application is made to: compression of a bicrystal, where "smaller is stronger"---the flow stress increases as the specimen size is reduced; torsional creep of ice single crystals, where the plastic strain rate increases with time under constant applied torque; strain aging in a single crystal alloy, where the transition from homogeneous deformation to intermittent bands to continuous band is captured as the applied deformation rate is increased. A part of this work deals with the kinematics of dislocation density evolution. An explicit Galerkin/least-squares formulation is introduced for the quasilinear evolution equation, which leads to a symmetric and well-conditioned system of equations with constant coefficients, making it attractive for large-scale problems. It is shown that the evolution equation simplifies to the Hamilton-Jacobi equations governing geometric optics and level set methods in the following physical contexts: annihilation of dislocations, expansion of a polygonal dislocation loop and operation of a Frank-Read source. The weak solutions to these equations are not unique, and the numerical method is able to capture solutions corresponding to shock as well as expansion fans.

  12. Computer-controlled closed-loop drug infusion system for automated hemodynamic resuscitation in endotoxin-induced shock.

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    Uemura, Kazunori; Kawada, Toru; Zheng, Can; Li, Meihua; Sugimachi, Masaru

    2017-10-23

    Hemodynamic resuscitation in septic shock requires aggressive fluid replacement and appropriate use of vasopressors to optimize arterial pressure (AP) and cardiac output (CO). Because responses to these drugs vary between patients and within patient over time, strict monitoring of patient condition and repetitive adjustment of drug dose are required. This task is time and labor consuming, and is associated with poor adherence to resuscitation guidelines. To overcome this issue, we developed a computer-controlled closed-loop drug infusion system for automated hemodynamic resuscitation in septic shock, and evaluated the performance of the system in a canine model of endotoxin shock. Our system monitors AP, CO and central venous pressure, and computes arterial resistance (R), stressed blood volume (V) and Frank-Starling slope of left ventricle (S). The system controls R with noradrenaline (NA), and V with Ringer's acetate solution (RiA), thereby controlling AP and CO. In 4 dogs, AP and CO were measured invasively. In another 4 dogs, AP and CO were measured less invasively using clinically acceptable modalities, aiming to make the system clinically feasible. In all 8 dogs, endotoxin shock was induced by injecting Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, which significantly decreased AP from 95 (91-108) to 43 (39-45) mmHg, and CO from 112 (104-142) to 62 (51-73) ml·min -1 ·kg -1 . The system was then connected to the dogs, and activated. System performance was observed over a period of 4 h. Our system immediately started infusions of NA and RiA. Within 40 min, RiA increased V to target level, and NA maintained R at target level, while S was concomitantly increased. These resulted in restoration of AP to 70 (69-71) mmHg and CO to 130 (125-138) ml·min -1 ·kg -1 . Median of absolute performance error, an index of precision of control, was small in AP [2.5 (2.1-4.5) %] and CO [2.4 (1.4-5.5) %], which were not increased even when the variables were measured less invasively. In a canine model of endotoxin shock, our system automatically improved and maintained AP and CO at their target values with small performance error. Our system is potentially an attractive clinical tool for rescuing patients with septic shock.

  13. 76 FR 9765 - National Coal Council

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    2011-02-22

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY National Coal Council AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council (NCC). The Federal Advisory... Chairman Joe Hopf. Presentation by Coal Policy Committee Chairman Frank Blake on the findings and...

  14. Arts: Hot tickets 2017

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    Jones, Nicola

    2017-01-01

    Robots, DNA and electricity bask in the limelight, as Blade Runner reboots, Kazakhstan gets energetic and a 'space tapestry' rolls out. It's quite a year -- and key anniversaries hit, too, for Canada, the anthropology dynamo the Peabody Museum and architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Nicola Jones reports.

  15. Coal and Coal/Biomass-Based Power Generation

    EPA Science Inventory

    For Frank Princiotta's book, Global Climate Change--The Technology Challenge Coal is a key, growing component in power generation globally. It generates 50% of U.S. electricity, and criteria emissions from coal-based power generation are being reduced. However, CO2 emissions m...

  16. Facing an Uncertain Future.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-01-01

    apparent coincidence that the same normalization should do for time and uncertainty with Kenneth Arrow, Michael Boskin, Frank Hahn, Hugh Rose, Amartya ... Sen , and John Wise at various times, and the possible relationship between the structure of a criterion function and an information tree such as that

  17. 76 FR 16627 - Statutory Provisions Affecting State Appraiser Regulatory Programs

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    2011-03-24

    ... following provisions: Reciprocity. Qualification requirements for State licensed appraisers. Minimum...' efforts to implement the requirements. Reciprocity: Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act require States to... related transaction unless the State wherein the appraiser is credentialed has such a reciprocity policy...

  18. InSPACE experiment

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    2009-08-01

    ISS020-E-026859 (1 Aug. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions (InSPACE) experiment in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

  19. The Promises and Perils of Clinical Chemoprevention: 1980–2030

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    Frank L. Meyskens, Jr, MD, Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry; Director, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Senior Associate Dean of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, presented "The Promises and Perils of Clinical Chemoprevention: 1980–2030".

  20. Library Networking: Current Problems and Future Prospects! Panel Discussion.

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    Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983

    1983-01-01

    Presents questions and answers from information networking panel discussion involving symposium speakers Barbara Markuson (Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority), Frank Grisham (Southeastern Library Network), Laima Mockus (New England Library Information Network), Richard McCoy (Research Libraries Group), Rowland Brown (OCLC), and Toni…

  1. Thirsk and De Winne shave in the U.S. Laboratory

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    2009-06-19

    ISS020-E-012634 (19 June 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, shave with electric razors in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  2. Thirsk and De Winne shave in the U.S. Laboratory

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    2009-06-19

    ISS020-E-012635 (19 June 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, shave with electric razors in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

  3. Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Issues in the Power Sector

    EPA Science Inventory

    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge In this chapter we explore the challenges in developing and deploying technology for mitigation of CO2 emissions associated with power generation. Past successes with controlling other pollutants (notab...

  4. Coal and Biomass to Liquid Fuels

    EPA Science Inventory

    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge Demand for liquid transportation fuels has been increasing by over 2%/yr over the last two decades and is accelerating in the emerging economies which are moving to automobile ownership. Almost all liq...

  5. Expedition 21 Crew Haircuts

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    2009-11-15

    ISS021-E-027120 (15 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, trims European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne's hair in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Williams used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

  6. Culbertson cuts his hair in the Service Module during Expedition Three

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    2001-09-22

    ISS003-E-6104 (22 September 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, cuts his hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This picture was taken with a digital still camera.

