78 FR 58987 - Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Navajo Nation; Regional Haze Requirements for...

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2013-09-25

... hold five public hearings to accept written and oral comment on our proposed BART determination for NGS. On July 26, 2013, a group of stakeholders, known as the Technical Work Group (TWG), submitted its... included as part of the public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and...

76 FR 43963 - Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; State of Nevada; Extension of Comment Period

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2011-07-22

... deadline for written comments on the proposed approval of the Regional Haze SIP by 30 days to August 22... technical materials that form the basis of Nevada's Regional Haze SIP and EPA's proposed approval. The EPA...'s proposed approval of the technical analyses presented in Nevada's plan. DATES: The comment period...

75 FR 28610 - Draft EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments

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2010-05-21

... SAB will convene an expert panel composed of scientists knowledgeable about technical issues related... consideration. Members of the public who wish to ensure that their technical comments are provided to the SAB... any written public comments that EPA receives in accordance with the detailed instructions provided...

76 FR 68743 - Western Technical College; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and...

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2011-11-07

....: 13417-002. c. Date filed: October 21, 2011. d. Applicant: Western Technical College. e. Name of Project... . Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment... and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First...

Design and quality standards for custom hybrid microcircuits

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Allen, R. V.

1977-01-01

A hybrid microcircuit standard was developed after a thorough review of applicable NASA, military, industry, and technical society specifications and standards and compilation of comments from technical reviewers throughout the hybrid industry. The draft of the standard submitted to the technical reviewers, the comments from the reviewers, and the completed standard are discussed.

77 FR 34354 - Notice Inviting Informal Public Comment on Training and Technical Assistance and Disability...

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2012-06-11

... and Technical Assistance and Disability Inclusion Programming AGENCY: Corporation for National and... implementation of a unified training and technical assistance (TTA) strategy and disability inclusion programming... to CNCS as we plan and prepare for this work. We will accept comments in writing, as described below...

75 FR 35800 - Draft EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments

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2010-06-23

... FR 28610). Written comments on the draft report were to be submitted to EPA by August 19, 2010 (a 90... review. The SAB will convene an expert panel composed of scientists knowledgeable about technical issues... for their consideration. Members of the public who wish to ensure that their technical comments are...

78 FR 36597 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Job Corps Application Data; Extension With Minor...

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2013-06-18

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78 FR 49548 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Job Corps Application Data (Job Corps Enrollee...

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2013-08-14

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78 FR 48197 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Job Corps Placement and Assistance Record...

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2013-08-07

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78 FR 66077 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2013-11-04

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Decision Support Framework (DSF) (Formerly Decision Support Platform)

EPA Science Inventory

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) provided several comments on the draft Ecosystem Services Research Program's (ESRP's) Multi-Year Plan (MYP). This presentation provides a response to comments related to the decision support framework (DSF) part of Long-Term Goal 1. The comments...

Principles of qualitative analysis in the chromatographic context.

PubMed

Valcárcel, M; Cárdenas, S; Simonet, B M; Carrillo-Carrión, C

2007-07-27

This article presents the state of the art of qualitative analysis in the framework of the chromatographic analysis. After establishing the differences between two main classes of qualitative analysis (analyte identification and sample classification/qualification) the particularities of instrumental qualitative analysis are commented on. Qualitative chromatographic analysis for sample classification/qualification through the so-called chromatographic fingerprint (for complex samples) or the volatiles profile (through the direct coupling headspace-mass spectrometry using the chromatograph as interface) is discussed. Next, more technical exposition of the qualitative chromatographic information is presented supported by a variety of representative examples.

78 FR 42803 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Job Corps Health Questionnaire (OMB Control No...

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2013-07-17

... Job Corps is the nation's largest residential, educational, and career technical training program for... Educational Development (GED), and career technical training credentials, including industry-recognized... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Comment Request for Information...

75 FR 71526 - Corporate Credit Unions, Technical Corrections

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2010-11-24

... NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 12 CFR Part 704 RIN 3133-AD58 Corporate Credit Unions... request for comments. SUMMARY: NCUA is issuing technical corrections to its corporate credit union rule... for submitting comments. NCUA Web site: http://www.ncua.gov/Resources/RegulationsOpinionsLaws/Proposed...

78 FR 23289 - Public Review of Draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard

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2013-04-18

...The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is conducting a public review of the draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard. The FGDC has developed a draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard that provides a framework for shoreline data development, sharing of data, and shoreline data transformation and fusion. The FGDC Coastal and Marine Spatial Data Subcommittee, chaired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sponsored development of the draft standard. The FGDC Coordination Group, comprised of representatives of Federal agencies, has approved releasing this draft standard for public review and comment. The draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard defines attributes or elements that are common for shoreline data development and provides suggested domains for the elements. The functional scope includes definition of data models, schemas, entities, relationships, definitions, and crosswalks to related standards. The draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard is intended to enhance the shoreline framework by providing technical guidance on shoreline semantics, data structures and their relationships to builders and users of shoreline data. The geographical scope of the draft standard comprises all shorelines of navigable waters within the United States and its territories. The primary intended users of the National Shoreline Data Content Standard are the mapping, shoreline engineering, coastal zone management, flood insurance, and natural resource management communities. The FGDC invites all stakeholders to comment on this draft standard to ensure that it meets their needs. The draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard may be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards- projects/shoreline-data-content/ revisedDraftNationalShorelineDataContentStandard. Comments shall be submitted using the content template at http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/ process/standards-directives/template.doc. Instructions for completing the comment template are found in FGDC Standards Directive 2d, Standards Working Group Review Guidelines: Review Comment Template, http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/standards-directives/directive- 2d-standards-working-group-review-guidelines-review-comment-template. Comments that concern specific issues/changes/additions may result in revisions to the National Shoreline Data Content Standard. Reviewers may obtain information about how comments were addressed upon request. After formal endorsement of the standard by the FGDC, the National Shoreline Data Content Standard and a summary analysis of the changes will be made available to the public on the FGDC Web site, www.fgdc.gov.

75 FR 17167 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2010-04-05

..., Technical, and Administrative Positions'', and NRC Form 212A ``Qualifications Investigation Secretarial..., Professional, Technical, and Administrative Positions (other than clerical positions)'' and NRC Form 212A... 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form...

77 FR 13026 - Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standard for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers

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2012-03-05

... written comments on these subjects. This document announces an extension of the time period for submitting... preliminary technical support document (preliminary TSD) for automatic commercial ice makers. The comment... published a Federal Register notice announcing the availability of its preliminary technical support...

76 FR 20364 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Technical Assistance for Community...

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2011-04-12

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75 FR 51061 - Joint and Several Liability Reallocation Agreement

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2010-08-18

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78 FR 69802 - Partner Vetting in USAID Assistance; Correction

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2013-11-21

... Vetting in USAID Assistance Rule. There was a technical error in the email address, provided in the Notice... public comments on the proposed rule. The technical error in the email address prevented comments that were submitted through that email address from being reviewable by USAID. As a result, USAID, with the...

