Sexting Among Married Couples: Who Is Doing It, and Are They More Satisfied?

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Drouin, Michelle

2015-01-01

Abstract This study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexting (i.e., sending sexual messages via mobile phones) within a sample of married/cohabiting couples (180 wives and 175 husbands). Married adults do sext each other, but it is much less common than within young adult relationships, and consists mainly of sexy or intimate talk (29% reported engaging in sexy talk with partners) rather than sexually explicit photos or videos (12% reported sending nude or nearly-nude photos). Sending sexy talk messages was positively related to relationship satisfaction only among those with high levels of avoidance, and sending sexually explicit pictures was related to satisfaction for men, and for women with high levels of attachment anxiety. Additionally, sending sexually explicit pictures was related to greater ambivalence among both men and women. These findings support and extend previous research with young adults. PMID:26484980

Highly-Valued Reasons Muslim Caregivers Choose Evangelical Christian Schools

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Rumbaugh, Andrew E.

2009-01-01

This study investigated what were the most highly-valued reasons among Muslim caregivers for sending their children to Lebanese evangelical Christian schools. Muslim caregivers (N = 1,403) from four Lebanese evangelical Christian schools responded to determine what were the most highly-valued reasons for sending their children to an evangelical…

Drone swarm with free-space optical communication to detect and make deep decisions about physical problems for area surveillance

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Mazher, Wamidh Jalil; Ibrahim, Hadeel T.; Ucan, Osman N.; Bayat, Oguz

2018-03-01

This paper aims to design a drone swarm network by employing free-space optical (FSO) communication for detecting and deep decision making of topological problems (e.g., oil pipeline leak), where deep decision making requires the highest image resolution. Drones have been widely used for monitoring and detecting problems in industrial applications during which the drone sends images from the on-air camera video stream using radio frequency (RF) signals. To obtain higher-resolution images, higher bandwidth (BW) is required. The current study proposed the use of the FSO communication system to facilitate higher BW for higher image resolution. Moreover, the number of drones required to survey a large physical area exceeded the capabilities of RF technologies. Our configuration of the drones is V-shaped swarm with one leading drone called mother drone (DM). The optical decode-and-forward (DF) technique is used to send the optical payloads of all drones in V-shaped swarm to the single ground station through DM. Furthermore, it is found that the transmitted optical power (Pt) is required for each drone based on the threshold outage probability of FSO link failure among the onboard optical-DF drones. The bit error rate of optical payload is calculated based on optical-DF onboard processing. Finally, the number of drones required for different image resolutions based on the size of the considered topological area is optimized.

High-performance parallel interface to synchronous optical network gateway

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St. John, Wallace B.; DuBois, David H.

1996-01-01

A system of sending and receiving gateways interconnects high speed data interfaces, e.g., HIPPI interfaces, through fiber optic links, e.g., a SONET network. An electronic stripe distributor distributes bytes of data from a first interface at the sending gateway onto parallel fiber optics of the fiber optic link to form transmitted data. An electronic stripe collector receives the transmitted data on the parallel fiber optics and reforms the data into a format effective for input to a second interface at the receiving gateway. Preferably, an error correcting syndrome is constructed at the sending gateway and sent with a data frame so that transmission errors can be detected and corrected in a real-time basis. Since the high speed data interface operates faster than any of the fiber optic links the transmission rate must be adapted to match the available number of fiber optic links so the sending and receiving gateways monitor the availability of fiber links and adjust the data throughput accordingly. In another aspect, the receiving gateway must have sufficient available buffer capacity to accept an incoming data frame. A credit-based flow control system provides for continuously updating the sending gateway on the available buffer capacity at the receiving gateway.

Effects of the international soybean trade on the dynamics of Gross Primary Productivity in soybean-producing regions in China and Brazil

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Viña, A.; Silva, R. F. B. D.; Yang, H.; Liu, J.

2017-12-01

The international trade of agricultural commodities, such as soybean, is driven by a series of pull and push factors linked to market demand. These in turn fluctuate based on changes in economic affluence, infrastructure development, and socioeconomic homogenization, among others, in both sending and receiving systems. While many studies have analyzed some of these push/pull factors and their environmental effects in either sending or receiving systems, few studies have assessed these effects simultaneously in both sending and receiving systems. This study evaluates the effects of the soybean trade between Brazil and China on the spatio-temporal patterns of gross primary productivity (GPP) in both sending and receiving systems. The GPP is a measure of the amount of biomass produced through photosynthesis across space and through time. This metric is directly related with the amount of carbon that is sequestered from the atmosphere, and thus is related with the impacts of land use/cover dynamics on global climate change. The spatio-temporal patterns of both GPP and land use/cover were evaluated simultaneously in two soybean-producing regions (state of Mato Grosso in Brazil, and Heilongjiang province in China) through the use of surface reflectance data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra satellite, combined with a production efficiency model (PEM) entirely based on remotely sensed data. Results from this analysis provide new insights on the consequences of the international trade at local/regional scales, and allow assessing how changes in market demand for agricultural commodities may generate drastic environmental effects in both sending and receiving systems, with global implications on carbon sequestration and thus on climate change.

Teaching about Big Money in Elections: To Amend or Not to Amend the U.S. Constitution?

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Hartwick, James M. M.; Levy, Brett L. M.

2012-01-01

Last summer, California and Massachusetts became the sixth and seventh states--along with Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maryland--to send a resolution to the U.S. Congress calling for a constitutional amendment to (1) end the court's extension of personhood rights to corporations, and (2) enable the government to definitively…

High-performance parallel interface to synchronous optical network gateway

DOEpatents

St. John, W.B.; DuBois, D.H.

1996-12-03

Disclosed is a system of sending and receiving gateways interconnects high speed data interfaces, e.g., HIPPI interfaces, through fiber optic links, e.g., a SONET network. An electronic stripe distributor distributes bytes of data from a first interface at the sending gateway onto parallel fiber optics of the fiber optic link to form transmitted data. An electronic stripe collector receives the transmitted data on the parallel fiber optics and reforms the data into a format effective for input to a second interface at the receiving gateway. Preferably, an error correcting syndrome is constructed at the sending gateway and sent with a data frame so that transmission errors can be detected and corrected in a real-time basis. Since the high speed data interface operates faster than any of the fiber optic links the transmission rate must be adapted to match the available number of fiber optic links so the sending and receiving gateways monitor the availability of fiber links and adjust the data throughput accordingly. In another aspect, the receiving gateway must have sufficient available buffer capacity to accept an incoming data frame. A credit-based flow control system provides for continuously updating the sending gateway on the available buffer capacity at the receiving gateway. 7 figs.

MGS MOC Returns to Service Following Solar Conjunction Hiatus

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2000-01-01

PIA01043 PIA01044

Many aspects of our studies of Mars from Earth are dictated by the different rates at which the two planets orbit the Sun. This difference allows Earth to pass Mars in its orbit, continue to lead Mars around the Sun, and then eventually overtake Mars again, every 26 months. This cycle governs opportunities to send rockets to Mars when the closest approaches between the two planets occur (opposition). The cycle also dictates when Mars will pass behind the Sun relative to Earth (conjunction). A Solar Conjunction period has just ended. During this time radio communications from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, operating at Mars, were interrupted for a few weeks. Because it would not be able to send pictures back to Earth during this time, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) was turned off on June 21, 2000, and turned back on again July 13, 2000. The two pictures shown here are among the very first high resolution views of the martian surface that were received following the resumed operation of the MOC. Both pictures arrived on Earth via radio downlink on Saturday, July 15, 2000.

The first picture (above left) shows a ridged and cratered plain in southern Hesperia Planum around 32.8oS, 243.2oW. The second image (above right) shows the layered northeastern wall of a meteor impact crater in Noachis Terra at 32.9oS, 357.6oW. Both pictures cover an area 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) wide at a resolution of 6 meters per pixel. Both are illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.

A zero-error operational video data compression system

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Kutz, R. L.

1973-01-01

A data compression system has been operating since February 1972, using ATS spin-scan cloud cover data. With the launch of ITOS 3 in October 1972, this data compression system has become the only source of near-realtime very high resolution radiometer image data at the data processing facility. The VHRR image data are compressed and transmitted over a 50 kilobit per second wideband ground link. The goal of the data compression experiment was to send data quantized to six bits at twice the rate possible when no compression is used, while maintaining zero error between the transmitted and reconstructed data. All objectives of the data compression experiment were met, and thus a capability of doubling the data throughput of the system has been achieved.

A Bayesian Analysis of Scale-Invariant Processes

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-01-01

Earth Grid (EASE- Grid). The NED raster elevation data of one arc-second resolution (30 m) over the continental US are derived from multiple satellites ...instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send...empirical and ME distributions, yet ensuring computational efficiency. Instead of com- puting empirical histograms from large amount of data , only some

Convolutional neural network-based classification system design with compressed wireless sensor network images.

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Ahn, Jungmo; Park, JaeYeon; Park, Donghwan; Paek, Jeongyeup; Ko, JeongGil

2018-01-01

With the introduction of various advanced deep learning algorithms, initiatives for image classification systems have transitioned over from traditional machine learning algorithms (e.g., SVM) to Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) using deep learning software tools. A prerequisite in applying CNN to real world applications is a system that collects meaningful and useful data. For such purposes, Wireless Image Sensor Networks (WISNs), that are capable of monitoring natural environment phenomena using tiny and low-power cameras on resource-limited embedded devices, can be considered as an effective means of data collection. However, with limited battery resources, sending high-resolution raw images to the backend server is a burdensome task that has direct impact on network lifetime. To address this problem, we propose an energy-efficient pre- and post- processing mechanism using image resizing and color quantization that can significantly reduce the amount of data transferred while maintaining the classification accuracy in the CNN at the backend server. We show that, if well designed, an image in its highly compressed form can be well-classified with a CNN model trained in advance using adequately compressed data. Our evaluation using a real image dataset shows that an embedded device can reduce the amount of transmitted data by ∼71% while maintaining a classification accuracy of ∼98%. Under the same conditions, this process naturally reduces energy consumption by ∼71% compared to a WISN that sends the original uncompressed images.

A cost-effective interdisciplinary approach to microbiologic send-out test use.

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Aesif, Scott W; Parenti, David M; Lesky, Linda; Keiser, John F

2015-02-01

Use of reference laboratories for selected laboratory testing (send-out tests) represents a significant source of laboratory costs. As the use of more complex molecular analyses becomes common in the United States, strategies to reduce costs in the clinical laboratory must evolve in order to provide high-value, cost-effective medicine. To report a strategy that employs clinical pathology house staff and key hospital clinicians in the effective use of microbiologic send-out testing. The George Washington University Hospital is a 370-bed academic hospital in Washington, DC. In 2012 all requisitions for microbiologic send-out tests were screened by the clinical pathology house staff prior to final dispensation. Tests with questionable utility were brought to the attention of ordering clinicians through the use of interdisciplinary rounds and direct face-to-face consultation. Screening resulted in a cancellation rate of 38% of send-out tests, with proportional cost savings. Nucleic acid tests represented most of the tests screened and the largest percentage of cost saved through screening. Following consultation, requested send-out tests were most often canceled because of a lack of clinical indication. Direct face-to-face consultation with ordering physicians is an effective, interdisciplinary approach to managing the use of send-out testing in the microbiology laboratory.

Sensor and computing resource management for a small satellite

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bhatia, Abhilasha; Goehner, Kyle; Sand, John; Straub, Jeremy; Mohammad, Atif; Korvald, Christoffer; Nervold, Anders Kose

A small satellite in a low-Earth orbit (e.g., approximately a 300 to 400 km altitude) has an orbital velocity in the range of 8.5 km/s and completes an orbit approximately every 90 minutes. For a satellite with minimal attitude control, this presents a significant challenge in obtaining multiple images of a target region. Presuming an inclination in the range of 50 to 65 degrees, a limited number of opportunities to image a given target or communicate with a given ground station are available, over the course of a 24-hour period. For imaging needs (where solar illumination is required), the number of opportunities is further reduced. Given these short windows of opportunity for imaging, data transfer, and sending commands, scheduling must be optimized. In addition to the high-level scheduling performed for spacecraft operations, payload-level scheduling is also required. The mission requires that images be post-processed to maximize spatial resolution and minimize data transfer (through removing overlapping regions). The payload unit includes GPS and inertial measurement unit (IMU) hardware to aid in image alignment for the aforementioned. The payload scheduler must, thus, split its energy and computing-cycle budgets between determining an imaging sequence (required to capture the highly-overlapping data required for super-resolution and adjacent areas required for mosaicking), processing the imagery (to perform the super-resolution and mosaicking) and preparing the data for transmission (compressing it, etc.). This paper presents an approach for satellite control, scheduling and operations that allows the cameras, GPS and IMU to be used in conjunction to acquire higher-resolution imagery of a target region.

Scintillation gamma spectrometer for analysis of hydraulic fracturing waste products.

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Ying, Leong; O'Connor, Frank; Stolz, John F

2015-01-01

Flowback and produced wastewaters from unconventional hydraulic fracturing during oil and gas explorations typically brings to the surface Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM), predominantly radioisotopes from the U238 and Th232 decay chains. Traditionally, radiological sampling are performed by sending collected small samples for laboratory tests either by radiochemical analysis or measurements by a high-resolution High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) gamma spectrometer. One of the main isotopes of concern is Ra226 which requires an extended 21-days quantification period to allow for full secular equilibrium to be established for the alpha counting of its progeny daughter Rn222. Field trials of a sodium iodide (NaI) scintillation detector offers a more economic solution for rapid screenings of radiological samples. To achieve the quantification accuracy, this gamma spectrometer must be efficiency calibrated with known standard sources prior to field deployments to analyze the radioactivity concentrations in hydraulic fracturing waste products.

Public Outreach and Archiving of Data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera Onboard Mars Express: 2004 The First Year

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Koehler, U.; Neukum, G.; Gasselt, S. v.; Jaumann, R.; Roatsch, Th.; Hoffmann, H.; Zender, J.; Acton, C.; Drigani, F.

2005-01-01

During the first year of operation, corresponding to the calendar year 2004, the HRSC imaging experiment onboard ESA's Mars Express mission recorded 23 Gigabyte of 8-bit compressed raw data. After processing, the amount of data increased to more than 344 Gigabyte of decompressed and radiometrically calibrated scientifically useable image products. Every six months these HRSC Level 2 data are fed into ESA's Planetary Science Archive (PSA) that sends all data also to the Planetary Data System (PDS) to ensure easy availability to the interested user. On their respective web portals, the European Space Agency published in cooperation with the Principal Investigator-Group at Freie Universitat Berlin and the German Space Agency (DLR) almost 40 sets of high-level image scenes and movies for PR needs that have been electronically visited many hundred thousand times.

Eddy Effects in the General Circulation, Spanning Mean Currents, Mesoscale Eddies, and Topographic Generation, Including Submesoscale Nests

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-09-30

against real-world data in cooperation with William S. Kessler and Hristina Hristova from PMEL (Solomon Sea), and Satoshi Mitarai and Taichi Sakagami from...refined grids, starting with basin-wide eddy permitting resolutions (although substantially finer than that used in climate modeling), and downscaling it...instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send

Doppler lidar wind measurement with the edge technique

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Korb, C. Laurence; Gentry, Bruce M.

1992-01-01

The edge technique is a new and powerful method for measuring small frequency shifts. Range resolved lidar measurements of winds can be made with high accuracy and high vertical resolution using the edge technique to measure the Doppler shift of an atmospheric backscattered signal from a pulsed laser. The edge technique can be used at near-infrared or visible wavelengths using well developed solid state lasers and detectors with various edge filters. In the edge technique, the laser frequency is located on the steep slope of the spectral response function of a high resolution optical filter. Due to the steep slope of the edge, very small frequency shifts cause large changes in measured signal. The frequency of the outgoing laser pulse is determined by measuring its location on the edge of the filter. This is accomplished by sending a small portion of the beam to the edge detection setup where the incoming light is split into two channels - an edge filter and an energy monitor channel. The energy monitor signal is used to normalize the edge filter signal for magnitude. The laser return backscattered from the atmosphere is collected by a telescope and directed through the edge detection setup to determine its frequency (location on the edge) in a similar manner for each range element. The Doppler shift, and thus the wind, is determined from a differential measurement of the frequency of the outgoing laser pulse and the frequency of the laser return backscattered from the atmosphere. We have conducted simulations of the performance of an edge lidar system using an injection seeded pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 microns. The central fringe of a Fabry-Perot etalon is used as a high resolution edge filter to measure the shift of the aerosol return.

What Strategies Do Chinese Immigrant Parents Use to Send Their Children to High-Performing Public School Districts?

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Liang, Senfeng

2015-01-01

This qualitative study examines how Chinese immigrant parents perceive the importance of sending their children to a "good" school district and analyzes their strategies in doing so. Nine families from different economic and educational backgrounds participated in the study. Results show that some parents were not satisfied with…

The Prediction of Performance in Navy Signalman Class "A" School. TAEG Report No. 90.

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Mew, Dorothy V.

A study designed to develop a selection model for the prediction of Signalman performance in sending and receiving Morse code and to evaluate training strategies was conducted with 180 Navy and Coast Guard enlisted men. Trainees were taught to send Morse code using innovative training materials (mnemonics and guided practice). High and average…

The Digital Motion Control System for the Submillimeter Array Antennas

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Hunter, T. R.; Wilson, R. W.; Kimberk, R.; Leiker, P. S.; Patel, N. A.; Blundell, R.; Christensen, R. D.; Diven, A. R.; Maute, J.; Plante, R. J.; Riddle, P.; Young, K. H.

2013-09-01

We describe the design and performance of the digital servo and motion control system for the 6-meter parabolic antennas of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The system is divided into three nested layers operating at a different, appropriate bandwidth. (1) A rack-mounted, real-time Unix system runs the position loop which reads the high resolution azimuth and elevation encoders and sends velocity and acceleration commands at 100 Hz to a custom-designed servo control board (SCB). (2) The microcontroller-based SCB reads the motor axis tachometers and implements the velocity loop by sending torque commands to the motor amplifiers at 558 Hz. (3) The motor amplifiers implement the torque loop by monitoring and sending current to the three-phase brushless drive motors at 20 kHz. The velocity loop uses a traditional proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, while the position loop uses only a proportional term and implements a command shaper based on the Gauss error function. Calibration factors and software filters are applied to the tachometer feedback prior to the application of the servo gains in the torque computations. All of these parameters are remotely adjustable in the software. The three layers of the control system monitor each other and are capable of shutting down the system safely if a failure or anomaly occurs. The Unix system continuously relays the antenna status to the central observatory computer via reflective memory. In each antenna, a Palm Vx hand controller displays the complete system status and allows full local control of the drives in an intuitive touchscreen user interface. The hand controller can also be connected outside the cabin, a major convenience during the frequent reconfigurations of the interferometer. Excellent tracking performance ( 0.3‧‧ rms) is achieved with this system. It has been in reliable operation on 8 antennas for over 10 years and has required minimal maintenance.

Mapping Autonomous System’s Router Level Topology in IPv6

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-06-01

useful and is called rate limiting. Rate limiting sends enough probes to one of the alias addresses to cause the router to begin rate limiting the...network. The second key capability required was alias and anonymous resolution: if there was no method of making these functions happen then any graph...command, then port unreachable responses were received by probes through d5 to interface d13 or d5. Again, it is believed that this happened

Study of run time errors of the ATLAS pixel detector in the 2012 data taking period

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Gandrajula, Reddy Pratap

The high resolution silicon Pixel detector is critical in event vertex reconstruction and in particle track reconstruction in the ATLAS detector. During the pixel data taking operation, some modules (Silicon Pixel sensor +Front End Chip+ Module Control Chip (MCC)) go to an auto-disable state, where the Modules don't send the data for storage. Modules become operational again after reconfiguration. The source of the problem is not fully understood. One possible source of the problem is traced to the occurrence of single event upset (SEU) in the MCC. Such a module goes to either a Timeout or Busy state. This report is the study of different types and rates of errors occurring in the Pixel data taking operation. Also, the study includes the error rate dependency on Pixel detector geometry.

43 CFR 2.11 - Why is it important to send my request to the right office?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... request to the FOIA Contact at the appropriate bureau office may delay processing, because the time limit... received by the bureau office where the records are maintained. The processing of your request may be delayed if you send it to the Secretary of the Interior (or other high-level officials), the Office of...

"Sexting": Fun or Felony?

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Taylor, Kelley R.

2009-01-01

A 15-year-old girl is arrested on child pornography charges for using her cell phone to send nude photos of herself to classmates. A young boy is put on probation after sending an explicit photo of his genitals to a girl's cell phone. Two high school cheerleaders are suspended from the squad after nude photos of them are sent by cell phone to the…

High-speed continuous-variable quantum key distribution without sending a local oscillator.

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Huang, Duan; Huang, Peng; Lin, Dakai; Wang, Chao; Zeng, Guihua

2015-08-15

We report a 100-MHz continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) experiment over a 25-km fiber channel without sending a local oscillator (LO). We use a "locally" generated LO and implement with a 1-GHz shot-noise-limited homodyne detector to achieve high-speed quantum measurement, and we propose a secure phase compensation scheme to maintain a low level of excess noise. These make high-bit-rate CV-QKD significantly simpler for larger transmission distances compared with previous schemes in which both LO and quantum signals are transmitted through the insecure quantum channel.

East Europe Report

DTIC Science & Technology

1986-06-17

emerging more and more. 94 I have every reason for saying this. I am a poor man. I had a little , girl and I was sending her to school in Obilic...duty of the authorities." The draft resolution also refers to the Program Declaration which the 1st PRON Congress adopted in May 1983, which stressed...from Kosovo Polje into this blizzard, into this cold, to hurt my health and what little life I have left if I were not driven to it by some trouble

Approaches to 3D printing teeth from X-ray microtomography.

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Cresswell-Boyes, A J; Barber, A H; Mills, D; Tatla, A; Davis, G R

2018-06-28

Artificial teeth have several advantages in preclinical training. The aim of this study is to three-dimensionally (3D) print accurate artificial teeth using scans from X-ray microtomography (XMT). Extracted and artificial teeth were imaged at 90 kV and 40 kV, respectively, to create detailed high contrast scans. The dataset was visualised to produce internal and external meshes subsequently exported to 3D modelling software for modification before finally sending to a slicing program for printing. After appropriate parameter setting, the printer deposited material in specific locations layer by layer, to create a 3D physical model. Scans were manipulated to ensure a clean model was imported into the slicing software, where layer height replicated the high spatial resolution that was observed in the XMT scans. The model was then printed in two different materials (polylactic acid and thermoplastic elastomer). A multimaterial print was created to show the different physical characteristics between enamel and dentine. © 2018 The Authors Journal of Microscopy © 2018 Royal Microscopical Society.

Community Seismic Network (CSN)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Clayton, R. W.; Heaton, T. H.; Kohler, M. D.; Chandy, M.; Krause, A.

2010-12-01

In collaboration with computer science and earthquake engineering, we are developing a dense network of low-cost accelerometers that send their data via the Internet to a cloud-based center. The goal is to make block-by-block measurements of ground shaking in urban areas, which will provide emergency response information in the case of large earthquakes, and an unprecedented high-frequency seismic array to study structure and the earthquake process with moderate shaking. When deployed in high-rise buildings they can be used to monitor the state of health of the structure. The sensors are capable of a resolution of approximately 80 micro-g, connect via USB ports to desktop computers, and cost about $100 each. The network will adapt to its environment by using network-wide machine learning to adjust the picking sensitivity. We are also looking into using other motion sensing devices such as cell phones. For a pilot project, we plan to deploy more than 1000 sensors in the greater Pasadena area. The system is easily adaptable to other seismically vulnerable urban areas.

Time and frequency transfer by the Master-Slave Returnable Timing System technique - Application to solar power transmission

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Lindsey, W. C.; Kantak, A. V.

1979-01-01

The concept of the Master Slave Returnable Timing System (MSRTS) is presented which combines the advantages of the master slave (MS) and the Returnable Timing System (RTS) for time and frequency transfer. The basic idea of MSRTS is to send the time-frequency signal received at a particular node back to the sending node. The delay accumulated by this return signal is used to advance the phase of the master (sending) node thereby canceling the effect of the delay introduced by the path. The method can be used in highly accurate clock distribution systems required in avionics, computer communications, and large retrodirective phased arrays such as the Solar Power Satellite.

A Compact, Low Resource Instrument to Measure Atmospheric Methane and Carbon Dioxide From Orbit

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rafkin, Scot; Davis, Michael; Varner, Ruth; Basu, Sourish; Bruhwiler, Lori; Luspay-Kuti, Adrienn; Mandt, Kathy; Roming, Pete; Soto, Alejandro; Tapley, Mark

2017-04-01

Methane is the second most important radiatively active trace gas forcing anthropogenic climate change. Methane has ˜28 times more warming potential than carbon dioxide on a 100-year time horizon, and the background atmospheric concentration of methane has increased by more than 150% compared to pre-industrial levels. The increase in methane abundance is driven by a combination of direct human activity, such as fossil fuel extraction and agriculture, and natural feedback processes that respond to human-induced climate change, such as increased wetland production. Accurate accounting of the exchange between the atmosphere and the natural and anthropogenic methane reservoirs is necessary to predict how methane concentration will increase going forward, how that increase will modulate the natural methane cycle, and how effective policy decisions might be at mitigating methane-induced climate change. Monitoring and quantifying methane source intensity and spatial-temporal variability has proven challenging; there are unresolved and scientifically significant discrepancies between flux estimates based on limited surface measurements (the so-called "bottom-up" method) and the values derived from limited, remotely-sensed estimates from orbit and modeling (the so-called "top-down" method). A major source of the discrepancy between bottom-up and top-down estimates is likely a result of insufficient accuracy and resolution of space-based instrumentation. Methane releases, especially anthropogenic sources, are often at kilometer-scale (or less), whereas past remote sensing instruments have at least an order of magnitude greater footprint areas. Natural sources may be larger in areal extent, but the enhancement over background levels can be just a few percent, which demands high spectral resolution and signal-to-noise ratios from monitoring instrumentation. In response to the need for higher performance space-based methane monitoring, we have developed a novel, compact, low-resource instrument that meets the accuracy and spatial resolution challenges demanded by methane exchange processes. The baseline instrument uses reflected sunlight 0.7591-0.7646 μm and 1.6058-1.6761 μm, permitting individual spectral identification of CH4, O2, CO2 and H2O. By combining spectral information, the complicating effects of aerosol and clouds can be reduced. A spectral resolving power of R˜20,000 is achieved by utilizing a novel matching off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirror system to send a collimated beam to an Echelle grating, which then picks off the high orders of interest and sends them back to one of the OAPs for final focus. A beamsplitter before the focus separates the near-visible O2 signal from the ˜1.6 μm CH4, CO2, and H2O signals, creating two separate imaging channels. A high-heritage H1RG detector is used in both channels. The instrument images a 0.03°× 5° field-of-view, with a point-source resolution of 0.03°. These specifications produce a 33 km wide instantaneous image at the nominal altitude of 380 km, with 200 m point-source resolution. Higher altitudes yield increased instantaneous coverage at the cost of wider point-source resolution. The 200 m pixels can be averaged to produce higher signal-to-noise while still maintaining km-scale resolution. The entire instrument consumes 55 W with a mass of 20 kg and total volume of 0.07 m3. Thus, the instrument provides performance similar to or better than existing hardware in a much smaller package. The small resource footprint provides the opportunity to fly as payload on one or multiple small satellite payloads or on the International Space Station.

Remote Visualization and Remote Collaboration On Computational Fluid Dynamics

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Watson, Val; Lasinski, T. A. (Technical Monitor)

1995-01-01

A new technology has been developed for remote visualization that provides remote, 3D, high resolution, dynamic, interactive viewing of scientific data (such as fluid dynamics simulations or measurements). Based on this technology, some World Wide Web sites on the Internet are providing fluid dynamics data for educational or testing purposes. This technology is also being used for remote collaboration in joint university, industry, and NASA projects in computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel testing. Previously, remote visualization of dynamic data was done using video format (transmitting pixel information) such as video conferencing or MPEG movies on the Internet. The concept for this new technology is to send the raw data (e.g., grids, vectors, and scalars) along with viewing scripts over the Internet and have the pixels generated by a visualization tool running on the viewer's local workstation. The visualization tool that is currently used is FAST (Flow Analysis Software Toolkit).

Pict'Earth: A new Method of Virtual Globe Data Acquisition

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Johnson, J.; Long, S.; Riallant, D.; Hronusov, V.

2007-12-01

Georeferenced aerial imagery facilitates and enhances Earth science investigations. The realized value of imagery as a tool is measured from the spatial, temporal and radiometric resolution of the imagery. Currently, there is an need for a system which facilitates the rapid acquisition and distribution of high-resolution aerial earth images of localized areas. The Pict'Earth group has developed an apparatus and software algorithms which facilitate such tasks. Hardware includes a small radio-controlled model airplane (RC UAV); Light smartphones with high resolution cameras (Nokia NSeries Devices); and a GPS connected to the smartphone via the bluetooth protocol, or GPS-equipped phone. Software includes python code which controls the functions of the smartphone and GPS to acquire data in-flight; Online Virtual Globe applications including Google Earth, AJAX/Web2.0 technologies and services; APIs and libraries for developers, all of which are based on open XML-based GIS data standards. This new process for acquisition and distribution of high-resolution aerial earth images includes the following stages: Perform Survey over area of interest (AOI) with the RC UAV (Mobile Liveprocessing). In real-time our software collects images from the smartphone camera and positional data (latitude, longitude, altitude and heading) from the GPS. The software then calculates the earth footprint (geoprint) of each image and creates KML files which incorporate the georeferenced images and tracks of UAV. Optionally, it is possible to send the data in- flight via SMS/MMS (text and multimedia messages), or cellular internet networks via FTP. In Post processing the images are filtered, transformed, and assembled into a orthorectified image mosaic. The final mosaic is then cut into tiles and uploaded as a user ready product to web servers in kml format for use in Virtual Globes and other GIS applications. The obtained images and resultant data have high spatial resolution, can be updated in near-real time (high temporal resolution), and provide current radiance values (which is important for seasonal work). The final mosaics can also be assembled into time-lapse sequences and presented temporally. The suggested solution is cost effective when compared to the alternative methods of acquiring similar imagery. The systems are compact, mobile, and do not require a substantial amount of auxiliary equipment. Ongoing development of the software makes it possible to adapt the technology to different platforms, smartphones, sensors, and types of data. The range of application of this technology potentially covers a large part of the spectrum of Earth sciences including the calibration and validation of high-resolution satellite-derived products. These systems are currently being used for monitoring of dynamic land and water surface processes, and can be used for reconnaissance when locating and establishing field measurement sites.

33 CFR 148.115 - How many copies of the application must I send and where must I send them?

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2010-07-01

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Message passing with queues and channels

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

Dozsa, Gabor J; Heidelberger, Philip; Kumar, Sameer

In an embodiment, a send thread receives an identifier that identifies a destination node and a pointer to data. The send thread creates a first send request in response to the receipt of the identifier and the data pointer. The send thread selects a selected channel from among a plurality of channels. The selected channel comprises a selected hand-off queue and an identification of a selected message unit. Each of the channels identifies a different message unit. The selected hand-off queue is randomly accessible. If the selected hand-off queue contains an available entry, the send thread adds the first sendmore » request to the selected hand-off queue. If the selected hand-off queue does not contain an available entry, the send thread removes a second send request from the selected hand-off queue and sends the second send request to the selected message unit.« less

CIRS High-Resolution Thermal Scans and the Structure of Saturn's B Ring

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Brooks, S. M.; Spilker, L. J.; Showalter, M.; Pilorz, S.; Edgington, S. G.

2017-12-01

The flyby of Titan on November 29, 2016, sent the Cassini spacecraft on a trajectory that would take it within 10,000 kilometers of Saturn's F ring multiple times before a subsequent Titan encounter on April 22, 2017, would send it on ballistic trajectory carrying it between Saturn's cloud tops and the planet's D ring for several flybys. This geometry has proven beneficial for high-resolution studies of the rings, not just because of Cassini's proximity to the rings, but also because of the spacecraft's high elevation angle above the rings, which reduces the foreshortening that tends to degrade resolution in the ring plane. We will report on several observations of Saturn's main rings at the high spatial resolutions enabled by the end-of-mission geometry, particulary the B ring, with the Composite Infrared Spectrometer onboard Cassini during the F-ring and proximal orbits. CIRS' three infrared detectors cover a combined spectral range of 10 to 1400 cm-1 (1 mm down to 7 microns). We focus on data from Focal Plane 1, which covers the 10 to 600 cm-1 range (1 mm to 16 microns). The apodized spectral resolution of the instrument can be varied from 15 cm-1 to 0.5 cm-1 (Flasar et al. 2004). FP1's wavelength range makes it well-suited to sensing thermal emission from objects at temperatures typical of Saturn's rings. Correlating ring optical depth with temperatures retrieved from scans of the face of the rings exposed to direct solar illumination (the lit face) and the opposite (unlit) face suggests differences in ring structure or particle transport between the lit and unlit sides of the rings in different regions of the B ring. Lit side temperatures in the core of the B ring range between 82 and 87 K; temperatures on the unlit side of the core vary from 66 K up to 74 K. Ferrari and Reffet (2013) and Pilorz et al. (2015) published thorough analyses of the thermal throughput across this optically thick ring. We will discuss these recent CIRS rings observations and their implications in the context of such work. This research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA. Copyright 2017 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

Go Huygens!