  7. 75 FR 51429 - Definitions Contained in Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

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    2010-08-20

    ... Michael J. Reedich, Special Counsel, at 202-551-3279, Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporate Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-7010; CFTC: Terry S...

  8. 75 FR 44313 - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

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    2010-07-28

    ... care issues. Frank Szeflinski, (303) 844-7119, Medicare Advantage issues. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION... MCO Managed Care Organization MITA Medicaid Information Technology Architecture MMIS Medicaid... Payment Calculation for Eligible Hospitals c. Medicare Share d. Charity Care e. Transition Factor f...

  9. ED07-0110-12

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    2007-05-24

    Two NASA Dryden F/A-18s flown by research pilots Frank Batteas and Nils Larson were captured by photographer Lori Losey from a third F/A-18 flown by Dick Ewers as they flew in tight formation over the desert at Edwards Air Force Base.

  10. Ethnography and Language in Educational Settings.

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    Green, Judith L., Ed.; Wallat, Cynthia, Ed.

    This compilation includes the following essays: (1) "Conversational Inference and Classroom Learning" (John J. Gumperz); (2) "Persuasive Talk--The Social Organization of Children's Talk" (Jenny Cook-Gumperz); (3) "Ethnography--The Holistic Approach to Understanding Schooling" (Frank W. Lutz); (4) "Triangulated Inquiry--A Methodology for the…

  11. New, More Authentic Model for AIDS Will Accelerate Studies | Poster

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    By Frank Blanchard, Staff Writer, and Jeff Lifson, Guest Writer Researchers are working to develop a more authentic animal model of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and AIDS that is expected to speed up studies of experimental treatments and vaccines.

  12. Breaking the Status Quo: Information and the Future Force

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    2012-03-12

    Bonds. Hollywood rolled out Movietone news releases before every cinema offering, and stalwarts such as Frank Capra produced films destined to stir...report commissioned by the French Joint Forces Centre for Concept Development, Doctrine, and Experimentation – recommended that France adopt this

  13. 77 FR 23719 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Applicants

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    2012-04-20

    ... Logistics, Inc. (NVO & OFF), 180 Champion Way, Northlake, IL 60164. Officers: David F. Gross, CEO (Qualifying Individual), Lance A. Lucibello, Vice President. Application Type: QI Change. CMA CGM Logistics... Fafoutis, General Manager (Qualifying Individual), Frank J. Baragona, Director. Application Type: New NVO...

  14. 19. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number ...

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    19. Photocopy of photograph (from the Essex Institute, negative number 2270) Frank Cousins, photographer ca. 1900 ELL, SECOND STORY, DETAIL OF WINDOWS (Illustration #9 of Data Report included in Field Records) - Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

  15. 75 FR 66787 - Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Alaska

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    ... Office, 222 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99513-7599. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank A. Hardt, 907... identified in the Agreement of the Parties in United States v. City of Anchorage, et al., Civil No. A-47-65...

  16. 78 FR 1652 - Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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    2013-01-08

    ... concerning small, women-owned, or minority-owned business lending. The CFPB has also inherited proposed rules... Regulation Z's current loan originator compensation provisions, including a new additional restriction on the... implements Dodd-Frank Act restrictions on mandatory arbitration and the financing of certain credit insurance...

  17. 78 FR 18221 - Disclosures at Automated Teller Machines (Regulation E)

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    2013-03-26

    ... purposes of [EFTA].'' Public Law 111-203, sec. 1084(3); 15 U.S.C. 1693b(a). Section 904(d)(3) \\9\\ of EFTA, as amended by Dodd-Frank Act section 1084(1), requires those rules to mandate specific fee...

  18. VIEW FROM CENTER OF ELM AVENUE, LOOKING WEST INTO SECTION ...

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    VIEW FROM CENTER OF ELM AVENUE, LOOKING WEST INTO SECTION L. AT LEFT STANDS THE PONDEROUS MCDANIEL MAUSOLEUM, WHICH SHOWS THE INFLUENCE OF FRANK FURNESS ON H. Q. FRENCH’S 1887 DESIGN - Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

  19. iss003e8406

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    2001-12-12

    ISS003-E-8406 (12 December 2001) --- Astronauts Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (left), Expedition Three mission commander, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

  20. Regional analysis and derivation of copula-based drought Severity-Area-Frequency curve in Lake Urmia basin, Iran.

    PubMed

    Amirataee, Babak; Montaseri, Majid; Rezaie, Hossein

    2018-01-15

    Droughts are extreme events characterized by temporal duration and spatial large-scale effects. In general, regional droughts are affected by general circulation of the atmosphere (at large-scale) and regional natural factors, including the topography, natural lakes, the position relative to the center and the path of the ocean currents (at small-scale), and they don't cover the exact same effects in a wide area. Therefore, drought Severity-Area-Frequency (S-A-F) curve investigation is an essential task to develop decision making rule for regional drought management. This study developed the copula-based joint probability distribution of drought severity and percent of area under drought across the Lake Urmia basin, Iran. To do this end, one-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) values during the 1971-2013 were applied across 24 rainfall stations in the study area. Then, seven copula functions of various families, including Clayton, Gumbel, Frank, Joe, Galambos, Plackett and Normal copulas, were used to model the joint probability distribution of drought severity and drought area. Using AIC, BIC and RMSE criteria, the Frank copula was selected as the most appropriate copula in order to develop the joint probability distribution of severity-percent of area under drought across the study area. Based on the Frank copula, the drought S-A-F curve for the study area was derived. The results indicated that severe/extreme drought and non-drought (wet) behaviors have affected the majority of study areas (Lake Urmia basin). However, the area covered by the specific semi-drought effects is limited and has been subject to significant variations. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  1. Photosensitization of DNA damage by a new cationic pyropheophorbide derivative: sequence-specific formation of a frank scission.