76 FR 72666 - Pipeline Safety: Expanding the Use of Excess Flow Valves in Gas Distribution Systems to...

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2011-11-25

... technical feasibility and cost of the installation of such valves; (D) The public safety benefits of the... public comment regarding the technical challenges, and the potential costs and the potential benefits of... a cost-benefit perspective. DATES: Persons interested in submitting written comments on this ANPRM...

77 FR 4586 - Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on the Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of...

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2012-01-30

... Comment on the Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler... on the proposed model safety evaluation (SE) for plant- specific adoption of Technical Specifications... System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML103360003; the model application is available in ADAMS under...

76 FR 27998 - Public Meeting of the Steering Committee for the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate...

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2011-05-13

... Strategy. The Committee will oversee the Technical (writing) Teams, ensure a robust engagement process with... the Strategy's Technical Teams and stakeholder engagement. DATES: The second Steering Committee... public comment during the meeting at approximately 3 p.m., and written comments may be submitted via the...

77 FR 53903 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: OneCPD Technical Assistance and...

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2012-09-04

... Information Collection for Public Comment: OneCPD Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Needs Assessment... Needs Assessment. Description of the need for the information proposed: The OneCPD Needs Assessment will... to identify trends in TA needs across grantees and assist in prioritizing the development of tools...

75 FR 20980 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Framework...

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2010-04-22

..., evaluate, and enforce fishery regulations. Framework Adjustment 1 (FW1) to the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Framework Adjustment I AGENCY: National...

75 FR 19356 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Framework...

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2010-04-14

..., evaluate, and enforce fishery regulations. Framework Adjustment 1 (FW1) to the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Framework Adjustment I AGENCY: National...

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

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2011-05-04

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

Dissemination of technical information from the oil-shale program

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

Not Available

1980-09-03

Auditors found cause to believe that DOE was not receiving technical information from a jointly financed demonstration project in Colorado to produce shale oil means of the modified in-situ process. The governments right to use and disseminate technical information developed under the Cooperative Agreement is seen a a contractual right spelled out in the Agreement for cost sharing. Enforcement is necessary to lessen vulnerability to charges of subsidy of private research and development without adequate benefits to the public. This final report was prepared after sending the draft report to the Assistant Secretaries of Fossil Energy (FE) and of Resourcemore » Applications (RA) for comments. IG still takes issue with some of the comments by FE, which are attached. Comments by IR, also appended, point out operational changes at the DOE Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, TN that will improve, its publication operations time.« less

78 FR 26663 - Exelon Generation Company, LLC, License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meetings for the...

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2013-05-07

... and reasonable alternative energy sources. DATES: Submit comments by June 27, 2013. Comments [email protected] . For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION... accessing information and submitting comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the...

76 FR 50287 - Request for Public Comments To Compile the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade...

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2011-08-12

... (2011 SPS Report) and the 2011 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade (2011 TBT Report) respectively. The TPSC invites written comments from the public on issues that USTR should examine in preparing the NTE..., Technical Barriers to Trade, USTR (202-395-4498). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NTE sets out an inventory...

Suborbital Safety Technical Committee- Summary of Proposed Standards & Guidelines

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Quinn, Andy; Atencia Yepez, Amaya; Klicker, Michael; Howard, Diane; Verstraeten, Joram; Other Suborbital Safety TC Members

2013-09-01

There are currently no international safety standards and guidelines to assist designers, operators and authorities in the suborbital domain. There is a launch licensing regime in the United States (US) to assist the forerunners of the suborbital domain however this does not provide a safety approval for the vehicle against set standards or does not have an acceptable level of safety to achieve in terms of design or operation. In Europe a certification framework may be implemented however this (or any regulatory framework) is not in place as yet. This paper summarises the 5 tasks thus far completed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Suborbital Safety Technical Committee (SS TC) in terms of deriving standards and guidelines for the suborbital domain. The SS TC comprises members from the suborbital industry (US and European vehicle designers), safety experts, legal experts, medical/training experts, prospective spaceport operators and members from the US and European authorities (though these members cannot directly steer the standards and guidelines - they can merely review them for interest and comment on non-policy aspects). The SS TC has been divided into three working groups (WG): Regulatory WG, Technical WG and Operations WG. The 5 tasks that are summarised in this paper include: Regulatory WG - (Task 1) Clarify and promote regulatory framework for suborbital flights (including discussions on Space Law 'v' Air Law for suborbital domain); Technical WG - (Task 1) Defining & Alignment (globally) of Safety Criteria for Suborbital domain using industry best practices, (Task 2) Software/complex hardware certification for suborbital flights; Operations WG - (Task 1) Flight Crew and Spaceflight Participant Medical and Training Standards & Guidelines for suborbital flight, (Task 2) Spaceport Safety Management System. This paper also details the next set of standards and guidelines that will be derived by the SS TC. The paper concludes that these and future IAASS suborbital safety standards and guidelines are needed now and should beconsidered by the industry players before the first commercial flights expected late 2013/early 2014.

Control and optimization in the modeling of fibrosis. Comment on "Towards a unified approach in the modeling of fibrosis: A review with research perspectives" by Martine Ben Amar and Carlo Bianca

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Sivasundaram, Seenith

2016-07-01

The review paper [1] is devoted to the survey of different structures that have been developed for the modeling and analysis of various types of fibrosis. Biomathematics, bioinformatics, biomechanics and biophysics modeling have been treated by means of a brief description of the different models developed. The review is impressive and clearly written, addressed to a reader interested not only in the theoretical modeling but also in the biological description. The models have been described without recurring to technical statements or mathematical equations thus allowing the non-specialist reader to understand what framework is more suitable at a certain observation scale. The review [1] concludes with the possibility to develop a multiscale approach considering also the definition of a therapeutical strategy for pathological fibrosis. In particular the control and optimization of therapeutics action is an important issue and this article aims at commenting on this topic.

78 FR 31922 - National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Public Teleconference Meeting...

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2013-05-28

... draft Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis. There will be a... public comment period, or to submit written public comments, is also Noon, Monday, June 10, 2013. DATES... like to be put on the list to provide public comment, and whether you are submitting written comments...

77 FR 53912 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; H-1B...

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2012-09-04

... for OMB Review; Comment Request; H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants and H-1B Jobs and Innovation..., ``H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants and H-1B Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the...

78 FR 77673 - Notification of a Public Meeting of the Environmental Justice Technical Guidance Review Panel

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2013-12-24

... comment on May 9, 2013 (see https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/05/09/2013-11165/technical..., 2013 (Volume 78 FR 107; 33416- 33417). The SAB Panel met on June 19-20, 2013 to learn about the... learn about the comments submitted by the public to the agency and to develop draft responses to the...

75 FR 54063 - Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets; Technical Conference

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2010-09-03

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78 FR 21846 - Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Connecticut...

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2013-04-12

... contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment... Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact... comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to...

75 FR 60454 - Draft Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of Summary Information on the...

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2010-09-30

... present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS health assessments to EPA and other interested... to share their comments with the external peer reviewers, they should also submit written comments..., and ends November 29, 2010. Comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by November 29...