NASA Image and Video Library

2005-01-11

This map illustrates the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005. The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA instruments on the probe. The colored lines delineate regions that will be imaged at different resolutions as the probe descends. On each map, the site where Huygens is predicted to land is marked with a yellow dot. This area is in a boundary between dark and bright regions. This map was made from the images taken by the Cassini spacecraft cameras on Oct. 26, 2004, at image scales of 4 to 6 kilometers (2.5 to 3.7 miles) per pixel. The images were obtained using a narrow band filter centered at 938 nanometers -- a near-infrared wavelength (invisible to the human eye) at which light can penetrate Titan's atmosphere to reach the surface and return through the atmosphere to be detected by the camera. The images have been processed to enhance surface details. Only brightness variations on Titan's surface are seen; the illumination is such that there is no shading due to topographic variations. For about two hours, the probe will fall by parachute from an altitude of 160 kilometers (99 miles) to Titan's surface. During the descent the camera on the probe and five other science instruments will send data about the moon's atmosphere and surface back to the Cassini spacecraft for relay to Earth. The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer will take pictures as the probe slowly spins, and some these will be made into panoramic views of Titan's surface. This map shows the planned coverage by the medium- and high-resolution. PIA06173 shows expected coverage by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer side-looking imager and two downward-looking imagers - one providing medium-resolution and the other high-resolution coverage. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06173

Investment, population growth and GNP as determinants of US immigration.

PubMed

Kritz, M M

1998-09-01

Northern countries typically attract migrants from poorer countries because of the formers' high wage rates and demand for labor. In particular, the US receives large numbers of legal migrants from almost every country and region of the world. This paper explores the determinants of permanent emigration to the US during 1989-93 using data drawn from the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Annual Tapes for the period. The analysis is restricted to only legal migration from 150 countries, and specifically investigates whether emigration to the US during 1989-93 can be accounted for by demographic and economic conditions in sending countries, or by levels of US investment in sending countries. No support is found for claims that rapid population growth and US investment fuel US immigration; emigration is comparatively far lower from countries experiencing rapid population growth and not significantly correlated with US investment, while the US typically invests the most in the more developed countries which send relatively few migrants to the US. Geographic proximity is the most important correlate of migration, followed by the population size of sending countries, which is negatively related to emigration. Some evidence was found that emigration will decrease as countries develop. Who a country decides to admit and how many people are admitted depend mainly upon public policy and very little upon the economic and demographic conditions of sending countries.

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Ratterman, Joseph D.; Smith, Brian E.

2014-09-02

Eager send data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints that specify a client, a context, and a task, including receiving an eager send data communications instruction with transfer data disposed in a send buffer characterized by a read/write send buffer memory address in a read/write virtual address space of the origin endpoint; determining for the send buffer a read-only send buffer memory address in a read-only virtual address space, the read-only virtual address space shared by both the origin endpoint and the target endpoint, with all frames of physical memory mapped to pages of virtual memory in the read-only virtual address space; and communicating by the origin endpoint to the target endpoint an eager send message header that includes the read-only send buffer memory address.

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Ratterman, Joseph D.; Smith, Brian E.

2014-09-16

Eager send data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints that specify a client, a context, and a task, including receiving an eager send data communications instruction with transfer data disposed in a send buffer characterized by a read/write send buffer memory address in a read/write virtual address space of the origin endpoint; determining for the send buffer a read-only send buffer memory address in a read-only virtual address space, the read-only virtual address space shared by both the origin endpoint and the target endpoint, with all frames of physical memory mapped to pages of virtual memory in the read-only virtual address space; and communicating by the origin endpoint to the target endpoint an eager send message header that includes the read-only send buffer memory address.

Alternative parallel ring protocols

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Mukkamala, R.; Foudriat, E. C.; Maly, Kurt J.; Kale, V.

1990-01-01

Communication protocols are know to influence the utilization and performance of communication network. The effect of two token ring protocols on a gigabit network with multiple ring structure is investigated. In the first protocol, a mode sends at most one message on receiving a token. In the second protocol, a mode sends all the waiting messages when a token is received. The behavior of these protocols is shown to be highly dependent on the number of rings as well as the load in the network.

Wearable 3D measurement

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Manabe, Yoshitsugu; Imura, Masataka; Tsuchiya, Masanobu; Yasumuro, Yoshihiro; Chihara, Kunihiro

2003-01-01

Wearable 3D measurement realizes to acquire 3D information of an objects or an environment using a wearable computer. Recently, we can send voice and sound as well as pictures by mobile phone in Japan. Moreover it will become easy to capture and send data of short movie by it. On the other hand, the computers become compact and high performance. And it can easy connect to Internet by wireless LAN. Near future, we can use the wearable computer always and everywhere. So we will be able to send the three-dimensional data that is measured by wearable computer as a next new data. This paper proposes the measurement method and system of three-dimensional data of an object with the using of wearable computer. This method uses slit light projection for 3D measurement and user"s motion instead of scanning system.

A new hyperspectral image compression paradigm based on fusion

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Guerra, Raúl; Melián, José; López, Sebastián.; Sarmiento, Roberto

2016-10-01

The on-board compression of remote sensed hyperspectral images is an important task nowadays. One of the main difficulties is that the compression of these images must be performed in the satellite which carries the hyperspectral sensor. Hence, this process must be performed by space qualified hardware, having area, power and speed limitations. Moreover, it is important to achieve high compression ratios without compromising the quality of the decompress image. In this manuscript we proposed a new methodology for compressing hyperspectral images based on hyperspectral image fusion concepts. The proposed compression process has two independent steps. The first one is to spatially degrade the remote sensed hyperspectral image to obtain a low resolution hyperspectral image. The second step is to spectrally degrade the remote sensed hyperspectral image to obtain a high resolution multispectral image. These two degraded images are then send to the earth surface, where they must be fused using a fusion algorithm for hyperspectral and multispectral image, in order to recover the remote sensed hyperspectral image. The main advantage of the proposed methodology for compressing remote sensed hyperspectral images is that the compression process, which must be performed on-board, becomes very simple, being the fusion process used to reconstruct image the more complex one. An extra advantage is that the compression ratio can be fixed in advanced. Many simulations have been performed using different fusion algorithms and different methodologies for degrading the hyperspectral image. The results obtained in the simulations performed corroborate the benefits of the proposed methodology.

Chiasmus

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Cady, Stephen

2009-02-01

Chiasmus is a responsive and dynamically reflective, two-sided volumetric surface that embodies phenomenological issues such as the formation of images, observer and machine perception and the dynamics of the screen as a space of image reception. It consists of a square grid of 64 individually motorized cube elements engineered to move linearly. Each cube is controlled by custom software that analyzes video imagery for luminance values and sends these values to the motor control mechanisms to coordinate the individual movements. The resolution of the sculptural screen from the individual movements allows its volume to dynamically alter, providing novel and unique perspectives of its mobile form to an observer.

The High Price of Noise Exposure

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Android Platform for Realtime Gait Tracking Using Inertial Measurement Units.

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Aqueveque, Pablo; Sobarzo, Sergio; Saavedra, Francisco; Maldonado, Claudio; Gómez, Britam

2016-06-13

One of the most important movements performed by the humans is gait. Biomechanical Gait analysis is usually by optical capture systems. However, such systems are expensive and sensitive to light and obstacles. In order to reduce those costs a system based on Inertial Measurements Units (IMU) is proposed. IMU are a good option to make movement analisys indoor with a low post-processing data, allowing to connect those systems to an Android platform. The design is based on two elements: a) The IMU sensors and the b) Android device. The IMU sensor is simple, small (35 x 35 mm), portable and autonomous (7.8 hrs). A resolution of 0.01° in their measurements is obtained, and sends data via Bluetooth link. The Android application works for Android 4.2 or higher, and it is compatible with Bluetooth devices 2.0 or higher. Three IMU sensors send data to a Tablet wirelessly, in order to evaluate the angles evolution for each joint of the leg (hip, knee and ankle). This information is used to calculate gait index and evaluate the gait quality online during the physical therapist is working with the patient.

Optical Navigation Image of Ganymede

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1996-01-01

NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now in orbit around Jupiter, returned this optical navigation image June 3, 1996, showing that the spacecraft is accurately targeted for its first flyby of the giant moon Ganymede on June 27. The missing data in the frame is the result of a special editing feature recently added to the spacecraft's computer to transmit navigation images more quickly. This is first in a series of optical navigation frames, highly edited onboard the spacecraft, that will be used to fine-tune the spacecraft's trajectory as Galileo approaches Ganymede. The image, used for navigation purposes only, is the product of new computer processing capabilities on the spacecraft that allow Galileo to send back only the information required to show the spacecraft is properly targeted and that Ganymede is where navigators calculate it to be. 'This navigation image is totally different from the pictures we'll be taking for scientific study of Ganymede when we get close to it later this month,' said Galileo Project Scientist Dr. Torrence Johnson. On June 27, Galileo will fly just 844 kilometers (524 miles) above Ganymede and return the most detailed, full-frame, high-resolution images and other measurements of the satellite ever obtained. Icy Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and three-quarters the size of Mars. It is one of the four large Jovian moons that are special targets of study for the Galileo mission. Of the more than 5 million bits contained in a single image, Galileo performed on-board editing to send back a mere 24,000 bits containing the essential information needed to assure proper targeting. Only the light-to-dark transitions of the crescent Ganymede and reference star locations were transmitted to Earth. The navigation image was taken from a distance of 9.8 million kilometers (6.1 million miles). On June 27th, the spacecraft will be 10,000 times closer to Ganymede.

Increasing security in inter-chip communication

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

Edwards, Nathan J.; Hamlet, Jason; Bauer, Todd

An apparatus for increasing security in inter-chip communication includes a sending control module, a communication bus, and a receiving control module. The communication bus is coupled between the sending control module and the receiving control module. The sending control module operates to send data on the communication bus, disable the communication bus when threats are detected, or both.

Increasing security in inter-chip communication

DOEpatents

Edwards, Nathan J; Hamlet, Jason; Bauer, Todd; Helinski, Ryan

2014-10-28

An apparatus for increasing security in inter-chip communication includes a sending control module, a communication bus, and a receiving control module. The communication bus is coupled between the sending control module and the receiving control module. The sending control module operates to send data on the communication bus, disable the communication bus when threats are detected, or both.

A Small Lunar Rover for Reconnaissance in the Framework of ExoGeoLab Project, System Level Design

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Noroozi, A.; Ha, L.; van Dalen, P.; Maas, A.; de Raedt, S.; Poulakis, P.; Foing, B. H.

2009-04-01

Scientific research is based on accurate measurement and so depends on the possibilities of accurate instruments. In planetary science and exploration it is often difficult or even impossible in some cases to gather accurate and direct information from a specified target. It is important to gather as much information as possible to be able to analyze and extract scientific data from them. One possibility to do so is to send equipments to the target and perform the measurements locally. The measurement data is then sent to base station for further analysis. To send measurement instruments to measurement point it is important to have a good estimation of the environmental situation there. This information can be collected by sending a pilot rover to the area of interest to collect visual information. The aim of this work is to develop a tele-operated small rover, Google Lunar X-Prize (GLXP) class, which is capable of surviving in the Moon environment and perform reconnaissance to provide visual information to base station of ExoGeoLab project of ESA/ESTEC. Using the state of the art developments in electronics, software and communication technologies allows us to achieve increase in accuracy while reducing size and power consumption. Target mass of the rover is lees than 5 kg and its target dimension is 300 x 60 x 80 mm3. The small size of the rover gives the possibility of accessing places which are normally out of reach. The required power for operation and the cost of launch is considerably reduced compared to large rovers which makes the mission more cost effective. The mission of the rover is to capture high resolution images and transmit them to base station. Data link between lover and base station is wireless and rover should supply its own energy. The base station can be either a habitat or a relay station. The navigation of the rover is controlled by an operator in a habitat who has a view from the stereo camera on the rover. This stereo camera gives image information to the base and gives the possibility for future autonomous navigation by using three-dimensional image recognition software. As the navigation view should have minimum delay, the resolution of stereo camera is not very high. The rover design is divided into four work packages. These work packages are remote imaging, remote manual navigation, locomotion and structure, and power system. Remote imaging work package is responsible for capturing high resolution images, transmitting image data to base station via wireless link and store the data for further processing. Remote manual navigation is handling the tele-operation. It collects stereo images and navigation sensor readouts, transmits stereo images and navigation data to base station via wireless link, displays the image and sensor status in a real-time fashion on operator's monitor, receives command from operator's joystick, transfers navigation commands to rover via wireless link, and operates the actuators accordingly. Locomotion and structure takes care of designing the body structure and locomotion system based on the Moon environment specifications. The target specifications of rover locomotion system are maximum speed of 200 m/h, maximum acceleration of 0.554 m/s2, and maximum slope angle of 20˚ . The power system for the rover includes the solar panel, batteries and power electronics mounted on the rover. The energy storage in the rover should be able to survive for minimum 500 m movement on the moon. Subsequently, it should provide energy for other sub-systems to communicate, navigate and transmit the data. Considering the harsh environmental issues on the Moon such as dust, temperature range and radiation, it is vital for the mission that these issues are considered in the design to correctly dimension reliability and if necessary redundancy. Corrosion resistive material should be used to ensure the survival of mechanical structure, moving parts and other sensitive parts such as electronics. High temperature variation should be considered in the design of structure and electronics and finally electronics should be radiation protected.

Interactive Apps Promote Learning of Basic Mathematics in Children With Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

PubMed Central

Pitchford, Nicola J.; Kamchedzera, Elizabeth; Hubber, Paula J.; Chigeda, Antonie L.

2018-01-01

Interactive apps delivered on touch-screen tablets can be effective at supporting the acquisition of basic skills in mainstream primary school children. This technology may also be beneficial for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) as it can promote high levels of engagement with the learning task and an inclusive learning environment. However, few studies have measured extent of learning for SEND pupils when using interactive apps, so it has yet to be determined if this technology is effective at raising attainment for these pupils. We report the first observational study of a group of 33 pupils with SEND from two primary schools in Malawi that are implementing a new digital technology intervention which uses touch-screen tablets to deliver interactive apps designed to teach basic mathematical skills. The apps contain topics that align to the national curriculum. To assess learning gains, rate of progress (minutes per topic) for each pupil was determined by calculating the average time taken to complete a topic. Progress rate was then correlated with teacher ratings of extent of disability and independent ratings of pupil engagement with the apps. Results showed SEND pupils could interact with the apps and all pupils passed at least one topic. Average progress rate for SEND pupils was twice as long as mainstream peers. Stepwise regression revealed extent of disability significantly predicted progress rate. Further exploratory correlations revealed pupils with moderate to severe difficulties with hearing and/or language made slower progress through the apps than those with greater functionality in these two domains because the use of verbal instructions within the apps limited their capacity to learn. This original quantitative analysis demonstrates that interactive apps can raise learning standards in pupils with SEND but may have limited utility for pupils with severe difficulties. Software modifications are needed to address specific areas of difficulty preventing pupils from progressing. PMID:29559940

Interactive Apps Promote Learning of Basic Mathematics in Children With Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

PubMed

Pitchford, Nicola J; Kamchedzera, Elizabeth; Hubber, Paula J; Chigeda, Antonie L

2018-01-01

Interactive apps delivered on touch-screen tablets can be effective at supporting the acquisition of basic skills in mainstream primary school children. This technology may also be beneficial for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) as it can promote high levels of engagement with the learning task and an inclusive learning environment. However, few studies have measured extent of learning for SEND pupils when using interactive apps, so it has yet to be determined if this technology is effective at raising attainment for these pupils. We report the first observational study of a group of 33 pupils with SEND from two primary schools in Malawi that are implementing a new digital technology intervention which uses touch-screen tablets to deliver interactive apps designed to teach basic mathematical skills. The apps contain topics that align to the national curriculum. To assess learning gains, rate of progress (minutes per topic) for each pupil was determined by calculating the average time taken to complete a topic. Progress rate was then correlated with teacher ratings of extent of disability and independent ratings of pupil engagement with the apps. Results showed SEND pupils could interact with the apps and all pupils passed at least one topic. Average progress rate for SEND pupils was twice as long as mainstream peers. Stepwise regression revealed extent of disability significantly predicted progress rate. Further exploratory correlations revealed pupils with moderate to severe difficulties with hearing and/or language made slower progress through the apps than those with greater functionality in these two domains because the use of verbal instructions within the apps limited their capacity to learn. This original quantitative analysis demonstrates that interactive apps can raise learning standards in pupils with SEND but may have limited utility for pupils with severe difficulties. Software modifications are needed to address specific areas of difficulty preventing pupils from progressing.

32 CFR 37.1045 - To whom must I send copies of the award document?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

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32 CFR 37.1045 - To whom must I send copies of the award document?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

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32 CFR 37.1045 - To whom must I send copies of the award document?

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2010-07-01

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32 CFR 37.1045 - To whom must I send copies of the award document?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

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32 CFR 37.1045 - To whom must I send copies of the award document?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

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Blood Pressure Matters: Keep Hypertension in Check

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... 2016 Print this issue Blood Pressure Matters Keep Hypertension in Check En español Send us your comments ... 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, but many don’t realize it. High blood ...

Improving the value of costly genetic reference laboratory testing with active utilization management.

PubMed

Dickerson, Jane A; Cole, Bonnie; Conta, Jessie H; Wellner, Monica; Wallace, Stephanie E; Jack, Rhona M; Rutledge, Joe; Astion, Michael L

2014-01-01

Tests that are performed outside of the ordering institution, send-out tests, represent an area of risk to patients because of complexity associated with sending tests out. Risks related to send-out tests include increased number of handoffs, ordering the wrong or unnecessary test, specimen delays, data entry errors, preventable delays in reporting and acknowledging results, and excess financial liability. Many of the most expensive and most misunderstood tests are send-out genetic tests. To design and develop an active utilization management program to reduce the risk to patients and improve value of genetic send-out tests. Send-out test requests that met defined criteria were reviewed by a rotating team of doctoral-level consultants and a genetic counselor in a pediatric tertiary care center. Two hundred fifty-one cases were reviewed during an 8-month period. After review, nearly one-quarter of genetic test requests were modified in the downward direction, saving a total of 2% of the entire send-out bill and 19% of the test requests under management. Ultimately, these savings were passed on to patients. Implementing an active utilization strategy for expensive send-out tests can be achieved with minimal technical resources and results in improved value of testing to patients.

Multiple serial picture presentation with millisecond resolution using a three-way LC-shutter-tachistoscope

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Fischmeister, Florian Ph.S.; Leodolter, Ulrich; Windischberger, Christian; Kasess, Christian H.; Schöpf, Veronika; Moser, Ewald; Bauer, Herbert

2010-01-01

Throughout recent years there has been an increasing interest in studying unconscious visual processes. Such conditions of unawareness are typically achieved by either a sufficient reduction of the stimulus presentation time or visual masking. However, there are growing concerns about the reliability of the presentation devices used. As all these devices show great variability in presentation parameters, the processing of visual stimuli becomes dependent on the display-device, e.g. minimal changes in the physical stimulus properties may have an enormous impact on stimulus processing by the sensory system and on the actual experience of the stimulus. Here we present a custom-built three-way LC-shutter-tachistoscope which allows experimental setups with both, precise and reliable stimulus delivery, and millisecond resolution. This tachistoscope consists of three LCD-projectors equipped with zoom lenses to enable stimulus presentation via a built-in mirror-system onto a back projection screen from an adjacent room. Two high-speed liquid crystal shutters are mounted serially in front of each projector to control the stimulus duration. To verify the intended properties empirically, different sequences of presentation times were performed while changes in optical power were measured using a photoreceiver. The obtained results demonstrate that interfering variabilities in stimulus parameters and stimulus rendering are markedly reduced. Together with the possibility to collect external signals and to send trigger-signals to other devices, this tachistoscope represents a highly flexible and easy to set up research tool not only for the study of unconscious processing in the brain but for vision research in general. PMID:20122963

Terrestrial LIDAR investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 activations of the Northridge Bluff landslide, Daly City, California

USGS Publications Warehouse

Collins, Brian D.; Kayen, Robert; Reiss, Thomas; Sitar, Nicholas

2007-01-01

On December 20, 2003 and again on January 1, 2007, landslides occurred along the coastal bluff that forms the west boundary of Daly City, California sending debris as far as 290 meters downhill and 90 meters into the ocean. This area is known for large landslide events where 150-meter tall coastal bluffs extend southward along the west boundary of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties (Fig. 1). The 2003 and 2007 landslide events occurred west of Northridge Drive in Daly City and just south of Avalon Canyon, which bisects the bluffs in this area (Fig. 2). Residential development, utility lines and roads occupy the land immediately east of this location. As part of a comprehensive project to investigate the failure mechanisms of coastal bluff landslides in weakly lithified sediments along the west coast of the United States, members of the U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Program performed reconnaissance mapping of these landslide events including collection of high-resolution topographic data using CMG's terrestrial LIDAR laser scanning system. This report provides a brief background on each landslide event and presents topographic datasets collected following each event. Downloadable contour data, images, and FGDC-compliant metadata of the surfaces generated from the LIDAR data are also provided. LIDAR data collection and processing techniques used to generate the datasets are outlined. Geometric and volumetric measurements are also presented along with high-resolution cross-sections through various areas of the slide masses and discussion concerning the slides present (2007) configuration is provided.

Executing scatter operation to parallel computer nodes by repeatedly broadcasting content of send buffer partition corresponding to each node upon bitwise OR operation

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J [Rochester, MN; Ratterman, Joseph D [Rochester, MN

2009-11-06

Executing a scatter operation on a parallel computer includes: configuring a send buffer on a logical root, the send buffer having positions, each position corresponding to a ranked node in an operational group of compute nodes and for storing contents scattered to that ranked node; and repeatedly for each position in the send buffer: broadcasting, by the logical root to each of the other compute nodes on a global combining network, the contents of the current position of the send buffer using a bitwise OR operation, determining, by each compute node, whether the current position in the send buffer corresponds with the rank of that compute node, if the current position corresponds with the rank, receiving the contents and storing the contents in a reception buffer of that compute node, and if the current position does not correspond with the rank, discarding the contents.

Send-side matching of data communications messages

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Blocksome, Michael A.; Ratterman, Joseph D.; Smith, Brian E.

2014-07-01

Send-side matching of data communications messages includes a plurality of compute nodes organized for collective operations, including: issuing by a receiving node to source nodes a receive message that specifies receipt of a single message to be sent from any source node, the receive message including message matching information, a specification of a hardware-level mutual exclusion device, and an identification of a receive buffer; matching by two or more of the source nodes the receive message with pending send messages in the two or more source nodes; operating by one of the source nodes having a matching send message the mutual exclusion device, excluding messages from other source nodes with matching send messages and identifying to the receiving node the source node operating the mutual exclusion device; and sending to the receiving node from the source node operating the mutual exclusion device a matched pending message.

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Mamidala, Amith R.

2015-06-02

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI including data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task; the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources including at least one segment of shared random access memory; including initiating execution through the PAMI of an ordered sequence of active SEND instructions for SEND data transfers between two endpoints, effecting deterministic SEND data transfers through a segment of shared memory; and executing through the PAMI, with no FENCE accounting for SEND data transfers, an active FENCE instruction, the FENCE instruction completing execution only after completion of all SEND instructions initiated prior to execution of the FENCE instruction for SEND data transfers between the two endpoints.

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Mamidala, Amith R.

2015-06-09

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI including data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task; the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources including at least one segment of shared random access memory; including initiating execution through the PAMI of an ordered sequence of active SEND instructions for SEND data transfers between two endpoints, effecting deterministic SEND data transfers through a segment of shared memory; and executing through the PAMI, with no FENCE accounting for SEND data transfers, an active FENCE instruction, the FENCE instruction completing execution only after completion of all SEND instructions initiated prior to execution of the FENCE instruction for SEND data transfers between the two endpoints.

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Mamidala, Amith R.

2015-08-11

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI including data communications endpoints, each endpoint comprising a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources including a deterministic data communications network, including initiating execution through the PAMI of an ordered sequence of active SEND instructions for SEND data transfers between two endpoints, effecting deterministic SEND data transfers; and executing through the PAMI, with no FENCE accounting for SEND data transfers, an active FENCE instruction, the FENCE instruction completing execution only after completion of all SEND instructions initiated prior to execution of the FENCE instruction for SEND data transfers between the two endpoints.

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Blocksome, Michael A.; Mamidala, Amith R.

2015-06-30

Fencing data transfers in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI including data communications endpoints, each endpoint comprising a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources including a deterministic data communications network, including initiating execution through the PAMI of an ordered sequence of active SEND instructions for SEND data transfers between two endpoints, effecting deterministic SEND data transfers; and executing through the PAMI, with no FENCE accounting for SEND data transfers, an active FENCE instruction, the FENCE instruction completing execution only after completion of all SEND instructions initiated prior to execution of the FENCE instruction for SEND data transfers between the two endpoints.

Specific pathologist responses for Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND).

PubMed

Watanabe, Atsushi; Kusuoka, Osamu; Sato, Norihiro; Nakazono, Osamu; Wasko, Michael; Potenta, Daniel; Nakae, Dai; Hatakeyama, Hirofumi; Iwata, Hijiri; Naota, Misaki; Anzai, Takayuki

2017-07-01

The Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND), introduced by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is a scheme for the computerization, electronic application, and screening of preclinical data. Since its establishment, related organizations have been working together to implement SEND. However, it is difficult for individual pharmaceutical companies that often outsource to achieve complete compliance with SEND; hence, the cooperation of contract research organizations (CROs) and SEND Registered Solution Providers (RSPs) is indispensable. In SEND, most data, including those on pathology findings, are converted into controlled terminology (CT), but it is not a simple process to convert findings or levels of severity in the field of pathology, which is a descriptive science. The authors have successfully completed an FDA trial submission for a toxicology test conducted at a CRO and in doing so acquired important knowledge. This article presents a clear picture of such important knowledge from a pathologist's viewpoint.

Specific pathologist responses for Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND)

PubMed Central

Watanabe, Atsushi; Kusuoka, Osamu; Sato, Norihiro; Nakazono, Osamu; Wasko, Michael; Potenta, Daniel; Nakae, Dai; Hatakeyama, Hirofumi; Iwata, Hijiri; Naota, Misaki; Anzai, Takayuki

2017-01-01

The Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND), introduced by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is a scheme for the computerization, electronic application, and screening of preclinical data. Since its establishment, related organizations have been working together to implement SEND. However, it is difficult for individual pharmaceutical companies that often outsource to achieve complete compliance with SEND; hence, the cooperation of contract research organizations (CROs) and SEND Registered Solution Providers (RSPs) is indispensable. In SEND, most data, including those on pathology findings, are converted into controlled terminology (CT), but it is not a simple process to convert findings or levels of severity in the field of pathology, which is a descriptive science. The authors have successfully completed an FDA trial submission for a toxicology test conducted at a CRO and in doing so acquired important knowledge. This article presents a clear picture of such important knowledge from a pathologist’s viewpoint. PMID:28798527

Send-side matching of data communications messages

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Blocksome, Michael A.; Ratterman, Joseph D.; Smith, Brian E.

2014-06-17

Send-side matching of data communications messages in a distributed computing system comprising a plurality of compute nodes, including: issuing by a receiving node to source nodes a receive message that specifies receipt of a single message to be sent from any source node, the receive message including message matching information, a specification of a hardware-level mutual exclusion device, and an identification of a receive buffer; matching by two or more of the source nodes the receive message with pending send messages in the two or more source nodes; operating by one of the source nodes having a matching send message the mutual exclusion device, excluding messages from other source nodes with matching send messages and identifying to the receiving node the source node operating the mutual exclusion device; and sending to the receiving node from the source node operating the mutual exclusion device a matched pending message.

Responses to the Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND) in non-US countries

PubMed Central

Anzai, Takayuki; Kaminishi, Masamichi; Sato, Keizo; Kaufman, Laura; Iwata, Hijiri; Nakae, Dai

2015-01-01

The Standard for the Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND), adopted by the US FDA, is part of a set of regulations and guidances requiring the submission of standardized electronic study data for nonclinical and clinical data submissions. SEND is the nonclinical implementation of SDTM (Study Data Tabulation Model), the standard electronic format for clinical regulatory submissions to FDA. SEND, SDTM, and the associated Controlled Terminology have been developed by CDISC (Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium). In order to successfully implement SEND, interdisciplinary contributions between sponsors and CROs, need a model for task allocation. This is being undertaken by the Pharmaceutical Users Software Exchange (PhUSE). Because SEND is currently the preferred submission format of the US FDA only and will become required by it starting in December 2016, only American academic societies and companies are actively involved. An exception to this is the INHAND initiative, which leads the way in standardizing terminology for toxicological pathology. On the other hand, international globalization of other clinical and nonclinical practices is not feasible because there are substantial differences between the US and non-US countries in CRO involvement in drug development. Thus, non-US countries must consider and develop approaches to SEND that meet their needs. This paper summarizes the activities of the major organizations involved in SEND development and implementation, discusses the effective use of SEND, and details a compliance scheme (research material of the Showa University School of Medicine) illustrating how pharmaceutical companies can complete a large amount of work up to an FDA application with the effective utilization of CROs and solution providers. PMID:26028814

NOAA Operational Tsunameter Support for Research

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bouchard, R.; Stroker, K.

2008-12-01

In March 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) completed the deployment of the last of the 39-station network of deep-sea tsunameters. As part of NOAA's effort to strengthen tsunami warning capabilities, NDBC expanded the network from 6 to 39 stations and upgraded all stations to the second generation Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis technology (DART II). Consisting of a bottom pressure recorder (BPR) and a surface buoy, the tsunameters deliver water-column heights, estimated from pressure measurements at the sea floor, to Tsunami Warning Centers in less than 3 minutes. This network provides coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico with faster and more accurate tsunami warnings. In addition, both the coarse resolution real-time data and the high resolution (15-second) recorded data provide invaluable contributions to research, such as the detection of the 2004 Sumatran tsunami in the Northeast Pacific (Gower and González, 2006) and the experimental tsunami forecast system (Bernard et al., 2007). NDBC normally recovers the BPRs every 24 months and sends the recovered high resolution data to NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) for archive and distribution. NGDC edits and processes this raw binary format to obtain research-quality data. NGDC provides access to retrospective BPR data from 1986 to the present. The DART database includes pressure and temperature data from the ocean floor, stored in a relational database, enabling data integration with the global tsunami and significant earthquake databases. All data are accessible via the Web as tables, reports, interactive maps, OGC Web Map Services (WMS), and Web Feature Services (WFS) to researchers around the world. References: Gower, J. and F. González, 2006. U.S. Warning System Detected the Sumatra Tsunami, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(10). Bernard, E. N., C. Meinig, and A. Hilton, 2007. Deep Ocean Tsunami Detection: Third Generation DART, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S51C-03.

A Formal Language for Cryptographic Protocol Requirements

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-01-01

L;KAB; AgKBS ; fA; TAgKAB (4) B sends to A: fTA + 1gKAB Here A and B are two principals. By sending the rst message, A requests of the...A: CertB; fAKBgKA ; algchoiceB; fmd (fAKBgKA ; algchoiceB ; NA; alglistA)gK1 B (3) A sends to B: fAKAgKB ; fmd (fAKAgKB ; fAKBgKA)gK1 A CertX is a...alglistA 3. B sends to C: CertB ; fAKBgKC ; algchoiceB; fmd (fAKBgKC ; algchoiceB ; NA; alglistA)gK1 B (intercepted by I) 4. IB sends to A : CertB

Exploring the Views of Rural Colorado High School Students about College

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Klug, Kathleen McMahon

2009-01-01

Exploring the views of rural high school students about college has significant implications for the question: "Why are Colorado's kids not choosing college in greater numbers?" Since the State of Colorado has one of the most highly educated adult populations in the nation, yet consistently underperforms in sending its high school…

High Touch in a High-Tech World

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Gibson, Cindy L.

2009-01-01

In a world of high tech and low touch, it is easy for public relations programs to stray from tried-and-true interpersonal strategies long associated with solid communication planning. New technologies allow communications professionals to quickly send e-mails and telephone calls to selected groups. Social media sites provide users immediate…

The 1992 Science Olympiad National Tournament

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Perry, W. D.; Simon, Marllin L.

1992-01-01

In the fall of 1991, approximately 8000 Junior and Senior High Schools from 39 states in the country registered one or more teams with the National Science Olympiad Headquarters, and started working their way towards the Science Olympiad National Tournament, which was held at Auburn University, Alabama on May 15 and 16, 1992. Teams that made it to the Science Olympiad National Tournament had to compete at the regional (e.g., Alabama had five regional tournaments) and state levels. In most cases a team had to be number one in the state in order to make it into the National Tournament. Since the decision was made to invite 50 teams from each division (division B is Junior High and division C is Senior High), for each state that did not participate, another state could send two teams. The selection of states that could send a second team was based on statewide registration with the National Headquarters.