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    Kanony, Claire; Fabiano-Tixier, Anne-Sylvie; Ravanat, Jean-Luc; Vicendo, Patricia; Paillous, Nicole

    2003-06-01

    Pyropheophorbides are red-absorbing porphyrin-like photosensitizers that may interact with DNA either by intercalation or by external binding with self-stacking according to the value of the nucleotide to chromophore molar ratio (N/C). This article reports on the nature and sequence selectivity of the DNA damage photoinduced by a water-soluble chlorhydrate of aminopyropheophorbide. First, this pyropheophorbide is shown to induce on irradiation the cleavage of phiX174 DNA by both Type-I and -II mechanisms, suggested by scavengers and D2O effects. These conclusions are then improved by sequencing experiments performed on a 20-mer oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) irradiated at wavelengths >345 nm in the presence of the dye, N/C varying from 2.5 to 0.5. Oxidation of all guanine residues to the same extent is observed after piperidine treatment on both single- and double-stranded ODN. Moreover, unexpectedly, a remarkable sequence-selective cleavage occurring at a 5'-CG-3' site is detected before alkali treatment. This frank break is clearly predominant for a low nucleotide to chromophore molar ratio, corresponding to a self-stacking of the dye along the DNA helix. The electrophoretic properties of the band suggest that this lesion results from a sugar oxidation, which leads via a base release to a ribonolactone residue. The proposal is supported by high-performance liquid chromatography-matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry experiments that also reveal other sequence-selective frank scissions of lower intensity at 5'-GC-3' or other 5'-CG-3' sites. This sequence selectivity is discussed with regard to the binding selectivity of cationic porphyrins.

  2. Discussing study limitations in reports of biomedical studies- the need for more transparency.

    PubMed

    Puhan, Milo A; Akl, Elie A; Bryant, Dianne; Xie, Feng; Apolone, Giovanni; ter Riet, Gerben

    2012-02-23

    Unbiased and frank discussion of study limitations by authors represents a crucial part of the scientific discourse and progress. In today's culture of publishing many authors or scientific teams probably balance 'utter honesty' when discussing limitations of their research with the risk of being unable to publish their work. Currently, too few papers in the medical literature frankly discuss how limitations could have affected the study findings and interpretations. The goals of this commentary are to review how limitations are currently acknowledged in the medical literature, to discuss the implications of limitations in biomedical studies, and to make suggestions as to how to openly discuss limitations for scientists submitting their papers to journals. This commentary was developed through discussion and logical arguments by the authors who are doing research in the area of hedging (use of language to express uncertainty) and who have extensive experience as authors and editors of biomedical papers. We strongly encourage authors to report on all potentially important limitations that may have affected the quality and interpretation of the evidence being presented. This will not only benefit science but also offers incentives for authors: If not all important limitations are acknowledged readers and reviewers of scientific articles may perceive that the authors were unaware of them. Authors should take advantage of their content knowledge and familiarity with the study to prevent misinterpretations of the limitations by reviewers and readers. Articles discussing limitations help shape the future research agenda and are likely to be cited because they have informed the design and conduct of future studies. Instead of perceiving acknowledgment of limitations negatively, authors, reviewers and editors should recognize the potential of a frank and unbiased discussion of study limitations that should not jeopardize acceptance of manuscripts.

  3. Application of Archimedean copulas to the impact assessment of hydro-climatic variables in semi-arid aquifers of western India

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    Wable, Pawan S.; Jha, Madan K.

    2018-02-01

    The effects of rainfall and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on groundwater in a semi-arid basin of India were analyzed using Archimedean copulas considering 17 years of data for monsoon rainfall, post-monsoon groundwater level (PMGL) and ENSO Index. The evaluated dependence among these hydro-climatic variables revealed that PMGL-Rainfall and PMGL-ENSO Index pairs have significant dependence. Hence, these pairs were used for modeling dependence by employing four types of Archimedean copulas: Ali-Mikhail-Haq, Clayton, Gumbel-Hougaard, and Frank. For the copula modeling, the results of probability distributions fitting to these hydro-climatic variables indicated that the PMGL and rainfall time series are best represented by Weibull and lognormal distributions, respectively, while the non-parametric kernel-based normal distribution is the most suitable for the ENSO Index. Further, the PMGL-Rainfall pair is best modeled by the Clayton copula, and the PMGL-ENSO Index pair is best modeled by the Frank copula. The Clayton copula-based conditional probability of PMGL being less than or equal to its average value at a given mean rainfall is above 70% for 33% of the study area. In contrast, the spatial variation of the Frank copula-based probability of PMGL being less than or equal to its average value is 35-40% in 23% of the study area during El Niño phase, while it is below 15% in 35% of the area during the La Niña phase. This copula-based methodology can be applied under data-scarce conditions for exploring the impacts of rainfall and ENSO on groundwater at basin scales.

  4. The cross-bridge dynamics is determined by two length-independent kinetics: Implications on muscle economy and Frank-Starling Law.

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    Amiad Pavlov, Daria; Landesberg, Amir

    2016-01-01

    The cellular mechanisms underlying the Frank-Starling Law of the heart and the skeletal muscle force-length relationship are not clear. This study tested the effects of sarcomere length (SL) on the average force per cross-bridge and on the rate of cross-bridge cycling in intact rat cardiac trabeculae (n=9). SL was measured by laser diffraction and controlled with a fast servomotor to produce varying initial SLs. Tetanic contractions were induced by addition of cyclopiazonic acid, to maintain a constant activation. Stress decline and redevelopment in response to identical ramp shortenings, starting at various initial SLs, was analyzed. Both stress decline and redevelopment responses revealed two distinct kinetics: a fast and a slower phase. The duration of the rapid phases (4.2 ± 0.1 msec) was SL-independent. The second slower phase depicted a linear dependence of the rate of stress change on the instantaneous stress level. Identical slopes (70.5 ± 1.6 [1/s], p=0.33) were obtained during ramp shortening at all initial SLs, indicating that the force per cross-bridge and cross-bridge cycling kinetics are length-independent. A decrease in the slope at longer SLs was obtained during stress redevelopment, due to internal shortening. The first phase is attributed to rapid changes in the average force per cross-bridge. The second phase is ascribed to both cross-bridge cycling between its strong and weak conformations and to changes in the number of strong cross-bridges. Cross-bridge cycling kinetics and muscle economy are length-independent and the Frank-Starling Law cannot be attributed to changes in the force per cross-bridge or in the single cross-bridge cycling rates. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  5. Use of the Frank-Starling mechanism during exercise is linked to exercise-induced changes in arterial load

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    Chantler, Paul D.; Melenovsky, Vojtech; Schulman, Steven P.; Gerstenblith, Gary; Becker, Lewis C.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Fleg, Jerome L.; Najjar, Samer S.