76 FR 38387 - Draft Toxicological Review of Acrylonitrile: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated...

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2011-06-30

... session is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS... should also submit written comments during the public comment period using the detailed and established... period begins June 30, 2011, and ends August 29, 2011. Comments should be in writing and must be received...

75 FR 10561 - Request for Public Comment: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Community...

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2010-03-08

...: Comments should be sent by mail to: Scott Berman, Acting Chief Operating Officer, CDFI Fund, U.S... DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Request for Public Comment: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Community Development Financial and Technical...

40 CFR 35.4005 - What is a Technical Assistance Grant?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Technical Assistance Grant? A Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) provides money for your group to obtain... technical advisors to help you interpret and comment on site-related information and decisions. Examples of how a technical advisor can help your group include, but are not limited to: (a) Reviewing preliminary...

40 CFR 35.4005 - What is a Technical Assistance Grant?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Technical Assistance Grant? A Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) provides money for your group to obtain... technical advisors to help you interpret and comment on site-related information and decisions. Examples of how a technical advisor can help your group include, but are not limited to: (a) Reviewing preliminary...

40 CFR 35.4005 - What is a Technical Assistance Grant?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... Technical Assistance Grant? A Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) provides money for your group to obtain... technical advisors to help you interpret and comment on site-related information and decisions. Examples of how a technical advisor can help your group include, but are not limited to: (a) Reviewing preliminary...

40 CFR 35.4005 - What is a Technical Assistance Grant?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... Technical Assistance Grant? A Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) provides money for your group to obtain... technical advisors to help you interpret and comment on site-related information and decisions. Examples of how a technical advisor can help your group include, but are not limited to: (a) Reviewing preliminary...

78 FR 36677 - Triforine, Pesticide Tolerances; Technical Correction

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2013-06-19

..., Pesticide Tolerances; Technical Correction AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Correcting.... What does this technical correction do? EPA is correcting the CFR section number assigned to the... opportunity for public comment. EPA has determined that there is good cause for making this technical...

78 FR 2284 - Methodology for Selecting Job Corps Centers for Closure; Comments Request

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2013-01-10

... (GED), and career technical training credentials, including industry-recognized credentials, state... align existing career technical training programs to technical standards established by industries or... technical training. Both PIPs and CAPs are used for continued monitoring and implemented for USDA and...

78 FR 78329 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

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2013-12-26

... technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: Michele L... economy without endangering the environment. RUS provides financial and technical assistance to help...

78 FR 55252 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; State Review Framework

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2013-09-10

... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0291; FRL-9900-88-OECA] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; State Review Framework AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit a request to renew an...

78 FR 64478 - Request for Comments on the Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

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2013-10-29

... February 26, 2013, and a series of open public workshops. The preliminary Framework was developed in..., methodologies, procedures and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address....nist.gov/itl/cyberframework.cfm . DATES: Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time December...

76 FR 37620 - Risk-Based Capital Standards: Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework-Basel II; Establishment of a...

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2011-06-28

... systems. E. Quantitative Methods for Comparing Capital Frameworks The NPR sought comment on how the... industry while assessing levels of capital. This commenter points out maintaining reliable comparative data over time could make quantitative methods for this purpose difficult. For example, evaluating asset...

75 FR 75453 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Technical Data Letter of Explanation

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2010-12-03

... Request; Technical Data Letter of Explanation AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security. ACTION: Notice....gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract These technical data letters of explanation will assure the Bureau of Industry and Security that U.S.-origin technical data will be exported only for...

78 FR 18665 - Proposed Keystone XL Project; Public Meeting Following Release of the Draft Supplemental Impact...

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2013-03-27

... Keystone XL pipeline. The document is a draft technical review of potential environmental impacts. It does... responding to questions or comments at the meeting. Written comments will also be accepted. The date... comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in written form. Department of State...

COMMENTS CONTRIBUTED BY ALAN HUBER TO AWMA AB-3 COMMITTEE FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE COMMITTEE'S PRESENTATION AT EPA'S 8TH CONFERENCE ON AIR QUALITY MODELING - A&WMA AB-3 COMMENTS ON NONSTANDARD MODELING APPROACHES

EPA Science Inventory

Technical comments are provided to the Air and waste Management Associations AB-3 committee for potential inclusion into the committee's comments to be made at EPA's 8th Conference on Air Quality Modeling. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations can model specific cases wh...

75 FR 67637 - Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Framework Document...

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2010-11-03

... Industrial Electric Motors AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy... electric motors. The comment period is extended to November 24, 2010. DATES: The comment period for the framework document for certain commercial and industrial electric motors, referenced in the notice of public...

77 FR 12354 - Meeting of the Joint Forum on Environmental Technical Cooperation Pursuant to the United States...

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2012-02-29

... DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 7809] Meeting of the Joint Forum on Environmental Technical Cooperation Pursuant to the United States-Jordan Joint Statement on Environmental Technical Cooperation ACTION: Notice of the meeting of the Joint Forum on Environmental Technical Cooperation and request for comments...

78 FR 70953 - Draft Guidance for Industry on Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and Answers...

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2013-11-27

....regulations.gov Web site from November 4, 2013, through November 13, 2013, due to technical difficulties. DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments to the docket by December 11, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments to http://www.regulations.gov . Submit written comments to the Division of...

75 FR 942 - Extension of the Compliance Date for Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder...

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2010-01-07

... to http://www.regulations.gov at any time and follow the online instructions for accessing the docket... them included any comment about compliance time. Most comments focused on technical considerations or the cost of compliance rather than the time proposed. Of the few comments regarding compliance time...

78 FR 56871 - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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2013-09-16

... Germantown Update on Exascale Update from Exascale technical approaches subcommittee Facilities update Report from Applied Math Committee of Visitors Exascale technical talks Public Comment (10-minute rule) Public...

75 FR 40719 - Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products and Patent Term Restoration; Nonsubstantive...

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2010-07-14

... Veterinary Biologics and to make several nonsubstantive technical changes to the regulations to update... not receive any written adverse comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments in...

75 FR 74713 - Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues; Notice Allowing Post-Technical...

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2010-12-01

... Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues; Notice Allowing Post-Technical Conference Comments November 23... Commission-led technical conference to explore issues associated with reliability monitoring, enforcement and...- 000, on or before December 9, 2010. \\1\\ Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues...

On the complex interaction between mathematics and the sciences of living systems. Comment on "Move me, astonish me...delight my eyes and brain: The Vienna Integrated Model of top-down and bottom-up processes in Art Perception (VIMAP) and corresponding affective, evaluative, and neurophysiological correlates" by Matthew Pelowski et al.

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bellomo, Nicola; Outada, Nisrine

2017-07-01

Cultural framework: Our comment looks at the general framework given by the interactions between the so-called ;soft; and ;hard; sciences. Specifically, it looks at the development of a mathematics for living systems. Our comment aims at showing how the interesting survey [11] can contribute to the aforementioned challenging task.

76 FR 9607 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Technical Evaluation Surveys

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2011-02-18

... Information Collection for Technical Evaluation Surveys AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and... information collection request for its Technical Evaluation customer surveys has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The information collection request describes...