Emigration dynamics in South Asia, IOM / UNFPA workshop, 2-3 September 1996, IOM headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Appleyard, R

1996-01-01

This paper describes the six research monographs that were presented at the Emigration Dynamic Workshops in South Asia in September 1996. Research reports were presented by Associate Professor Nasra Shah on an overview of emigration dynamics, Dr. Godfrey Gunatilleke on the role of networks and community structures in migration from Sri Lanka, Dr. Raisul Awal Mahmood on illegal migration from Bangladesh to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Delhi due to desperate poverty, Dr. Farooq-i-Azam on high and low labor-sending migration districts in Pakistan, Dr. Mahendra K. Premi on the impact of internal Indian migration on international migration, and Dr. P.R. Gopinathan Nair on emigration from Kerala, India, to the Middle East. Representatives of South Asian governments discussed the implications of the research findings. Pakistan's representative urged cooperation and joint strategies among labor-sending countries. He cautioned that income and remittance estimates were unstable and unrealistic for inclusion in economic development plans. The Indian representative noted that, although Indian emigration is low, it is highly visible in the press. He agreed with the suggestion for greater cooperation between sending countries. The Bangladesh representative stated that the country needed to locate new markets for Bangladeshi emigrants, to guarantee the rights of emigrant workers, and to prevent trafficking in illegal migrant workers. Three major topics were discussed in the workshop session on the implementation of programs based on research findings. Workshop participants recommended updated information on migration trends, updated information on labor markets in receiving countries, formal and regular policy dialogue between sending countries, and promotion of continuing research by the International Organization on Migration.

Sending Large Files without Mucking up the Works

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Goldborough, Reid

2005-01-01

E-mail has never been a foolproof way of sending information, and lately it has gotten even hairier, with well-meaning but overzealous anti-spam filters often blocking even legitimate messages. This document discusses different options available for sending files.

A Simulation Study of Paced TCP

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Kulik, Joanna; Coulter, Robert; Rockwell, Dennis; Partridge, Craig

2000-01-01

In this paper, we study the performance of paced TCP, a modified version of TCP designed especially for high delay- bandwidth networks. In typical networks, TCP optimizes its send-rate by transmitting increasingly large bursts, or windows, of packets, one burst per round-trip time, until it reaches a maximum window-size, which corresponds to the full capacity of the network. In a network with a high delay-bandwidth product, however, Transmission Control Protocol's (TCPs) maximum window-size may be larger than the queue size of the intermediate routers, and routers will begin to drop packets as soon as the windows become too large for the router queues. The TCP sender then concludes that the bottleneck capacity of the network has been reached, and it limits its send-rate accordingly. Partridge proposed paced TCP as a means of solving the problem of queueing bottlenecks. A sender using paced TCP would release packets in multiple, small bursts during a round-trip time in which ordinary TCP would release a single, large burst of packets. This approach allows the sender to increase its send-rate to the maximum window size without encountering queueing bottlenecks. This paper describes the performance of paced TCP in a simulated network and discusses implementation details that can affect the performance of paced TCP.

Development of a Slow Positron Facility at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Kelleher, Aidan

2013-03-01

Positron annihilation spectroscopy provides both depth of penetration to study bulk defects in materials as well as nano-scale resolution. This measurement range is achieved by slowing positrons from a radioactive source, typically 22Na, by sending them through a moderator, typically W or solid Ne. The nearly thermal positrons are then accelerated to the desired energy by means of an electrostatic potential. The SPOT project at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem proposes to increase the luminosity of the beam by applying the best practices currently in us, as well as using a short-lived source of positrons, 18F. Simulations based on our current designs indicate this project will be able to deliver positrons in the energy range of 50-50000eV with an energy resolution of 1eV is possible. We will present the unique technical challenges of using this source of positrons, how we plan to overcome them, the results of simulations, and facility construction progress.

Artifacts in Digital Coincidence Timing

PubMed Central

Moses, W. W.; Peng, Q.

2014-01-01

Digital methods are becoming increasingly popular for measuring time differences, and are the de facto standard in PET cameras. These methods usually include a master system clock and a (digital) arrival time estimate for each detector that is obtained by comparing the detector output signal to some reference portion of this clock (such as the rising edge). Time differences between detector signals are then obtained by subtracting the digitized estimates from a detector pair. A number of different methods can be used to generate the digitized arrival time of the detector output, such as sending a discriminator output into a time to digital converter (TDC) or digitizing the waveform and applying a more sophisticated algorithm to extract a timing estimator. All measurement methods are subject to error, and one generally wants to minimize these errors and so optimize the timing resolution. A common method for optimizing timing methods is to measure the coincidence timing resolution between two timing signals whose time difference should be constant (such as detecting gammas from positron annihilation) and selecting the method that minimizes the width of the distribution (i.e., the timing resolution). Unfortunately, a common form of error (a nonlinear transfer function) leads to artifacts that artificially narrow this resolution, which can lead to erroneous selection of the “optimal” method. The purpose of this note is to demonstrate the origin of this artifact and suggest that caution should be used when optimizing time digitization systems solely on timing resolution minimization. PMID:25321885

Artifacts in digital coincidence timing

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Moses, W. W.; Peng, Q.

2014-10-16

Digital methods are becoming increasingly popular for measuring time differences, and are the de facto standard in PET cameras. These methods usually include a master system clock and a (digital) arrival time estimate for each detector that is obtained by comparing the detector output signal to some reference portion of this clock (such as the rising edge). Time differences between detector signals are then obtained by subtracting the digitized estimates from a detector pair. A number of different methods can be used to generate the digitized arrival time of the detector output, such as sending a discriminator output into amore » time to digital converter (TDC) or digitizing the waveform and applying a more sophisticated algorithm to extract a timing estimator.All measurement methods are subject to error, and one generally wants to minimize these errors and so optimize the timing resolution. A common method for optimizing timing methods is to measure the coincidence timing resolution between two timing signals whose time difference should be constant (such as detecting gammas from positron annihilation) and selecting the method that minimizes the width of the distribution (i.e. the timing resolution). Unfortunately, a common form of error (a nonlinear transfer function) leads to artifacts that artificially narrow this resolution, which can lead to erroneous selection of the 'optimal' method. In conclusion, the purpose of this note is to demonstrate the origin of this artifact and suggest that caution should be used when optimizing time digitization systems solely on timing resolution minimization.« less

Artifacts in digital coincidence timing

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Moses, W. W.; Peng, Q.

Digital methods are becoming increasingly popular for measuring time differences, and are the de facto standard in PET cameras. These methods usually include a master system clock and a (digital) arrival time estimate for each detector that is obtained by comparing the detector output signal to some reference portion of this clock (such as the rising edge). Time differences between detector signals are then obtained by subtracting the digitized estimates from a detector pair. A number of different methods can be used to generate the digitized arrival time of the detector output, such as sending a discriminator output into amore » time to digital converter (TDC) or digitizing the waveform and applying a more sophisticated algorithm to extract a timing estimator.All measurement methods are subject to error, and one generally wants to minimize these errors and so optimize the timing resolution. A common method for optimizing timing methods is to measure the coincidence timing resolution between two timing signals whose time difference should be constant (such as detecting gammas from positron annihilation) and selecting the method that minimizes the width of the distribution (i.e. the timing resolution). Unfortunately, a common form of error (a nonlinear transfer function) leads to artifacts that artificially narrow this resolution, which can lead to erroneous selection of the 'optimal' method. In conclusion, the purpose of this note is to demonstrate the origin of this artifact and suggest that caution should be used when optimizing time digitization systems solely on timing resolution minimization.« less

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disseminate its messages? Does PTWC send messages via SMS to mobile phones? Does PTWC issue evacuation orders send messages via SMS to mobile phones? No. At this time, PTWC does not directly send its messages to mobile phones. Some emergency managers in Pacific, Asian, and African countries can receive PTWC messages

MAROB Voluntary Marine Observation Program

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several ways: 1. By sending in YOTREPs (pronounced Yacht Reps) using Pangolin's YOTREP Offshore Reporter Pangolin Software. For documentation on sending YOTREPS/MAROBs using YOTREP Offshore Reporter CLICK HERE 2 . By sending in YOTREPs via WinLink 2000 Global Radio Network, or Sailmail using their AIRMAIL software

The healthcare off-shoring industry in developing economies--institutional and economic foundations: an Indian case.

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Kshetri, Nir

2011-01-01

Industrialized world-based healthcare providers are increasingly off-shoring low-end healthcare services such as medical transcription, billing and insurance claims. High-skill medical jobs such as tele-imaging and tele-pathology are also being sub-contracted to developing countries. Despite its importance, little theory or research exists to explain what factors affect industry growth. The article's goals, therefore, are to examine economic processes associated with developing economies' shift from low- to high-value information technology enabled healthcare services, and to investigate how these differ in terms of legitimacy from regulative, normative and cognitive institutions in the sending country and how healthcare services differ from other services. This research is conceptual and theory-building. Broadly, its approach can be described as a positivistic epistemology. Anti off-shoring regulative, normative and cognitive pressures in the sending country are likely to be stronger in healthcare than in most business process outsourcing. Moreover, such pressures are likely to be stronger in high-value rather than in low-value healthcare off-shoring. The findings also indicate that off-shoring low-value healthcare services and emergent healthcare industries in a developing economy help accumulate implicit and tacit knowledge required for off-shoring high-value healthcare services. The approach lacks primary data and empirical documentation. The article helps in understanding industry drivers and its possible future direction. The findings help in understanding the lens through which various institutional actors in a sending country view healthcare service off-shoring. The article's value stems from its analytical context, mechanisms and processes associated with developing economies' shift to high-value healthcare off-shoring services.

FRET-based reporters for the direct visualization of abscisic acid concentration changes and distribution in Arabidopsis

PubMed Central

Waadt, Rainer; Hitomi, Kenichi; Nishimura, Noriyuki; Hitomi, Chiharu; Adams, Stephen R; Getzoff, Elizabeth D; Schroeder, Julian I

2014-01-01

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone that regulates plant growth and development and mediates abiotic stress responses. Direct cellular monitoring of dynamic ABA concentration changes in response to environmental cues is essential for understanding ABA action. We have developed ABAleons: ABA-specific optogenetic reporters that instantaneously convert the phytohormone-triggered interaction of ABA receptors with PP2C-type phosphatases to send a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) signal in response to ABA. We report the design, engineering and use of ABAleons with ABA affinities in the range of 100–600 nM to map ABA concentration changes in plant tissues with spatial and temporal resolution. High ABAleon expression can partially repress Arabidopsis ABA responses. ABAleons report ABA concentration differences in distinct cell types, ABA concentration increases in response to low humidity and NaCl in guard cells and to NaCl and osmotic stress in roots and ABA transport from the hypocotyl to the shoot and root. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01739.001 PMID:24737861

40 CFR 1068.450 - What records must I send to EPA?

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2014-07-01

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40 CFR 1068.450 - What records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

..., send us a written request with justification for a waiver. (e) We may post test results on publicly..., send us a report with the following information: (1) Describe any facility used to test production-line... of tests for each family. (3) Describe your test engines/equipment, including the family's...

40 CFR 1068.450 - What records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

..., send us a written request with justification for a waiver. (e) We may post test results on publicly..., send us a report with the following information: (1) Describe any facility used to test production-line... of tests for each family. (3) Describe your test engines/equipment, including the family's...

77 FR 45359 - Medical Device User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2013

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2012-07-31

... the following account information when sending a wire transfer: New York Federal Reserve Bank, U.S... ensure that your invoice is fully paid. Use the following account information when sending a wire... following account information when sending a wire transfer: New York Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Dept of...

Driving performance changes of middle-aged experienced taxi drivers due to distraction tasks during unexpected situations.

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Kim, Hyung-Sik; Choi, Mi-Hyun; Choi, Jin-Seung; Kim, Hyun-Joo; Hong, Sang-Pyo; Jun, Jae-Hoon; Tack, Gye-Rae; Kim, Boseong; Min, Ung-Chan; Lim, Dae-Woon; Chung, Soon-Cheol

2013-10-01

This study investigated the effects of distraction taskssuch as sending a text message with a cellphone and searching navigation with car navigation system-on the driving performance of 29 highly experienced taxi drivers in their 50s. All participants were instructed to drive using a driving simulator for 2 min. while maintaining a constant distance from the vehicle in front and a constant speed. Participants drove without any distractions for the first minute. For an additional minute, they performed Driving Only or performed a task while driving (Driving + Sending Text Message or Driving + Searching Navigation). An unexpected situation, in which the participant had to stop abruptly due to a sudden stop of the preceding vehicle, occurred during this period. Driving performance during the unexpected situation was evaluated by car control variables, medial-lateral coefficient of variation and brake time, and by motion variables such as the jerk-cost function. Compared to Driving Only, jerk-cost function, medial-lateral coefficient of variation, and brake time increased during Driving + Sending Text Message or Driving + Searching Navigation.

Method for laser machining explosives and ordnance

DOEpatents

Muenchausen, Ross E.; Rivera, Thomas; Sanchez, John A.

2003-05-06

Method for laser machining explosives and related articles. A laser beam is directed at a surface portion of a mass of high explosive to melt and/or vaporize the surface portion while directing a flow of gas at the melted and/or vaporized surface portion. The gas flow sends the melted and/or vaporized explosive away from the charge of explosive that remains. The method also involves splitting the casing of a munition having an encased explosive. The method includes rotating a munition while directing a laser beam to a surface portion of the casing of an article of ordnance. While the beam melts and/or vaporizes the surface portion, a flow of gas directed at the melted and/or vaporized surface portion sends it away from the remaining portion of ordnance. After cutting through the casing, the beam then melts and/or vaporizes portions of the encased explosive and the gas stream sends the melted/vaporized explosive away from the ordnance. The beam is continued until it splits the article, after which the encased explosive, now accessible, can be removed safely for recycle or disposal.

Tooling Techniques Enhance Medical Imaging

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2012-01-01

They can release as much energy as tens of billions of hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time. They send protons and electrons rocketing at near the speed of light. They heat gas in the Sun s atmosphere to tens of millions of degrees Celsius. They send a blast of gas and particles toward Earth, posing a danger to spacecraft and astronauts outside the planet s magnetosphere, in rare cases even knocking out radio communications and power grids on the ground. They are so-called solar eruptive events, made up of solar flares and the often associated coronal mass ejections. Because of the scientific mystery of how these solar eruptions are produced on the Sun with such scale and force, and also the major role they play in space weather that can impact life on Earth, NASA researchers have innovated new methods of gathering information about these violent events. One NASA mission, the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) has significantly advanced understanding of solar flares since its launch in 2002. RHESSI scientists use the spacecraft s imaging spectrometer to piece together pictures of solar flares from the high-energy X-ray and gamma-ray radiation they emit. While there is still much to be learned, data gathered by RHESSI has revealed how magnetic fields in the vast expanse of the solar atmosphere may be the force that drives the immense explosions. The instrument has imaged around 50,000 flares to date, providing information that may explain not only the workings of solar flares but also of much more massive energy releases from distant objects like black holes and quasars. We have been able to make images from X-rays with much finer resolution and greater sensitivity than have ever been made before, says Brian Dennis, RHESSI Mission Scientist and astrophysicist in the Solar Physics Laboratory at Goddard Space Flight Center. The key to RHESSI s unprecedented capabilities lie in a set of essential components a NASA partner created for the mission. The manufacturing techniques developed to create the components have yielded innovations advancing medical imaging, transportation security, and even energy efficiency.

49 CFR 40.51 - What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

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49 CFR 40.51 - What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

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49 CFR 40.51 - What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 49 Transportation 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory? 40.51 Section 40.51 Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation... and Supplies Used in DOT Urine Collections § 40.51 What materials are used to send urine specimens to...

49 CFR 40.51 - What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

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49 CFR 40.51 - What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

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42 CFR 137.171 - Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports? 137.171 Section 137.171 Public Health PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN... Provisions Audits and Cost Principles § 137.171 Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports? (a...

20 CFR 408.610 - When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee? 408.610 Section 408.610 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Representative Payment § 408.610 When will we send your SVB payments...

20 CFR 408.610 - When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee? 408.610 Section 408.610 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Representative Payment § 408.610 When will we send your SVB payments...

14 CFR 330.23 - To what address must air carriers send their applications?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false To what address must air carriers send their applications? 330.23 Section 330.23 Aeronautics and Space OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF... Application Procedures § 330.23 To what address must air carriers send their applications? (a) You must submit...

20 CFR 408.610 - When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee? 408.610 Section 408.610 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Representative Payment § 408.610 When will we send your SVB payments...

20 CFR 408.610 - When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee? 408.610 Section 408.610 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Representative Payment § 408.610 When will we send your SVB payments...

20 CFR 408.610 - When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false When will we send your SVB payments to a representative payee? 408.610 Section 408.610 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Representative Payment § 408.610 When will we send your SVB payments...

36 CFR 1238.28 - What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? 1238.28 Section 1238.28 Parks, Forests... MANAGEMENT Storage, Use, and Disposition of Microform Records § 1238.28 What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? Agencies must: (a) Follow the procedures in part...

36 CFR 1238.28 - What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? 1238.28 Section 1238.28 Parks, Forests... MANAGEMENT Storage, Use, and Disposition of Microform Records § 1238.28 What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? Agencies must: (a) Follow the procedures in part...

The research and application of the NDP protocol vulnerability attack and the defense technology based on SEND

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Xi, Huixing

2017-05-01

Neighbor discovery protocol (NDP) is the underlying protocol in the IPv6 protocol, which is mainly used to solve the problem of interconnection between nodes on the same link. But with wide use of IPV6, NDP becomes the main objects of a variety of attacks due to a lack of security mechanism. The paper introduces the working principle of the NDP and methods of how the SEND protocol to enhance NDP security defense. It also analyzes and summarizes the security threats caused by the defects of the protocol itself. On the basis of the SEND protocol, the NDP data packet structure is modified to enhance the security of the SEND. An improved NDP cheating defense technology is put forward to make up the defects of the SEND protocol which can't verify the correctness of the public key and cannot bind the MAC address.

Knowing who's boss: implicit perceptions of status from the nonverbal expression of pride.

PubMed

Shariff, Azim F; Tracy, Jessica L

2009-10-01

Evolutionary theory suggests that the universal recognition of nonverbal expressions of emotions functions to enhance fitness. Specifically, emotion expressions may send survival-relevant messages to other social group members, who have the capacity to automatically interpret these signals. In the present research, we used 3 different implicit association methodologies to test whether the nonverbal expression of pride sends a functional, automatically perceived signal about a social group member's increased social status. Results suggest that the pride expression strongly signals high status, and this association cannot be accounted for by positive valence or artifacts of the expression such as expanded size due to outstretched arms. These findings suggest that the pride expression may function to uniquely communicate the high status of those who show it. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for social functions of emotion expressions and the automatic communication of status.

40 CFR 1039.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we... emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1039.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we... emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1054.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... model year, you must send us a report describing information about engines you produced during the model... send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1054.205 that you were not required to include in... certificate of conformity. (c) Keep data from routine emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and...

40 CFR 1039.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we... emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1054.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... model year, you must send us a report describing information about engines you produced during the model... send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1054.205 that you were not required to include in... certificate of conformity. (c) Keep data from routine emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and...

40 CFR 1054.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... model year, you must send us a report describing information about engines you produced during the model... send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1054.205 that you were not required to include in... certificate of conformity. (c) Keep data from routine emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and...

40 CFR 1054.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... model year, you must send us a report describing information about engines you produced during the model... send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1054.205 that you were not required to include in... certificate of conformity. (c) Keep data from routine emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and...

40 CFR 1039.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we... emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

41 CFR 102-118.505 - Must my agency send a voluntary refund to the Treasurer of the United States?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) FEDERAL MANAGEMENT... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Must my agency send a... Information for All Claims § 102-118.505 Must my agency send a voluntary refund to the Treasurer of the United...

"Send Three- and Four-Pence; We're Going to a Dance": Forward Generating Research

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Edwards, Jan

2003-01-01

As my playful title suggests, I am referring to the process where the statement, "send reinforcements; we're going to advance," is said to have become, "send three- and fourpence; we're going to a dance." This quotation springs to mind when asked to think about how research gets picked up and recommendations from research are…

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Reforms 2014: SENCos' Perspectives of the First Six Months

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Curran, Helen; Mortimore, Tilly; Riddell, Richard

2017-01-01

The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reforms have been reported as the most significant reforms of their kind for over 30 years. Through the Children and Families Act 2014 the Government is seeking to effect cultural change regarding SEND. The SENCo is responsible for the operational and strategic aspects related to SEND provision…

29 CFR 4000.28 - What if I send a computer disk?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 29 Labor 9 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What if I send a computer disk? 4000.28 Section 4000.28... I send a computer disk? (a) In general. We determine your filing or issuance date for a computer... paragraph (b) of this section. (1) Filings. For computer-disk filings, we may treat your submission as...

29 CFR 4000.28 - What if I send a computer disk?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 29 Labor 9 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What if I send a computer disk? 4000.28 Section 4000.28... I send a computer disk? (a) In general. We determine your filing or issuance date for a computer... paragraph (b) of this section. (1) Filings. For computer-disk filings, we may treat your submission as...

29 CFR 4000.28 - What if I send a computer disk?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 29 Labor 9 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What if I send a computer disk? 4000.28 Section 4000.28... I send a computer disk? (a) In general. We determine your filing or issuance date for a computer... paragraph (b) of this section. (1) Filings. For computer-disk filings, we may treat your submission as...

36 CFR § 1238.28 - What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? § 1238.28 Section § 1238.28 Parks... RECORDS MANAGEMENT Storage, Use, and Disposition of Microform Records § 1238.28 What must agencies do when sending permanent microform records to a records storage facility? Agencies must: (a) Follow the...

36 CFR 1011.4 - What notice will the Presidio Trust send to a debtor when collecting a debt?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... PRESIDIO TRUST DEBT COLLECTION Procedures To Collect Presidio Trust Debts § 1011.4 What notice will the Presidio Trust send to a debtor when collecting a debt? (a) Notice requirements. The Presidio Trust will aggressively collect debts. The Presidio Trust will send at least one written notice to a debtor informing the...

29 CFR 4000.28 - What if I send a computer disk?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 9 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What if I send a computer disk? 4000.28 Section 4000.28... I send a computer disk? (a) In general. We determine your filing or issuance date for a computer... paragraph (b) of this section. (1) Filings. For computer-disk filings, we may treat your submission as...

29 CFR 4000.28 - What if I send a computer disk?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 29 Labor 9 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What if I send a computer disk? 4000.28 Section 4000.28... I send a computer disk? (a) In general. We determine your filing or issuance date for a computer... paragraph (b) of this section. (1) Filings. For computer-disk filings, we may treat your submission as...

Helping Minority High School Students Redefine their Self-Image through Culturally Sensitive Instruction.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Abi-Nader, Jeannette

This report is based on an ethnographic study of a multicultural "college prep" program catering to minority students. It was part of the elective bilingual education offering at a large urban high school, and recorded an 11-year history of successfully graduating Hispanic high school students and sending at least 65% of them on to college. The…

Orbit '81.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Reiss, Fred

1982-01-01

Students in two Camden County high schools planned and built a space shuttle project to send ants into space to examine the effects of weightlessness on a life colony. The experiments, tests, colony design, development of a computer-controlled environment, and production are described. (CM)

High-Density, High-Resolution, Low-Cost Air Quality Sensor Networks for Urban Air Monitoring

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Mead, M. I.; Popoola, O. A.; Stewart, G.; Bright, V.; Kaye, P.; Saffell, J.

2012-12-01

Monitoring air quality in highly granular environments such as urban areas which are spatially heterogeneous with variable emission sources, measurements need to be made at appropriate spatial and temporal scales. Current routine air quality monitoring networks generally are either composed of sparse expensive installations (incorporating e.g. chemiluminescence instruments) or higher density low time resolution systems (e.g. NO2 diffusion tubes). Either approach may not accurately capture important effects such as pollutant "hot spots" or adequately capture spatial (or temporal) variability. As a result, analysis based on data from traditional low spatial resolution networks, such as personal exposure, may be inaccurate. In this paper we present details of a sophisticated, low-cost, multi species (gas phase, speciated PM, meteorology) air quality measurement network methodology incorporating GPS and GPRS which has been developed for high resolution air quality measurements in urban areas. Sensor networks developed in the Centre for Atmospheric Science (University of Cambridge) incorporated electrochemical gas sensors configured for use in urban air quality studies operating at parts-per-billion (ppb) levels. It has been demonstrated that these sensors can be used to measure key air quality gases such as CO, NO and NO2 at the low ppb mixing ratios present in the urban environment (estimated detection limits <4ppb for CO and NO and <1ppb for NO2. Mead et al (submitted Aug., 2012)). Based on this work, a state of the art multi species instrument package for deployment in scalable sensor networks has been developed which has general applicability. This is currently being employed as part of a major 3 year UK program at London Heathrow airport (the Sensor Networks for Air Quality (SNAQ) Heathrow project). The main project outcome is the creation of a calibrated, high spatial and temporal resolution data set for O3, NO, NO2, SO2, CO, CO2, VOCstotal, size-speciated PM, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction. The network incorporates existing GPRS infrastructures for real time sending of data with low overheads in terms of cost, effort and installation. In this paper we present data from the SNAQ Heathrow project as well as previous deployments showing measurement capability at the ppb level for NO, NO2 and CO. We show that variability can be observed and measured quantitatively using these sensor networks over widely differing time scales from individual emission events, diurnal variability associated with traffic and meteorological conditions, through to longer term synoptic weather conditions and seasonal behaviour. This work demonstrates a widely applicable generic capability to urban areas, airports as well as other complex emissions environments making this sensor system methodology valuable for scientific, policy and regulatory issues. We conclude that the low-cost high-density network philosophy has the potential to provide a more complete assessment of the high-granularity air quality structure generally observed in the environment. Further, when appropriately deployed, has the potential to offer a new paradigm in air quality quantification and monitoring.

Human Missions to Near-Earth Asteroids: An Update on NASA's Current Status and Proposed Activities for Small Body Exploration

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Abell, P. A.; Mazanek, D. D.; Barbee, B. W.; Mink, R. G.; Landis, R. R.; Adamo, D. R.; Johnson, L. N.; Yeomans, D. K.; Reeves, D. M.; Larman, K. T.;

The Gatekeeper Disparity: Why Do Some Medical Schools Send More Medical Students into Urology?

PubMed Central

Kutikov, Alexander; Bonslaver, Jason; Casey, Jessica T.; Degrado, Justin; Dusseault, Beau N.; Fox, Janelle A.; Lashley-Rogers, Desri; Richardson, Ingride; Smaldone, Marc C.; Steinberg, Peter L.; Trivedi, Deep B.; Routh, Jonathan C.

2010-01-01

Introduction Urology continues to be a highly desirable specialty, despite decreasing exposure of students to Urology in U.S. medical schools. In this study, we set out to assess how U.S. medical schools compare to one another with regard to the number of students that each sends into Urological training and to evaluate the reasons why some medical schools consistently send more students into urology than others. Materials and Methods The authors obtained AUA Match data for the 5 Match seasons from 2005–2009. A survey of all successful participants was then performed. The survey instrument was designed to determine what aspects of the medical school experience influenced students to choose to specialize in Urology. A bivariate and multivariate analysis was then performed to assess which factors correlated with more students entering Urology from a particular medical school. Results Between 2005 and 2009, 1,149 medical students from 130 medical schools successfully participated in the Urology match. Of the 132 allopathic medical schools, 128 sent at least 1 student into Urology (mean 8.9, median 8, SD 6.5). A handful of medical schools were remarkable outliers, sending significantly more students into Urology than other institutions. Multivariate analysis revealed that a number of medical-school related variables including strong mentorship, medical school ranking, and medical school size correlated with more medical students entering Urology. Conclusion Some medical schools launch more Urologic careers than others. Although reasons for these findings are multifactorial, recruitment of Urologic talent pivots on these realities. PMID:21168862

Lessons from Trees.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Elrick, Mike

2003-01-01

Traditional techniques and gear are better suited for comfortable extended wilderness trips with high school students than are emerging technologies and techniques based on low-impact camping and petroleum-based clothing, which send students the wrong messages about ecological relatedness and sustainability. Traditional travel techniques and…

Drug carrier in cancer therapy: A simulation study based on magnetic carrier substances

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Adam, Tijjani; Dhahi, Th S.; Mohammed, Mohammed; Hashim, U.; Noriman, N. Z.; Dahham, Omar S.

2017-09-01

The principle of magnetic carrier is a medium for transferring information by sending the drug to the specific part to kill tumor cells. Generally, there are seven stages of cancer. Most of the patient with cancer can only be detected when reaches stage four. At that stage, the cancer is difficult to destroy or to cure. Comparing to the nearly stage, there are probability to destroy tumor cell completely by sending the drug through magnetic carrier directly to nerve. Another way to destroyed tumor completely is by using Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This project is about the simulation study based on magnetic carrier substances. The COMSOL multiphysic software is used in this project. The simulation model represents a permanent magnet, blood vessel, surrounding tissues and air in 2D. Based on result obtained, the graph shown during sending the magnetic flux is high. However, as its carry information the magnetic flux reducess from the above, the move from 0m until 0.009 m it become the lowers and start increase the flux from this until maximum at 0.018m. This is due the fact that carrier start to increase after because the low information is gradually reduce until 0.018m.

13 CFR 134.614 - What deadlines apply to my application for an award and where do I send it?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... application for an award and where do I send it? 134.614 Section 134.614 Business Credit and Assistance SMALL... and where do I send it? After you have prevailed in an administrative proceeding or in a discrete... award for fees and expenses may still be filed, but it will not be considered by the ALJ until a final...

Sending Nudes: Sex, Self-Rated Mate Value, and Trait Machiavellianism Predict Sending Unsolicited Explicit Images

PubMed Central

March, Evita; Wagstaff, Danielle L.

2017-01-01

Modern dating platforms have given rise to new dating and sexual behaviors. In the current study, we examine predictors of sending unsolicited explicit images, a particularly underexplored online sexual behavior. The aim of the current study was to explore the utility of dark personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism) and self-rated mate value in predicting attitudes toward and behavior of sending unsolicited explicit images. Two hundred and forty participants (72% female; Mage = 25.96, SD = 9.79) completed an online questionnaire which included a measure of self-rated mate value, a measure of dark personality traits, and questions regarding sending unsolicited explicit images (operationalized as the explicit image scale). Men, compared to women, were found to have higher explicit image scale scores, and both self-rated mate value and trait Machiavellianism were positive predictors of explicit image scale scores. Interestingly, there were no significant interactions between sex and these variables. Further, Machiavellianism mediated all relationships between other dark traits and explicit image scale scores, indicating this behavior is best explained by the personality trait associated with behavioral strategies. In sum, these results provide support for the premise that sending unsolicited explicit images may be a tactic of a short-term mating strategy; however, future research should further explore this claim. PMID:29326632

High Assurance Software

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-10-22

CONGRESSIONAL ) HIGH ASSURANCE SOFTWARE WILLIAM MAHONEY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 10/22/2013 Final Report DISTRIBUTION A: Distribution approved for ...0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing...Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to

Incorporating Functional Digital Literacy Skills as Part of the Curriculum for High School Students with Intellectual Disability

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Cihak, David F.; Wright, Rachel; Smith, Cate C.; McMahon, Don; Kraiss, Kelly

2015-01-01

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching functional digital literacy skills to three high school students with intellectual disability. Functional digital literacy skills included sending and receiving email messages, organizing social bookmarking to save, share, and access career websites, and accessing cloud storage to…

Comparative Analysis of High School Graduates in Berks County from Vocational, Academic and General Curricula for the Years 1983, 1986, and 1990. Final Report.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Runkle, Robert A.; And Others

High school, postsecondary education, and work experience records of graduates from four high school programs of study were compared. The population consisted of all graduates (n=7,890) from academic, general, area vocational-technical school (AVTS), and home school vocational programs (HSVOC) from 16 sending school districts in Berks County,…

A high resolution IR/visible imaging system for the W7-X limiter

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Wurden, G. A.; Stephey, L. A.; Biedermann, C.; Jakubowski, M. W.; Dunn, J. P.; Gamradt, M.

2016-11-01

A high-resolution imaging system, consisting of megapixel mid-IR and visible cameras along the same line of sight, has been prepared for the new W7-X stellarator and was operated during Operational Period 1.1 to view one of the five inboard graphite limiters. The radial line of sight, through a large diameter (184 mm clear aperture) uncoated sapphire window, couples a direct viewing 1344 × 784 pixel FLIR SC8303HD camera. A germanium beam-splitter sends visible light to a 1024 × 1024 pixel Allied Vision Technologies Prosilica GX1050 color camera. Both achieve sub-millimeter resolution on the 161 mm wide, inertially cooled, segmented graphite tiles. The IR and visible cameras are controlled via optical fibers over full Camera Link and dual GigE Ethernet (2 Gbit/s data rates) interfaces, respectively. While they are mounted outside the cryostat at a distance of 3.2 m from the limiter, they are close to a large magnetic trim coil and require soft iron shielding. We have taken IR data at 125 Hz to 1.25 kHz frame rates and seen that surface temperature increases in excess of 350 °C, especially on leading edges or defect hot spots. The IR camera sees heat-load stripe patterns on the limiter and has been used to infer limiter power fluxes (˜1-4.5 MW/m2), during the ECRH heating phase. IR images have also been used calorimetrically between shots to measure equilibrated bulk tile temperature, and hence tile energy inputs (in the range of 30 kJ/tile with 0.6 MW, 6 s heating pulses). Small UFO's can be seen and tracked by the FLIR camera in some discharges. The calibrated visible color camera (100 Hz frame rate) has also been equipped with narrow band C-III and H-alpha filters, to compare with other diagnostics, and is used for absolute particle flux determination from the limiter surface. Sometimes, but not always, hot-spots in the IR are also seen to be bright in C-III light.