    2012-01-01

    Effective arterial elastance(EA) is a measure of the net arterial load imposed on the heart that integrates the effects of heart rate(HR), peripheral vascular resistance(PVR), and total arterial compliance(TAC) and is a modulator of cardiac performance. To what extent the change in EA during exercise impacts on cardiac performance and aerobic capacity is unknown. We examined EA and its relationship with cardiovascular performance in 352 healthy subjects. Subjects underwent rest and exercise gated scans to measure cardiac volumes and to derive EA[end-systolic pressure/stroke volume index(SV)], PVR[MAP/(SV*HR)], and TAC(SV/pulse pressure). EA varied with exercise intensity: the ΔEA between rest and peak exercise along with its determinants, differed among individuals and ranged from −44% to +149%, and was independent of age and sex. Individuals were separated into 3 groups based on their ΔEAI. Individuals with the largest increase in ΔEA(group 3;ΔEA≥0.98 mmHg.m2/ml) had the smallest reduction in PVR, the greatest reduction in TAC and a similar increase in HR vs. group 1(ΔEA<0.22 mmHg.m2/ml). Furthermore, group 3 had a reduction in end-diastolic volume, and a blunted increase in SV(80%), and cardiac output(27%), during exercise vs. group 1. Despite limitations in the Frank-Starling mechanism and cardiac function, peak aerobic capacity did not differ by group because arterial-venous oxygen difference was greater in group 3 vs. 1. Thus the change in arterial load during exercise has important effects on the Frank-Starling mechanism and cardiac performance but not on exercise capacity. These findings provide interesting insights into the dynamic cardiovascular alterations during exercise. PMID:22003052

  6. 10. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 50, 'Wohnhaus Martin, ...

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    10. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 50, 'Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. Kamin in Wohnzimmer' in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A. G., 1911), FIREPLACE IN LIVING ROOM, WEST SIDE. - Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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    9. Historic American Buildings Survey, Plate # 44, 'Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. Grundriss des Hauptgeschosses' in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A. G., 1911), PLAN OF THE MAIN FLOORS. - Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

  8. Buildings: Mitigation Opportunities with a Focus on Health Implications

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    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge Addressing building energy use is the critical first step in any strategic plan for mitigating climate change. Buildings have a direct impact on estimated global climate change due to their large carbon ...

  9. Culbertson holds a syringe kit in Destiny during Expedition Three

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    ISS003-E-5475 (29 August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Expedition Three mission commander, holds a syringe kit to be used in the Quad Tissue Culture Module Assemblies (QTCMA) for the Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (BSTC) experiment in the U.S. Laboratory.

  10. 5. Historic American Buildings Survey, Hans Padelt, Photographer Winter 1968 ...

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    5. Historic American Buildings Survey, Hans Padelt, Photographer Winter 1968 (2 1/4' x 2 3/4' negative), FIRST FLOOR, GENERAL VIEW OF DINING ROOM WITH FURNITURE DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. - E. E. Boynton House, 16 East Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

  11. Astronaut James Lovell hoisted from water by recovery helicopter

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    1965-01-01

    Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot of the Gemini 7 space flight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Wasp. Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot, waits in the raft to be hoisted aboard the helicopter.

  12. Guiding Students through the Writing Process.

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    Fleming, Margaret, Ed.

    1982-01-01

    A variety of process-oriented writing instruction strategies are presented in this focused journal issue. Article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Central Reference to the Rescue" (Rod Kessler); (2)"Brainstorming: A Heuristic that Works" (Frank C. Cronin); (3) "Brainstorming: A Valuable Supplemental Technique for…

  13. Places of Belonging: Awakening a Zone of Complacency

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    Foley, Jean Ann

    2013-01-01

    Although education has seen trends of progressive ideologies that promote student and teacher empowerment (Ayers, 2011; Lyons, Catallozzi, & Benson, 1998; Spring, 2008), the dominant educational discourse mirrors a business model of efficiency expressed by the social economist Lester Frank Ward (1872). Evidence of contemporary education…

  14. KSC-2010-5323

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    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, banana spiders are seen near Launch Pad 39A. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

  15. 77 FR 31586 - Endangered Species; File No. 16556

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    ... NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC; Responsible Party: Frank Almeida), 166 Water St., Woods... purposes of scientific research. DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or before... to continue sea turtle ecological research in the Western Atlantic (Florida Keys through Maine...

  16. Teaching Project Management

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    Portz, Stephen M.

    2014-01-01

    Many studies support the fact that students participating in projectbased learning experiences show significantly higher learning gains than traditional instructional methods (Frank and Barzilai, 2006). Stephen Portz believes many educators recognize this, but because TPBL is fraught with so many challenges, many teachers avoid it or use it only…

  17. Lithium-induced downbeat nystagmus.

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    Schein, Flora; Manoli, Pierre; Cathébras, Pascal

    2017-09-01

    We report the case of a 76-year old lady under lithium carbonate for a bipolar disorder who presented with a suspected optic neuritis. A typical lithium-induced downbeat nystagmus was observed. Discontinuation of lithium therapy resulted in frank improvement in visual acuity and disappearance of the nystagmus.

  18. Expedition 21 Crew Members participate in Fire Drill/OBT

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    ISS021-E-007175 (15 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (left), Expedition 21 commander; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, flight engineer, conduct an onboard training (OBT) fire drill in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

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    ... FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 12 CFR Part 325 RIN 3064-AD91 Annual Stress Test AGENCY... to conduct annual stress tests. \\1\\ Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public... billion (``covered banks'') to conduct annual stress tests (``bank-run stress tests''). The proposed rule...

  20. "In Honor of Excellence."

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    Hughes, Anna May

    1983-01-01

    Spotlights seven outstanding secondary school theatre programs and their directors: Frank Bluestein, Germantown, TN; John Steele, Plano, TX; Joe Juliano, Hamden, CT; Jack Parkhurst, Ralston, NE; Robert Geuder (Thomas Jefferson High School) Cedar Rapids, IA; Judith Rethwisch (Affton High School) St. Louis, MO; and Henry Wicke (Packer Collegiate…

  1. The effect of diagrammatic signing at head speed interchanges; final report, by Frank D. Shepard.

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    1974-01-01

    Improvements in highway guide signing at interchange areas are needed to reduce driver confusion and the accidents that result from it. One possible means of improving traffic operations within interchange areas is through the use of diagrammatic sig...

  2. 75 FR 26662 - Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances

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    ... due to systemic toxicity and not a result of frank neurotoxicity. No signs of neurotoxicity were... chromatography with electron capture detection (GC/ECD), is available to enforce the tolerance expression for...) enforcement method is also available to enforce the tolerance expression for wine grapes, which includes...