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

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2012-01-20

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

75 FR 30825 - Draft Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated...

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2010-06-02

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How Do Surgery Students Use Written Language to Say What They See? A Framework to Understand Medical Students' Written Evaluations of Their Teachers.

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Lim, David W; White, Jonathan S

2015-11-01

There remains debate regarding the value of the written comments that medical students are traditionally asked to provide to evaluate the teaching they receive. The purpose of this study was to examine written teaching evaluations to understand how medical students conceptualize teachers' behaviors and performance. All written comments collected from medical students about teachers in the two surgery clerkships at the University of Alberta in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 were collated and anonymized. A grounded theory approach was used for analysis, with iterative reading and open coding to identify recurring themes. A framework capturing variations observed in the data was generated until data saturation was achieved. Domains and subdomains were named using an in situ coding approach. The conceptual framework contained three main domains: "Physician as Teacher," "Physician as Person," and "Physician as Physician." Under "Physician as Teacher," students commented on specific acts of teaching and subjective perceptions of an educator's teaching values. Under the "Physician as Physician" domain, students commented on elements of their educator's physicianship, including communication and collaborative skills, medical expertise, professionalism, and role modeling. Under "Physician as Person," students commented on how both positive and negative personality traits impacted their learning. This framework describes how medical students perceive their teachers and how they use written language to attach meaning to the behaviors they observe. Such a framework can be used to help students provide more constructive feedback to teachers and to assist in faculty development efforts aimed at improving teaching performance.

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A Profile of In-House Teachers of Technical Communication.

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Mazzatenta, Ernest

To develop a profile of inhouse, company teachers of technical communication, a six-page questionnaire was administered to technical writing teachers. Of the 52 respondents, 24 offered both formal inhouse courses and informal training while 22 conducted only formal courses. Titles, course outlines, and other survey comments revealed that many…

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Reply to comment by Añel on "Most computational hydrology is not reproducible, so is it really science?"

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Hutton, Christopher; Wagener, Thorsten; Freer, Jim; Han, Dawei; Duffy, Chris; Arheimer, Berit

2017-03-01

In this article, we reply to a comment made on our previous commentary regarding reproducibility in computational hydrology. Software licensing and version control of code are important technical aspects of making code and workflows of scientific experiments open and reproducible. However, in our view, it is the cultural change that is the greatest challenge to overcome to achieve reproducible scientific research in computational hydrology. We believe that from changing the culture and attitude among hydrological scientists, details will evolve to cover more (technical) aspects over time.

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Comment Deadlines Established Regarding the LightSquared Technical Working Group Report

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2011-06-30

On June 30, 2011, LightSquared Subsidiary LLC (LightSquared) submitted a final report of the : technical working group co-chaired by LightSquared and the United States Global Positioning System : (GPS) Industry Council (USGIC)1 and organized in respo...

What Are the Main Drivers of the Bitcoin Price? Evidence from Wavelet Coherence Analysis

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Kristoufek, Ladislav

2015-01-01

The Bitcoin has emerged as a fascinating phenomenon in the Financial markets. Without any central authority issuing the currency, the Bitcoin has been associated with controversy ever since its popularity, accompanied by increased public interest, reached high levels. Here, we contribute to the discussion by examining the potential drivers of Bitcoin prices, ranging from fundamental sources to speculative and technical ones, and we further study the potential influence of the Chinese market. The evolution of relationships is examined in both time and frequency domains utilizing the continuous wavelets framework, so that we not only comment on the development of the interconnections in time but also distinguish between short-term and long-term connections. We find that the Bitcoin forms a unique asset possessing properties of both a standard financial asset and a speculative one. PMID:25874694

What are the main drivers of the Bitcoin price? Evidence from wavelet coherence analysis.

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Kristoufek, Ladislav

2015-01-01

The Bitcoin has emerged as a fascinating phenomenon in the Financial markets. Without any central authority issuing the currency, the Bitcoin has been associated with controversy ever since its popularity, accompanied by increased public interest, reached high levels. Here, we contribute to the discussion by examining the potential drivers of Bitcoin prices, ranging from fundamental sources to speculative and technical ones, and we further study the potential influence of the Chinese market. The evolution of relationships is examined in both time and frequency domains utilizing the continuous wavelets framework, so that we not only comment on the development of the interconnections in time but also distinguish between short-term and long-term connections. We find that the Bitcoin forms a unique asset possessing properties of both a standard financial asset and a speculative one.

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Comments on ""Lake Woebegone," Twenty Years Later" by J. J. Cannell, MD

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McRae, D. J.

2006-01-01

This article presents the author's comments on ""Lake Woebegone," Twenty Years Later" by J. J. Cannell, MD. J. J. Cannell's article on the so-called "Lake Woebegone" effect for K-12 educational testing systems is mostly an historical account of technical issues and policy considerations that led in part to development…

The Social Scientist as Author: Clifford Geertz on Ethnography and Social Construction.

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Olson, Gary A.

1991-01-01

Outlines and comments on the views of Clifford Geertz with regard to ethnography and social construction. Provides a transcript of an interview with Geertz, in which Geertz comments on his technical anthropological writings. Discusses his recent book "Works and Lives," his writing process, persuasive writing, and literary criticism,…

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Focus: A Forum on Teaching and Learning in Utah Community and Technical Colleges, Volume II.

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Carpenter, Don A., Ed.

1983-01-01

A series of articles is presented on teaching and learning in Utah community and technical colleges. After an editorial comment by J. Marvin Higbee on the goals and purposes of the Utah Association of Community Colleges, V. Lowell Hansen discusses the role of the technical instructor in the information society of the 1980's. Next, Ace G.…

Preparing Children for Schools and Schools for Children. Notes, Comments = Preparer les enfants a l'ecole et adapter l'ecole aux enfants. Notes, Comments--No. 194.

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United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY.

This paper critically examines evaluations of the effects of early childhood development programs in Third World countries. Introductory comments underscoring the importance of preschool interventions for the improvement of primary schools are followed by a section explaining the paper's analytical framework, which posits an interactive…

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Technical Note for 8D Likelihood Effective Higgs Couplings Extraction Framework in the Golden Channel

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Chen, Yi; Di Marco, Emanuele; Lykken, Joe

2014-10-17

In this technical note we present technical details on various aspects of the framework introduced in arXiv:1401.2077 aimed at extracting effective Higgs couplings in themore » $$h\\to 4\\ell$$ `golden channel'. Since it is the primary feature of the framework, we focus in particular on the convolution integral which takes us from `truth' level to `detector' level and the numerical and analytic techniques used to obtain it. We also briefly discuss other aspects of the framework.« less

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On Some Contested Suppositions of Generative Linguistics about the Scientific Study of Language

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Winograd, Terry

1977-01-01

The author accepts some of the technical comments in Dresher and Hornstein's article on artificial intelligence (AI), (EJ 161 384, Cognition, December 1976), but disagrees with several other comments. Although Dresher and Hornstein unquestioningly adopt Noam Chomsky's paradigm for the study of language, their real point is that AI researchers are…

Ten Engineers Reading: Disjunctions between Preference and Practice in Civil Engineering Faculty Responses

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Taylor, Summer Smith; Patton, Martha D.