Wii mote as hydrological sensor: observation of water level fluctuations

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Luxemburg, W.; Hut, R.; Weijs, S.; Hegnauer, M.

2009-12-01

The input device of the Nintendo Wii, the Wii-mote offers scientist a multitude of cheap, high quality sensors; ideal for proof of concept testing. For a specific application, i.e. the water level fluctuation in a floating evaporation pan the Wii-mote was tested as the observing device. It is shown that the controller can observe movements with high enough temporal and spatial resolution of up to 4 infrared LED’s to describe water level movements. Floating pans positioned in lakes and reservoirs better represent open water evaporation than evaporation pans installed on land. On the other hand performing water level measurements in a floating pan is more complicated due to movement of the pan and wave activities in the pan. The Wii-mote was mounted on the side of a standard class A-pan and a float was placed in the middle of the pan, with 4 LED’s on top moving along a fixed bar. The information that the Wii-mote wirelessly sends by blue tooth was captured on a laptop. With a MATLAB routine this data was converted into movement of the LED’s relatively to the controller. The observations show that wave activities are nicely captured with a typical spatial resolution smaller than 0.1 mm in our set-up and a temporal resolution of maximum 100 Hz. A frequency domain filter was applied to the observed datasets to obtain average water levels. In our laboratory setting the pan was placed in a large basin with a wave generator. A constant, but small, rate of water was added to the evaporation pan. The average pan levels from the filtered datasets showed systematically lower levels compared to the level without any wave activities. This is a typical effect of waves that occur in shallow basins. However, the added water with rates up to 5 mm/hour were clearly recognized in the filtered datasets which indicates that the Wii-mote is very well capable as a sensor for water level observations.

A high resolution IR/visible imaging system for the W7-X limiter

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Wurden, G. A., E-mail: wurden@lanl.gov; Dunn, J. P.; Stephey, L. A.

A high-resolution imaging system, consisting of megapixel mid-IR and visible cameras along the same line of sight, has been prepared for the new W7-X stellarator and was operated during Operational Period 1.1 to view one of the five inboard graphite limiters. The radial line of sight, through a large diameter (184 mm clear aperture) uncoated sapphire window, couples a direct viewing 1344 × 784 pixel FLIR SC8303HD camera. A germanium beam-splitter sends visible light to a 1024 × 1024 pixel Allied Vision Technologies Prosilica GX1050 color camera. Both achieve sub-millimeter resolution on the 161 mm wide, inertially cooled, segmented graphitemore » tiles. The IR and visible cameras are controlled via optical fibers over full Camera Link and dual GigE Ethernet (2 Gbit/s data rates) interfaces, respectively. While they are mounted outside the cryostat at a distance of 3.2 m from the limiter, they are close to a large magnetic trim coil and require soft iron shielding. We have taken IR data at 125 Hz to 1.25 kHz frame rates and seen that surface temperature increases in excess of 350 °C, especially on leading edges or defect hot spots. The IR camera sees heat-load stripe patterns on the limiter and has been used to infer limiter power fluxes (∼1–4.5 MW/m{sup 2}), during the ECRH heating phase. IR images have also been used calorimetrically between shots to measure equilibrated bulk tile temperature, and hence tile energy inputs (in the range of 30 kJ/tile with 0.6 MW, 6 s heating pulses). Small UFO’s can be seen and tracked by the FLIR camera in some discharges. The calibrated visible color camera (100 Hz frame rate) has also been equipped with narrow band C-III and H-alpha filters, to compare with other diagnostics, and is used for absolute particle flux determination from the limiter surface. Sometimes, but not always, hot-spots in the IR are also seen to be bright in C-III light.« less

Straight talk: new approaches in healthcare. Are you ready to send HIPPA-compliant transactions? Your cash flow is at stake. Panel discussion.

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Barrett, Lee B; Hanks, Tom; Zubeldia, Kepa; Cramer, Richard

The deadlines are looming for compliance with the transaction and code set requirements set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). If your hospital filed for an extension in October 2002, you need to begin testing transactions by April 2003 and sending transactions by October 2003. But don't rely on your technology vendors to give you the ability to send compliant transactions. While vendors can provide the correct computer data format, they can't gather the correct information. If you can't send a compliant transaction, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could reject your claims, drying up a big percentage of your cash flow.

Method for triggering an action

DOEpatents

Hall, David R.; Bartholomew, David B.; Johnson, Monte L.; Moon, Justin; Koehler, Roger O.

2006-10-17

A method for triggering an action of at least one downhole device on a downhole network integrated into a downhole tool string synchronized to an event comprises determining latency, sending a latency adjusted signal, and performing the action. The latency is determined between a control device and the at least one downhole device. The latency adjusted signal for triggering an action is sent to the downhole device. The action is performed downhole synchronized to the event. A preferred method for determining latency comprises the steps: a control device sends a first signal to the downhole device; after receiving the signal, the downhole device sends a response signal to the control device; and the control device analyzes the time from sending the signal to receiving the response signal.

KSC-05PD-0113

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2005-01-01

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, CALIF. At Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo., the infrared (IR) spectrometer for the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft is inspected in the instrument assembly area in the Fisher Assembly building clean room. Deep Impact will probe beneath the surface of Comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, when the comet is 83 million miles from Earth, and reveal the secrets of its interior. After releasing a 3- by 3-foot projectile to crash onto the surface, Deep Impacts flyby spacecraft will collect pictures and data of how the crater forms, measuring the craters depth and diameter, as well as the composition of the interior of the crater and any material thrown out, and determining the changes in natural outgassing produced by the impact. The spectrometer is part of the High Resolution Instrument in the spacecraft. This imager will be aimed at the ejected matter as the crater forms, and an infrared 'fingerprint' of the material from inside of the comet's nucleus will be taken. It will send the data back to Earth through the antennas of the Deep Space Network. Deep Impact is a NASA Discovery mission. Launch of Deep Impact is scheduled for Jan. 12 from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

Realization of a multipath ultrasonic gas flowmeter based on transit-time technique.

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Chen, Qiang; Li, Weihua; Wu, Jiangtao

2014-01-01

A microcomputer-based ultrasonic gas flowmeter with transit-time method is presented. Modules of the flowmeter are designed systematically, including the acoustic path arrangement, ultrasound emission and reception module, transit-time measurement module, the software and so on. Four 200 kHz transducers forming two acoustic paths are used to send and receive ultrasound simultaneously. The synchronization of the transducers can eliminate the influence caused by the inherent switch time in simple chord flowmeter. The distribution of the acoustic paths on the mechanical apparatus follows the Tailored integration, which could reduce the inherent error by 2-3% compared with the Gaussian integration commonly used in the ultrasonic flowmeter now. This work also develops timing modules to determine the flight time of the acoustic signal. The timing mechanism is different from the traditional method. The timing circuit here adopts high capability chip TDC-GP2, with the typical resolution of 50 ps. The software of Labview is used to receive data from the circuit and calculate the gas flow value. Finally, the two paths flowmeter has been calibrated and validated on the test facilities for air flow in Shaanxi Institute of Measurement & Testing. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Instrument for Analysis of Greenland's Glacier Mills

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Behar, Alberto E.; Matthews, Jaret B.; Tran, Hung B.; Steffen, Konrad; McGrath, Dan; Phillips, Thomas; Elliot, Andrew; OHern, Sean; Lutz, Colin; Martin, Sujita;

Nanosatellite Architectures for Improved Study of the Hydrologic Cycle

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Blackwell, W. J.; Osaretin, I.; Cahoy, K.

2012-12-01

The need for low-cost, mission-flexible, and rapidly deployable spaceborne sensors that meet stringent performance requirements pervades the NASA Earth Science measurement programs, including especially the recommended NRC Decadal Survey missions. To address these challenges, we present nanosatellite constellation architectures that would profoundly improve both the performance and cost/risk/schedule profiles of NASA Earth and Space Science missions by leveraging recent technology advancements. As a key enabling element, we describe a scalable and mission-flexible 6U CubeSat-based self-organizing constellation architecture (the Distributed Observatory for Monitoring of Earth, henceforth "DOME") that will achieve state-of-the-art performance (and beyond) relative to current systems with respect to spatial, spectral, and radiometric resolution. A focus of this presentation is an assessment of the viability of a cross-linked CubeSat constellation with onboard propulsion systems for high-fidelity Earth and Space Science research. Such architecture could provide game-changing advances by reducing costs by at least an order of magnitude while increasing robustness to launch and sensor failures, allowing fast-track insertion of new technologies, and improving science performance. High-resolution passive microwave atmospheric sounding is an ideal sensing modality for nanosatellite implementation due to rapidly advancing microwave and millimeterwave receiver technology. The DOME constellation would nominally comprise 6U CubeSat Microwave Atmospheric Sounder (CMAS) satellites. Each CMAS satellite would host a complete 6U CubeSat atmospheric sounder, including a radiometer payload module with passive microwave receivers operating near atmospheric absorption lines near 60 and 183.31 GHz, and a spacecraft bus with attitude determination and control, avionics, power, cross-linked communications (spacecraft-to-spacecraft and spacecraft-to-ground), and propulsion systems. A spacecraft spinning mechanism provides a 60 RPM cross-track scan as the satellite orbits the earth. Spatial, spectral, and radiometric performance is comparable to present state-of-the-art systems with costs exceeding $100M. The propulsion systems would be used to achieve formation flight (the satellites would be separated by approximately 500 ± 5 km) and to facilitate de-orbit. The cross-linked communication would provide: 1) reduced communications latency to ground, a key performance attribute that is currently lacking in present systems leading to suboptimal utilization of observations of dynamic meteorological events such as tropical cyclones and hurricanes, and 2) data-driven sensing whereby the lead sensor observes dynamic meteorological phenomena and sends a message to the following sensor to temporarily enable a very high resolution sensing mode (a higher sample rate, for example) to better capture the interesting event and preserve spacecraft resources for when they are most needed. The DOME constellation would allow global, high-resolution, persistent observations of the Earth's surface and atmosphere for studies of the hydrologic cycle and climate feedback processes.

Voxel-based Immersive Environments Immersive Environments

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2000-05-31

3D accelerated hardware. While this method lends itself well to modem hardware, the quality of the resulting images was low due to the coarse sampling...pipes. We will use MPEG video compression when sending video over T1 line, whereas for 56K bit Internet connection, we can use one of the more...sent over the communication line. The ultimate goal is to send the immersive environment over the 56K bps Internet. Since we need to send audio and

A small step in VLC systems - a big step in Li-Fi implementation

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Rîurean, S. M.; Nagy, A. A.; Leba, M.; Ionica, A. C.

2018-01-01

Light is part of our sustainable environmental life so, using it would be the handiest and cheapest way for wireless communication. Since ever, light has been used to send messages in different ways and now, due to the high technological improvements, bits through light, at high speed on multiple paths, allow humans to communicate. Using the lighting system both for illumination and communication represents lately one of the worldwide main research issues with several implementations with real benefits. This paper presents a viable VLC system, that proves its sustainability for sending by light information not only few millimetres but meters away. This system has multiple potential applications in different areas where other communication systems are bottlenecked, too expensive, unavailable or even forbidden. Since a Li-Fi fully developed system requires bidirectional, multiple access communication, there are still some challenges towards a functional Li-Fi wireless network. Although important steps have been made, Li-Fi is still under experimental stage.

The impact of outmigration of men on fertility and marriage in the migrant-sending states of Mexico, 1995–2000

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White, Kari; Potter, Joseph E.

2015-01-01

Using the 2000 Mexican Census, we examined whether the level of migration was associated with total fertility and the proportion of women married in 314 municipalities from seven traditional sending states. Across these municipalities, we observe lower fertility in higher-migration areas. Municipalities in the quartile with the highest levels of migration have total fertility more than half a child lower than municipalities in the lowest migration quartile. However, there are no differences in marital fertility by level of migration, indicating that lower proportions of women married account for lower total fertility in high-migration municipalities. In municipal-level regression models, lower sex ratios are associated with a lower proportion of women married, while there is an inverse association between education and marriage. The level of migration also has an independent association with marriage, suggesting that there may be changing ideas surrounding family formation in high-migration areas. PMID:23009347

Is There "White Flight" into Private Schools? New Evidence from High School and Beyond

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Li, Mingliang

2009-01-01

In the U.S., white parents may choose to send their children to private schools in response to the local concentration of minority schoolchildren, commonly referred to as "white flight". This paper contributes to the existing literature by providing new evidence on white flight from the data set High School and Beyond (HSB). I find that a…

NCLB Accesses High-Schoolers for the Military in War Time

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Goodman, David

2004-01-01

Local high schools sending the names and phone numbers of all juniors and seniors to United States military recruiters is more than a back-door assault on student privacy. This may have life-or-death consequences for unwitting kids who are contacted by these recruiters. This student information give-away was mandated in a little-known provision of…

Cochlear implant

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A stethoscope with wavelet separation of cardiac and respiratory sounds for real time telemedicine implemented on field-programmable gate array

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Castro, Víctor M.; Muñoz, Nestor A.; Salazar, Antonio J.

2015-01-01

Auscultation is one of the most utilized physical examination procedures for listening to lung, heart and intestinal sounds during routine consults and emergencies. Heart and lung sounds overlap in the thorax. An algorithm was used to separate them based on the discrete wavelet transform with multi-resolution analysis, which decomposes the signal into approximations and details. The algorithm was implemented in software and in hardware to achieve real-time signal separation. The heart signal was found in detail eight and the lung signal in approximation six. The hardware was used to separate the signals with a delay of 256 ms. Sending wavelet decomposition data - instead of the separated full signa - allows telemedicine applications to function in real time over low-bandwidth communication channels.

Synthesis of Tree-Structured Computing Systems through Use of Closures.

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1984-11-29

best hope of 8 achieving subpolynomial running times for typical problems without a degree of inter - connection that makes physical implementation... Inter HAS v TALKS leftson (SENDS v) TALKS rightson (SENDS v) HEARS parent (USES v.parent) HEARS U.inter (USES u-value) leaf HAS li HEARS parent (USES...v.parent) U Istype TREE (i),iE[i ... n-1] SIZE n root HAS u TALKS T.root (SENDS u) HEARS leftaon(USES v.left) HEARS rightson(USES v.rght) Inter HAS u

Gas pipe explorer robot

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Wilcox, Brian (Inventor)

2004-01-01

A gas pipe explorer formed of a plurality of connecting elements, and an articulation element between the connected elements. The connected elements include drive capabilities, and the articulation element allows the connected elements to traverse gas pipes of arbitrary shapes and sizes. A sensor may sends the characteristics of the gas pipe, and the communication element may send back those sends characteristics. The communication can be wired, over a tether connecting the device to a remote end. Alternatively, the connection can be wireless, driven by either a generator or a battery.

Segmentation of the Canine Corpus Callosum using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography

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Pierce, T.T.; Calabrese, E.; White, L.E.; Chen, S.D.; Platt, S.R.; Provenzale, J.M.

2014-01-01

Background We set out to determine functional white matter (WM) connections passing through the canine corpus callosum useful for subsequent studies of canine brains that serve as models for human WM pathway disease. Based on prior studies, we anticipated that the anterior corpus callosum would send projections to the anterior cerebral cortex while progressively posterior segments would send projections to more posterior cortex. Methods A post mortem canine brain was imaged using a 7T MRI producing 100 micron isotropic resolution DTI analyzed by tractography. Using ROIs within cortical locations, which were confirmed by a Nissl stain that identified distinct cortical architecture, we successfully identified 6 important WM pathways. We also compared fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) in tracts passing through the genu and splenium. Results Callosal fibers were organized based upon cortical destination, i.e. fibers from the genu project to the frontal cortex. Histologic results identified the motor cortex based on cytoarchitectonic criteria that allowed placement of ROIs to discriminate between frontal and parietal lobes. We also identified cytoarchitecture typical of the orbital frontal, anterior frontal, and occipital regions and placed ROIs accordingly. FA, ADC, RD and AD values were all higher in posterior corpus callosum fiber tracts. Conclusions Using 6 cortical ROIs, we identified 6 major white matter tracts that reflect major functional divisions of the cerebral hemispheres and we derived quantitative values that can be used for study of canine models of human WM pathological states. PMID:24370161

Bladder function - neurological control

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How To: Be VoIP-Savvy

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Branzburg, Jeffrey

2005-01-01

Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon, and many other high-speed broadband Internet providers are now also offering telephone services through "Voice over Internet Protocol" (VoIP). This technology sends ordinary telephone calls over the Internet rather than over telephone lines. While impractical without the use of a broadband Internet connection, with…

76 FR 4046 - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

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... supporting and related materials available electronically. Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one... one of most infectious diseases of poultry in the world. A death rate of almost 100 percent can occur... become contaminated. In some cases caretakers, farm owners and staff, and trucks and drivers moving birds...

Saving the Freshman

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Brown, Joyce V.

2010-01-01

The current educational reform agenda requires that stakeholders in the school community help all students graduate. The U.S. Department of Education's "A Blueprint for Reform: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act" sends all stakeholders a clear message to take action that results in every student completing high school…

In-depth study of single photon time resolution for the Philips digital silicon photomultiplier

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Liu, Z.; Gundacker, S.; Pizzichemi, M.; Ghezzi, A.; Auffray, E.; Lecoq, P.; Paganoni, M.

2016-06-01

The digital silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) has been commercialised by Philips as an innovative technology compared to analog silicon photomultiplier devices. The Philips digital SiPM, has a pair of time to digital converters (TDCs) connected to 12800 single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). Detailed measurements were performed to understand the low photon time response of the Philips digital SiPM. The single photon time resolution (SPTR) of every single SPAD in a pixel consisting of 3200 SPADs was measured and an average value of 85 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM) was observed. Each SPAD sends the signal to the TDC with different signal propagation time, resulting in a so called trigger network skew. This distribution of the trigger network skew for a pixel (3200 SPADs) has been measured and a variation of 50 ps FWHM was extracted. The SPTR of the whole pixel is the combination of SPAD jitter, trigger network skew, and the SPAD non-uniformity. The SPTR of a complete pixel was 103 ps FWHM at 3.3 V above breakdown voltage. Further, the effect of the crosstalk at a low photon level has been studied, with the two photon time resolution degrading if the events are a combination of detected (true) photons and crosstalk events. Finally, the time response to multiple photons was investigated.

Using Personal Mobile Phones to Assess Dietary Intake in Free-Living Adolescents: Comparison of Face-to-Face Versus Telephone Training.

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Segovia-Siapco, Gina; Sabaté, Joan

2016-07-29

Traditional paper-based methods to assess food intake can be cumbersome for adolescents; use of mobile phones to track and photograph what they eat may be a more convenient, reliable, and compelling way to collect data. Our aims were to determine (1) the feasibility of using personal mobile phones to send food records with digital images (FRDIs) among free-living adolescents and (2) whether the quality of food records differed between a high-level intervention group (ie, face-to-face training plus real-time support) and a low-level intervention group (ie, telephone training plus next-day follow-up). Adolescents (N=42, 11 males and 31 females) aged 12-18 years who had a mobile phone with camera enrolled in the study via consecutive sampling. The first group (n=21) received face-to-face training while the second group (n=21) was trained via telephone. Participants received a fiducial marker (FM) and completed a 1-day FRDI using their mobile phones. At every eating occasion, participants were to (1) take clear images of their meals/food with a correctly placed fiducial marker before eating, (2) send the image immediately to a designated email address, (3) right after completing a meal, send a text message listing the time and name of the meal, foods eaten, and amounts eaten, and (4) before sleep, send an "end" text message to indicate completion of food recording. Those who received face-to-face training received real-time support during reporting; those trained by telephone received next-day follow-up. Descriptive statistics and comparison tests were used to determine performance of the groups. All participants (N=42) who underwent training completed their 1-day FRDI. A significantly greater proportion of the low-level intervention group compared to the high-level intervention group placed their FM correctly in the image (95% vs 43%, P<.001), had complete information for each meal in their food record (95% vs 71%, P=.04), and had a higher overall score in meeting the criteria for food recording (4.3 vs 3.4 out of 5 points). Both groups had energy intake values that moderately correlated with their estimated energy requirements: low-intervention r=.55; high-intervention r=.51. Using personal mobile phones to report dietary intake via texting and digital images is feasible among free-living adolescents. Real-time support or high-level intervention does not guarantee better food recording quality among adolescents.

Development of IoT-based Urban Sinkhole and Road Collapse Monitoring System

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Jung, B.; Bang, E.; Lee, H. J.; Jeong, S. W.; Ryu, D.; Kim, S. W.; Kim, B. K.; Yum, B. W.; Lee, I. H.

2015-12-01

The consortium of Korean government-funded research institutes is developing IoT- (Internet of things) based underground safety monitoring and alerting system to manage risks arisen from land subsidence and road collapses in metropolitan areas in South Korea. The system consists of four major functional units: subsurface monitoring sensors sending data directly through the internet, centralized servers capable of collecting and processing big data, computational modules providing physical and statistical models for predicting high-risk areas, and geologic information service platforms visualizing underground safety maps for the public. The target urban area will be regionally covered by multi-sensors monitoring soil and groundwater conditions, and by high resolution satellite InSAR images filtering vertical land movements in a centimeter scale. Integrity of buried water supply and sewer lines are also monitored for the possibility of underground cavity formation. Once high-risk area is predicted, more tangible surveying methods such as ground penetrating radar (GPR) and resistivity survey can be applied for locating the cavities. Additionally, laboratory and field experiments are performed to understand overall road collapsing mechanism from the initial cavity creation to its progressive development depending on soil types, degree of compaction, and groundwater condition. Acquired results will update existing fully-coupled hydromechanical models for more accurate prediction of the collapsing-vulnerable area. Preliminary laboratory experiments show that the upward propagation of subsurface cavity is closely related to the soil properties, such as sand-clay ratios and moisture contents, and groundwater dynamics.

Farmer data sourcing. The case study of the spatial soil information maps in South Tyrol.

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Della Chiesa, Stefano; Niedrist, Georg; Thalheimer, Martin; Hafner, Hansjörg; La Cecilia, Daniele

2017-04-01

Nord-Italian region South Tyrol is Europe's largest apple growing area exporting ca. 15% in Europe and 2% worldwide. Vineyards represent ca. 1% of Italian production. In order to deliver high quality food, most of the farmers in South Tyrol follow sustainable farming practices. One of the key practice is the sustainable soil management, where farmers collect regularly (each 5 years) soil samples and send for analyses to improve cultivation management, yield and finally profitability. However, such data generally remain inaccessible. On this regard, in South Tyrol, private interests and the public administration have established a long tradition of collaboration with the local farming industry. This has granted to the collection of large spatial and temporal database of soil analyses along all the cultivated areas. Thanks to this best practice, information on soil properties are centralized and geocoded. The large dataset consist mainly in soil information of texture, humus content, pH and microelements availability such as, K, Mg, Bor, Mn, Cu Zn. This data was finally spatialized by mean of geostatistical methods and several high-resolution digital maps were created. In this contribution, we present the best practice where farmers data source soil information in South Tyrol. Show the capability of a large spatial-temporal geocoded soil dataset to reproduce detailed digital soil property maps and to assess long-term changes in soil properties. Finally, implication and potential application are discussed.

Money for microbes-Pathogen avoidance and out-group helping behaviour.

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Laakasuo, Michael; Köbis, Nils; Palomäki, Jussi; Jokela, Markus

2017-02-23

Humans have evolved various adaptations against pathogens, including the physiological immune system. However, not all of these adaptations are physiological: the cognitive mechanisms whereby we avoid potential sources of pathogens-for example, disgust elicited by uncleanliness-can be considered as parts of a behavioural immune system (BIS). The mechanisms of BIS extend also to inter-group relations: Pathogen cues have been shown to increase xenophobia/ethnocentrism, as people prefer to keep their societal in-group norms unaltered and "clean." Nonetheless, little is known how pathogen cues influence people's willingness to provide humanitarian aid to out-group members. We examined how pathogen cues affected decisions of providing humanitarian aid in either instrumental (sending money) or non-instrumental form (sending personnel to help, or accepting refugees), and whether these effects were moderated by individual differences in BIS sensitivity. Data were collected in two online studies (Ns: 188 and 210). When the hypothetical humanitarian crisis involved a clear risk of infection, participants with high BIS sensitivity preferred to send money rather than personnel or to accept refugees. The results suggest that pathogen cues influence BIS-sensitive individuals' willingness to provide humanitarian aid when there is a risk of contamination to in-group members. © 2017 International Union of Psychological Science.

Multiple node remote messaging

DOEpatents

Blumrich, Matthias A.; Chen, Dong; Gara, Alan G.; Giampapa, Mark E.; Heidelberger, Philip; Ohmacht, Martin; Salapura, Valentina; Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard; Vranas, Pavlos

2010-08-31

A method for passing remote messages in a parallel computer system formed as a network of interconnected compute nodes includes that a first compute node (A) sends a single remote message to a remote second compute node (B) in order to control the remote second compute node (B) to send at least one remote message. The method includes various steps including controlling a DMA engine at first compute node (A) to prepare the single remote message to include a first message descriptor and at least one remote message descriptor for controlling the remote second compute node (B) to send at least one remote message, including putting the first message descriptor into an injection FIFO at the first compute node (A) and sending the single remote message and the at least one remote message descriptor to the second compute node (B).

Challenges in Ecohydrological Monitoring at Soil-Vegetation Interfaces: Exploiting the Potential for Fibre Optic Technologies

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Chalari, A.; Ciocca, F.; Krause, S.; Hannah, D. M.; Blaen, P.; Coleman, T. I.; Mondanos, M.

2015-12-01

The Birmingham Institute of Forestry Research (BIFoR) is using Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) experiments to quantify the long-term impact and resilience of forests into rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The FACE campaign critically relies on a successful monitoring and understanding of the large variety of ecohydrological processes occurring across many interfaces, from deep soil to above the tree canopy. At the land-atmosphere interface, soil moisture and temperature are key variables to determine the heat and water exchanges, crucial to the vegetation dynamics as well as to groundwater recharge. Traditional solutions for monitoring soil moisture and temperature such as remote techniques and point sensors show limitations in fast acquisition rates and spatial coverage, respectively. Hence, spatial patterns and temporal dynamics of heat and water fluxes at this interface can only be monitored to a certain degree, limiting deeper knowledge in dynamically evolving systems (e.g. in impact of growing vegetation). Fibre optics Distributed Temperature Sensors (DTS) can measure soil temperatures at high spatiotemporal resolutions and accuracy, along kilometers of optical cable buried in the soil. Heat pulse methods applied to electrical elements embedded in the optical cable can be used to obtain the soil moisture. In July 2015 a monitoring system based on DTS has been installed in a recently forested hillslope at BIFoR in order to quantify high-resolution spatial patterns and high-frequency temporal dynamics of soil heat fluxes and soil moisture conditions. Therefore, 1500m of optical cables have been carefully deployed in three overlapped loops at 0.05m, 0.25m and 0.4m from the soil surface and an electrical system to send heat pulses along the optical cable has been developed. This paper discussed both, installation and design details along with first results of the soil moisture and temperature monitoring carried out since July 2015. Moreover, interpretations of the collected data to investigate the impact on soil moisture dynamics of i) forest evolution (long timescale), (ii) seasonality and, (iii) high-frequency forcing, are discussed.

Fighting in Thin Air: Operational Wilderness Medicine in High Asia

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2011-01-01

data sources , gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this...Afghanistan. Additionally, there will be discussion of evidence-based interventions being used to attempt to maintain optimal health of the warfighter at...the high altitude environment has resulted in extensive risk management recommendations from the US Army, specifically aimed at preventing altitude

High-Growth Firms and the Future of the American Economy. Kauffman Foundation Research Series: Firm Formation and Economic Growth

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Stangler, Dane

2010-01-01

Into early 2010, more than two years after the recession began, the American economy continues to send out mixed signals with respect to economic recovery: GDP (gross domestic product) growth looks set to recover, while unemployment is projected to remain high for many more years. The most important economic matter facing the country is job…

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EXPANSION OF THE FREE CHOICE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.

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FOX, DAVID J.

THIS EVALUATION OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FREE CHOICE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM (OE) IN NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENTS COMPARATIVE DATA FOR 26 RECEIVING AND 15 SENDING ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE AREAS STUDIED WERE (1) CHILDRENS' CLASSROOM FUNCTIONING, (2) TEACHERS' CLASSROOM FUNCTIONING, (3) SCHOOL APPEARANCE, CLIMATE, AND…

I Was Attacked Online!

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Hensel, Jan

1996-01-01

Considers some of the problems posed by electronic mail systems when the identity of the user is protected by the server. Suggests that high school instructors and administrators have good reason to circulate electronic messages through a central site, as students need to be protected from exploitative users and prohibited from sending abusive…

The Seamless Web: The Interdependence of Educational Institutions.

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Lara, Juan F.; Mitchell, Ruth

1986-01-01

The center of Academic Interinstitutional Programs helps students prepare for college by providing a bridge between UCLA and sending high schools. Its goal is to reshape teacher education. The following are discussed: (1) program's historical perspective; (2) offerings in various disciplines; (3) issues and lessons learned; and (4) conceptual…

Distinctives of High Producers of Minority Science and Engineering Doctoral Starts.

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Brazziel, William F.; Brazziel, Marian E.

This study examined the distinctive characteristics of colleges and universities shown to be exceptionally successful in sending underrepresented minorities on to doctoral study in science and engineering. The minorities referred to include Indian, Hispanic, and Black Americans. Primary data for the study were generated by the National Research…

Quantum communication beyond the localization length in disordered spin chains.

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Allcock, Jonathan; Linden, Noah

2009-03-20

We study the effects of localization on quantum state transfer in spin chains. We show how to use quantum error correction and multiple parallel spin chains to send a qubit with high fidelity over arbitrary distances, in particular, distances much greater than the localization length of the chain.

A Logistic Regression Analysis of Score Sending and College Matching among High School Students

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Oates, Krystle S.

2015-01-01

College decisions are often the result of a variety of influences related to student background characteristics, academic characteristics, college preferences and college aspirations. College counselors recommend that students choose a variety of schools, especially schools where the general student body matches the academic achievement of…

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Olsen, Ken

2005-01-01

This article explains how Street Law helps teachers to defuse tensions between students and police through a combination of education, empathy, and expertise. Street Law was born at Georgetown in 1972. Every year, it sends two dozen law students like Courtney Donovan into Washington, D.C., high schools to help teach the year long course. Street…

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Status of the development of Brazilian Decimetric Array (BDA)

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Sawant, Hanumant; Fernandes, Francisco; Chellasamy, Ebenezer; Cecatto, Jose R.; Costa, D. Joaquim; Sirothia, Sandeep Kumar; Subramanian, Koovapady

BDA will consists of 38 antennas of 4 meters diameter, capable of operating at frequency range of (1.2-1.7, 2.8 and 5.6) GHz. The array will be spread over the distances 2 x 1 km in a T shape with longest base line in E-W direction, having spatial resolution of ~10 sec of arc at 5.6 GHz. The visibility data can be processed to provide two dimensional images at a time resolution of 100 ms (or higher). In the second phase of the BDA, almost all systems of the 26 antennas are installed. LO of 10 MHz is send from receiver room to each receiver located in the each antenna tower. This receiver operates in the frequency range of 1-6 GHz and converts received signal to 70 MHz. Fiber optical system is partially installed in tower converts 70 MHz signal to optical signal and send to receiver room with low loss and phase compensation of 100 ps, where it is converted back to 70 MHz and processed to give output of 0-5 MHz bandpass and further processed by the correlator. Tracking system, with Dual feed back facility has tracking accuracy of +/- 3 arc minutes. All safety features are installed, with on line offset adjustment. Data logging and event logging for future investigations are available. Tracking system was tested for one month with 8 hours tracking and results of these will also be presented. Field programmable Gate Array based complex correlator system capable of producing all four Stokes parameters was designed and developed for correlating base band outputs from 38 antennas. The correlator produces delay and fringe corrected, visibility correlations between any two signal channels of the same polarizations from any given pair of antennas, providing visibility data. Fringes using this system have been obtained for baseline combinations of 12 fully installed antennas. Simulations of the UV coverage and imaging were carried out for the full synthesis observations of sources at different configurations and various declinations in -70 to +23 degrees range. The current system can image the Sun with spatial resolution of 3.40 x 4.54 arc min at 1.4 GHz. Results of the each of the above systems along with the observed fringes from the FPGA based complex correlator system from non redundant 12 antennas in two dimensions will be presented. BDA phase II will be operational shortly.