  3. Information Processing Strategies Used in the Encoding of Linear Orderings

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    Potts, George R.

    1972-01-01

    Paper based on a dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology at Indiana University. Research performed while the author had a Public Health Service terminal year fellowship; research also supported in part by a Public Health Service grant to Dr. Frank Restle. (VM)

  4. Establishing Priorities for Acquiring Natural Resources Data Parameters

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    1981-11-01

    but would significantly reduce its effectiveness. 5. Information which the lack of would terminate or render totally inef- fective a management program...the Interior, 1977). In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archeology (Little, Brown and Co., 1978). Hole, Frank and Robert H. Heizer , An Introduction

  5. Total and Compound Formation Cross Sections for Americium Nuclei: Recommendations for Coupled-Channels Calculations

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    Escher, J. E.

    Calculations for total cross sections and compound-nucleus (CN) formation cross sections for americium isotopes are described, for use in the 2017 NA-22 evaluation effort. The code ECIS 2006 was used in conjunction with Frank Dietrich's wrapper `runtemplate'.

  6. Furthering the Enzymatic Destruction of Nerve Agents

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    2002-01-01

    properties of an organophosphorus acid anhydrase from a halophilic bacterial isolate. J. Bacteriol. 173, 1938-1943. DeFrank, J.J.; Beaudry, W.T...Cheng, T.-c.; Harvey, S.P.; Stroup, A.N. and Szafraniec, L.L. (1993) Screening of halophilic bacteria and Alteromonas species for organophosphorus

  7. Numerical Analysis for Relevant Features in Intrusion Detection (NARFid)

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    2009-03-01

    Rosenblatt, Frank. Principles of Neurodynamics : Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms. Spartan Books, Washington DC, 1961. 74. Rossey, Lee M., Robert...editors), Parallel distributed process- ing: Explorations in the microstructure of cognition , Volume 1: Foundations. MIT Press, 1986. 76. Russel, Stuart and

  8. Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies

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    For Frank Princiotta’s book, Global Climate Change—The Technology Challenge The Fourth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC) in 2007 was unequivocal in its message that warming of the global climate system is now occurring, and found...

  9. 77 FR 49428 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection, Comment Request: Further...

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    ... Agreement''; Mixed Swaps; Security- Based Swap Agreement Recordkeeping: Book-out Agreement Confirmation... Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act''), requiring that oral book- out agreements must be followed in a..., ``Product Definitions''); regarding ``mixed swaps;'' and governing books and records with respect to...

  10. Can We Really Count on Frank?

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    Marston, Jennifer L.; Muir, Tracey; Livy, Sharyn

    2013-01-01

    The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Australian National Curriculum encourage the integration of literacy and numeracy, and "Teaching Children Mathematics" ("TCM") regularly includes articles on incorporating picture books into the mathematics program. Marston has developed a new framework (2010) to assist teachers in…

  11. The History of the Statutory Control of Mercury Poisoning in Great Britain1

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    Lee, W. R.

    1968-01-01

    `Notification is only useful as the prelude to inquiry and recommendations, and without such development, is nothing more than a cog in the wheel of statistics which resolves annually but gets nowhere.' Sir Frank Tillyard (1948) Images PMID:4868255

  12. 77 FR 38394 - Public Input on the Report to Congress on the U.S. and Global Reinsurance Market

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    ...: Section 502 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Pub. L. 111-203) (the Dodd... the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Dodd...

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    ... impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. FAX inquiries... and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-203, approved July 21, 2010) (Dodd-Frank Act) for the...

  14. Growth and Regression through Language.

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    Bartel, Roland

    1983-01-01

    Finds confirmation of the humanizing influence of language in anthropological and linguistic studies, in creation myths, and in the lives of individuals such as Anne Frank and Helen Keller. Sees in George Orwell's "1984" and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" examples of the dehumanization created by empty or deceptive…

  15. Chemicals Determined Not Likely to Present an Unreasonable Risk Following Pre-Manufacture Notification Review

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    This page describes the regulatory determination EPA has made following review of pre-manufacture notifications under section 5 of TSCA, as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century law, P.L. 114-182.

  16. LifeChanger: A Pilot Study of a Game-Based Curriculum for Sexuality Education.

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    Gilliam, Melissa; Jagoda, Patrick; Heathcock, Stephen; Orzalli, Sarah; Saper, Carolyn; Dudley, Jessyca; Wilson, Claire

    2016-04-01

    To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a game-based sexuality education curriculum. Curriculum evaluation used descriptive statistics, observation, and qualitative and quantitative data collection. The study was conducted in eighth grade classrooms in Chicago, Illinois. Students from 3 eighth grade classrooms from a school using a game-based curriculum. The intervention had 11 modules and used an ecological model informed by the extant literature. The intervention was developed by the Game Changer Chicago Design Lab and featured a card game designed with youth participation. The study outcomes of interest included learning, feasibility, and acceptability of the curriculum. Students highly rated frank conversation via "Ask the Doctor" sessions and role-playing. Students raised concerns about the breadth of activities, preferring to explore fewer topics in greater depth. A game-based curriculum was feasible, yet students placed the highest value on frank discussion about sexuality. Copyright © 2016 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  17. Homogeneous AlGaN/GaN superlattices grown on free-standing (1100) GaN substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

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    Shao, Jiayi; Malis, Oana; Physics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

    Two-dimensional and homogeneous growth of m-plane AlGaN by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy has been realized on free-standing (1100) GaN substrates by implementing high metal-to-nitrogen (III/N) flux ratio. AlN island nucleation, often reported for m-plane AlGaN under nitrogen-rich growth conditions, is suppressed at high III/N flux ratio, highlighting the important role of growth kinetics for adatom incorporation. The homogeneity and microstructure of m-plane AlGaN/GaN superlattices are assessed via a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The predominant defects identified in dark field TEM characterization are short basal plane stacking faults (SFs) bounded by eithermore » Frank-Shockley or Frank partial dislocations. In particular, the linear density of SFs is approximately 5 × 10{sup −5} cm{sup −1}, and the length of SFs is less than 15 nm.« less

  18. Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes Using Updated Criteria for Polycystic Ovarian Morphology

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    Clark, Nina M.; Podolski, Amanda J.; Brooks, Eric D.; Chizen, Donna R.; Pierson, Roger A.; Lehotay, Denis C.