2006-01-01

Previous research has indicated that engineering faculty do not follow best practices when commenting on students' technical writing. However, it is unclear whether the faculty prefer to comment in these ineffective ways, or whether they prefer more effective practices but simply do not enact them. This study adapts a well known study of response…

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Vocational Education and Training: A Major Shift in World Bank Policy.

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Foster, Phillip

1992-01-01

Comments on the World Bank's policy paper on vocational and technical education and training. Argues that past failures in establishing effective vocational and technical education were a result of not applying conventional neoclassical economic theory. Asserts that the World Bank's policy paper corrects this approach. (CFR)

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[Assessment of the Space Station Program

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Kerrebrock, Jack L.

1994-01-01

This letter report by the National Research Council's (NRC's) Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board addresses comments on NASA's response to the Board's 1993 letter report, NASA's response to technical and management recommendations from previous NRC technical reports on the Space Station, and an assessment of the current International Space Station Alpha (ISSA) program.

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FRAMEWORK APPROACH FOR MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION OF RADIONUCLIDE AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER

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From Industry to Teaching: The Quality Instruction Program at Hocking Technical College.

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Moran, Ralph; And Others

This presentation on Hocking Technical College's (HTC's) Quality Instruction Program (QIP) provides a program description and comments from three HTC faculty members who have been involved in the program in various ways. Recognizing that many faculty members are hired on the basis of their industrial credentials rather than their teaching…

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Annual Report of the Oklahoma State Advisory Council Vocational-Technical Education (Fourth).

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Oklahoma State Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education, Oklahoma City.

The fourth annual report of the Oklahoma Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education presents detailed evaluative comments on programs carried out under the Oklahoma State Plan for Vocational Education for the academic year 1971-72. Following last year's recommendations, health occupations programs continued to have first priority. A…

A Review of Technical Communication Programs Outside the United States.

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Alred, Gerald J.

2001-01-01

Examines technical communication programs outside the United States and comments on such features as their location in the university structure, links with public relations, the inclusion of internships or practicums, the balance of theory and practice, and typical course offerings. Lists a dozen major programs in seven countries. Concludes that…

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Cosmopolitanism: Extending Our Theoretical Framework for Transcultural Technical Communication Research and Teaching

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Palmer, Zsuzsanna Bacsa

2013-01-01

The effects of globalization on communication products and processes have resulted in document features and interactional practices that are sometimes difficult to describe within current theoretical frameworks of inter/transcultural technical communication. Although it has been recognized in our field that the old theoretical frameworks and…

The Behavioral Intervention Technology Model: An Integrated Conceptual and Technological Framework for eHealth and mHealth Interventions

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Schueller, Stephen M; Montague, Enid; Burns, Michelle Nicole; Rashidi, Parisa

2014-01-01

A growing number of investigators have commented on the lack of models to inform the design of behavioral intervention technologies (BITs). BITs, which include a subset of mHealth and eHealth interventions, employ a broad range of technologies, such as mobile phones, the Web, and sensors, to support users in changing behaviors and cognitions related to health, mental health, and wellness. We propose a model that conceptually defines BITs, from the clinical aim to the technological delivery framework. The BIT model defines both the conceptual and technological architecture of a BIT. Conceptually, a BIT model should answer the questions why, what, how (conceptual and technical), and when. While BITs generally have a larger treatment goal, such goals generally consist of smaller intervention aims (the "why") such as promotion or reduction of specific behaviors, and behavior change strategies (the conceptual "how"), such as education, goal setting, and monitoring. Behavior change strategies are instantiated with specific intervention components or “elements” (the "what"). The characteristics of intervention elements may be further defined or modified (the technical "how") to meet the needs, capabilities, and preferences of a user. Finally, many BITs require specification of a workflow that defines when an intervention component will be delivered. The BIT model includes a technological framework (BIT-Tech) that can integrate and implement the intervention elements, characteristics, and workflow to deliver the entire BIT to users over time. This implementation may be either predefined or include adaptive systems that can tailor the intervention based on data from the user and the user’s environment. The BIT model provides a step towards formalizing the translation of developer aims into intervention components, larger treatments, and methods of delivery in a manner that supports research and communication between investigators on how to design, develop, and deploy BITs. PMID:24905070

The behavioral intervention technology model: an integrated conceptual and technological framework for eHealth and mHealth interventions.

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Mohr, David C; Schueller, Stephen M; Montague, Enid; Burns, Michelle Nicole; Rashidi, Parisa

2014-06-05

A growing number of investigators have commented on the lack of models to inform the design of behavioral intervention technologies (BITs). BITs, which include a subset of mHealth and eHealth interventions, employ a broad range of technologies, such as mobile phones, the Web, and sensors, to support users in changing behaviors and cognitions related to health, mental health, and wellness. We propose a model that conceptually defines BITs, from the clinical aim to the technological delivery framework. The BIT model defines both the conceptual and technological architecture of a BIT. Conceptually, a BIT model should answer the questions why, what, how (conceptual and technical), and when. While BITs generally have a larger treatment goal, such goals generally consist of smaller intervention aims (the "why") such as promotion or reduction of specific behaviors, and behavior change strategies (the conceptual "how"), such as education, goal setting, and monitoring. Behavior change strategies are instantiated with specific intervention components or "elements" (the "what"). The characteristics of intervention elements may be further defined or modified (the technical "how") to meet the needs, capabilities, and preferences of a user. Finally, many BITs require specification of a workflow that defines when an intervention component will be delivered. The BIT model includes a technological framework (BIT-Tech) that can integrate and implement the intervention elements, characteristics, and workflow to deliver the entire BIT to users over time. This implementation may be either predefined or include adaptive systems that can tailor the intervention based on data from the user and the user's environment. The BIT model provides a step towards formalizing the translation of developer aims into intervention components, larger treatments, and methods of delivery in a manner that supports research and communication between investigators on how to design, develop, and deploy BITs.

Non-technical skills evaluation in the critical care air ambulance environment: introduction of an adapted rating instrument--an observational study.