Flight Test Results of VDL-3, 1090ES, and UAT Datalinks for Weather Information Communication

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Griner, James

2006-01-01

This presentation describes final test results for the Weather Information Communications (WINCOMM) program at the NASA Glenn Research Center on flight testing of the 1090 Extended Squitter (1090ES), VDL Mode 3, and Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) data links as a medium for weather data exchange. It presents an architectural description of the use of 1090ES to meet the program objectives of sending turbulence information, the use of VDL Mode 3 to send graphical weather images, and the use of UAT for transmitting weather sensor data. This presentation provides a high level definition of the changes made to both avionics and ground-based receivers as well as the ground infrastructure used to support flight testing and future implementation. Summary of results from flight tests of these datalinks will also be presented.

Associations Between Sexting Behaviors and Sexual Behaviors Among Mobile Phone-Owning Teens in Los Angeles.

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Rice, Eric; Craddock, Jaih; Hemler, Mary; Rusow, Joshua; Plant, Aaron; Montoya, Jorge; Kordic, Timothy

2018-01-01

The implications of teen sexting for healthy development continue to concern parents, academics, and the general public. Using a probability sample of high school students (N = 1,208) aged 12-18, the prevalence of sexting, associations with sexting, and associations between sexing and sexual activity were assessed. Seventeen percent both sent and received sexts, and 24% only received sexts. Sending and receiving sexts were positively associated with each other and both behaviors were associated with having peers who sext. Lifetime reports of sexual intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, and recent unprotected sex were positively associated with reports of texting 300 or more times per day, only receiving sexts, and both sending and receiving sexts. © 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

Migration, Social Organization, and the Sexual Partners of Mexican Men

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Parrado, Emilio A.; Flippen, Chenoa A.

2015-01-01

We build on recent developments in social organization theory to examine the sexual partnering of Mexican men in a new area of immigrant destination. We elaborate on two levels of contextual influence: 1) how differences in social capital between sending and receiving communities affect partner formation and 2) how neighborhood social cohesion influences immigrants’ behavior. Data come from an original survey conducted in Durham, NC and migrant sending communities in Mexico. We show dramatic differences in sexual partnering between Mexico and the U.S. that are directly linked to lack of social networks and familial support. Neighborhood level social cohesion in part counteracts those effects. The role of social capital and neighborhoods, however, is highly gendered. The presence of women is a critical dimension of the social organization of immigrant communities and its effect extends beyond mere partner availability. PMID:26962267

Katherine: Ethernet Embedded Readout Interface for Timepix3

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Burian, P.; Broulím, P.; Jára, M.; Georgiev, V.; Bergmann, B.

2017-11-01

The Timepix3—the latest generation of hybrid particle pixel detectors of Medipix family—yields a lot of new possibilities, i.e. a high hit-rate, a time resolution of 1.56 ns, event data-driven readout mode, and the capability of measuring the Time-over-Threshold (ToT - energy) and the Time-of-Arrival (ToA) simultaneously. This paper introduces a newly developed readout device for the Timepix3, called "Katherine", featuring a Gigabit Ethernet interface. The primary benefit of the Katherine is the operation of Timepix3 at long distance (up to 100 m) from computer or server, which is advantageous for the installation at beam lines, where the access is difficult or where radiation levels are too high for human interventions. The maximal hit-rate is limited by the bandwidth of the Ethernet connection (peer-to-peer connection; up to 16 Mhit/s). Since the Katherine interface is equipped with a processor of high computational power (ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor), it permits the use as a stand-alone (autonomous) radiation detector. The key features of the device are described in detail. These are the implemented high voltage power supply offering both polarities of bias voltage (up to ± 300 V), the automatic data sending to a sever via SSH, the automatic compensation of ToA values from columns with shifted matrix clock, etc. A dedicated control software was developed, which can be used for the detector preparation (sensor equalization, the DACs dependency scan, and the THL scan) and measurement control. Measured energy spectra from photon fields are shown.

Ethernet direct display: a new dimension for in-vehicle video connectivity solutions

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Rowley, Vincent

2009-05-01

To improve the local situational awareness (LSA) of personnel in light or heavily armored vehicles, most military organizations recognize the need to equip their fleets with high-resolution digital video systems. Several related upgrade programs are already in progress and, almost invariably, COTS IP/Ethernet is specified as the underlying transport mechanism. The high bandwidths, long reach, networking flexibility, scalability, and affordability of IP/Ethernet make it an attractive choice. There are significant technical challenges, however, in achieving high-performance, real-time video connectivity over the IP/Ethernet platform. As an early pioneer in performance-oriented video systems based on IP/Ethernet, Pleora Technologies has developed core expertise in meeting these challenges and applied a singular focus to innovating within the required framework. The company's field-proven iPORTTM Video Connectivity Solution is deployed successfully in thousands of real-world applications for medical, military, and manufacturing operations. Pleora's latest innovation is eDisplayTM, a smallfootprint, low-power, highly efficient IP engine that acquires video from an Ethernet connection and sends it directly to a standard HDMI/DVI monitor for real-time viewing. More costly PCs are not required. This paper describes Pleora's eDisplay IP Engine in more detail. It demonstrates how - in concert with other elements of the end-to-end iPORT Video Connectivity Solution - the engine can be used to build standards-based, in-vehicle video systems that increase the safety and effectiveness of military personnel while fully leveraging the advantages of the lowcost COTS IP/Ethernet platform.

Direct Measurement of Helical Cell Motion of the Spirochete Leptospira

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Nakamura, Shuichi; Leshansky, Alexander; Magariyama, Yukio; Namba, Keiichi; Kudo, Seishi

2014-01-01

Leptospira are spirochete bacteria distinguished by a short-pitch coiled body and intracellular flagella. Leptospira cells swim in liquid with an asymmetric morphology of the cell body; the anterior end has a long-pitch spiral shape (S-end) and the posterior end is hook-shaped (H-end). Although the S-end and the coiled cell body called the protoplasmic cylinder are thought to be responsible for propulsion together, most observations on the motion mechanism have remained qualitative. In this study, we analyzed the swimming speed and rotation rate of the S-end, protoplasmic cylinder, and H-end of individual Leptospira cells by one-sided dark-field microscopy. At various viscosities of media containing different concentrations of Ficoll, the rotation rate of the S-end and protoplasmic cylinder showed a clear correlation with the swimming speed, suggesting that these two helical parts play a central role in the motion of Leptospira. In contrast, the H-end rotation rate was unstable and showed much less correlation with the swimming speed. Forces produced by the rotation of the S-end and protoplasmic cylinder showed that these two helical parts contribute to propulsion at nearly equal magnitude. Torque generated by each part, also obtained from experimental motion parameters, indicated that the flagellar motor can generate torque >4000 pN nm, twice as large as that of Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the S-end torque was found to show a markedly larger fluctuation than the protoplasmic cylinder torque, suggesting that the unstable H-end rotation might be mechanically related to changes in the S-end rotation rate for torque balance of the entire cell. Variations in torque at the anterior and posterior ends of the Leptospira cell body could be transmitted from one end to the other through the cell body to coordinate the morphological transformations of the two ends for a rapid change in the swimming direction. PMID:24411236

Direct measurement of helical cell motion of the spirochete leptospira.

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Nakamura, Shuichi; Leshansky, Alexander; Magariyama, Yukio; Namba, Keiichi; Kudo, Seishi

2014-01-07

Leptospira are spirochete bacteria distinguished by a short-pitch coiled body and intracellular flagella. Leptospira cells swim in liquid with an asymmetric morphology of the cell body; the anterior end has a long-pitch spiral shape (S-end) and the posterior end is hook-shaped (H-end). Although the S-end and the coiled cell body called the protoplasmic cylinder are thought to be responsible for propulsion together, most observations on the motion mechanism have remained qualitative. In this study, we analyzed the swimming speed and rotation rate of the S-end, protoplasmic cylinder, and H-end of individual Leptospira cells by one-sided dark-field microscopy. At various viscosities of media containing different concentrations of Ficoll, the rotation rate of the S-end and protoplasmic cylinder showed a clear correlation with the swimming speed, suggesting that these two helical parts play a central role in the motion of Leptospira. In contrast, the H-end rotation rate was unstable and showed much less correlation with the swimming speed. Forces produced by the rotation of the S-end and protoplasmic cylinder showed that these two helical parts contribute to propulsion at nearly equal magnitude. Torque generated by each part, also obtained from experimental motion parameters, indicated that the flagellar motor can generate torque >4000 pN nm, twice as large as that of Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the S-end torque was found to show a markedly larger fluctuation than the protoplasmic cylinder torque, suggesting that the unstable H-end rotation might be mechanically related to changes in the S-end rotation rate for torque balance of the entire cell. Variations in torque at the anterior and posterior ends of the Leptospira cell body could be transmitted from one end to the other through the cell body to coordinate the morphological transformations of the two ends for a rapid change in the swimming direction. Copyright © 2014 Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Nonverbal communication affect in children.

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Buck, R

1975-04-01

A paradign was tested for measuting the tendency of children to send accurate nonverbal signals to others via spontaneous facial expressions and gestures. This paradign was derived from studies on adults that suggest that women are more accurate nonverbal "sendres" than men in certain situations. Eighteeen male and 11 female preschoolers (aged 4 to 6 years) watched a series of emotionally loaded color slides while they were observed via a hidden television camera by their mothers. Results indicated that significant overall communciation occurred, with large individual differences in "sending ability" between children. There was no evidence of a large sex difference in sending ability in choldren, although on one measure girls were more accurate senders than boys when viewed by undergraduates. Sending ability was positively related to teacher's ratings of activity level, aggressiveness, impulsiveness, bossiness, sociability, etc., and negatively related ti shyness, cooperation, emotional inhibition and control, etc.

Electro-Optic Time-to-Space Converter for Optical Detector Jitter Mitigation

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Birnbaum, Kevin; Farr, William

2013-01-01

A common problem in optical detection is determining the arrival time of a weak optical pulse that may comprise only one to a few photons. Currently, this problem is solved by using a photodetector to convert the optical signal to an electronic signal. The timing of the electrical signal is used to infer the timing of the optical pulse, but error is introduced by random delay between the absorption of the optical pulse and the creation of the electrical one. To eliminate this error, a time-to-space converter separates a sequence of optical pulses and sends them to different photodetectors, depending on their arrival time. The random delay, called jitter, is at least 20 picoseconds for the best detectors capable of detecting the weakest optical pulses, a single photon, and can be as great as 500 picoseconds. This limits the resolution with which the timing of the optical pulse can be measured. The time-to-space converter overcomes this limitation. Generally, the time-to-space converter imparts a time-dependent momentum shift to the incoming optical pulses, followed by an optical system that separates photons of different momenta. As an example, an electro-optic phase modulator can be used to apply longitudinal momentum changes (frequency changes) that vary in time, followed by an optical spectrometer (such as a diffraction grating), which separates photons with different momenta into different paths and directs them to impinge upon an array of photodetectors. The pulse arrival time is then inferred by measuring which photodetector receives the pulse. The use of a time-to-space converter mitigates detector jitter and improves the resolution with which the timing of an optical pulse is determined. Also, the application of the converter enables the demodulation of a pulse position modulated signal (PPM) at higher bandwidths than using previous photodetector technology. This allows the creation of a receiver for a communication system with high bandwidth and high bits/photon efficiency.

Emergency response to landslide using GNSS measurements and UAV

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Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos G.; Koukouvelas, Ioannis K.

2017-10-01

Landslide monitoring can be performed using many different methods: Classical geotechnical measurements like inclinometer, topographical survey measurements with total stations or GNSS sensors and photogrammetric techniques using airphotos or high resolution satellite images. However all these methods are expensive or difficult to be developed immediately after the landslide triggering. In contrast airborne technology and especially the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make response to landslide disaster easier as UAVs can be launched quickly in dangerous terrains and send data about the sliding areas to responders on the ground either as RGB images or as videos. In addition, the emergency response to landslide is critical for the further monitoring. For proper displacement identification all the above mentioned monitoring methods need a high resolution and a very accurate representation of the relief. The ideal solution for the accurate and quick mapping of a landslide is the combined use of UAV's photogrammetry and GNSS measurements. UAVs have started their development as expensive toys but they currently became a very valuable tool in large scale mapping of sliding areas. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate an effective solution for the initial landslide mapping immediately after the occurrence of the phenomenon and the possibility of the periodical assessment of the landslide. Three different landslide cases from Greece are presented in the current study. All three landslides have different characteristics: occurred in different geomorphologic environments, triggered by different causes and had different geologic bedrock. In all three cases we performed detailed GNSS measurements of the landslide area, we generated orthophotos as well as Digital Surface Models (DSMs) at an accuracy of less than +/-10 cm. Slide direction and velocity, mass balances as well as protection and mitigation measurements can be derived from the application of the UAVs. Those data in addition are accurate, cost- and time-effective.

Development of the science instrument CLUPI: the close-up imager on board the ExoMars rover

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Josset, J.-L.; Beauvivre, S.; Cessa, V.; Martin, P.

2017-11-01

First mission of the Aurora Exploration Programme of ESA, ExoMars will demonstrate key flight and in situ enabling technologies, and will pursue fundamental scientific investigations. Planned for launch in 2013, ExoMars will send a robotic rover to the surface of Mars. The Close-UP Imager (CLUPI) instrument is part of the Pasteur Payload of the rover fixed on the robotic arm. It is a robotic replacement of one of the most useful instruments of the field geologist: the hand lens. Imaging of surfaces of rocks, soils and wind drift deposits at high resolution is crucial for the understanding of the geological context of any site where the Pasteur rover may be active on Mars. At the resolution provided by CLUPI (approx. 15 micrometer/pixel), rocks show a plethora of surface and internal structures, to name just a few: crystals in igneous rocks, sedimentary structures such as bedding, fracture mineralization, secondary minerals, details of the surface morphology, sedimentary bedding, sediment components, surface marks in sediments, soil particles. It is conceivable that even textures resulting from ancient biological activity can be visualized, such as fine lamination due to microbial mats (stromatolites) and textures resulting from colonies of filamentous microbes, potentially present in sediments and in palaeocavitites in any rock type. CLUPI is a complete imaging system, consisting of an APS (Active Pixel Sensor) camera with 27° FOV optics. The sensor is sensitive to light between 400 and 900 nm with 12 bits digitization. The fixed focus optics provides well focused images of 4 cm x 2.4 cm rock area at a distance of about 10 cm. This challenging camera system, less than 200g, is an independent scientific instrument linked to the rover on board computer via a SpaceWire interface. After the science goals and specifications presentation, the development of this complex high performance miniaturized imaging system will be described.

Novel Duplicate Address Detection with Hash Function

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Song, GuangJia; Ji, ZhenZhou

2016-01-01

Duplicate address detection (DAD) is an important component of the address resolution protocol (ARP) and the neighbor discovery protocol (NDP). DAD determines whether an IP address is in conflict with other nodes. In traditional DAD, the target address to be detected is broadcast through the network, which provides convenience for malicious nodes to attack. A malicious node can send a spoofing reply to prevent the address configuration of a normal node, and thus, a denial-of-service attack is launched. This study proposes a hash method to hide the target address in DAD, which prevents an attack node from launching destination attacks. If the address of a normal node is identical to the detection address, then its hash value should be the same as the “Hash_64” field in the neighboring solicitation message. Consequently, DAD can be successfully completed. This process is called DAD-h. Simulation results indicate that address configuration using DAD-h has a considerably higher success rate when under attack compared with traditional DAD. Comparative analysis shows that DAD-h does not require third-party devices and considerable computing resources; it also provides a lightweight security resolution. PMID:26991901

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Amaro-autonomous real-time detection of moving maritime objects: introducing a flight experiment for an on-board ship detection system

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Schwenk, Kurt; Willburger, Katharina; Pless, Sebastian

2017-10-01

Motivated by politics and economy, the monitoring of the world wide ship traffic is a field of high topicality. To detect illegal activities like piracy, illegal fishery, ocean dumping and refugee transportation is of great value. The analysis of satellite images on the ground delivers a great contribution to situation awareness. However, for many applications the up-to-dateness of the data is crucial. With ground based processing, the time between image acquisition and delivery of the data to the end user is in the range of several hours. The highest influence to the duration of ground based processing is the delay caused by the transmission of the large amount of image data from the satellite to the processing centre on the ground. One expensive solution to this issue is the usage of data relay satellites systems like EDRS. Another approach is to analyse the image data directly on-board of the satellite. Since the product data (e.g. ship position, heading, velocity, characteristics) is very small compared to the input image data, real-time connections provided by satellite telecommunication services like Iridium or Orbcomm can be used to send small packets of information directly to the end user without significant delay. The AMARO (Autonomous real-time detection of moving maritime objects) project at DLR is a feasibility study of an on-board ship detection system involving a real-time low bandwidth communication. The operation of a prototype on-board ship detection system will be demonstrated on an airborne platform. In this article, the scope, aim and design of a flight experiment for an on-board ship detection system scheduled for mid of 2018 is presented. First, the scope and the constraints of the experiment are explained in detail. The main goal is to demonstrate the operability of an automatic ship detection system on board of an airplane. For data acquisition the optical high resolution DLR MACS-MARE camera (VIS/NIR) is used. The system will be able to send product data, like position, size and a small image of the ship directly to the user's smart-phone by email. The time between the acquisition of the image data and the delivery of the product data to the end-user is aimed to be less than three minutes. For communication, the SMS-like Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) Service was chosen, providing a message size of around 300 Bytes. Under optimal sending/receiving conditions, messages can be transmitted bidirectional every 20 seconds. Due to the very small data bandwidth, not all product data may be transmittable at once, for instance, when flying over busy ships traffic zones. Therefore the system offers two services: a query and a push service. With the query service the end user can explicitly request data of a defined location and fixed time period by posting queries in an SQL-like language. With the push service, events can be predefined and messages are received automatically, if and when the event occurs. Finally, the hardware set-up, details of the ship detection algorithms and the current status of the experiment is presented.

Leadership for Social Justice: It Is a Matter of Trust

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Rivera-McCutchen, Rosa L.; Watson, Terri N.

2014-01-01

This case highlights the challenges faced by the principal of Forest Middle/Senior High School. In the surrounding school community, White middle-class families are increasingly opting to send their children to private schools. Within the school, critical incidents between White teachers and Black and Latino/a teachers and students mirror the…

Multilinear Computing and Multilinear Algebraic Geometry

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2016-08-10

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A Software Defined Radio Based Architecture for the Reagan Test Site Telemetry Modernization (RTM) Program

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2015-10-26

platforms and are quickly using up available spectrum. The national need in the commercial sector with emerging technologies such as 5G is pushing for...recovered and post processed later. The Front End Server also sends selected data stream across a high speed network link to the centralized

An Exploration of How Attire Shapes High School Students' Perceptions of Agriculture Teachers

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Shoulders, Catherine W.; Sellick, Sable A.; Southward, Leigh; Blythe, Jessica M.

2017-01-01

An individual's attire sends messages to those who view them (Damhorst, 1990), and the clothing choices made by teachers may influence students' perceptions of the school (Workman & Freeburg, 2010). A majority of teacher dress codes require formal clothing (Workman & Freeburg, 2010); however, agricultural education teachers often work in…

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Electronic Mail Is One High-Tech Management Tool that Really Delivers.

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Parker, Donald C.

1987-01-01

Describes an electronic mail system used by the Horseheads (New York) Central School Distict's eight schools and central office that saves time and enhances productivity. This software calls up information from the district's computer network and sends it to other users' special files--electronic "mailboxes" set aside for messages and…

Education and Family in Conflict

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Lee, Jihye

2011-01-01

In recent years, the demands of high-quality education have become a source of problems in South Korea, forming a new type of separated family. When the parents send their children to foreign countries for advanced education, the fathers, the wives, and children are separated for a significantly long period of time. Usually, the fathers, called…

The Federal Role in Rural Graduate Medical Education Initiatives. Commentary.

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Myers, Wayne W.

2000-01-01

Two views within the federal government regarding funding medical education--"just send money" and "prudent purchaser"--and their implications for rural America are discussed in the context of budget shifts toward pediatric training and National Institute of Health programs, different agency mandates, the high cost of health care and medical…

Advancing toward Shared Decision Making

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Muller, Lisa; Thorn, Judi

2007-01-01

In May 2004, a group of 25 teachers at Jenks High School in Oklahoma received an invitation to the Summer 2004 Advance. Although many organizations hold retreats for their employees, the administrators wanted to send a different message: we're not retreating; we're advancing! Like many states, Oklahoma suffered a school budget crisis during the…

Parents' Experience with School Choice

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Zaich, Daniel Anthony

2013-01-01

This qualitative case study sought to understand the experiences of a group of parents residing in the Novato Unified School District, Marin County, CA., as they engaged in the process of deciding where to send their children to school as the students matriculated from eighth to ninth grade, or middle school to high school. The four major…

Teaching and Learning: Hokie Spirit

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Lindeman, Cheryl A.

2007-01-01

If teachers were to reflect about their most difficult teachable moments in their careers, the author is sure the Virginia Tech tragedy would be extremely taxing on their minds. For those teachers teaching high school seniors, who were in the process of sending deposits to Virginia Tech, it was particularly agonizing. In this article, the author…

ADAMTS13 test and/or PLASMIC clinical score in management of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a cost-effective analysis.

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Kim, Chong H; Simmons, Sierra C; Williams, Lance A; Staley, Elizabeth M; Zheng, X Long; Pham, Huy P

2017-11-01

The ADAMTS13 test distinguishes thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) from other thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs). The PLASMIC score helps determine the pretest probability of ADAMTS13 deficiency. Due to inherent limitations of both tests, and potential adverse effects and cost of unnecessary treatments, we performed a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) investigating the benefits of incorporating an in-hospital ADAMTS13 test and/or PLASMIC score into our clinical practice. A CEA model was created to compare four scenarios for patients with TMAs, utilizing either an in-house or a send-out ADAMTS13 assay with or without prior risk stratification using PLASMIC scoring. Model variables, including probabilities and costs, were gathered from the medical literature, except for the ADAMTS13 send-out and in-house tests, which were obtained from our institutional data. If only the cost is considered, in-house ADAMTS13 test for patients with intermediate- to high-risk PLASMIC score is the least expensive option ($4,732/patient). If effectiveness is assessed as measured by the number of averted deaths, send-out ADAMTS13 test is the most effective. Considering the cost/effectiveness ratio, the in-house ADAMTS13 test in patients with intermediate- to high-risk PLASMIC score is the best option, followed by the in-house ADAMTS13 test without the PLASMIC score. In patients with clinical presentations of TMAs, having an in-hospital ADAMTS13 test to promptly establish the diagnosis of TTP appears to be cost-effective. Utilizing the PLASMIC score further increases the cost-effectiveness of the in-house ADAMTS13 test. Our findings indicate the benefit of having a rapid and reliable in-house ADAMTS13 test, especially in the tertiary medical center. © 2017 AABB.

Security on Cloud Revocation Authority using Identity Based Encryption

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Rajaprabha, M. N.

2017-11-01

As due to the era of cloud computing most of the people are saving there documents, files and other things on cloud spaces. Due to this security over the cloud is also important because all the confidential things are there on the cloud. So to overcome private key infrastructure (PKI) issues some revocable Identity Based Encryption (IBE) techniques are introduced which eliminates the demand of PKI. The technique introduced is key update cloud service provider which is having two issues in it and they are computation and communication cost is high and second one is scalability issue. So to overcome this problem we come along with the system in which the Cloud Revocation Authority (CRA) is there for the security which will only hold the secret key for each user. And the secret key was send with the help of advanced encryption standard security. The key is encrypted and send to the CRA for giving the authentication to the person who wants to share the data or files or for the communication purpose. Through that key only the other user will able to access that file and if the user apply some invalid key on the particular file than the information of that user and file is send to the administrator and administrator is having rights to block that person of black list that person to use the system services.

Design and Deployment of Low-Cost Sensors for Monitoring the Water Quality and Fish Behavior in Aquaculture Tanks during the Feeding Process

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Parra, Lorena; García, Laura

2018-01-01

The monitoring of farming processes can optimize the use of resources and improve its sustainability and profitability. In fish farms, the water quality, tank environment, and fish behavior must be monitored. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a promising option to perform this monitoring. Nevertheless, its high cost is slowing the expansion of its use. In this paper, we propose a set of sensors for monitoring the water quality and fish behavior in aquaculture tanks during the feeding process. The WSN is based on physical sensors, composed of simple electronic components. The system proposed can monitor water quality parameters, tank status, the feed falling and fish swimming depth and velocity. In addition, the system includes a smart algorithm to reduce the energy waste when sending the information from the node to the database. The system is composed of three nodes in each tank that send the information though the local area network to a database on the Internet and a smart algorithm that detects abnormal values and sends alarms when they happen. All the sensors are designed, calibrated, and deployed to ensure its suitability. The greatest efforts have been accomplished with the fish presence sensor. The total cost of the sensors and nodes for the proposed system is less than 90 €. PMID:29494560

Design and Deployment of Low-Cost Sensors for Monitoring the Water Quality and Fish Behavior in Aquaculture Tanks during the Feeding Process.

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Parra, Lorena; Sendra, Sandra; García, Laura; Lloret, Jaime

2018-03-01

The monitoring of farming processes can optimize the use of resources and improve its sustainability and profitability. In fish farms, the water quality, tank environment, and fish behavior must be monitored. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a promising option to perform this monitoring. Nevertheless, its high cost is slowing the expansion of its use. In this paper, we propose a set of sensors for monitoring the water quality and fish behavior in aquaculture tanks during the feeding process. The WSN is based on physical sensors, composed of simple electronic components. The system proposed can monitor water quality parameters, tank status, the feed falling and fish swimming depth and velocity. In addition, the system includes a smart algorithm to reduce the energy waste when sending the information from the node to the database. The system is composed of three nodes in each tank that send the information though the local area network to a database on the Internet and a smart algorithm that detects abnormal values and sends alarms when they happen. All the sensors are designed, calibrated, and deployed to ensure its suitability. The greatest efforts have been accomplished with the fish presence sensor. The total cost of the sensors and nodes for the proposed system is less than 90 €.

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“Don’t forget the migrants”: exploring preparedness and response strategies to combat the potential spread of MERS-CoV virus through migrant workers in Sri Lanka

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Agampodi, Suneth B

2013-01-01

From September 2012 to July 2013, 81 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), including 45 deaths (a case fatality ratio of 55%) have been reported from eight countries. Human-to-human transmission is now confirmed showing potential for another pandemic of zoonotic disease, with an extremely high mortality rate. Effective surveillance strategies are required in countries with a high influx of migrants from the Middle East to mitigate the probable importation of MERS-CoV. We discuss here the risk of MERS-CoV in major labor sending countries and list the probable strategies for control and prevention of MERS-CoV using Sri Lanka as an example. It is conservatively estimated that 10% of Sri Lanka’s population work as international labor migrants (1.8 to 2 million workers), with 93% residing in the Middle East. An average of 720 workers depart each day, with the majority of these workers (71%) departing to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the country with 81.5% of total MERS-CoV cases). We also describe other inbound migration categories such as tourists and resident visa holders relevant to the context of preparedness and planning. The importance of partnerships between public health authorities at national and regional levels with labor migration networks to establish institutional and/or policy mechanisms are highlighted for ensuring effective preparedness and response planning. Strategies that can be taken by public health authorities working in both labor sending and labor receiving counties are also described.  The strategies described here may be useful for other labor sending country contexts in Asia with a high frequency and volume of migrant workers to and from the Gulf region. PMID:24555078

Segmentation of the canine corpus callosum using diffusion-tensor imaging tractography.

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Pierce, Theodore T; Calabrese, Evan; White, Leonard E; Chen, Steven D; Platt, Simon R; Provenzale, James M

2014-01-01

We set out to determine functional white matter (WM) connections passing through the canine corpus callosum; these WM connections would be useful for subsequent studies of canine brains that serve as models for human WM pathway disease. Based on prior studies, we anticipated that the anterior corpus callosum would send projections to the anterior cerebral cortex whereas progressively posterior segments would send projections to more posterior cortex. A postmortem canine brain was imaged using a 7-T MRI system producing 100-μm-isotropic-resolution diffusion-tensor imaging analyzed by tractography. Using regions of interest (ROIs) within cortical locations, which were confirmed by a Nissl stain that identified distinct cortical architecture, we successfully identified six important WM pathways. We also compared fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity in tracts passing through the genu and splenium. Callosal fibers were organized on the basis of cortical destination (e.g., fibers from the genu project to the frontal cortex). Histologic results identified the motor cortex on the basis of cytoarchitectonic criteria that allowed placement of ROIs to discriminate between frontal and parietal lobes. We also identified cytoarchitecture typical of the orbital frontal, anterior frontal, and occipital regions and placed ROIs accordingly. FA, ADC, radial diffusivity, and axial diffusivity values were all higher in posterior corpus callosum fiber tracts. Using six cortical ROIs, we identified six major WM tracts that reflect major functional divisions of the cerebral hemispheres, and we derived quantitative values that can be used for study of canine models of human WM pathologic states.

Lidar instruments proposed for Eos

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Grant, William B.; Browell, Edward V.

1990-01-01

Lidar, an acronym for light detection and ranging, represents a class of instruments that utilize lasers to send probe beams into the atmosphere or onto the surface of the Earth and detect the backscattered return in order to measure properties of the atmosphere or surface. The associated technology has matured to the point where two lidar facilities, Geodynamics Laser Ranging System (GLRS), and Laser Atmospheric Wind Sensor (LAWS) were accepted for Phase 2 studies for Eos. A third lidar facility Laser Atmospheric Sounder and Altimeter (LASA), with the lidar experiment EAGLE (Eos Atmospheric Global Lidar Experiment) was proposed for Eos. The generic lidar system has a number of components. They include controlling electronics, laser transmitters, collimating optics, a receiving telescope, spectral filters, detectors, signal chain electronics, and a data system. Lidar systems that measure atmospheric constituents or meteorological parameters record the signal versus time as the beam propagates through the atmosphere. The backscatter arises from molecular (Rayleigh) and aerosol (Mie) scattering, while attenuation arises from molecular and aerosol scattering and absorption. Lidar systems that measure distance to the Earth's surface or retroreflectors in a ranging mode record signals with high temporal resolution over a short time period. The overall characteristics and measurements objectives of the three lidar systems proposed for Eos are given.

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Unlearned History: The Ineffectual Application of U.S. Broad Economic Sanctions Against Syria

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2015-10-30

fundamentally due to the high cost of compliance required of Syrian leaders, external third party support sustaining the Syrian government, and the Syrian...rate, especially as applied to autocratic regimes, are the cost of compliance, access to third party support, and the ability to redistribute the...of the sanctions policy. The political cost that the target state weighs must be high enough to extract the concessions demanded of the sending

Poster — Thur Eve — 40: Automated Quality Assurance for Remote-Afterloading High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

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Kim, Anthony; Ravi, Ananth

2014-08-15

High dose rate (HDR) remote afterloading brachytherapy involves sending a small, high-activity radioactive source attached to a cable to different positions within a hollow applicator implanted in the patient. It is critical that the source position within the applicator and the dwell time of the source are accurate. Daily quality assurance (QA) tests of the positional and dwell time accuracy are essential to ensure that the accuracy of the remote afterloader is not compromised prior to patient treatment. Our centre has developed an automated, video-based QA system for HDR brachytherapy that is dramatically superior to existing diode or film QAmore » solutions in terms of cost, objectivity, positional accuracy, with additional functionalities such as being able to determine source dwell time and transit time of the source. In our system, a video is taken of the brachytherapy source as it is sent out through a position check ruler, with the source visible through a clear window. Using a proprietary image analysis algorithm, the source position is determined with respect to time as it moves to different positions along the check ruler. The total material cost of the video-based system was under $20, consisting of a commercial webcam and adjustable stand. The accuracy of the position measurement is ±0.2 mm, and the time resolution is 30 msec. Additionally, our system is capable of robustly verifying the source transit time and velocity (a test required by the AAPM and CPQR recommendations), which is currently difficult to perform accurately.« less

Kids Paint Mural to Send Message!

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Myers, Callie; Adams, Alexis

1994-01-01

Describes the efforts of a group called Teens Networking Together (TNT) to paint a mural and send a message to their neighbors about taking care of the environment and taking pride in their cultural history. The teens focused on the importance of clean water and waste disposal issues. (LZ)

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Around Marshall

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1993-03-01

The SELENE Optics project was designed to send powerful laser beams into space to repower satellites and to recharge their batteries, as well as sending laser beams to the moon for the same purpose instead of relying on solar power. This project also was intended to be used for repowering extended space flights.

Making It Work for Their Children: White Middle-Class Parents and Working-Class Schools

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Crozier, Gill; Reay, Diane; James, David

2011-01-01

The white middle-class parents who chose to send their children to urban comprehensives largely rejected engaging in the usual competitiveness for educational success. Nevertheless the parents in our study still found themselves wittingly or otherwise captured by that same discourse. Their children are high achievers and are regarded as a valuable…

Using the Git Software Tool on the Peregrine System | High-Performance

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branch workflow. Create a local branch called "experimental" based on the current master... git branch experimental Use your branch (start working on that experimental branch....) git checkout experimental git pull origin experimental # work, work, work, commit.... Send local branch to the repo git push

School Vouchers and Student Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Washington, DC

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Wolf, Patrick J.; Kisida, Brian; Gutmann, Babette; Puma, Michael; Eissa, Nada; Rizzo, Lou

2013-01-01

School vouchers are the most contentious form of parental school choice. Vouchers provide government funds that parents can use to send their children to private schools of their choice. Here we examine the empirical question of whether or not a school voucher program in Washington, DC, affected achievement or the rate of high school graduation…

Funding Variations for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability in England, 2014

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Marsh, Alan J.