    2014-01-01

    The prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and its distinct clinical phenotypes were assessed using 3 sets of international diagnostic criteria in women self-reporting concerns over outward features of PCOS. Revised ultrasonographic criteria for polycystic ovaries (PCO) based on modern ultrasound technology were used. Of the participants, 53%, 62%, and 70% were diagnosed with PCOS using National Institutes of Health, Androgen Excess and PCOS Society, and Rotterdam criteria, respectively. Prevalence of Frank, Ovulatory, Normoandrogenic, and Non-PCO PCOS were 66%, 13%, 11%, and 9%, respectively. Frank PCOS was associated with the severest metabolic disturbances whereas metabolic profiles in Normoandrogenic PCOS did not differ from controls, supporting reduced health risks in women without androgen excess. Metabolic disturbances and hyperandrogenism were linked to excess adiposity across all the groups. Using updated criteria for PCO, the prevalence of Non-PCO PCOS and PCO alone in healthy women recruited from the general population was reduced compared to the previous reports. PMID:24520081

  19. 77 FR 48207 - Further Definition of “Swap,” “Security-Based Swap,” and “Security-Based Swap Agreement”; Mixed...

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    ...In accordance with section 712(a)(8), section 712(d)(1), sections 712(d)(2)(B) and (C), sections 721(b) and (c), and section 761(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') (collectively, ``Commissions''), in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (``Board''), are jointly adopting new rules and interpretations under the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') to further define the terms ``swap,'' ``security-based swap,'' and ``security-based swap agreement'' (collectively, ``Product Definitions''); regarding ``mixed swaps;'' and governing books and records with respect to ``security-based swap agreements.'' The CFTC requests comment on its interpretation concerning forwards with embedded volumetric optionality, contained in Section II.B.2.(b)(ii) of this release.

  20. Instabilities and patterns in an active nematic film

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    Srivastava, Pragya; Marchetti, Cristina

    2015-03-01

    Experiments on microtubule bundles confined to an oil-water interface have motivated extensive theoretical studies of two-dimensional active nematics. Theoretical models taking into account the interplay between activity, flow and order have remarkably reproduced several experimentally observed features of the defect-dynamics in these ``living'' nematics. Here, we derive minimal description of a two-dimensional active nematic film confined between walls. At high friction, we eliminate the flow to obtain closed equations for the nematic order parameter, with renormalized Frank elastic constants. Active processes can render the ``Frank'' constants negative, resulting in the instability of the uniformly ordered nematic state. The minimal model yields emergent patterns of growing complexity with increasing activity, including bands and turbulent dynamics with a steady density of topological defects, as obtained with the full hydrodynamic equations. We report on the scaling of the length scales of these patterns and of the steady state number of defects with activity and system size. National Science Foundation grant DMR-1305184 and Syracuse Soft Matter Program.

  1. [Proposal for a Nationwide Johann-Peter Frank Cooperation Model under the National Leopoldina Initiative for Public Health and Global Health].

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    Teichert, U; Kaufhold, C; Rissland, J; Tinnemann, P; Wildner, M

    2016-07-01

    The discussion on the development of public health affairs was invigorated anew by the report on public health in Germany of Leopoldina/Acatech/Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities of the year 2015. The report urges strengthening of public health and global health in Germany and addresses explicitly the Public Health Service (PHS). This indispensable inclusion of the PHS in further strategic planning offers for the first time an opportunity for a comprehensive and sustainable practice/policy transfer on the federal, state and community level, and also a chance for a sustainable network with modern academic public health institutions together with representation of medical specialization in public health at universities, that has been absent so far. A Johann-Peter Frank model for cooperation and stepwise modelling of this transition with the inclusion of the Academies for Public Health Service is presented. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

  2. On the Connection between Kinetic Monte Carlo and the Burton-Cabrera-Frank Theory

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    Patrone, Paul; Margetis, Dionisios; Einstein, T. L.

    2013-03-01

    In the many years since it was first proposed, the Burton- Cabrera-Frank (BCF) model of step-flow has been experimentally established as one of the cornerstones of surface physics. However, many questions remain regarding the underlying physical processes and theoretical assumptions that give rise to the BCF theory. In this work, we formally derive the BCF theory from an atomistic, kinetic Monte Carlo model of the surface in 1 +1 dimensions with one step. Our analysis (i) shows how the BCF theory describes a surface with a low density of adsorbed atoms, and (ii) establishes a set of near-equilibrium conditions ensuring that the theory remains valid for all times. Support for PP was provided by the NIST-ARRA Fellowship Award No. 70NANB10H026 through UMD. Support for TLE and PP was also provided by the CMTC at UMD, with ancillary support from the UMD MRSEC. Support for DM was provided by NSF DMS0847587 at UMD.

  3. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the InDyne Inc. booth during the 40th Space Congress, Frank Kiep is ready to meet visitors. Held April 29-May 2, 2003, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., the Space Congress is an international conference that gathers attendees from the scientific community, the space industry workforce, educators and local supporting industries. This year's event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center and the Centennial of Flight. The theme for the Space Congress was "Linking the Past to the Future: A Celebration of Space."

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    KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the InDyne Inc. booth during the 40th Space Congress, Frank Kiep is ready to meet visitors. Held April 29-May 2, 2003, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., the Space Congress is an international conference that gathers attendees from the scientific community, the space industry workforce, educators and local supporting industries. This year's event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center and the Centennial of Flight. The theme for the Space Congress was "Linking the Past to the Future: A Celebration of Space."

  4. Spatial Modernist Architectural Artistic Concepts

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    Gudkova, T. V.; Gudkov, A. A.

    2017-11-01

    The development of a single spatial modernist conception had continued until the middle of the twentieth century. The first authors who proposed the new conceptual solutions of an architectural space that had the greatest impact on the further development of architecture were Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohein. They embodied different approaches within the common modernist spatial concept using the language of morphological, symbolic and phenomenological descriptions of space. The concept was based on the simplification of functional links, integration of internal architectural space with the environment due to the vanishing of boundaries between them and expansion of their interrelation. Le Corbusier proposed a spatio-temporal concept based on the movement and tempo-rhythmics of the space “from inside to outside.” Frank Lloyd Wright proposed the concept of integral space where inner and outer spaces were the parts of a whole. Mies van der Rohein was the author of the universal space concept in which the idea of the “dissolution” of the inner space in the outer space was embodied.