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Myers, Julia A; Powell, David M C; Psirides, Alex; Hathaway, Karyn; Aldington, Sarah; Haney, Michael F

2016-03-08

In the isolated and dynamic health-care setting of critical care air ambulance transport, the quality of clinical care is strongly influenced by non-technical skills such as anticipating, recognising and understanding, decision making, and teamwork. However there are no published reports identifying or applying a non-technical skills framework specific to an intensive care air ambulance setting. The objective of this study was to adapt and evaluate a non-technical skills rating framework for the air ambulance clinical environment. In the first phase of the project the anaesthetists' non-technical skills (ANTS) framework was adapted to the air ambulance setting, using data collected directly from clinician groups, published literature, and field observation. In the second phase experienced and inexperienced inter-hospital transport clinicians completed a simulated critical care air transport scenario, and their non-technical skills performance was independently rated by two blinded assessors. Observed and self-rated general clinical performance ratings were also collected. Rank-based statistical tests were used to examine differences in the performance of experienced and inexperienced clinicians, and relationships between different assessment approaches and assessors. The framework developed during phase one was referred to as an aeromedical non-technical skills framework, or AeroNOTS. During phase two 16 physicians from speciality training programmes in intensive care, emergency medicine and anaesthesia took part in the clinical simulation study. Clinicians with inter-hospital transport experience performed more highly than those without experience, according to both AeroNOTS non-technical skills ratings (p = 0.001) and general performance ratings (p = 0.003). Self-ratings did not distinguish experienced from inexperienced transport clinicians (p = 0.32) and were not strongly associated with either observed general performance (r(s) = 0.4, p = 0.11) or observed non-technical skills performance (r(s) = 0.4, p = 0.1). This study describes a framework which characterises the non-technical skills required by critical care air ambulance clinicians, and distinguishes higher and lower levels of performance. The AeroNOTS framework could be used to facilitate education and training in non-technical skills for air ambulance clinicians, and further evaluation of this rating system is merited.

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... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board Proposal for Minor Adjustments to Optional Alternative Site Framework The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board is inviting public comment on a staff proposal to make minor adjustments to the Board's practice regarding the alternative site framework (ASF...

Technical Assistance Model for Long-Term Systems Change: Three State Examples

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Kasprzak, Christina; Hurth, Joicey; Lucas, Anne; Marshall, Jacqueline; Terrell, Adriane; Jones, Elizabeth

2010-01-01

The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) Technical Assistance (TA) Model for Long-Term Systems Change (LTSC) is grounded in conceptual frameworks in the literature on systems change and systems thinking. The NECTAC conceptual framework uses a logic model approach to change developed specifically for states' infant and…

DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING TO ASSESS THE USE OF MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION FOR REMEDIATION OF INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER

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The USEPA is leading an effort to develop technical documentation that provides the policy, scientific and technical framework for assessing the viability of MNA for inorganic contaminants in ground water (hereafter referred to as the Framework Document). Initial guidance on the...

Am I the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse? Comment on Galassi, Crace, Martin, James, and Wallace (1992) and Comments on Research Concerning Expectations about Counseling.

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Tinsley, Howard E. A.

1992-01-01

Responds to previous article by Galassi et al. on client anticipations and preferences regarding career counseling. Shows Galassi et al.'s criticisms of Tinsley and Benton and the Expectations about Counseling instrument to be unfounded, discusses problems with terminology, and analyzes technical adequacy and findings of Galassi et al. Also…

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Technical-Oriented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Body of Knowledge for Information Systems Programs: Content and Implementation

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Boyle, Todd A.

2007-01-01

In this article, the author proposes a body of knowledge that the educators can use to incorporate the technical aspects of enterprise resource planning (ERP) into an information systems (IS) program, encapsulated as the ERP technical knowledge framework. To illustrate the application of this framework, the author discusses a course sequence that…

Medicare and Medicaid programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; electronic reporting pilot; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Quality Reporting Program; revision to Quality Improvement Organization regulations. Final rule with comment period.

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2012-11-15

This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).

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ACHP | Community Revitalization Policy Statement Comment Period Now Open

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Attending to the forest and the trees. Reply to comments on “Toward a computational framework for cognitive biology: Unifying approaches from cognitive neuroscience and comparative cognition”

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Fitch, W. Tecumseh

2014-09-01

I am grateful to the commentators for their kind and generally positive comments, and the many interesting and challenging remarks and observations. While limitations of space and time preclude me pursuing each of the interesting lines of potential discussion or debate opened up by these commentaries, I will try to respond to all of the major points, roughly following the original order of the target article [1].

Reply to ``Comment on `Relative locality and the soccer ball problem'''

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Amelino-Camelia, Giovanni; Freidel, Laurent; Kowalski-Glikman, Jerzy; Smolin, Lee

2013-07-01

In a Comment [S. Hossenfelder Phys. Rev. D 88, 028701 (2013)], Hossenfelder proposes a generalization of the results we reported in [Phys. Rev. D 84, 087702 (2011)] and argues that thermal fluctuations introduce incurable pathologies for the description of macroscopic bodies in the relative-locality framework. We here show that Hossenfelder’s analysis, while raising a very interesting point, is incomplete and leads to incorrect conclusions. Her estimate for the fluctuations did not take into account some contributions from the geometry of momentum space, which must be included at the relevant order of approximation. Using the full expression here derived, one finds that thermal fluctuations are not, in general, large for macroscopic bodies in the relative-locality framework. We find that such corrections can be unexpectedly large only for some choices of momentum-space geometry, and we comment on the possibility of developing a phenomenology suitable for possibly ruling out such geometries of momentum space.

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Development of a technical assistance framework for building organizational capacity of health programs in resource-limited settings.

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Reyes, E Michael; Sharma, Anjali; Thomas, Kate K; Kuehn, Chuck; Morales, José Rafael

2014-09-17

Little information exists on the technical assistance needs of local indigenous organizations charged with managing HIV care and treatment programs funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This paper describes the methods used to adapt the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) framework, which has successfully strengthened HIV primary care services in the US, into one that could strengthen the capacity of local partners to deliver priority health programs in resource-constrained settings by identifying their specific technical assistance needs. Qualitative methods and inductive reasoning approaches were used to conceptualize and adapt the new Clinical Assessment for Systems Strengthening (ClASS) framework. Stakeholder interviews, comparisons of existing assessment tools, and a pilot test helped determine the overall ClASS framework for use in low-resource settings. The framework was further refined one year post-ClASS implementation. Stakeholder interviews, assessment of existing tools, a pilot process and the one-year post- implementation assessment informed the adaptation of the ClASS framework for assessing and strengthening technical and managerial capacities of health programs at three levels: international partner, local indigenous partner, and local partner treatment facility. The PCAT focus on organizational strengths and systems strengthening was retained and implemented in the ClASS framework and approach. A modular format was chosen to allow the use of administrative, fiscal and clinical modules in any combination and to insert new modules as needed by programs. The pilot led to refined pre-visit planning, informed review team composition, increased visit duration, and restructured modules. A web-based toolkit was developed to capture three years of experiential learning; this kit can also be used for independent implementation of the ClASS framework. A systematic adaptation process has produced a qualitative framework that can inform implementation strategies in support of country led HIV care and treatment programs. The framework, as a well-received iterative process focused on technical assistance, may have broader utility in other global programs.

Reply to "Comment on `Particle path through a nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer' "

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Griffiths, Robert B.

2018-02-01

While much of the technical analysis in the preceding Comment is correct, in the end it confirms the conclusion reached in my previous work [Phys. Rev. A 94, 032115 (2016), 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.032115]: A consistent histories analysis provides no support for the claim of counterfactual quantum communication put forward by Salih et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 170502 (2013), 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.170502].