2017-01-01

This study explores the funding variations by English local authorities (LAs) in January 2014 for pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND). Two quintile groups (n = 30) are used for comparing LAs with low and high levels of statements and case studies are presented to further explore the allocations. The research findings…

Driver performance while text messaging using handheld and in-vehicle systems.

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Owens, Justin M; McLaughlin, Shane B; Sudweeks, Jeremy

2011-05-01

This study presents an evaluation of driver performance while text messaging via handheld mobile phones and an in-vehicle texting system. Participants sent and received text messages while driving with an experimenter on a closed-road course, using their personal mobile phones and the vehicle's system. The test vehicle was an instrumented 2010 Mercury Mariner equipped with an OEM in-vehicle system that supports text messaging and voice control of mobile devices via Bluetooth, which was modified to allow text message sending during driving. Twenty participants were tested, 11 younger (19-34) and 9 older (39-51). All participants were regular users of the in-vehicle system, although none had experience with the texting functions. Results indicated that handheld text message sending and receiving resulted in higher mental demand, more frequent and longer glances away from the roadway, and degraded steering measures compared to baseline. Using the in-vehicle system to send messages showed less performance degradation, but still had more task-related interior glance time and higher mental demand than baseline; using the system's text-to-speech functionality for incoming messages showed no differences from baseline. These findings suggest that using handheld phones to send and receive text messages may interfere with drivers' visual and steering behaviors; the in-vehicle system showed improvement, but performance was not at baseline levels during message sending. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Method for distinguishing multiple targets using time-reversal acoustics

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Berryman, James G.

2004-06-29

A method for distinguishing multiple targets using time-reversal acoustics. Time-reversal acoustics uses an iterative process to determine the optimum signal for locating a strongly reflecting target in a cluttered environment. An acoustic array sends a signal into a medium, and then receives the returned/reflected signal. This returned/reflected signal is then time-reversed and sent back into the medium again, and again, until the signal being sent and received is no longer changing. At that point, the array has isolated the largest eigenvalue/eigenvector combination and has effectively determined the location of a single target in the medium (the one that is most strongly reflecting). After the largest eigenvalue/eigenvector combination has been determined, to determine the location of other targets, instead of sending back the same signals, the method sends back these time reversed signals, but half of them will also be reversed in sign. There are various possibilities for choosing which half to do sign reversal. The most obvious choice is to reverse every other one in a linear array, or as in a checkerboard pattern in 2D. Then, a new send/receive, send-time reversed/receive iteration can proceed. Often, the first iteration in this sequence will be close to the desired signal from a second target. In some cases, orthogonalization procedures must be implemented to assure the returned signals are in fact orthogonal to the first eigenvector found.

The NOAA Real-Time Solar-Wind (RTSW) System using ACE Data

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Zwickl, R. D.; Doggett, K. A.; Sahm, S.; Barrett, W. P.; Grubb, R. N.; Detman, T. R.; Raben, V. J.; Smith, C. W.; Riley, P.; Gold, R. E.; Mewaldt, R. A.; Maruyama, T.

1998-07-01

The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) RTSW system is continuously monitoring the solar wind and produces warnings of impending major geomagnetic activity, up to one hour in advance. Warnings and alerts issued by NOAA allow those with systems sensitive to such activity to take preventative action. The RTSW system gathers solar wind and energetic particle data at high time resolution from four ACE instruments (MAG, SWEPAM, EPAM, and SIS), packs the data into a low-rate bit stream, and broadcasts the data continuously. NASA sends real-time data to NOAA each day when downloading science data. With a combination of dedicated ground stations (CRL in Japan and RAL in Great Britain), and time on existing ground tracking networks (NASA's DSN and the USAF's AFSCN), the RTSW system can receive data 24 hours per day throughout the year. The raw data are immediately sent from the ground station to the Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado, processed, and then delivered to its Space Weather Operations center where they are used in daily operations; the data are also delivered to the CRL Regional Warning Center at Hiraiso, Japan, to the USAF 55th Space Weather Squadron, and placed on the World Wide Web. The data are downloaded, processed and dispersed within 5 min from the time they leave ACE. The RTSW system also uses the low-energy energetic particles to warn of approaching interplanetary shocks, and to help monitor the flux of high-energy particles that can produce radiation damage in satellite systems.

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Motivations and Barriers in Promoting Preschool Education

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Küçükturan, A. Güler; Akbaba Altun, Sadegül

2017-01-01

This study is designed to explore the reasons for sending and not sending preschool age children to preschools at an early age by exploring the motivations for and barriers towards promoting preschool education in Turkey. It aimed to determine various stakeholders' perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge related to preschool education in order to…

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SpecialNet. A National Computer-Based Communications Network.

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Morin, Alfred J.

1986-01-01

"SpecialNet," a computer-based communications network for educators at all administrative levels, has been established and is managed by National Systems Management, Inc. Users can send and receive electronic mail, share information on electronic bulletin boards, participate in electronic conferences, and send reports and other documents to each…

41 CFR 102-34.295 - To whom do we send crash reports?

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2010-07-01

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PALS: Parent Activities for Learning Basic Skills.

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South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia.

Developed for K-3 teachers to send home with their students, this collection of learning activities and games is offered to help reinforce students' language arts and mathematics skills and to enhance parental involvement. Suggestions to the teacher include sending home only those pages containing activities for skills currently being studied and…

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2011-10-01

... satisfactory knowledge of FCC rules and must have the ability to send correctly and receive correctly spoken...) Applicant must have one year of experience in sending and receiving public correspondence by radiotelegraph at a public coast station, a ship station, or both. (2) Second Class Radiotelegraph Operator's...

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... 620.10 Banks and Banking FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION FARM CREDIT SYSTEM DISCLOSURE TO SHAREHOLDERS... must: (1) Prepare and send, to the Farm Credit Administration, an electronic copy of its quarterly...) Publish a copy of its quarterly report on its Web site when it electronically sends the report to the Farm...

Inflight Performance of the SDO Fine Pointing Science Mode

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Mason, Paul; O'Donnell, James; Starin, Scott R.; Halverson, Julie; Vess, Melissa F.

2017-01-01

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was successfully launched and deployed from its Atlas V launch vehicle on February 11, 2010. Three months later, on May 14, 2010, the fully commissioned heliophysics laboratory was handed over to Space Systems Mission Operations to begin its science mission. SDO is an Explorer-class mission now operating in a geosynchronous orbit, sending data 24 hours per day to a dedicated ground station in White Sands, New Mexico. It carries a suite of instruments designed to observe the Sun in multiple wavelengths at unprecedented resolution. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) includes four telescopes with 4096x4096 focal plane CCDs that can image the full solar disk in seven extreme ultraviolet and three ultraviolet-visible wavelengths. The Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) collects time-correlated data on the activity of the Sun's corona. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) enables study of pressure waves moving through the body of the Sun.

Reflectometry diagnostics on TCV

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Molina Cabrera, Pedro; Coda, Stefano; Porte, Laurie; Offeddu, Nicola; Tcv Team

2017-10-01

Both profile reflectometer and Doppler back-scattering (DBS) diagnostics are being developed for the TCV Tokamak using a steerable quasi-optical launcher and universal polarizers. First results will be presented. A pulse reflectometer is being developed to complement Thomson Scattering measurements of electron density, greatly increasing temporal resolution and also effectively enabling fluctuation measurements. Pulse reflectometry consists of sending short pulses of varying frequency and measuring the roundtrip group-delay with precise chronometers. A fast arbitrary waveform generator is used as a pulse source feeding frequency multipliers that bring the pulses to V-band. A DBS diagnostic is currently operational in TCV. DBS may be used to infer the perpendicular velocity and wave number spectrum of electron density fluctuations in the 3-15 cm-1 wave-number range. Off-the-shelf transceiver modules, originally used for VNA measurements, are being used in a Doppler radar configuration. See author list of S. Coda et al., 2017 Nucl. Fusion 57 102011.

Linear transformer driver for pulse generation with fifth harmonic

DOEpatents

Mazarakis, Michael G.; Kim, Alexander A.; Sinebryukhov, Vadim A.; Volkov, Sergey N.; Kondratiev, Sergey S.; Alexeenko, Vitaly M.; Bayol, Frederic; Demol, Gauthier; Stygar, William A.; Leckbee, Joshua; Oliver, Bryan V.; Kiefer, Mark L.

2017-03-21

A linear transformer driver includes at least one ferrite ring positioned to accept a load. The linear transformer driver also includes a first, second, and third power delivery module. The first power delivery module sends a first energy in the form of a first pulse to the load. The second power delivery module sends a second energy in the form of a second pulse to the load. The third power delivery module sends a third energy in the form of a third pulse to the load. The linear transformer driver is configured to form a flat-top pulse by the superposition of the first, second, and third pulses. The first, second, and third pulses have different frequencies.

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40 CFR 1060.250 - What records must I keep?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we...) Keep required data from routine emission tests (such as temperature measurements) for one year after we... on any media as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for...

40 CFR 1060.250 - What records must I keep?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we...) Keep required data from routine emission tests (such as temperature measurements) for one year after we... on any media as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for...

40 CFR 1060.250 - What records must I keep?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we...) Keep required data from routine emission tests (such as temperature measurements) for one year after we... on any media as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for...

40 CFR 1060.250 - What records must I keep?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we...) Keep required data from routine emission tests (such as temperature measurements) for one year after we... on any media as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for...

40 CFR 1042.250 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing information about... information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1042.205 that you were not required to... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1042.250 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing information about... information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1042.205 that you were not required to... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1033.250 - Reporting and recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1033.205 that.... (c) Keep data from routine emission tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity... records in any format and on any media, as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in...

40 CFR 1042.250 - Recordkeeping and reporting.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing information about... information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1042.205 that you were not required to... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1060.30 - Submission of information.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... CONTROLS CONTROL OF EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS FROM NEW AND IN-USE NONROAD AND STATIONARY EQUIPMENT Overview and... certification. You must promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. We may review... Designated Compliance Officer (see § 1060.801). (d) Any written information we require you to send to or...

40 CFR 1068.450 - What records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

..., send us a written request with justification for a waiver. (e) We may post test results on publicly... with the following information: (1) Describe any facility used to test production-line engines/equipment and state its location. (2) State the total U.S.-directed production volume and number of tests...

40 CFR 1068.450 - What records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

..., send us a written request with justification for a waiver. (e) We may post test results on publicly... with the following information: (1) Describe any facility used to test production-line engines/equipment and state its location. (2) State the total U.S.-directed production volume and number of tests...

77 FR 47797 - Arkansas: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-08-10

... the preamble to the immediate final rule. Unless we get written comments which oppose this... comment. If you want to comment on this action, you must do so at this time. DATES: Send your written comments by September 10, 2012. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Alima Patterson, Region 6, Regional...

40 CFR 1045.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 32 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? 1045.345 Section 1045.345 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE ENGINES AND...

40 CFR 1045.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 34 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? 1045.345 Section 1045.345 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE ENGINES AND...

40 CFR 1045.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 33 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? 1045.345 Section 1045.345 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE ENGINES AND...

40 CFR 1045.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 33 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? 1045.345 Section 1045.345 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE ENGINES AND...

40 CFR 1045.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 34 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? 1045.345 Section 1045.345 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE ENGINES AND...

Military Boarding School Perspectives of Parental Choice: A Qualitative Inquiry

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Shane, Erik; Maldonado, Nancy L.; Lacey, Candace H.; Thompson, Steve D.

2008-01-01

Some parents choose to send their children to military-style boarding schools for a variety of reasons. Abundant scholarly literature addresses traditional boarding schools. Far less is available addressing the choice of military boarding schools as an educational option. This qualitative study investigates why parents send their sons to military…

32 CFR 842.72 - Filing a claim.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 32 National Defense 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Filing a claim. 842.72 Section 842.72 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE CLAIMS AND LITIGATION ADMINISTRATIVE... receives a claim, send it to the US sending State office for delivery to the receiving State. (b) Claims...

40 CFR 267.71 - Use of the manifest system.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

...) Within 30 days after the delivery, send a copy of the manifest to the generator; and (5) Retain at the... numbers, generator's certification, and signatures), the owner or operator, or his agent, must: (1) Sign..., send a copy of the signed and dated manifest to the generator; however, if the manifest has not been...

78 FR 66666 - Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Airplanes

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-11-06

... available in the AD docket shortly after receipt. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Kiesov, Aerospace... Invited We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or arguments about this proposed AD. Send... trigger by using the G1000 ampere-meter signals. The trigger is set once an alternator provides less than...

78 FR 36291 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-06-17

... of communication they want SSA to use when we send them benefit notices and other related... SSA to send notices and other communications in an alternative method besides the seven modalities we..., SSA conducts a face-to-face interview with the payee and completes Form SSA-624, Representative Payee...

30 CFR 218.51 - How to make payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

....O. Box 5640, Denver, CO 80217-5640. (3) For all other Federal and Indian lease payments other than... Management, P.O. Box 5810, Denver, CO 80217-5810. (e) Where to send a non-EFT payment when you use a courier or overnight delivery service. You should send this type of payment to: Minerals Management Service...

Boosting Achievement with Messages that Motivate

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Dweck, Carol S.

2007-01-01

Almost everything educators say to their students sends a message. Some messages enhance students' motivation, but other messages undermine it. What should teachers say to students to send messages that motivate? In a survey given to parents, over 80% of them thought that it was necessary to praise their children's intelligence in order to give…

28 CFR 907.4 - Methodology for resolving noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... recommendations, the Compact Council Chairman shall send a letter to this effect to the FBI or Party State Compact... recommendations to the FBI Director or Designee who, upon approval of the recommendations, shall send a letter to... or local agency, a copy of the Compact Council Chairman's or FBI Director's or Designee's letter...

28 CFR 907.4 - Methodology for resolving noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... recommendations, the Compact Council Chairman shall send a letter to this effect to the FBI or Party State Compact... recommendations to the FBI Director or Designee who, upon approval of the recommendations, shall send a letter to... or local agency, a copy of the Compact Council Chairman's or FBI Director's or Designee's letter...

28 CFR 907.4 - Methodology for resolving noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... recommendations, the Compact Council Chairman shall send a letter to this effect to the FBI or Party State Compact... recommendations to the FBI Director or Designee who, upon approval of the recommendations, shall send a letter to... or local agency, a copy of the Compact Council Chairman's or FBI Director's or Designee's letter...

28 CFR 907.4 - Methodology for resolving noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... recommendations, the Compact Council Chairman shall send a letter to this effect to the FBI or Party State Compact... recommendations to the FBI Director or Designee who, upon approval of the recommendations, shall send a letter to... or local agency, a copy of the Compact Council Chairman's or FBI Director's or Designee's letter...

28 CFR 907.4 - Methodology for resolving noncompliance.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... recommendations, the Compact Council Chairman shall send a letter to this effect to the FBI or Party State Compact... recommendations to the FBI Director or Designee who, upon approval of the recommendations, shall send a letter to... or local agency, a copy of the Compact Council Chairman's or FBI Director's or Designee's letter...

75 FR 61373 - Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-10-05

... located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. Send... located at the community map repository (see below) for exact locations of all BFEs to be changed. Send.... Please refer to the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map located at the community map repository (see below...

14 CFR 11.45 - Where and when do I file my comments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... do I file my comments? (a) Send your comments to the location specified in the rulemaking document on which you are commenting. If you are asked to send your comments to the Federal Document Management... you do not follow the electronic filing instructions at the Federal Docket Management System Web site...

14 CFR 11.45 - Where and when do I file my comments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... do I file my comments? (a) Send your comments to the location specified in the rulemaking document on which you are commenting. If you are asked to send your comments to the Federal Document Management... you do not follow the electronic filing instructions at the Federal Docket Management System Web site...

14 CFR 11.45 - Where and when do I file my comments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... do I file my comments? (a) Send your comments to the location specified in the rulemaking document on which you are commenting. If you are asked to send your comments to the Federal Document Management... you do not follow the electronic filing instructions at the Federal Docket Management System Web site...

14 CFR 11.45 - Where and when do I file my comments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... do I file my comments? (a) Send your comments to the location specified in the rulemaking document on which you are commenting. If you are asked to send your comments to the Federal Document Management... you do not follow the electronic filing instructions at the Federal Docket Management System Web site...

Sending Scholarship Students Abroad in Ottoman Empire

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kulaç, Onur; Özgür, Hüseyin

2017-01-01

The implementation of sending scholarship students abroad that started in the 19th century by Sultan Selim III in Ottoman Empire continued during the period of other Sultans became a significant reference point for the abroad scholarship policy of Turkey. The students that were firstly sent abroad especially for military training, were sent to…

40 CFR 1051.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM RECREATIONAL ENGINES AND VEHICLES Testing Production-Line Vehicles and Engines § 1051.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a.... We have not changed production processes or quality-control procedures for test engines (or vehicles...

40 CFR 1051.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM RECREATIONAL ENGINES AND VEHICLES Testing Production-Line Vehicles and Engines § 1051.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a.... We have not changed production processes or quality-control procedures for test engines (or vehicles...

40 CFR 1051.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM RECREATIONAL ENGINES AND VEHICLES Testing Production-Line Vehicles and Engines § 1051.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a.... We have not changed production processes or quality-control procedures for test engines (or vehicles...

40 CFR 1051.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM RECREATIONAL ENGINES AND VEHICLES Testing Production-Line Vehicles and Engines § 1051.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a.... We have not changed production processes or quality-control procedures for test engines (or vehicles...

40 CFR 1051.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM RECREATIONAL ENGINES AND VEHICLES Testing Production-Line Vehicles and Engines § 1051.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a.... We have not changed production processes or quality-control procedures for test engines (or vehicles...

Sending Children to School "Back Home": Multiple Moralities of Punjabi Sikh Parents in Britain

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Qureshi, Kaveri

2014-01-01

This article explores how Punjabi Sikh parents in Britain try to produce "good children" through moral reasoning about their schooling. Parents compare schooling in Britain with India and sometimes wonder about sending their children to school "back home", in the hope of immersing them in Indian culture, traditions and…

20 CFR 422.405 - What notice will we send you about administrative wage garnishment?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What notice will we send you about administrative wage garnishment? 422.405 Section 422.405 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES Collection of Debts by Administrative Wage Garnishment § 422.405 What notice will...

76 FR 78330 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-12-16

....regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground... instructions for sending your comments electronically. Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U...-140, Washington, DC 20590. Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at (202) 493-2251. Hand...

77 FR 50760 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-08-22

....regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground... for sending your comments electronically. Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S..., Washington, DC 20590. Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251. Hand Delivery...

78 FR 32169 - Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-05-29

... messaging services (i.e., all providers of software applications that enable a consumer to send text... messaging services (i.e., all providers of software applications that enable a consumer to send text... providers of interconnected text messaging services (i.e., all providers of software applications that...

12 CFR 551.80 - How do I provide a registered broker-dealer confirmation?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... providing the customer with a registered broker-dealer confirmation, you must provide the confirmation by having the registered broker-dealer send the confirmation directly to the customer or by sending a copy of the registered broker-dealer's confirmation to the customer within one business day after you...

12 CFR 620.4 - Preparing and providing the annual report.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

....4 Section 620.4 Banks and Banking FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION FARM CREDIT SYSTEM DISCLOSURE TO... institution of the Farm Credit System must: (1) Prepare and send to the Farm Credit Administration an... copy of its annual report on its Web site when it sends the report electronically to the Farm Credit...

45 CFR 95.31 - Where to send a waiver request for good cause.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 45 Public Welfare 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Where to send a waiver request for good cause. 95.31 Section 95.31 Public Welfare DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GENERAL ADMINISTRATION GENERAL ADMINISTRATION-GRANT PROGRAMS (PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH...

Remote direct memory access

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Blocksome, Michael A.

2012-12-11

Methods, parallel computers, and computer program products are disclosed for remote direct memory access. Embodiments include transmitting, from an origin DMA engine on an origin compute node to a plurality target DMA engines on target compute nodes, a request to send message, the request to send message specifying a data to be transferred from the origin DMA engine to data storage on each target compute node; receiving, by each target DMA engine on each target compute node, the request to send message; preparing, by each target DMA engine, to store data according to the data storage reference and the data length, including assigning a base storage address for the data storage reference; sending, by one or more of the target DMA engines, an acknowledgment message acknowledging that all the target DMA engines are prepared to receive a data transmission from the origin DMA engine; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, the acknowledgement message from the one or more of the target DMA engines; and transferring, by the origin DMA engine, data to data storage on each of the target compute nodes according to the data storage reference using a single direct put operation.

Executor Framework for DIRAC

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Casajus Ramo, A.; Graciani Diaz, R.

2012-12-01

DIRAC framework for distributed computing has been designed as a group of collaborating components, agents and servers, with persistent database back-end. Components communicate with each other using DISET, an in-house protocol that provides Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and file transfer capabilities. This approach has provided DIRAC with a modular and stable design by enforcing stable interfaces across releases. But it made complicated to scale further with commodity hardware. To further scale DIRAC, components needed to send more queries between them. Using RPC to do so requires a lot of processing power just to handle the secure handshake required to establish the connection. DISET now provides a way to keep stable connections and send and receive queries between components. Only one handshake is required to send and receive any number of queries. Using this new communication mechanism DIRAC now provides a new type of component called Executor. Executors process any task (such as resolving the input data of a job) sent to them by a task dispatcher. This task dispatcher takes care of persisting the state of the tasks to the storage backend and distributing them among all the Executors based on the requirements of each task. In case of a high load, several Executors can be started to process the extra load and stop them once the tasks have been processed. This new approach of handling tasks in DIRAC makes Executors easy to replace and replicate, thus enabling DIRAC to further scale beyond the current approach based on polling agents.

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver's burden in Parkinson's disease.

PubMed

Martinez-Martin, Pablo; Rodriguez-Blazquez, Carmen; Forjaz, Maria João; Frades-Payo, Belén; Agüera-Ortiz, Luis; Weintraub, Daniel; Riesco, Ana; Kurtis, Monica M; Chaudhuri, Kallol Ray

2015-06-01

In Parkinson's disease (PD), neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) can be particularly burdensome for caregivers. The main goal of this study was to assess the impact of NPS, assessed by means of a new specific scale, on caregiver burden. A sample of 584 pairs of PD patients and their primary caregivers was studied. Patients' NPS were measured with the Scale for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in PD (SEND-PD), and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Inventory was used to quantify caregiver burden. Three linear regression models were built to check factors associated with caregiver burden, one for the total sample and two for subgroups stratified by the presence of dementia. The most frequent NPS were depression (in 66% of the sample), anxiety (65%) and mental fatigue (57%). Patients with dementia (n = 94; 16% of sample) consistently presented more NPS than patients without dementia (p < 0.001). On linear regression models, the main determinants of caregiver burden (for the total sample and the sample of patients without dementia) were SEND-PD dimensions mood/apathy and psychosis, PD-related disability and disease duration. For patients with dementia, the only significant caregiver burden determinants were SEND-PD psychosis and mood/apathy subscale scores. NPS in PD are highly associated with and are determinants of caregiver burden, and are more prevalent and burdensome in patients with dementia. Detailed assessment and specific interventions aimed at NPS could alleviate caregiver burden. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ultrasonic measurements of the bulk flow field in foams

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Nauber, Richard; Büttner, Lars; Eckert, Kerstin; Fröhlich, Jochen; Czarske, Jürgen; Heitkam, Sascha

2018-01-01

The flow field of moving foams is relevant for basic research and for the optimization of industrial processes such as froth flotation. However, no adequate measurement technique exists for the local velocity distribution inside the foam bulk. We have investigated the ultrasound Doppler velocimetry (UDV), providing the first two-dimensional, non-invasive velocity measurement technique with an adequate spatial (10 mm ) and temporal resolution (2.5 Hz ) that is applicable to medium scale foam flows. The measurement object is dry aqueous foam flowing upward in a rectangular channel. An array of ultrasound transducers is mounted within the channel, sending pulses along the main flow axis, and receiving echoes from the foam bulk. This results in a temporally and spatially resolved, planar velocity field up to a measurement depth of 200 mm , which is approximately one order of magnitude larger than those of optical techniques. A comparison with optical reference measurements of the surface velocity of the foam allows to validate the UDV results. At 2.5 Hz frame rate an uncertainty below 15 percent and an axial spatial resolution better than 10 mm is found. Therefore, UDV is a suitable tool for monitoring of industrial processes as well as the scientific investigation of three-dimensional foam flows on medium scales.

Leaving Home State for College: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Parental Education

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Niu, Sunny X.

2015-01-01

Using the College Board SAT registration and questionnaire data of 2010 high school graduating seniors, we found clear patterns by race/ethnicity and parental education on two outcomes: out-of-state score-sending and out-of-state college attendance. White students had the highest rates and Hispanic students had the lowest rates, and there was a…

Tragic Accident or Wrongful Death? Assessing the Effectiveness of MIT's Responses in a High-Profile Student Suicide Crisis

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hudson, Tara D.

2011-01-01

Given the prevalence of mental health issues and suicidal ideation among U.S. college students, higher education institutions are likely to face a student suicide crisis at some point. The messages college administrators send in the aftermath of a student suicide crisis have the potential to placate or exacerbate the outrage that stakeholders…

Fair Play? Violence, Gender and Race in Video Games.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Glaubke, Christina R.; Miller, Patti; Parker, McCrae A.; Espejo, Eileen

Based on the view that the level of market penetration of video games combined with the high levels of realism portrayed in these games make it important to investigate the messages video games send children, this report details a study of the 10 top-selling video games for each of 6 game systems available in the United States and for personal…

"While you still think, I already type": experienced social power reduces deliberation during e-mail communication.

PubMed

Scholl, Annika; Sassenberg, Kai

2014-11-01

E-mail allows individuals to deliberate on their communication before sending it off. For instance, communication partners can easily take their time to ponder how best to frame a request before they actually send a message. Individuals at times strategically exploit this opportunity to deliberate in order to tailor messages to their communication partner, such as when communicating with a relatively more powerful person. As social power reduces concerns about impression management, we predicted that individuals deliberate more while composing e-mail messages under low (vs. high) power. This assumption was tested with well-established power priming. As such, we expected that experienced power in one context would diminish deliberation times during a subsequent e-mail communication. An experiment manipulating the experience of (low vs. high) power and measuring deliberation times during e-mail composition supported this hypothesis. The findings thus indicate how social power alters deliberation times. More importantly, the results show that individuals not only strategically deliberate during e-mail communication in line with their current situation, but also in line with their social standing in a previous situation (here, their experience of power).

Low latency, high bandwidth data communications between compute nodes in a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Blocksome, Michael A.; Ratterman, Joseph D.; Smith, Brian E.

2010-11-02

Methods, parallel computers, and computer program products are disclosed for low latency, high bandwidth data communications between compute nodes in a parallel computer. Embodiments include receiving, by an origin direct memory access (`DMA`) engine of an origin compute node, data for transfer to a target compute node; sending, by the origin DMA engine of the origin compute node to a target DMA engine on the target compute node, a request to send (`RTS`) message; transferring, by the origin DMA engine, a predetermined portion of the data to the target compute node using memory FIFO operation; determining, by the origin DMA engine whether an acknowledgement of the RTS message has been received from the target DMA engine; if the an acknowledgement of the RTS message has not been received, transferring, by the origin DMA engine, another predetermined portion of the data to the target compute node using a memory FIFO operation; and if the acknowledgement of the RTS message has been received by the origin DMA engine, transferring, by the origin DMA engine, any remaining portion of the data to the target compute node using a direct put operation.

Final Environmental Assessment for the Installation of New JDAM and High Fidelity Targets for the Nevada Test and Training Range

DTIC Science & Technology

2004-11-01

Target Centroid 98 RANW / R SC GIS 04071 Data valid as of 11 Mar 04 rogertargets_a#2.apr Figure 2-3. Chemical/Industrial and High Fidelity Urban...existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding...Fidelity Targets, NTTR Nevada Division of Wildlife – Nevada Test and Training Range JDAM Targets Nevada Natural Heritage Program – Data Request received 8

40 CFR 1036.250 - Reporting and recordkeeping for certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1036.205 that... required by this part (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1051.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

.... In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the associated certificate of...

40 CFR 1036.250 - Reporting and recordkeeping for certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1036.205 that... required by this part (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1036.250 - Reporting and recordkeeping for certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1036.205 that... required by this part (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we... long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for them. You must...

40 CFR 1051.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

.... In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the associated certificate of...

40 CFR 1051.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

.... In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the associated certificate of...

40 CFR 1051.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

.... In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report describing... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the associated certificate of...

12 CFR 210.4 - Sending items to Reserve Banks.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Sending items to Reserve Banks. 210.4 Section... a Reserve Bank. (2) A Reserve Bank that is not described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is not...) of this subpart. (c) Checks received at par. The Reserve Banks shall receive cash items and other...

12 CFR 210.4 - Sending items to Reserve Banks.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Sending items to Reserve Banks. 210.4 Section... a Reserve Bank. (2) A Reserve Bank that is not described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is not...) of this subpart. (c) Checks received at par. The Reserve Banks shall receive cash items and other...

12 CFR 210.4 - Sending items to Reserve Banks.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Sending items to Reserve Banks. 210.4 Section... a Reserve Bank. (2) A Reserve Bank that is not described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is not...) of this subpart. (c) Checks received at par. The Reserve Banks shall receive cash items and other...

76 FR 5377 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-01-31

... (CDC) publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and... these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail to [email protected]cdc.gov . Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by...

77 FR 51809 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-08-27

... (CDC) publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and... these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]cdc.gov . Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to...

76 FR 73656 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Probate of Indian Estates

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-11-29

... 29, 2011. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the Desk Officer for... or you may send an email to: [email protected] . Please send a copy of your comments to.... You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov . Follow the instructions to review Department...

Alert!: In Emergencies, Schools Use Technology to Get the Message out Quickly

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Violino, Bob

2008-01-01

This article describes how a growing number of community colleges have begun deploying emergency alert systems that can be used to send information via e-mail and text messaging directly to students' cell phones and other portable devices. Such systems enable authorized campus administrators to send messages to thousands of people within minutes.…

40 CFR 1045.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 32 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA? 1045.250 Section 1045.250 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE...

40 CFR 1045.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 33 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA? 1045.250 Section 1045.250 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE...

40 CFR 1045.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 33 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA? 1045.250 Section 1045.250 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE...

40 CFR 1045.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 34 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA? 1045.250 Section 1045.250 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE...

40 CFR 1033.250 - Reporting and recordkeeping.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1033.205 that you were not required to include in your application. (3) A detailed history of each emission-data... records in any format and on any media, as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in...

40 CFR 1060.250 - What records must I keep?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

...) A copy of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in § 1060.205 that you were not required to include in your application. (3) A detailed history of... on any media as long as you can promptly send us organized, written records in English if we ask for...

31 CFR 363.5 - How do I contact Public Debt?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN... TreasuryDirect ® to communicate information to us over a secure Internet connection. (b) Emails may be sent... responsible for the security of e-mail messages you may send to us, or replies we may send to you. (c) Letters...

31 CFR 363.5 - How do I contact Public Debt?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN... TreasuryDirect ® to communicate information to us over a secure Internet connection. (b) Emails may be sent... responsible for the security of e-mail messages you may send to us, or replies we may send to you. (c) Letters...

31 CFR 363.5 - How do I contact Public Debt?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN... TreasuryDirect ® to communicate information to us over a secure Internet connection. (b) Emails may be sent... responsible for the security of e-mail messages you may send to us, or replies we may send to you. (c) Letters...

30 CFR 1218.51 - How to make payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

...: Office of Natural Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 5640, Denver, CO 80217-5640. (3) For all other Federal and... Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 5810, Denver, CO 80217-5810. (e) Where to send a non-EFT payment when you use a courier or overnight delivery service. You should send this type of payment to: Office of Natural...

Risk Factors in the Development of Behaviour Difficulties among Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A Multilevel Analysis

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Oldfield, Jeremy; Humphrey, Neil; Hebron, Judith

2017-01-01

Background: Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are more likely to exhibit behaviour difficulties than their typically developing peers. Aim: The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors that influence variability in behaviour difficulties among individuals with SEND. Sample: The study sample comprised…

77 FR 72960 - International Mail: Product Rate and Fee Changes

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-12-07

... which money orders may be sent, once the U.S. sender ascertains (or estimates) the cost of sending the QSL card from the foreign country to the U.S., the U.S. sender can obtain and send a money order in... International letters and large envelopes (flats) that qualify as free matter for the blind or physically...

Students with Self-Identified Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Si-SEND): Flourishing or Languishing!

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Skrzypiec, Grace; Askell-Williams, Helen; Slee, Phillip; Rudzinski, Adrian

2016-01-01

Students' wellbeing is an essential component of their ability to function well, not only at school but also in all life domains. Many studies have investigated student wellbeing. However, empirical studies about the wellbeing of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are scarce. Furthermore, many studies have adopted a…

43 CFR 3830.24 - How do I make payments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... or before the due date. (b) If you use a credit card— (1) On or before the due date, you must send or fax a written authorization, bearing your signature; or (2) You may authorize BLM to use your credit card by telephone if you can satisfactorily establish your identity. (c) You may send payments using a...