  5. Worsening of Asthma with Systemic Corticosteroids

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    Sheth, Ankur; Reddymasu, Savio; Jackson, Robert

    2006-01-01

    Despite widespread use for treatment of asthma and allergies, glucocorticoids may cause allergic reactions, even anaphylaxis. The incidence of adverse reactions to systemic glucocorticoids is 0.3%. The most commonly reported corticosteroids causing anaphylaxis like reactions are hydrocortisone, prednisone, and methylprednisolone. Most authors agree that allergic reactions to systemic corticosteroids are possibly immunoglobulin E mediated. We report a patient with asthma, aspirin allergy, and nasal polyps who developed bronchospasm following the administration of intravenous methylprednisolone sodium succinate during an acute asthmatic attack. We discuss the differential diagnosis of worsening asthma despite adequate treatment, and suggest corticosteroid-induced bronchospasm in our patient. Corticosteroid-induced bronchospasm should be considered when asthmatics fail to improve, or frankly deteriorate with systemic corticosteroid therapy, particularly when a history of aspirin allergy is present. Teaching Point: Know the differential diagnosis for worsening of asthma despite adequate treatment.Consider corticosteroid-induced bronchospasm when asthmatics fail to improve, or frankly deteriorate with systemic corticosteroid therapy.Corticosteroid-induced bronchospasm is more commonly seen in asthmatics with a history of aspirin allergy. PMID:16606375

  6. Modeling the suppression of boron transient enhanced diffusion in silicon by substitutional carbon incorporation

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    Ngau, Julie L.; Griffin, Peter B.; Plummer, James D.

    2001-08-01

    Recent work has indicated that the suppression of boron transient enhanced diffusion (TED) in carbon-rich Si is caused by nonequilibrium Si point defect concentrations, specifically the undersaturation of Si self-interstitials, that result from the coupled out-diffusion of carbon interstitials via the kick-out and Frank-Turnbull reactions. This study of boron TED reduction in Si1-x-yGexCy during 750 °C inert anneals has revealed that the use of an additional reaction that further reduces the Si self-interstitial concentration is necessary to describe accurately the time evolved diffusion behavior of boron. In this article, we present a comprehensive model which includes {311} defects, boron-interstitial clusters, a carbon kick-out reaction, a carbon Frank-Turnbull reaction, and a carbon interstitial-carbon substitutional (CiCs) pairing reaction that successfully simulates carbon suppression of boron TED at 750 °C for anneal times ranging from 10 s to 60 min.

  7. Integrating Medical Simulation Into the Physician Assistant Physiology Curriculum.

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    Li, Lixin; Lopes, John; Zhou, Joseph Yi; Xu, Biao

    2016-12-01

    Medical simulation has recently been used in medical education, and evidence indicates that it is a valuable tool for teaching and evaluation. Very few studies have evaluated the integration of medical simulation in medical physiology education, particularly in PA programs. This study was designed to assess the value of integrating medical simulation into the PA physiology curriculum. Seventy-five students from the PA program at Central Michigan University participated in this study. Mannequin-based simulation was used to simulate a patient with hemorrhagic shock and congestive heart failure to demonstrate the Frank-Starling force and cardiac function curve. Before and after the medical simulation, students completed a questionnaire as a self-assessment. A knowledge test was also delivered after the simulation. Our study demonstrated a significant improvement in student confidence in understanding congestive heart failure, hemorrhagic shock, and the Frank-Starling curve after the simulation. Medical simulation may be an effective way to enhance basic science learning experiences for students and an ideal supplement to traditional, lecture-based teaching in PA education.

  8. Distinct contributions of the thin and thick filaments to length-dependent activation in heart muscle.

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    Zhang, Xuemeng; Kampourakis, Thomas; Yan, Ziqian; Sevrieva, Ivanka; Irving, Malcolm; Sun, Yin-Biao

    2017-02-23

    The Frank-Starling relation is a fundamental auto-regulatory property of the heart that ensures the volume of blood ejected in each heartbeat is matched to the extent of venous filling. At the cellular level, heart muscle cells generate higher force when stretched, but despite intense efforts the underlying molecular mechanism remains unknown. We applied a fluorescence-based method, which reports structural changes separately in the thick and thin filaments of rat cardiac muscle, to elucidate that mechanism. The distinct structural changes of troponin C in the thin filaments and myosin regulatory light chain in the thick filaments allowed us to identify two aspects of the Frank-Starling relation. Our results show that the enhanced force observed when heart muscle cells are maximally activated by calcium is due to a change in thick filament structure, but the increase in calcium sensitivity at lower calcium levels is due to a change in thin filament structure.

  9. Obituary: Franklyn M. Branley, 1915-2002

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    Franklin, Kenneth L.