Evaluation of Investments in Science, Technology and Innovation: Applying Scientific and Technical Human Capital Framework for Assessment of Doctoral Students in Cooperative Research Centers

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Leonchuk, Olena

2016-01-01

This dissertation builds on an alternative framework for evaluation of science, technology and innovation (STI) outcomes--the scientific & technical (S&T) human capital which was developed by Bozeman, Dietz and Gaughan (2001). At its core, this framework looks beyond simple economic and publication metrics and instead focuses on…

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Competencies "plus": the nature of written comments on internal medicine residents' evaluation forms.

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Ginsburg, Shiphra; Gold, Wayne; Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B; Kurabi, Bochra; McDonald-Blumer, Heather

2011-10-01

Comments on residents' in-training evaluation reports (ITERs) may be more useful than scores in identifying trainees in difficulty. However, little is known about the nature of comments written by internal medicine faculty on residents' ITERs. Comments on 1,770 ITERs (from 180 residents in postgraduate years 1-3) were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory beginning with an existing framework. Ninety-three percent of ITERs contained comments, which were frequently easy to map onto traditional competencies, such as knowledge base (n = 1,075 comments) to the CanMEDs Medical Expert role. Many comments, however, could be linked to several overlapping competencies. Also common were comments completely unrelated to competencies, for instance, the resident's impact on staff (813), or personality issues (450). Residents' "trajectory" was a major theme (performance in relation to expected norms [494], improvement seen [286], or future predictions [286]). Faculty's assessments of residents are underpinned by factors related and unrelated to traditional competencies. Future evaluations should attempt to capture these holistic, integrated impressions.

A critical analysis towards research perspectives: Reply to comments on "Modeling human behavior in economics and social science".

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Dolfin, M; Leonida, L; Outada, N

2017-12-01

We take advantage of the challenging comments to the modeling approach we proposed in [35] to look ahead at a number of applications of the methods to the alternative questions these comments raise. In turn, our effort results in a number of interesting and valuable research perspectives. The presentation goes along three main lines. In the first line, we summarize briefly the aims and results in [35]. In the second section we give a technical the issues raised and, finally, the focus moves to the above mentioned research perspectives. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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A Meta-Discursive Analysis of Online Comments of Chinese Netizens on Huang Xiaoming's Appropriation of English

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Yan, Xi

2014-01-01

This paper explores the ideologies of English in China through a meta-discursive analysis of Chinese netizens' comments on the performance of English by Huang Xiaoming, a famous Chinese actor. By applying Park and Wee's framework for analysing ideological evaluations of appropriation (i.e. ideologies of allegiance, competence, and authenticity) to…

Cross-Cultural Career Psychology: Comment on Fouad, Harmon, and Borgen (1997) and Tracey, Watanabe, and Schneider (1997).

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Leong, Frederick T. L.

1997-01-01

Uses the theoretical framework of cultural validity and cultural specificity in career psychology to comment on theoretical and methodological issues raised by two articles on cross-cultural career psychology. Discusses the distinction between etic and emic approaches to cross-cultural research and the role of cultural context in understanding…

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Technical Guidance from the International Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source Applications in Outer Space for Design and Development Phases

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Summerer, Leopold

2014-08-01

In 2009, the International Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source Applications in Outer Space [1] has been adopted, following a multi-year process that involved all major space faring nations in the frame of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. The safety framework reflects an international consensus on best practices. After the older 1992 Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space, it is the second document at UN level dedicated entirely to space nuclear power sources.This paper analyses aspects of the safety framework relevant for the design and development phases of space nuclear power sources. While early publications have started analysing the legal aspects of the safety framework, its technical guidance has not yet been subject to scholarly articles. The present paper therefore focuses on the technical guidance provided in the safety framework, in an attempt to assist engineers and practitioners to benefit from these.

Devising a consensus definition and framework for non-technical skills in healthcare to support educational design: A modified Delphi study.

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Gordon, Morris; Baker, Paul; Catchpole, Ken; Darbyshire, Daniel; Schocken, Dawn

2015-01-01

Non-technical skills are a subset of human factors that focus on the individual and promote safety through teamwork and awareness. There is no widely adopted competency- or outcome-based framework for non-technical skills training in healthcare. The authors set out to devise such a framework using a modified Delphi approach. An exhaustive list of published and team suggested items was presented to the expert panel for ranking and to propose a definition. In the second round, a focused list was presented, as well as the proposed definition elements. The finalised framework was sent to the panel for review. Sixteen experts participated. The final framework consists of 16 competencies for all and eight specific competencies for team leaders. The consensus definition describes non-technical skills as "a set of social (communication and team work) and cognitive (analytical and personal behaviour) skills that support high quality, safe, effective and efficient inter-professional care within the complex healthcare system". The authors have produced a new competency framework, through the works of an International expert panel, which is not discipline specific that can be used by curriculum developers, educational innovators and clinical teachers to support developments in the field.

Comment on "Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply".

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Tolstoy, Maya

2016-07-15

Olive et al (Reports, 16 October 2015, p. 310) and Goff (Technical Comment, 4 September 2015, p. 1065) raise important concerns with respect to recent findings of Milankovitch cycles in seafloor bathymetry. However, their results inherently support that the Southern East Pacific Rise is the optimum place to look for such signals and, in fact, models match those observations quite closely. Copyright © 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Across the board: Gabriele Centi.

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Centi, Gabriele

2015-01-01

In this series of articles, the board members of ChemSusChem discuss recent research articles that they consider of exceptional quality and importance for sustainability. In this entry, Prof. Gabriele Centi comments on recent results on non-oxidative conversion of methane to ethylene and aromatics. The discussion takes into account technical, economical, and sustainability perspectives, and briefly comments on the role of shale gas in future chemical production scenarios. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Response to Comment on "Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight".

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Kim, Hyunho; Rao, Sameer R; Kapustin, Eugene A; Narayanan, Shankar; Yang, Sungwoo; Furukawa, Hiroyasu; Umans, Ari S; Yaghi, Omar M; Wang, Evelyn N

2017-11-24

The Comment by Meunier states that the process we described in our report cannot deliver the claimed amount of liquid water in an arid climate. This statement is not valid because the parameters presented in our study were inappropriately combined to draw misguided conclusions. Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Authors’ response: mirror neurons: tests and testability.

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Catmur, Caroline; Press, Clare; Cook, Richard; Bird, Geoffrey; Heyes, Cecilia

2014-04-01

Commentators have tended to focus on the conceptual framework of our article, the contrast between genetic and associative accounts of mirror neurons, and to challenge it with additional possibilities rather than empirical data. This makes the empirically focused comments especially valuable. The mirror neuron debate is replete with ideas; what it needs now are system-level theories and careful experiments – tests and testability.

Looking Backwards--Looking Forward. Volume V: July, 1989-June, 1990. A Collection of Essays: Recommendations Related to Education in General and Vocational-Technical Education in Particular.

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North Carolina State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Raleigh.