43 CFR 3830.24 - How do I make payments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... or before the due date. (b) If you use a credit card— (1) On or before the due date, you must send or fax a written authorization, bearing your signature; or (2) You may authorize BLM to use your credit card by telephone if you can satisfactorily establish your identity. (c) You may send payments using a...

43 CFR 3830.24 - How do I make payments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... or before the due date. (b) If you use a credit card— (1) On or before the due date, you must send or fax a written authorization, bearing your signature; or (2) You may authorize BLM to use your credit card by telephone if you can satisfactorily establish your identity. (c) You may send payments using a...

43 CFR 3830.24 - How do I make payments?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... or before the due date. (b) If you use a credit card— (1) On or before the due date, you must send or fax a written authorization, bearing your signature; or (2) You may authorize BLM to use your credit card by telephone if you can satisfactorily establish your identity. (c) You may send payments using a...

14 CFR 406.113 - Filing documents with the Docket Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Filing documents with the Docket Management... Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the administrative law judge and Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation. (a) The Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). (1) Documents filed in a civil penalty...

14 CFR 406.113 - Filing documents with the Docket Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Filing documents with the Docket Management... Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the administrative law judge and Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation. (a) The Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). (1) Documents filed in a civil penalty...

14 CFR 406.113 - Filing documents with the Docket Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Filing documents with the Docket Management... Management System (DMS) and sending documents to the administrative law judge and Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation. (a) The Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). (1) Documents filed in a civil penalty...

76 FR 47297 - Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-08-04

.... ADDRESSES: You may send comments to Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these... you submit your comment via facsimile, please send no more than five 8.5 x 11 inch pages in order to... papers and tubes removed from the factory or warehouse. TTB F 5200.29 will satisfy all bond requirements...

Implications in the Era of Building Confucius Institutes from a Global Perspective

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Zheyuan, Tang

2016-01-01

Confucius Institutes characterized by the outstanding culture of the Chinese nation have been built in a way that sends them abroad, which has been a cultural revival and self-conscious choice of "sending Eastern learning Westward" in the 21st century. This has helped turn back the declining cultural trade deficit and upheld the…

40 CFR 1054.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... the following: (i) The emission-data engine's construction, including its origin and buildup, steps... ENGINES AND EQUIPMENT Certifying Emission Families § 1054.250 What records must I keep and what reports... model year, you must send us a report describing information about engines you produced during the model...

40 CFR 1048.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, LARGE NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES Testing Production-line Engines § 1048.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a... procedures for test engines in a way that might affect emission controls. All the information in this report...

40 CFR 1048.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, LARGE NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES Testing Production-line Engines § 1048.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a... procedures for test engines in a way that might affect emission controls. All the information in this report...

40 CFR 1048.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, LARGE NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES Testing Production-line Engines § 1048.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a... procedures for test engines in a way that might affect emission controls. All the information in this report...

40 CFR 1048.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, LARGE NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES Testing Production-line Engines § 1048.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a... procedures for test engines in a way that might affect emission controls. All the information in this report...

40 CFR 1048.345 - What production-line testing records must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, LARGE NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES Testing Production-line Engines § 1048.345 What production-line testing records must I send to EPA? (a... procedures for test engines in a way that might affect emission controls. All the information in this report...

40 CFR 1045.250 - What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 34 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA? 1045.250 Section 1045.250 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM SPARK-IGNITION PROPULSION MARINE...

20 CFR 422.410 - What actions will we take after we send you the notice?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What actions will we take after we send you the notice? 422.410 Section 422.410 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES Collection of Debts by Administrative Wage Garnishment § 422.410 What actions will we...

40 CFR 710.59 - Availability of reporting form and instructions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... page. (2) By phone. Call the EPA TSCA Hotline at (202) 554-1404. (3) By e-mail. Send an e-mail request for this information to the EPA TSCA Hotline at TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. (4) By mail. Send a written request for this information to the following address: TSCA Hotline, Mail Code 7408M, ATTN: Inventory...

30 CFR 254.7 - How do I submit my response plan to the MMS?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70123-2394. (c) Send plans for facilities in the Pacific Ocean (except seaward of...? 254.7 Section 254.7 Mineral Resources BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT..., Anchorage, AK 99508-4302. (b) Send plans for facilities in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean to: Minerals...

14 CFR 331.25 - To what address must operators or providers send their applications?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false To what address must operators or providers send their applications? 331.25 Section 331.25 Aeronautics and Space OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY... Transportation, Office of Aviation Analysis (X-50)Aviation Relief Desk, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington...

Social remittances: migration driven local-level forms of cultural diffusion.

PubMed

Levitt, P

1998-01-01

"Many studies highlight the macro-level dissemination of global culture and institutions. This article focuses on social remittances--a local-level, migration-driven form of cultural diffusion. Social remittances are the ideas, behaviors, identities, and social capital that flow from receiving- to sending-country communities. The role that these resources play in promoting immigrant entrepreneurship, community and family formation, and political integration is widely acknowledged. This article specifies how these same ideas and practices are remolded in receiving countries, the mechanisms by which they are sent back to sending communities, and the role they play in transforming sending-country social and political life." The data concern migrants from the Dominican Republic to the Boston area of the United States. excerpt

Bad data packet capture device

DOEpatents

Chen, Dong; Gara, Alan; Heidelberger, Philip; Vranas, Pavlos

2010-04-20

An apparatus and method for capturing data packets for analysis on a network computing system includes a sending node and a receiving node connected by a bi-directional communication link. The sending node sends a data transmission to the receiving node on the bi-directional communication link, and the receiving node receives the data transmission and verifies the data transmission to determine valid data and invalid data and verify retransmissions of invalid data as corresponding valid data. A memory device communicates with the receiving node for storing the invalid data and the corresponding valid data. A computing node communicates with the memory device and receives and performs an analysis of the invalid data and the corresponding valid data received from the memory device.

Human Expeditions to Near-Earth Asteroids: An Update on NASA's Status and Proposed Activities for Small Body Exploration

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Abell, Paul; Mazanek, Dan; Barbee, Brent; Landis, Rob; Johnson, Lindley; Yeomans, Don; Reeves, David; Drake, Bret; Friedensen, Victoria

2013-01-01

Over the past several years, much attention has been focused on the human exploration of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Two independent NASA studies examined the feasibility of sending piloted missions to NEAs, and in 2009, the Augustine Commission identified NEAs as high profile destinations for human exploration missions beyond the Earth- Moon system as part of the Flexible Path. More recently the current U.S. presidential administration directed NASA to include NEAs as destinations for future human exploration with the goal of sending astronauts to a NEA in the mid to late 2020s. This directive became part of the official National Space Policy of the United States of America as of June 28, 2010. The scientific and hazard mitigation benefits, along with the programmatic and operational benefits of a human venture beyond the Earth-Moon system, make a mission to a NEA using NASA s proposed exploration systems a compelling endeavor.

British Columbia sends patients to Seattle for coronary artery surgery. Bypassing the queue in Canada.

PubMed

Katz, S J; Mizgala, H F; Welch, H G

1991-08-28

Concern about waiting lists for elective procedures has become a highly visible challenge to the universal health insurance program in Canada. In response to lengthening queues for patients waiting for cardiac surgery, British Columbia made contracts with four Seattle hospitals to send a total of 200 patients for coronary artery bypass surgery. This article examines the cause of the queue for cardiac surgery in British Columbia and the events that led to outside contracting. Global hospital budgets and restrictions on capital expansion have limited hospital capacity for cardiac surgery. This constrained supply, combined with periodic shortages in critical care nurses and cardiac perfusion technologists, has resulted in a rapid increase in the waiting list. Reducing wide variations in the lengths of queues for individual surgeons may afford an opportunity to reduce long waits. While the patient queue for cardiac surgery has sparked a public debate about budget limits and health care needs, its clinical impact remains uncertain.

An Evaluation of Key Working for Families of Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Mengoni, Silvana; Bardsley, Janet; Oates, John

2015-01-01

Key working is a way of supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families, and is highly regarded by families and practitioners. However, there is a lack of up-to-date research exploring key working in the current context of policy reforms in England. This article reports an evaluation…

Rich Prize, Restrictive Guidelines: Criteria Would Set High Bar for "Race to the Top" Eligibility

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

McNeil, Michele

2009-01-01

The U.S. Department of Education's proposed guidelines for awarding $4 billion in Race to the Top Fund money send a strong message that any state hoping to land a competitive grant should expect to allow student test scores to be used in decisions about teacher compensation and evaluation. The draft plans outlined by department officials last…

USSR Report, Space

DTIC Science & Technology

1984-06-14

with very limited storage lives: canned meats, the first dinner foods and fruit juices in aluminum tubes and bite- sized pieces of bread. The...selection included fruit juices , tea, coffee, milk and fermented milk products. Such a wide variety made it possible not only to provide highly nutritious...send specially prepared fruits and vegetables on the transport and cargo ships. The first such shipment with fresh apples, onions and garlic was

26 CFR 1.170A-2 - Amounts paid to maintain certain students as members of the taxpayer's household.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... application of this section may be illustrated by the following examples: Example 1. The X organization is an... children are placed in the homes of U.S. residents in order to further the children's high school education... parents, from time to time during the school year, send butter, eggs, meat, and vegetables to H to help...

26 CFR 1.170A-2 - Amounts paid to maintain certain students as members of the taxpayer's household.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... application of this section may be illustrated by the following examples: Example 1. The X organization is an... children are placed in the homes of U.S. residents in order to further the children's high school education... parents, from time to time during the school year, send butter, eggs, meat, and vegetables to H to help...

26 CFR 1.170A-2 - Amounts paid to maintain certain students as members of the taxpayer's household.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... application of this section may be illustrated by the following examples: Example 1. The X organization is an... children are placed in the homes of U.S. residents in order to further the children's high school education... parents, from time to time during the school year, send butter, eggs, meat, and vegetables to H to help...

26 CFR 1.170A-2 - Amounts paid to maintain certain students as members of the taxpayer's household.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... application of this section may be illustrated by the following examples: Example 1. The X organization is an... children are placed in the homes of U.S. residents in order to further the children's high school education... parents, from time to time during the school year, send butter, eggs, meat, and vegetables to H to help...

26 CFR 1.170A-2 - Amounts paid to maintain certain students as members of the taxpayer's household.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... application of this section may be illustrated by the following examples: Example 1. The X organization is an... children are placed in the homes of U.S. residents in order to further the children's high school education... parents, from time to time during the school year, send butter, eggs, meat, and vegetables to H to help...

Running VisIt Software on the Peregrine System | High-Performance Computing

Science.gov Websites

kilobyte range. VisIt features a robust remote visualization capability. VisIt can be started on a local machine and used to visualize data on a remote compute cluster.The remote machine must be able to send VisIt module must be loaded as part of this process. To enable remote visualization the 'module load

40 CFR 1048.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... § 1048.345. In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1048.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... § 1048.345. In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1048.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... § 1048.345. In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

40 CFR 1048.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... § 1048.345. In addition, within 45 days after the end of the model year, you must send us a report... of all applications and any summary information you send us. (2) Any of the information we specify in... tests (such as test cell temperatures and relative humidity readings) for one year after we issue the...

New Uses for a Familiar Technology: Introducing Mobile Phone Polling in Large Classes

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Voelkel, Susanne; Bennett, Daimark

2014-01-01

We have introduced a real-time polling system to support student engagement and feedback in four large Level 1 and 2 modules in Biological Sciences. The audience response system makes use of a technology that is ubiquitous and familiar to the students. To participate, students send text messages using their mobile phones or send a message via…

12 CFR 210.4 - Sending items to Reserve Banks.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Sending items to Reserve Banks. 210.4 Section... Reserve Bank); and (iv) Another Reserve Bank, if any, that receives the item from a Reserve Bank. (2) A... par. The Reserve Banks shall receive cash items and other checks at par. [Reg. J, 77 FR 21858, Apr. 12...

12 CFR 210.4 - Sending items to Reserve Banks.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Sending items to Reserve Banks. 210.4 Section... Reserve Bank); and (iv) Another Reserve Bank, if any, that receives the item from a Reserve Bank. (2) A... par. The Reserve Banks shall receive cash items and other checks at par. [Reg. J, 77 FR 21858, Apr. 12...

Effects of Migration on Sending Countries: What Do We Know? OECD Development Centre Working Paper No. 250

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Katseli, Louka T.; Lucas, Robert E. B.; Xenogiani, Theodora

2006-01-01

This report evaluates the evidence on how migration may promote or hinder development in countries of origin, and explores possible win-win solutions for both sending and receiving countries. The analysis of recent OECD data of foreign-born nationals into Europe documents the presence of multiple migration patterns and reveals that the EU lags…

41 CFR 102-118.260 - Must my agency send all quotations, tenders, or contracts with a TSP to GSA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... quotations, tenders, or contracts with a TSP to GSA? 102-118.260 Section 102-118.260 Public Contracts and... REGULATION TRANSPORTATION 118-TRANSPORTATION PAYMENT AND AUDIT Use of Government Billing Documents Quotations, Tenders Or Contracts § 102-118.260 Must my agency send all quotations, tenders, or contracts with a TSP to...

2 CFR 180.725 - How much time do I have to contest a suspension?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false How much time do I have to contest a suspension? 180.725 Section 180.725 Grants and Agreements OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE... sends it if the letter is undeliverable; (2) When sent, if the agency sends the notice by facsimile or...

40 CFR 1051.250 - What records must I keep and make available to EPA?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

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42 CFR 137.171 - Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports?

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2010-10-01

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15 CFR 19.4 - What notice will Commerce entities send to a debtor when collecting a Commerce debt?

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2010-01-01

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The Decision to Send Local Children to International Schools in Hong Kong: Local Parents' Perspectives

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Ng, Vinci

2012-01-01

This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that investigates why some local Hong Kong parents decide to give up local education and send their children to international schools in Hong Kong. Data were gathered from 25 parents across eight selected school sites grouped as four cases based on the continental origins of those…

Developing Positive School-Home Relationships through Structured Conversations with Parents of Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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Lendrum, Ann; Barlow, Alexandra; Humphrey, Neil

2015-01-01

Parents play a crucial role in their children's education, and their active involvement can lead to better outcomes. However, evidence suggests that parental engagement and confidence among perhaps the most vulnerable group of learners--those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)--may be lower than for those without difficulties.…

Relate@IU>>>Share@IU: A New and Different Computer-Based Communications Paradigm.

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Frick, Theodore W.; Roberto, Joseph; Korkmaz, Ali; Oh, Jeong-En; Twal, Riad

The purpose of this study was to examine problems with the current computer-based electronic communication systems and to initially test and revise a new and different paradigm for e-collaboration, Relate@IU. Understanding the concept of sending links to resources, rather than sending the resource itself, is at the core of how Relate@IU differs…

A Review of Parent-Professional Partnerships and Some New Obligations and Concerns Arising from the Introduction of the SEND Code of Practice 2015

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Hellawell, Beate

2017-01-01

This article contributes a current thematic review of literature about the challenges of productive parent-professional partnership working relating to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It also reports on an empirical project which explored early experiences of professionals working under the newly…

42 CFR 137.171 - Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports?

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2014-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports? 137.171 Section 137.171 Public Health PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE Operational Provisions Audits and Cost Principles §...

42 CFR 137.171 - Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports?

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2012-10-01

... 42 Public Health 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Where do Self-Governance Tribes send their audit reports? 137.171 Section 137.171 Public Health PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE Operational Provisions Audits and Cost Principles §...

40 CFR 262.209 - Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send containers of unwanted...

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2013-07-01

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40 CFR 262.209 - Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send containers of unwanted...

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2011-07-01

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40 CFR 262.209 - Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send containers of unwanted...

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2010-07-01

... Academic Entities § 262.209 Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send... quantity generators—an eligible academic entity must ensure that a trained professional makes a hazardous... quantity generators—an eligible academic entity must ensure that a trained professional makes a hazardous...

25 CFR 39.502 - How does a school apply for contingency funds?

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2010-04-01

... 25 Indians 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false How does a school apply for contingency funds? 39.502... EQUALIZATION PROGRAM Contingency Fund § 39.502 How does a school apply for contingency funds? To apply for contingency funds, a school must send a request to the ELO. The ELO must send the request to the Director for...

12 CFR 12.5 - Notification by agreement; alternative forms and times of notification.

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2011-01-01

... for a periodic plan (except for a cash management sweep service) shall give or send to its customer... account involved in the transaction. (2) A national bank effecting a securities transaction for a cash management sweep service or other periodic plan as defined in § 12.2(j)(2) shall give or send its customer a...

A Case Study of Wind-PV-Thermal-Bundled AC/DC Power Transmission from a Weak AC Network

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Xiao, H. W.; Du, W. J.; Wang, H. F.; Song, Y. T.; Wang, Q.; Ding, J.; Chen, D. Z.; Wei, W.

2017-05-01

Wind power generation and photovoltaic (PV) power generation bundled with the support by conventional thermal generation enables the generation controllable and more suitable for being sent over to remote load centre which are beneficial for the stability of weak sending end systems. Meanwhile, HVDC for long-distance power transmission is of many significant technique advantages. Hence the effects of wind-PV-thermal-bundled power transmission by AC/DC on power system have become an actively pursued research subject recently. Firstly, this paper introduces the technical merits and difficulties of wind-photovoltaic-thermal bundled power transmission by AC/DC systems in terms of meeting the requirement of large-scale renewable power transmission. Secondly, a system model which contains a weak wind-PV-thermal-bundled sending end system and a receiving end system in together with a parallel AC/DC interconnection transmission system is established. Finally, the significant impacts of several factors which includes the power transmission ratio between the DC and AC line, the distance between the sending end system and receiving end system, the penetration rate of wind power and the sending end system structure on system stability are studied.

Exchanging large data object in multi-agent systems

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Al-Yaseen, Wathiq Laftah; Othman, Zulaiha Ali; Nazri, Mohd Zakree Ahmad

2016-08-01

One of the Business Intelligent solutions that is currently in use is the Multi-Agent System (MAS). Communication is one of the most important elements in MAS, especially for exchanging large low level data between distributed agents (physically). The Agent Communication Language in JADE has been offered as a secure method for sending data, whereby the data is defined as an object. However, the object cannot be used to send data to another agent in a different location. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to propose a method for the exchange of large low level data as an object by creating a proxy agent known as a Delivery Agent, which temporarily imitates the Receiver Agent. The results showed that the proposed method is able to send large-sized data. The experiments were conducted using 16 datasets ranging from 100,000 to 7 million instances. However, for the proposed method, the RAM and the CPU machine had to be slightly increased for the Receiver Agent, but the latency time was not significantly different compared to the use of the Java Socket method (non-agent and less secure). With such results, it was concluded that the proposed method can be used to securely send large data between agents.

Co-PylotDB - A Python-Based Single-Window User Interface for Transmitting Information to a Database

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Barnette, Daniel W.

2012-01-05

Co-PylotDB, written completely in Python, provides a user interface (UI) with which to select user and data file(s), directories, and file content, and provide or capture various other information for sending data collected from running any computer program to a pre-formatted database table for persistent storage. The interface allows the user to select input, output, make, source, executable, and qsub files. It also provides fields for specifying the machine name on which the software was run, capturing compile and execution lines, and listing relevant user comments. Data automatically captured by Co-PylotDB and sent to the database are user, current directory,more » local hostname, current date, and time of send. The UI provides fields for logging into a local or remote database server, specifying a database and a table, and sending the information to the selected database table. If a server is not available, the UI provides for saving the command that would have saved the information to a database table for either later submission or for sending via email to a collaborator who has access to the desired database.« less

Migration and depressive symptoms in migrant-sending areas: findings from the survey of internal migration and health in China.

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Lu, Yao; Hu, Peifeng; Treiman, Donald J

2012-08-01

China has experienced large-scale internal migration and growing mental health disorders. Limited research has examined the relationship between the two processes. We examined the association between labor out-migration and depressive symptoms of family members left behind in migrant-sending areas. We conducted a multistage probability sample survey of Chinese adults in 2008 ("Internal Migration and Health in China"), including 787 people in rural migrant-sending areas. To study whether adults in out-migrant households were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (CES-D) than were adults in non-migrant households, we used multivariate regressions and adjusted for a wide range of confounding factors and for the complex sampling design. Adults in households with labor out-migrants were more likely to report depressive symptoms than those in households without out-migrants, presumably a result of the absence of family members. However, monetary remittances from labor migrants buffered the mental health costs of out-migration. Labor out-migration has important consequences for the mental health in migrant-sending communities. There is an urgent need to address the psychological costs of migration and to promote regular remittances.

Alignment Measurements of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Instrument in a Thermal/Vacuum Chamber

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Hill, Michael D.; Herrera, Acey A.; Crane, J. Allen; Packard, Edward A.; Aviado, Carlos; Sampler, Henry P.

2000-01-01

The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Observatory, scheduled for a fall 2000 launch, is designed to measure temperature fluctuations (anisotropy) and produce a high sensitivity and high spatial resolution (approximately 0.2 degree) map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation over the entire sky between 22 and 90 GHz. MAP utilizes back-to-back Gregorian telescopes to focus the microwave signals into 10 differential microwave receivers, via 20 feed horns. Proper alignment of the telescope reflectors and the feed horns at the operating temperature of 90 K is a critical element to ensure mission success. We describe the hardware and methods used to validate the displacement/deformation predictions of the reflectors and the microwave feed horns during thermal/vacuum testing of the reflectors and the microwave instrument. The smallest deformation predictions to be measured were on the order of +/- 0.030 inches (+/- 0.762 mm). Performance of these alignment measurements inside a thermal/vacuum chamber with conventional alignment equipment posed several limitations. The most troublesome limitation was the inability to send personnel into the chamber to perform the measurements during the test due to vacuum and the temperature extremes. The photogrammetry (PG) system was chosen to perform the measurements since it is a non- contact measurement system, the measurements can be made relatively quickly and accurately, and the photogrammetric camera can be operated remotely. The hardware and methods developed to perform the MAP alignment measurements using PG proved to be highly successful. The measurements met the desired requirements, for the metal structures enabling the desired distortions to be measured resolving deformations an order of magnitude smaller than the imposed requirements. Viable data were provided to the MAP Project for a full analysis of the on-orbit performance of the Instrument's microwave system.

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph on the Europa Mission (Europa-UVS)

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Retherford, K. D.; Gladstone, R.; Greathouse, T. K.; Steffl, A.; Davis, M. W.; Feldman, P. D.; McGrath, M. A.; Roth, L.; Saur, J.; Spencer, J. R.; Stern, S. A.; Pope, S.; Freeman, M. A.; Persyn, S. C.; Araujo, M. F.; Cortinas, S. C.; Monreal, R. M.; Persson, K. B.; Trantham, B. J.; Versteeg, M. H.; Walther, B. C.

2015-12-01

NASA's Europa multi-flyby mission is designed to provide a diversity of measurements suited to enrich our understanding of the potential habitability of this intriguing ocean world. The Europa mission's Ultraviolet Spectrograph, Europa-UVS, is the sixth in a series of successful ultraviolet imaging spectrographs (Rosetta-Alice, New Horizons Pluto-Alice, LRO-LAMP) and, like JUICE-UVS (now under Phase B development), is largely based on the most recent of these to fly, Juno-UVS. Europa-UVS observes photons in the 55-210 nm wavelength range, at moderate spectral and spatial resolution along a 7.5° slit. Three distinct apertures send light to the off-axis telescope mirror feeding the long-slit spectrograph: i) a main entrance airglow port is used for most observations (e.g., airglow, aurora, surface mapping, and stellar occultations); ii) a high-spatial-resolution port consists of a small hole in an additional aperture door, and is used for detailed observations of bright targets; and iii) a separate solar port allows for solar occultations, viewing at a 60° offset from the nominal payload boresight. Photon event time-tagging (pixel list mode) and programmable spectral imaging (histogram mode) allow for observational flexibility and optimal science data management. As on Juno-UVS, the effects of penetrating electron radiation on electronic parts and data quality are mitigated through contiguous shielding, filtering of pulse height amplitudes, management of high-voltage settings, and careful use of radiation-hard parts. The science goals of Europa-UVS are to: 1) Determine the composition & chemistry, source & sinks, and structure & variability of Europa's atmosphere, from equator to pole; 2) Search for and characterize active plumes in terms of global distribution, structure, composition, and variability; 3) Explore the surface composition & microphysics and their relation to endogenic & exogenic processes; and 4) Investigate how energy and mass flow in the Europa atmosphere, neutral cloud & plasma torus, and footprint on Jupiter. Here we present the UVS investigation by describing the science we plan to address, the salient details of the instrument, and the basic concept of operations.

Development of the Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) for SARAL

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Costes, Vincent; Gasc, Karine; Sengenes, Pierre; Salcedo, Corinne; Imperiali, Stéphan; du Jeu, Christian

2017-11-01

CNES (French spatial agency) will provide the AltiKa high resolution altimeter, Doris instrument and the LRA (Laser Retroreflector Array) for SARAL (Satellite with Argos and AltiKa) in cooperation with ISRO (Indian space agency). The LRA is a passive equipment reflecting the laser beams coming from the Earth ground stations. Computing the send-return time travel of the laser beams allows the determination of the satellite altitude within an accuracy of a few millimeters. The reflective function is done by a set of 9 corner cube reflectors, with a conical arrangement providing a 150 degrees wide field of view over the full 360 degrees azimuth angle. According to CNES optomechanical specifications, the LRA has been developed by SESO (French optical firm). SESO has succeeded in providing the corner cube reflectors with a very stringent dihedral angle error of 1.6 arcsec and an accuracy within +/-0.5 arcsec. During this development, SESO has performed mechanical, thermal and thermo-optical analyses. The optical gradient of each corner cube, as well as angular deviations and PSF (Point Spread Function) in each laser range finding direction, have been computed. Mechanical and thermal tests have been successfully performed. A thermo-optical test has successfully confirmed the optical effect of the predicted in-flight thermal gradients. Each reflector is characterized in order to find its best location in the LRA housing and give the maximum optimization to the space telemetering mission.

Sexting and sexual behavior among middle school students.

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Rice, Eric; Gibbs, Jeremy; Winetrobe, Hailey; Rhoades, Harmony; Plant, Aaron; Montoya, Jorge; Kordic, Timothy

2014-07-01

It is unknown if "sexting" (i.e., sending/receiving sexually explicit cell phone text or picture messages) is associated with sexual activity and sexual risk behavior among early adolescents, as has been found for high school students. To date, no published data have examined these relationships exclusively among a probability sample of middle school students. A probability sample of 1285 students was collected alongside the 2012 Youth Risk Behavior Survey in Los Angeles middle schools. Logistic regressions assessed the correlates of sexting behavior and associations between sexting and sexual activity and risk behavior (ie, unprotected sex). Twenty percent of students with text-capable cell phone access reported receiving a sext and 5% reported sending a sext. Students who text at least 100 times per day were more likely to report both receiving (odds ratio [OR]: 2.4) and sending (OR: 4.5) sexts and to be sexually active (OR: 4.1). Students who sent sexts (OR: 3.2) and students who received sexts (OR: 7.0) were more likely to report sexual activity. Compared with not being sexually active, excessive texting and receiving sexts were associated with both unprotected sex (ORs: 4.7 and 12.1, respectively) and with condom use (ORs: 3.7 and 5.5, respectively). Because early sexual debut is correlated with higher rates of sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancies, pediatricians should discuss sexting with young adolescents because this may facilitate conversations about sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy prevention. Sexting and associated risks should be considered for inclusion in middle school sex education curricula. Copyright © 2014 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Drink driving and risky behavior among university students in southwestern Nigeria-Implications for policy development.

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Abayomi, O; Babalola, O R; Olakulehin, O A; Ighoroje, M

2016-05-18

Drink driving contributes significantly to road traffic injuries. Little is known about the relationship between drink driving and other high-risk behaviors in non-Western countries. The study aimed to assess the relationship between drink driving and other risky behaviors including making phone calls, sending text messages, nonuse of protective gear, and driving against traffic. A cross-sectional survey of risky behavior among undergraduates was conducted. A stratified random sampling method was used to identify young undergraduates who had driven a motorized vehicle in the past year. The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and other tools developed by researchers were used to identify the risky behaviors. Of 431 respondents, 10.7% had engaged in drink driving in the past 12 months. The most common risky behavior was making phone calls (63.7%), followed by nonuse of helmets (54.7%), driving against traffic (49.2%), nonuse of seat belts (46.8%), and sending text messages (26.1%). Alcohol use was significantly associated with making phone calls (U = 1.148; P < .0001), sending text messages (U = 1.598; P = .021), nonuse of helmets (U = 1.147; P < .0001), driving against traffic (U = 1.234; P < .0001), and nonuse of seat belts (U = 3.233; P = .001). Drink driving was associated with all risky behaviors except nonuse of seat belts (U = 1.842; P = .065). Alcohol use and drink driving were associated with multiple risky driving behaviors. This provides useful insight for policy development and presents additional challenges for traffic injury prevention.

Mobile microscopy as a screening tool for oral cancer in India: A pilot study.

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Skandarajah, Arunan; Sunny, Sumsum P; Gurpur, Praveen; Reber, Clay D; D'Ambrosio, Michael V; Raghavan, Nisheena; James, Bonney Lee; Ramanjinappa, Ravindra D; Suresh, Amritha; Kandasarma, Uma; Birur, Praveen; Kumar, Vinay V; Galmeanu, Honorius-Cezar; Itu, Alexandru Mihail; Modiga-Arsu, Mihai; Rausch, Saskia; Sramek, Maria; Kollegal, Manohar; Paladini, Gianluca; Kuriakose, Moni; Ladic, Lance; Koch, Felix; Fletcher, Daniel

2017-01-01

Oral cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in India and other countries in South Asia. Late diagnosis contributes significantly to this mortality, highlighting the need for effective and specific point-of-care diagnostic tools. The same regions with high prevalence of oral cancer have seen extensive growth in mobile phone infrastructure, which enables widespread access to telemedicine services. In this work, we describe the evaluation of an automated tablet-based mobile microscope as an adjunct for telemedicine-based oral cancer screening in India. Brush biopsy, a minimally invasive sampling technique was combined with a simplified staining protocol and a tablet-based mobile microscope to facilitate local collection of digital images and remote evaluation of the images by clinicians. The tablet-based mobile microscope (CellScope device) combines an iPad Mini with collection optics, LED illumination and Bluetooth-controlled motors to scan a slide specimen and capture high-resolution images of stained brush biopsy samples. Researchers at the Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) in Bangalore, India used the instrument to collect and send randomly selected images of each slide for telepathology review. Evaluation of the concordance between gold standard histology, conventional microscopy cytology, and remote pathologist review of the images was performed as part of a pilot study of mobile microscopy as a screening tool for oral cancer. Results indicated that the instrument successfully collected images of sufficient quality to enable remote diagnoses that show concordance with existing techniques. Further studies will evaluate the effectiveness of oral cancer screening with mobile microscopy by minimally trained technicians in low-resource settings.

Distribution of Information in Ad Hoc Networks

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2007-09-01

2.4. MACA Protocol...................................20 Figure 2.5. Route discovery in AODV (From [32]).............28 Figure 2.6. Creation of a...19 Figure 2.3. Exposed terminal Problem (From [20]) (3) MACA and MACAW Protocols. One of the first protocols conceived for wireless local area...networks is MACA [21] (Multiple Accesses with Collision Avoidance). The transmitter sends a small packet, or RTS (Request To Send), which has little

A Natural Variation Study of Engagement and Confidence among Parents of Learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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Barlow, Alexandra; Humphrey, Neil

2012-01-01

Parents' involvement in their children's education is known to be an important predictor of a range of adaptive outcomes. For learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), lack of parental engagement and confidence has been highlighted as a problematic issue. Given this, the objectives of the current study were to: (i) determine…

Crosscultural Issues in the Process of Sending U.S. Employees of Multinational Corporations for Overseas Service: Theoretical Considerations with Practical Implications.

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Griffis, Betty Ann

Defining the multinational as a producing enterprise motivated by profit and owning or controlling facilities in more than one country, this paper analyzes the process employed by United States multinationals in sending parent country nationals abroad for service in a subsidiary. It first examines the process in its fullest form by citing…

31 CFR 5.4 - What notice will Treasury entities send to a debtor when collecting a Treasury debt?

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2010-07-01

... 31 Money and Finance: Treasury 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What notice will Treasury entities send to a debtor when collecting a Treasury debt? 5.4 Section 5.4 Money and Finance: Treasury Office of... Financial Management Service. Refer the debt to the Financial Management Service for collection (see § 5.9...