    2003-12-01

    Franklyn Mansfield Branley was born in New Rochelle, New York, 5 June 1915, and died of natural causes in Brunswick, Maine, on 5 May 2002, just one month before his 87th birthday. He will be remembered by the hundreds of grateful students he so skillfully introduced to astronomy. Franklyn Branleys parents were Ella Lockwood and Percival Branley. Mr. Branley was a veteran of the Spanish American war and an insurance salesman for Metropolitan Life. Frank's mother died during a flu epidemic when he was only a few years old. At that time, his sister was taken in by the Lockwood family and he and his two brothers were sent to live with a farm family near Newburgh, New York. His father visited them there on the weekends. Because he contracted polio at a young age, he did not participate in sports except for swimming. He was an avid stamp collector. After graduating from the New Paltz Normal School (now SUNY), he married his college sweetheart, Margaret Lemon, who became a grade school teacher for a while. After he retired, he and Peg moved from New Jersey to Sag Harbor, New York. When they were both in their eighties, they moved to Thornton Oaks, a retirement community in Brunswick, Maine. His life had been devoted to education, chiefly writing books that make science accessible to, and fun for, children at the grade school level. There are about 200 of his books in print, or available in school libraries or on the shelves of now grown youngsters who have saved them for their children. His last, published posthumously in fall 2002, ``Mission to Mars," has a forward by Neil Armstrong. Frank and his publishers have been able to engage top-flight illustrators with the imagination to envision his concepts. Each one is only about 30 pages, with few words on a page. Thus, each book lights a candle against the cursed darkness. Branley joined the staff of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium in September 1956, to run the Planetariums education program. He came from the New Jersey State Teachers College where he was teaching teachers how to teach science, and had been a guest lecturer at the Hayden for several months. Frank continued his own education while working at the Planetarium, gaining a Masters degree from New York University, and his Ed. D. from Columbia Teachers College. I joined the Hayden staff two weeks after Frank. Many of our friends and professional colleagues are aware of the confusion caused by the coincidence of our arrival and the similarity of our names. Frank did not appreciate it when the payroll department took my deductions from his check. About five years ago, a librarian I met in our travels wanted to know if I still wrote books. Evidently, the confusion persists. On Friday, 4 October 1957, the Russian satellite, Sputnik, was sent into orbit, surprising the world, and embarrassing our science establishment in the midst of the International Geophysical Year. CBS producers Vern Diamond and Don Hewitt were at the Planetarium on Saturday to plan a Sunday nationwide broadcast concerning this event. Branley and I were the only staff members available for the hour-long show. Richard C. Hottlet was at the Planetarium, and Douglas Edwards was in the CBS studio. It went well. In 1959, Chairman Joseph Miles Chamberlain, then Education Officer of the AAS, Frank Edmondson, AAS Treasurer, and Frank Branley met at the nearby Alden Hotel for lunch. When they had finished, the Society's Visiting Professor program was born. Branley, assisted by his secretary Barbara Harrison, administered the program for several years. The first four in the stable were Harlow Shapley, Seth Nicholson, Frank Edmondson, and Gibson Reaves. This highly successful program is now named for Harlow Shapley. In 1968, he took the reins of the Hayden as Chairman until he retired in 1972. During that time, we went to taped public shows, but shows for schools continued to be live. The use of tapes for the shows allowed much tighter control over their scientific content, and for more uniformity in their presentation. Gone, however, were ``the live lecturers and their live mistakes," as someone complained. This was also the period when we changed from a Zeiss Model 4 star projector to a Zeiss Model 6. This entailed a major renovation of the Sky Theater. Branley also transformed the room with the ceiling model of the Copernican solar system into another theater using eleven screens with 22 slide projectors. This involved a very complex control system taking several months to perfect. During his whole tenure at the Hayden, Branley organized many workshops for the teachers of the Metropolitan New York area. These were very well conceived and received. Not only did the teachers get useful instruction from professional astronomers, they were also entertained with a behind-the-scenes look at the Planetarium, and could see how the shows were put on. Many brought their classes to see the shows, a welcome occurrence, because all our income came solely from the box office. Perhaps Frank Branley's greatest direct impact on astronomy, and even the Society, was a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation for 13 years. It was a two-week summer adventure for top-level high school students with a strong interest in science, especially astronomy. They arrived from all over the country, but we never knew quite where they were staying. Every morning, there were at least two concentrated lectures by top astronomers and other specialists. In the afternoon, astronomy graduate students, also from around the country, gave a continuing course in astronomy. The students were either reinforced in their interest in astronomy, or they found out it was not for them. Either outcome was good, as it came early in their lives. The program must have been well respected, for the NSF seldom financed anything like this for more than about three years. At his death, he was survived by his wife, Margaret, a sister Marion Gray, daughter Mary Jane Day, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Sandra Kay Bridges, died in 1985.

  10. 76 FR 44225 - Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity (Regulation D)

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    2011-07-22

    ... facilitate the modification of loans for distressed borrowers. However, refinancings are treated as new... their opt-out authority in whole or in part: Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina... agencies, the Dodd-Frank Act amends existing federal consumer financial laws and establishes new standards...

  11. Culbertson dons his communication headset before the third EVA of Expedition Three

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    2001-11-12

    ISS003-E-8020 (12 November 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, wearing thermal undergarment, adjusts his communication headgear in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

  12. Perspectives on Accreditation of Postsecondary Occupational Education.

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    Ward, Charles F., Ed.

    The Center for Occupational Education sponsored a National Conference on Accreditation of Public Postsecondary Occupational Education, held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 10-12, 1970. The major papers presented at that conference were: (1) "The Continuing Need for Nongovernmental Accreditation" by Frank G. Dickey, (2) "Specialized Accrediting Agency…

  13. Where Are They Now: Former WHK Intern Julianne Heberlein Moves from Science to Politics | Poster

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    Former Werner H. Kirsten (WHK) intern Julianne Heberlein—who worked in the Frederick National Laboratory Public Affairs and Communication Office under Frank Blanchard—credits the WHK program with setting her apart from other applicants when applying for her recent internships.

  14. 78 FR 52513 - Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership

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    2013-08-23

    .... Anne L. Richards--Assistant Inspector General for Audits. Frank W. Deffer--Assistant Inspector General... General for Audit. Steven H. Rickrode, Jr.--Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit. Karen L. Ellis.... Kenneth P. Moorefield--Deputy Inspector General for Special Plans and Operations. James L. Pavlik...

  15. Incorporating the National Standards in Performance Classes.

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    Kerchner, Jody L.

    2001-01-01

    Addresses how the National Standards can be incorporated into band rehearsals using the music piece, "Balladair" (Frank Erickson), as an example when teaching techniques and musical concepts. Provides ideas such as using material from "Balladair" to create warm-ups or relating the piece to other arts. (CMK)

  16. KSC-2010-5871

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    2010-12-17

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Brown pelicans take a dip in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around dawn. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

  17. Advanced Teleprocessing Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-03-31

    75 Gitman , I., "On the Capacity of Slotted ALOHA Networks and Some Design Problems," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-23, March 1975, pp...305-317. GITM 76 Gitman , I., R. Van Slyke and H. Frank, "Routing in Packet-Switching Broadcast Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications

  18. Action Now for Older Americans: Toward Independent Living.

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    Thorson, James A., Ed.

    The collection of conference papers given by representatives of State, Federal, and voluntary agencies, and university faculty, discusses information and planning strategies aimed at maximizing independent living for the elderly. Introductory and welcoming remarks by James A. Thorson, Virginia Smith, and Frank Groschelle are included along with…

  19. Microcomputers in Higher Education.

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    McLean, Robert S., Ed.; McLean, Ruth W., Ed.

    1981-01-01

    Some of the areas in which Ontario educators currently employ microcomputers in higher education are addressed in several articles, bibliographies, and book reviews. Various uses of computer-managed instruction and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) at Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology are outlined by Frank A. Ford. Microcomputer CAI…

  20. QDR 2001: Strategy-Driven Choices for America’s Security

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    2001-04-01

    McKenzie, Jr., USMC; Lieutenant Colonel Philip M. Ruhlman , USAF; Lieutenant Colonel John J. Spinelli, USA; and Captain Sam J. Tangredi, USN. Their...one chosen by their service: Lieutenant Colonel Frank McKenzie, USMC; Lieutenant Colonel Philip Ruhlman , USAF; Lieutenant Colonel John Spinelli, USA

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