Microgrid Modeling and Simulation Study

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2016-09-01

will be used to guide DOD M&S strategy and planning, as well as develop a comprehensive microgrid M&S capability and prioritize future efforts...contingencies and sequencing (Short term investment) Peer-to-peer Rapid send- listen techniques M&S is needed to determine an approach for handling...tactical microgrid network with interconnected grids. ○ Rapid Send- Listen Techniques is a specific enabler necessary for communications in a

Magnetostriction and Magnetic Heterogeneities in Iron-Gallium

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2010-07-08

instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send...2Materials Research Division, Risø DTU , Technical University of Denmark, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark 3Nano-Science Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University...gauges monitored the strain. Comparing Eqs. (1) and the dependencies of the data at high magnetic fields [Fig. 1(d)], we see ðRÞ ¼ 0 everywhere, i.e

High-Fidelity Simulations of Moving and Flexible Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers (Postprint)

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2010-02-01

1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, searching existing data sources, gathering and...maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other...phased-averaged structures for both values of Reynolds number are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data . Finally, the effect of

Managing Network Security Policies in Tactical Manet’s Using Drama

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2010-08-04

Cheng, M. Raykova, A. Poylisher, S. Alexander, M. Eiger, S. M. Bellovin, “ The Zodiac Policy Subsystem: A Policy-Based Management System for a High...hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and...reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information

Reactive Oxygen Species Produced by Prostate Cancer Cells Cause Castrate-Resistant Cell Growth by Inducing B-cell Lymphotoxin Release

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2013-06-01

data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this...Gaussia luciferase reconstitution, high throughput screen, small molecule inhibitors, human prostate carcinoma cells, pharmacokinetcs, prostate cancer...cells. The increase in ROS levels is probably due to an induction of a polyamine oxidation pathway and specific small molecule inhibitors of this

Deformation Mechanisms and High Strain Rate Properties of Magnesium (Mg) and Mg Alloys

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2012-08-01

collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources...gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or...conference in June 2010 (2). A comprehensive historical review of the U.S. military applications of Mg alloys has recently been published (3

Can Interest-Free Finance Limit the Frequency of Crises and the Volatility of the Business Cycle?

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2011-05-14

free economics. Scholars from the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) researched theoretical interest-free finance a great deal during the 1980s. In...inevitably comes, their assets devalue and their leverage increases. Moreover, a higher proportion of firms become critically leveraged. The interest...to currency crises. Whereas high interest payments might send an otherwise profitable firm to bankruptcy and foreclosure, equity financing may

Integrated Analysis Techniques for Command, Control, and Communications Systems. Volume 2. Applications

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1987-11-01

video , blinking, or other visual cont rasts to high1- light events under cons’deration, and thereby reduce effective search tie). *By "bottleneck," we...CONFIDENCE [4.0] P EDIT/SEND I- PEDo 0.5]4I -P F O ( . 5 ) p _.LDIT SLNO :. R2402 "i Figure A-I. ADS-2 Report Sequence , p 119 -- NI%-.%., V’’- 4

Validation of Alternatives to High Volatile Organic Compound Solvents Used in Aeronautical Antifriction Bearing Cleaning

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2006-10-17

Name, address, telephone number, and technical point of contact at company supplying product. (3) Material safety data sheet (MSDS) and label...existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments...Depot level maintenance cleaning. Data analysis and interpretation are based on analytical test results as well as visual inspections performed on

Enabling Secure High-Performance Wireless Ad Hoc Networking

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2003-05-29

destinations, consuming energy and available bandwidth. An attacker may similarly create a routing black hole, in which all packets are dropped: by sending...of the vertex cut, for example by forwarding only routing packets and not data packets, such that the nodes waste energy forwarding packets to the...with limited resources, including network bandwidth and the CPU processing capacity, memory, and battery power ( energy ) of each individual node in the

Here's how to shop for in-home DM devices.

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2000-05-01

High-tech home devices like weight scales, glucometers, and peak flow meters that send information to clinicians electronically are becoming increasingly popular disease management tools. But whether or not these gadgets can deliver improved quality of care--and a decent return on investment--depends largely on knowing what to look for when selecting the equipment, and figuring out whether your choice will be easy enough for patients to use.

Friction and Wear Sciences for a Highly Durable Railgun Weapon

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2007-10-01

FFT- Based Numerical Methods for Elasto-Plastic Contacts of Nominally Flat Surfaces,” to appear in Journal of Applied Mechanics. 20. Jin, X...is the fusion enthalpy per unit mass, C!"" ~ = and ! ~ is a dimensionless coefficient and 100 ~ !" . Listed in Table I are the material’s...searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments

Japan's aging economics.

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Ezrati, M

1997-01-01

"Japan's population is aging faster than that of any other country in the world. The unprecedented increase in retirees relative to the size of Japan's work force will force radical change if the nation is to avoid a fiscal crisis, or worse. These seemingly innocent demographic changes will force Japan to shrink its famously high savings rate, reverse its proud trade surplus, send more industry overseas, liberalize its tightly controlled markets, and take on a more active, high-profile foreign policy. Ultimately, these changes will shift the balance of power in East Asia." excerpt

Workstation-Based Real-Time Mesoscale Modeling Designed for Weather Support to Operations at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station

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Manobianco, John; Zack, John W.; Taylor, Gregory E.

1996-01-01

This paper describes the capabilities and operational utility of a version of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System (MASS) that has been developed to support operational weather forecasting at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). The implementation of local, mesoscale modeling systems at KSC/CCAS is designed to provide detailed short-range (less than 24 h) forecasts of winds, clouds, and hazardous weather such as thunderstorms. Short-range forecasting is a challenge for daily operations, and manned and unmanned launches since KSC/CCAS is located in central Florida where the weather during the warm season is dominated by mesoscale circulations like the sea breeze. For this application, MASS has been modified to run on a Stardent 3000 workstation. Workstation-based, real-time numerical modeling requires a compromise between the requirement to run the system fast enough so that the output can be used before expiration balanced against the desire to improve the simulations by increasing resolution and using more detailed physical parameterizations. It is now feasible to run high-resolution mesoscale models such as MASS on local workstations to provide timely forecasts at a fraction of the cost required to run these models on mainframe supercomputers. MASS has been running in the Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) at KSC/CCAS since January 1994 for the purpose of system evaluation. In March 1995, the AMU began sending real-time MASS output to the forecasters and meteorologists at CCAS, Spaceflight Meteorology Group (Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas), and the National Weather Service (Melbourne, Florida). However, MASS is not yet an operational system. The final decision whether to transition MASS for operational use will depend on a combination of forecaster feedback, the AMU's final evaluation results, and the life-cycle costs of the operational system.

Vice President Pence Tours Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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2018-04-28

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and their daughter Charlotte are shown how to send a command to the Curiosity rover on Mars by Mars Curiosity Mission ACE Walt Hoffman during a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Pasadena, California. Hoffman asked Charlotte Pence if she would do the honors of sending the command to the rover. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

75 FR 16891 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change, as...

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2010-04-02

... the Directed Order to the PIP \\7\\ or send the Directed Order to the BOX Book. When the EP sends the Directed Order to the BOX Book and the EP's quotation on the opposite side of the market from the Directed... the Directed Order is being exposed on the BOX Book. \\7\\ See Chapter V, Section 18 of the BOX Rules...

Flight and Operational Medicine Clinic (FOMC) Task Process Mapping

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2014-03-01

technicians, nurses, and physician assistants to accomplish the majority of the tasks; physician level tasks are few and primarily involve application of...condition 31, 37, 81? Complete evaluation Present 469 within 5 days of positive pregnancy test Is condition duty/fitness? NO End Process YES Send to ...info to Health IT Ancillary exam module provides requirements/ sends info to Health IT (Audiology, Optometry, Dental , Mental Health) Operational

14 CFR 39.19 - May I address the unsafe condition in a way other than that set out in the airworthiness directive?

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2012-01-01

... condition. The principal inspector may add comments and will send your request to the manager of the office identified in the airworthiness directive (manager). You may send a copy to the manager at the same time you... directly to the manager. You may use the alternative you propose only if the manager approves it. ...

14 CFR 39.19 - May I address the unsafe condition in a way other than that set out in the airworthiness directive?

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2013-01-01

... condition. The principal inspector may add comments and will send your request to the manager of the office identified in the airworthiness directive (manager). You may send a copy to the manager at the same time you... directly to the manager. You may use the alternative you propose only if the manager approves it. ...

14 CFR 39.19 - May I address the unsafe condition in a way other than that set out in the airworthiness directive?

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2011-01-01

... condition. The principal inspector may add comments and will send your request to the manager of the office identified in the airworthiness directive (manager). You may send a copy to the manager at the same time you... directly to the manager. You may use the alternative you propose only if the manager approves it. ...

14 CFR 39.19 - May I address the unsafe condition in a way other than that set out in the airworthiness directive?

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2014-01-01

... condition. The principal inspector may add comments and will send your request to the manager of the office identified in the airworthiness directive (manager). You may send a copy to the manager at the same time you... directly to the manager. You may use the alternative you propose only if the manager approves it. ...

14 CFR 39.19 - May I address the unsafe condition in a way other than that set out in the airworthiness directive?

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2010-01-01

... condition. The principal inspector may add comments and will send your request to the manager of the office identified in the airworthiness directive (manager). You may send a copy to the manager at the same time you... directly to the manager. You may use the alternative you propose only if the manager approves it. ...

Mine Sweeping System for Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Mines.

DTIC Science & Technology

1994-12-29

be detected. One example of the latter type of system is a conventional sonar device wherein a directional beam of acoustic energy periodically...Although satisfactory for many uses, sonar devices have several inherent limitations. Nearby objects can cause echoes and these may obscure the echo of...electromagnetic signal and sends it to the preamplifier 601. The preamplifier 601 increases the strength of the received electrical signal before sending it

Strengths and Limitations of the Education, Health and Care Plan Process from a Range of Professional and Family Perspectives

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Sales, Niaomi; Vincent, Kerry

2018-01-01

The introduction of a new Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice in 2015 marked one of the most significant reforms to the SEND statutory assessment process in England since its introduction over 30 years ago. This article presents the findings of a small-scale study that aimed to identify the extent to which the reforms…

Synchronizing A Stroboscope With A Video Camera

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Rhodes, David B.; Franke, John M.; Jones, Stephen B.; Dismond, Harriet R.

1993-01-01

Circuit synchronizes flash of light from stroboscope with frame and field periods of video camera. Sync stripper sends vertical-synchronization signal to delay generator, which generates trigger signal. Flashlamp power supply accepts delayed trigger signal and sends pulse of power to flash lamp. Designed for use in making short-exposure images that "freeze" flow in wind tunnel. Also used for making longer-exposure images obtained by use of continuous intense illumination.

Translations on Eastern Europe Political, Sociological, and Military Affairs, Number 1479

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1977-11-30

13 Nov 77) 1 ALBANIA Marxist-Leninist Parties Send AWP Anniversary Greetings (Tirana Domestic Service, 10 Nov 77) . 4 German Party Message to...Hoxha Italian Party Message to Hoxha Canadian Party Message to Central Committee Giving Names With Religious Significance Denounced (Sabah Sinani...2600 ALBANIA MARXIST-LENINIST PARTIES SEND AWP ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS German Party Message to Hoxha Tirana Domestic Service in Albanian 1900 GMT 10

The Remote Analysis Station (RAS) as an instructional system

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Rogers, R. H.; Wilson, C. L.; Dye, R. H.; Jaworski, E.

1981-01-01

"Hands-on" training in LANDSAT data analysis techniques can be obtained using a desk-top, interactive remote analysis station (RAS) which consists of a color CRT imagery display, with alphanumeric overwrite and keyboard, as well as a cursor controller and modem. This portable station can communicate via modem and dial-up telephone with a host computer at 1200 baud or it can be hardwired to a host computer at 9600 baud. A Z80 microcomputer controls the display refresh memory and remote station processing. LANDSAT data is displayed as three-band false-color imagery, one-band color-sliced imagery, or color-coded processed imagery. Although the display memory routinely operates at 256 x 256 picture elements, a display resolution of 128 x 128 can be selected to fill the display faster. In the false color mode the computer packs the data into one 8-bit character. When the host is not sending pictorial information the characters sent are in ordinary ASCII code. System capabilities are described.

Combining EEG, MIDI, and motion capture techniques for investigating musical performance.

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Maidhof, Clemens; Kästner, Torsten; Makkonen, Tommi

2014-03-01

This article describes a setup for the simultaneous recording of electrophysiological data (EEG), musical data (MIDI), and three-dimensional movement data. Previously, each of these three different kinds of measurements, conducted sequentially, has been proven to provide important information about different aspects of music performance as an example of a demanding multisensory motor skill. With the method described here, it is possible to record brain-related activity and movement data simultaneously, with accurate timing resolution and at relatively low costs. EEG and MIDI data were synchronized with a modified version of the FTAP software, sending synchronization signals to the EEG recording device simultaneously with keypress events. Similarly, a motion capture system sent synchronization signals simultaneously with each recorded frame. The setup can be used for studies investigating cognitive and motor processes during music performance and music-like tasks--for example, in the domains of motor control, learning, music therapy, or musical emotions. Thus, this setup offers a promising possibility of a more behaviorally driven analysis of brain activity.

Two-way QKD with single-photon-added coherent states

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Miranda, Mario; Mundarain, Douglas

2017-12-01

In this work we present a two-way quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme that uses single-photon-added coherent states and displacement operations. The first party randomly sends coherent states (CS) or single-photon-added coherent states (SPACS) to the second party. The latter sends back the same state it received. Both parties decide which kind of states they are receiving by detecting or not a photon on the received signal after displacement operations. The first party must determine whether its sent and received states are equal; otherwise, the case must be discarded. We are going to show that an eavesdropper provided with a beam splitter gets the same information in any of the non-discarded cases. The key can be obtained by assigning 0 to CS and 1 to SPACS in the non-discarded cases. This protocol guarantees keys' security in the presence of a beam splitter attack even for states with a high number of photons in the sent signal. It also works in a lossy quantum channel, becoming a good bet for improving long-distance QKD.

SEARCHING FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE SIGNALS IN ASTRONOMICAL SPECTRA, INCLUDING EXISTING DATA

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Borra, Ermanno F., E-mail: borra@phy.ulaval.ca

The main purpose of this article is to make astronomers aware that Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETIs) can be carried out by analyzing standard astronomical spectra, including those they have already taken. Simplicity is the outstanding advantage of a search in spectra. The spectra can be analyzed by simple eye inspection or a few lines of code that uses Fourier transform software. Theory, confirmed by published experiments, shows that periodic signals in spectra can be easily generated by sending light pulses separated by constant time intervals. While part of this article, like all articles on SETIs, is highly speculative themore » basic physics is sound. In particular, technology now available on Earth could be used to send signals having the required energy to be detected at a target located 1000 lt-yr away. Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI) could use these signals to make us aware of their existence. For an ETI, the technique would also have the advantage that the signals could be detected both in spectra and searches for intensity pulses like those currently carried out on Earth.« less

The Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS) List of Near-Earth Asteroids: Identifying Potential Targets for Future Exploration

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Abell, Paul A.; Barbee, B. W.; Mink, R. G.; Alberding, C. M.; Adamo, D. R.; Mazanek, D. D.; Johnson, L. N.; Yeomans, D. K.; Chodas, P. W.; Chamberlin, A. B.;

Human Expeditions to Near-Earth Asteroids: Implications for Exploration, Resource Utilization, Science, and Planetary Defense

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Abell, Paul; Mazanek, Dan; Barbee, Brent; Landis, Rob; Johnson, Lindley; Yeomans, Don; Friedensen, Victoria

2013-01-01

Over the past several years, much attention has been focused on human exploration of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and planetary defence. Two independent NASA studies examined the feasibility of sending piloted missions to NEAs, and in 2009, the Augustine Commission identified NEAs as high profile destinations for human exploration missions beyond the Earth-Moon system as part of the Flexible Path. More recently the current U.S. presidential administration directed NASA to include NEAs as destinations for future human exploration with the goal of sending astronauts to a NEA in the mid to late 2020s. This directive became part of the official National Space Policy of the United States of America as of June 28, 2010. With respect to planetary defence, in 2005 the U.S. Congress directed NASA to implement a survey program to detect, track, and characterize NEAs equal or greater than 140 m in diameter in order to access the threat from such objects to the Earth. The current goal of this survey is to achieve 90% completion of objects equal or greater than 140 m in diameter by 2020.

Validation of the Wider Outcomes Survey for Teachers (WOST): A Measure for Assessing the Behaviour, Relationships and Exposure to Bullying of Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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Wigelsworth, Michael; Oldfield, Jeremy; Humphrey, Neil

2015-01-01

The Wider Outcomes Survey for Teachers (WOST) is a teacher informant-report questionnaire developed to aid the assessment of behaviour difficulties, quality of relationships and exposure to bullying among students identified with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This study examines the psychometric properties of the WOST in a…

The Revised SEND Code of Practice 0-25: Effective Practice in Engaging Children and Young People in Decision-Making about Interventions for Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs

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Kennedy, Emma-Kate

2015-01-01

A key principle upon which the Revised Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice 0-25 (2015) is based is children's involvement in decision-making that affects them, and a significant change is the removal of the term "behaviour" and an emphasis on social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. To ensure that…

The Basics of Electric Weapons and Pulsed-Power Technologies

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-01-01

launchers. DEWs send energy, instead of matter, toward a target, and can be separated into three types: laser weapons, particle -beam weapons, and high...beam’s energy de- position, target material, and flight dynamics is needed. Particle Beams A particle -beam weapon is a directed flow of atomic or sub...atomic particles . These parti- cles can be neutral or electrically charged. Neutral beams need to be used outside the atmosphere (in space), where

Proceedings of the 1992 Antenna Applications Symposium

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1993-06-01

consists of two optically fed lx4 subarrays with MMIC based active T/R modules. Custom designed fiber optic links have been employed to provide...factor 1/100,000. However, despite this enormous reduction in power , the peak amplitude is still more than 30 times larger than the rms noise. Based on...only passive components and receives inputs from a central high- power transmitter and also sends outputs to a low-noise receiver. Active ESAs, called

Natural Convection Cooling of a Three by Three Array of Leadless Chip Carrier Packages in a Dielectric Liquid

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1994-03-24

sources. gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding ths burden estimate...for .oration Operations and Reports. 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway. Suite 1204. Arlington. VA 22202-4302. and to the Office of Management and Budget...ceramic substrate was examined. Baseline data were obtained for cooling with pure dielectric liquids. The effects of addition of high thermal

High Pressure Equation of State Investigation of Rocks

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1994-09-01

0188 Pub•ic repon burden for this collection of information is estmnated to average I hour per response incluang me time for reviewing instructions...searching existing dats sources. gathering and maintaining the data needed, and compo0ng and reviewing the cooection of infomation. Send comments...work was directed by Ms. Audrey Martinez, DNA/FCTP. The authors are thankful for the careful review of the text by A. Martinez and E. Rinehart

Zone routing in a torus network

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Chen, Dong; Heidelberger, Philip; Kumar, Sameer

A system for routing data in a network comprising a network logic device at a sending node for determining a path between the sending node and a receiving node, wherein the network logic device sets one or more selection bits and one or more hint bits within the data packet, a control register for storing one or more masks, wherein the network logic device uses the one or more selection bits to select a mask from the control register and the network logic device applies the selected mask to the hint bits to restrict routing of the data packet tomore » one or more routing directions for the data packet within the network and selects one of the restricted routing directions from the one or more routing directions and sends the data packet along a link in the selected routing direction toward the receiving node.« less

Early detection of ventricular tachycardia with sending messages to cell phone

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Ramirez, L. J.; Lozano, F. A.; Rondon, C. R.

2011-09-01

Sustained ventricular tachycardia (VTs) can be asymptomatic for some people, but for other is deadly because it is a major cause of sudden cardiac death [1]. Some patients may present this arrhythmia, and even so, they decide to drive car increasing the likelihood of VTs, putting at risk not only his life but that of the other drivers. We developed a system for early detection of VTs, consisting of EKG sensors, a card of processing and a cell phone, which detects this arrhythmia, gives an alarm signal to the driver, and it simultaneously sending to text messages a specialist doctor and a relative or friend, all in real time. This design was conditioned to the car, is light and comfortable, that allowed that work of car's driver without discomfort. This system will save lives, since in case of emergency sends a help message, no matter where you are in the driver.

Line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Berg, Jeremy E.; Blocksome, Michael A.; Smith, Brian E.

2010-06-08

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes connected together through the network, the network optimized for point to point data communications and characterized by at least a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, that include: initiating, by a broadcasting compute node, a broadcast operation, including sending a message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the first dimension for the network; sending, by each compute node along the axis of the first dimension, the message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the second dimension for the network; and sending, by each compute node along the axis of the second dimension, the message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the third dimension for the network.

Line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J.; Berg, Jeremy E.; Blocksome, Michael A.; Smith, Brian E.

2010-11-23

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes connected together through the network, the network optimized for point to point data communications and characterized by at least a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, that include: initiating, by a broadcasting compute node, a broadcast operation, including sending a message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the first dimension for the network; sending, by each compute node along the axis of the first dimension, the message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the second dimension for the network; and sending, by each compute node along the axis of the second dimension, the message to all of the compute nodes along an axis of the third dimension for the network.

Network device interface for digitally interfacing data channels to a controller via a network

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Konz, Daniel W. (Inventor); Ellerbrock, Philip J. (Inventor); Grant, Robert L. (Inventor); Winkelmann, Joseph P. (Inventor)

2006-01-01

The present invention provides a network device interface and method for digitally connecting a plurality of data channels, such as sensors, actuators, and subsystems, to a controller using a network bus. The network device interface interprets commands and data received from the controller and polls the data channels in accordance with these commands. Specifically, the network device interface receives digital commands and data from the controller, and based on these commands and data, communicates with the data channels to either retrieve data in the case of a sensor or send data to activate an actuator. Data retrieved from the sensor is then converted into digital signals and transmitted back to the controller. In one embodiment, the bus controller sends commands and data a defined bit rate, and the network device interface senses this bit rate and sends data back to the bus controller using the defined bit rate.

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J; Blocksome, Michael A; Ratterman, Joseph D; Smith, Brian E

2015-02-03

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, endpoints coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources, including receiving in an origin endpoint of the PAMI a SEND instruction, the SEND instruction specifying a transmission of transfer data from the origin endpoint to a first target endpoint; transmitting from the origin endpoint to the first target endpoint a Request-To-Send (`RTS`) message advising the first target endpoint of the location and size of the transfer data; assigning by the first target endpoint to each of a plurality of target endpoints separate portions of the transfer data; and receiving by the plurality of target endpoints the transfer data.

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface of a parallel computer

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J; Blocksome, Michael A; Ratterman, Joseph D; Smith, Brian E

2014-11-18

Data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (`PAMI`) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, endpoints coupled for data communications through the PAMI and through data communications resources, including receiving in an origin endpoint of the PAMI a SEND instruction, the SEND instruction specifying a transmission of transfer data from the origin endpoint to a first target endpoint; transmitting from the origin endpoint to the first target endpoint a Request-To-Send (`RTS`) message advising the first target endpoint of the location and size of the transfer data; assigning by the first target endpoint to each of a plurality of target endpoints separate portions of the transfer data; and receiving by the plurality of target endpoints the transfer data.

Method for routing events from key strokes in a multi-processing computer systems

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Rhodes, D.A.; Rustici, E.; Carter, K.H.

1990-01-23

The patent describes a method of routing user input in a computer system which concurrently runs a plurality of processes. It comprises: generating keycodes representative of keys typed by a user; distinguishing generated keycodes by looking up each keycode in a routing table which assigns each possible keycode to an individual assigned process of the plurality of processes, one of which processes being a supervisory process; then, sending each keycode to its assigned process until a keycode assigned to the supervisory process is received; sending keycodes received subsequent to the keycode assigned to the supervisory process to a buffer; next,more » providing additional keycodes to the supervisory process from the buffer until the supervisory process has completed operation; and sending keycodes stored in the buffer to processes assigned therewith after the supervisory process has completedoperation.« less

HELP: Handheld Emergency Logistics Program for Generating Structured Requests for Resources in Stressful Conditions

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-09-01

Redesign .................................122 d. Screen 10/Final Review Redesign ........................................123 F. TEST SET- UP INITIAL TEST...user with a chance to review his or her inputs and send the request by his or her preferred method (digital or voice). The screen breaks down the line...user with a chance to review his or her inputs and send the request by his or her preferred method (digital or voice). The screen breaks down the

Send In The Drones! Are Remotely Piloted Aircraft Changing America’s Threshold For Turning To Violence

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-12-01

sides attempted to deliver explosive-laden unmanned balloons to the enemy. The Japanese revived this technique during World War II, when Japanese forces...attempted to send similar balloons across the Atlantic to cause destruction in the United States. 3 As aircraft technology developed, so did the...taken hostage following a failed hijacking attempt. The objective was to free the American captive and it was a success. 55 2005-2011, Pakistan

WAN Optimization: A Business Process Reengineering and Knowledge Value Added Approach

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-01

processing is not affected. Reliability The Customer or Order systems are unavailable. If either fails, order processing halts and alerts are...online immediately, and sends a fax to the customer who orders the container. The whole order processing process can be completed in one day. IT plays...Messages build up in the OrderQ until the email server restarts. Messages are then sent by the SendEmail component to remove the backlog. Order

Teens and Mobile Phones: Text Messaging Explodes as Teens Embrace It as the Centerpiece of Their Communication Strategies with Friends

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Lenhart, Amanda; Ling, Rich; Campbell, Scott; Purcell, Kristen

2010-01-01

Daily text messaging among American teens has shot up in the past 18 months, from 38% of teens texting friends daily in February of 2008 to 54% of teens texting daily in September 2009. And it's not just frequency--teens are sending enormous quantities of text messages a day. Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a…

Achievement for All: improving psychosocial outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities.

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Humphrey, Neil; Lendrum, Ann; Barlow, Alexandra; Wigelsworth, Michael; Squires, Garry

2013-04-01

Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at a greatly increased risk of experiencing poor psychosocial outcomes. Developing effective interventions that address the cause of these outcomes has therefore become a major policy priority in recent years. We report on a national evaluation of the Achievement for All (AfA) programme that was designed to improve outcomes for students with SEND through: (1) academic assessment, tracking and intervention, (2) structured conversations with parents, and (3) developing provision to improve wider outcomes (e.g. positive relationships). Using a quasi-experimental, pre-test-post-test control group design, we assessed the impact of AfA on teacher ratings of the behaviour problems, positive relationships and bullying of students with SEND over an 18-month period. Participants were 4758 students with SEND drawn from 323 schools across England. Our main impact analysis demonstrated that AfA had a significant impact on all three response variables when compared to usual practice. Hierarchical linear modelling of data from the intervention group highlighted a range of school-level contextual factors and implementation activities and student-level individual differences that moderated the impact of AfA on our study outcomes. The implications of our findings are discussed, and study strengths and limitations are noted. Crown Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Sexting among singles in the USA: prevalence of sending, receiving, and sharing sexual messages and images.

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Garcia, Justin R; Gesselman, Amanda N; Siliman, Shadia A; Perry, Brea L; Coe, Kathryn; Fisher, Helen E

2016-07-29

Background: The transmission of sexual images and messages via mobile phone or other electronic media (sexting) has been associated with a variety of mostly negative social and behavioural consequences. Research on sexting has focussed on youth, with limited data across demographics and with little known about the sharing of private sexual images and messages with third parties. Methods: The present study examines sexting attitudes and behaviours, including sending, receiving, and sharing of sexual messages and images, across gender, age, and sexual orientation. A total of 5805 single adults were included in the study (2830 women; 2975 men), ranging in age from 21 to 75+ years. Results: Overall, 21% of participants reported sending and 28% reported receiving sexually explicit text messages; both sending and receiving 'sexts' was most common among younger respondents. Although 73.2% of participants reported discomfort with unauthorised sharing of sexts beyond the intended recipient, of those who had received sext images, 22.9% reported sharing them with others (on average with 3.17 friends). Participants also reported concern about the potential consequences of sexting on their social lives, careers, and psychosocial wellbeing. Conclusion: Views on the impact of sexting on reputation suggest a contemporary struggle to reconcile digital eroticism with real-world consequences. These findings suggest a need for future research into negotiations of sexting motivations, risks, and rewards.

After Spouses Depart: Emotional Wellbeing among Nonmigrant Mexican Mothers

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Nobles, Jenna; Rubalcava, Luis; Teruel, Graciela

2015-01-01

Nonmigrant family members play a central role in facilitating Mexico-U.S. migration by maintaining families, sustaining social relationships, and overseeing household economic organization in sending communities. This study investigates changes to the emotional wellbeing of nonmigrant mothers when their partners reside in the United States. We hypothesize that partner migration affects mothers’ wellbeing through three pathways: directly via the toll of spousal separation, and indirectly via changes to the economic profile of the sending household and through changes to mothers’ household responsibilities. We test these relationships using data on 2,813 mothers aged 18-44 in 2002 and measured in three waves (2002, 2005, 2009) of the Mexican Family Life Survey. We employ a fixed-effect estimation strategy that improves causal attribution of women’s wellbeing to spousal residential location. We find evidence of increases in some forms of distress—sadness, crying, difficulty sleeping—when spouses are in the United States but no meaningful increase in depressive symptomology. Though partner emigration shifts several aspects of women’s lives in sending households, changes to household resources or time allocation do not account for the moderate shifts in emotional duress associated with spousal absence. Importantly, additional tests reveal that we would observe large and significant associations between spousal migration and mothers’ emotional wellbeing using a less rigorous estimation strategy, raising caution about the interpretation of cross-sectional studies evaluating wellbeing in sending homes. PMID:25498154

High-Degree Neurons Feed Cortical Computations

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Timme, Nicholas M.; Ito, Shinya; Shimono, Masanori; Yeh, Fang-Chin; Litke, Alan M.; Beggs, John M.

2016-01-01

Recent work has shown that functional connectivity among cortical neurons is highly varied, with a small percentage of neurons having many more connections than others. Also, recent theoretical developments now make it possible to quantify how neurons modify information from the connections they receive. Therefore, it is now possible to investigate how information modification, or computation, depends on the number of connections a neuron receives (in-degree) or sends out (out-degree). To do this, we recorded the simultaneous spiking activity of hundreds of neurons in cortico-hippocampal slice cultures using a high-density 512-electrode array. This preparation and recording method combination produced large numbers of neurons recorded at temporal and spatial resolutions that are not currently available in any in vivo recording system. We utilized transfer entropy (a well-established method for detecting linear and nonlinear interactions in time series) and the partial information decomposition (a powerful, recently developed tool for dissecting multivariate information processing into distinct parts) to quantify computation between neurons where information flows converged. We found that computations did not occur equally in all neurons throughout the networks. Surprisingly, neurons that computed large amounts of information tended to receive connections from high out-degree neurons. However, the in-degree of a neuron was not related to the amount of information it computed. To gain insight into these findings, we developed a simple feedforward network model. We found that a degree-modified Hebbian wiring rule best reproduced the pattern of computation and degree correlation results seen in the real data. Interestingly, this rule also maximized signal propagation in the presence of network-wide correlations, suggesting a mechanism by which cortex could deal with common random background input. These are the first results to show that the extent to which a neuron modifies incoming information streams depends on its topological location in the surrounding functional network. PMID:27159884

High Power MPD Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) for Artificial Gravity HOPE Missions to Callisto

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McGuire, Melissa L.; Borowski, Stanley K.; Mason, Lee M.; Gilland, James

2003-01-01

This documents the results of a one-year multi-center NASA study on the prospect of sending humans to Jupiter's moon, Callisto, using an all Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) space transportation system architecture with magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thrusters. The fission reactor system utilizes high temperature uranium dioxide (UO2) in tungsten (W) metal matrix cermet fuel and electricity is generated using advanced dynamic Brayton power conversion technology. The mission timeframe assumes on-going human Moon and Mars missions and existing space infrastructure to support launch of cargo and crewed spacecraft to Jupiter in 2041 and 2045, respectively.

Background Information Relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam (Revised Edition)

DTIC Science & Technology

1965-06-16

60,000 to 80,000—mainly by coercion and " bandwagon " effect , but also by prom- ising material and political rewards. The loyalties of the hard core...exchange of letters between Bao Dai and French High Commissioner Leon Pignon puts into effect the Elysee Agree- ment. United States sends message...the "con- siderable progress" made in South Vietnam in the fight against Communist subversion and rebellion; emphasizes that effective measures to

Structural Health Monitoring of M1114 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Armor System

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-03-01

compressional waves or compression waves (Russell, 1999). Pulse Echo Pulse echo method uses the transducer to perform both the sending and the...monolithic system of pure steel will not be sufficient because it would become too heavy and compromise its maneuverability and nimbleness. In order to...produce a limited number of M1114’s with hardened steel armor with bullet-resistant glass for the passenger cabinet against small arms fire. Even with its

Development of Ceramics with Highly Organized Microstructures

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-03-01

time for reviev AFRL- SR -AR-TR-08_00 6 8 gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send...formation the single crystal substrate was cleaned prior to sputter coating a 100 nm thick nickel seed layer on the polished surface. A positive photoresist...growth of the single crystal was accomplished without an interfacial layer and with no applied load. The main difference was Ba /Ti ratio of the starting

Role of Obesity in Prostate Cancer Development

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-03-01

documentation. REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to...and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of...Experimental Diets AIN-93M1 (g/kg) AIN-93M-High-Fat2 (g/kg) Casein 140.0 190 L-Cystine 1.8 2.44 Corn starch 470.692 305.95 Maltodextrin 160.0 104