This is the fifth of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for and comments on 15 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…

Minnesota Frameworks for Career and Technical Education

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Minnesota Department of Education, 2004

2004-01-01

This framework provides tools for determining how national and industry standards align with goals and curriculum in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. The examples, alignment charts, and ideas for activities contained in this document are intended to encourage districts, sites, and teachers to use, adapt, and develop their own best…

The Scientist, Philosopher, and Rhetorician: The Three Dimensions of Technical Communication and Technology

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Garrison, Kevin

2014-01-01

Technical communication's attempt to prioritize theories of scholarship and pedagogy has resulted in several authors contributing a three-dimensional framework to approach technology: the instrumental perspective, the critical humanist perspective, and the user-centered perspective [1-3]. This article traces connections between this framework for…

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Policy and Validity Prospects for Performance-Based Assessment.

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Baker, Eva L.; And Others

1994-01-01

This article describes performance-based assessment as expounded by its proponents, comments on these conceptions, reviews evidence regarding the technical quality of performance-based assessment, and considers its validity under various policy options. (JDD)

Combined PET/MR: The Real Work Has Just Started. Summary Report of the Third International Workshop on PET/MR Imaging; February 17-21, 2014, Tübingen, Germany.

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Bailey, D L; Antoch, G; Bartenstein, P; Barthel, H; Beer, A J; Bisdas, S; Bluemke, D A; Boellaard, R; Claussen, C D; Franzius, C; Hacker, M; Hricak, H; la Fougère, C; Gückel, B; Nekolla, S G; Pichler, B J; Purz, S; Quick, H H; Sabri, O; Sattler, B; Schäfer, J; Schmidt, H; van den Hoff, J; Voss, S; Weber, W; Wehrl, H F; Beyer, T

2015-06-01

This paper summarises the proceedings and discussions at the third annual workshop held in Tübingen, Germany, dedicated to the advancement of the technical, scientific and clinical applications of combined PET/MRI systems in humans. Two days of basic scientific and technical instructions with "hands-on" tutorials were followed by 3 days of invited presentations from active researchers in this and associated fields augmented by round-table discussions and dialogue boards with specific themes. These included the use of PET/MRI in paediatric oncology and in adult neurology, oncology and cardiology, the development of multi-parametric analyses, and efforts to standardise PET/MRI examinations to allow pooling of data for evaluating the technology. A poll taken on the final day demonstrated that over 50 % of those present felt that while PET/MRI technology underwent an inevitable slump after its much-anticipated initial launch, it was now entering a period of slow, progressive development, with new key applications emerging. In particular, researchers are focusing on exploiting the complementary nature of the physiological (PET) and biochemical (MRI/MRS) data within the morphological framework (MRI) that these devices can provide. Much of the discussion was summed up on the final day when one speaker commented on the state of PET/MRI: "the real work has just started".

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...This proposed rule is a companion to the Department of Labor (Department) Employee Benefits Security Administration's direct final rule (published today in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of the Federal Register) amending the Department's fiduciary-level fee disclosure regulation under section 408(b)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the mailing address and enhance the web-based submission procedure for notices filed under the regulation's fiduciary class exemption provision. The Department is publishing this amendment as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Department views this as highly technical and anticipates no significant adverse comment. The Department has explained its reasons in the preamble to the direct final rule. If the Department receives no significant adverse comment during the comment period, no further action on this proposed rule will be taken. If, however, the Department receives significant adverse comment, the Department will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take effect. In that case, the Department will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The Department will not institute a second comment period on this rule. Any parties interested in commenting must do so during this comment period.

Promoting Teachers' Learning and Knowledge Building in a Socio-Technical System

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Tammets, Kairit; Pata, Kai; Laanpere, Mart

2013-01-01

The study proposes a way in which the learning and knowledge building (LKB) framework, which is consistent with the knowledge conversion phases proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi, supports teachers' informal and self-directed workplace learning. An LKB framework in a socio-technical system was developed to support professional development in an…

Issues with the SIMPLE Model: Comment on Brown, Neath, and Chater (2007)

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Murdock, Bennet

2008-01-01

Comments on the article A temporal ratio model of memory by Brown, Neath, and Chater. SIMPLE (G. D. A. Brown, I. Neath, & N. Chater, 2007) attempts to explain data from serial recall and free recall in the same theoretical framework. While it can fit the free-recall serial-position curves that are the cornerstone of the 2-store buffer model, it…

The anatomy of the gyroscope

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Cousins, Frank W.; Hollington, John L.

1988-02-01

This report on the gyroscope and its applications collates the technical information to be found in the patent literature, augmented by that in text books and technical journals. The report is in three parts: Part 1 is a patent survey arranged in a detailed classification; Part 2 comprises a bibliography of the references in Part 1; and Part 3, published as a separate volume, gives historical notes and comments on the material of Parts 1 and 2.

Selected Technical Spin Offs from the Space Program

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Gilmore, H. L.

1970-01-01

The report describes some of the problems which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has encountered in getting people to understand how the general public has profited from the technical discoveries of the space program. Next, it describes NASA's Technology Utilization Program and comments on it. It then describes some of the many spin-offs from the space program. These include examples from management technology, communications, aeronautics, medicine, fabrics highway safety, and weather forecasting.

The Effects of Profile Pictures and Friends' Comments on Social Network Site Users' Body Image and Adherence to the Norm.

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Flynn, Mark A

2016-04-01

This study sought to explore the effects of exposure to Facebook body ideal profile pictures and norm conforming comments on users' body image. In addition, the social identity and self-categorization theoretical frameworks were used to explore users' endorsement of a body ideal norm. A mock Facebook page was used to conduct a pretest posttest 2 × 2 between-group web-based experiment that featured body ideal profile pictures (body ideal vs. no body) and body ideal comments (conforming vs. nonconforming). Five hundred and one participants completed the experiment and passed all manipulation checks. Participants viewed pictures and comments on the status page and were able to leave their own comment before exiting. Results demonstrated no significant main effects. However, predispositional body satisfaction significantly moderated the relationship between body ideal pictures and body satisfaction. Most comments supported the body ideal norm. However, in support of self-categorization theory, participants exposed to nonconforming comments made nonconforming comments themselves significantly more than those exposed to conforming comments. The findings demonstrated the importance of continued body image research in social network sites, as well as the potential for self-categorization theory to guide such research.

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The design and implementation of an Interactive Computerised Decision Support Framework (ICDSF) as a strategy to improve nursing students' clinical reasoning skills.

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Hoffman, Kerry; Dempsey, Jennifer; Levett-Jones, Tracy; Noble, Danielle; Hickey, Noelene; Jeong, Sarah; Hunter, Sharyn; Norton, Carol

2011-08-01

This paper describes the conceptual design and testing of an Interactive Computerised Decision Support Framework (ICDSF) which was constructed to enable student nurses to "think like a nurse." The ICDSF was based on a model of clinical reasoning. Teaching student nurses to reason clinically is important as poor clinical reasoning skills can lead to "failure-to rescue" of deteriorating patients. The framework of the ICDSF was based on nursing concepts to encourage deep learning and transferability of knowledge. The principles of active student participation, situated cognition to solve problems, authenticity, and cognitive rehearsal were used to develop the ICDSF. The ICDSF was designed in such a way that students moved through it in a step-wise fashion and were required to achieve competency at each step before proceeding to the next. The quality of the ICDSF was evaluated using a questionairre survey, students' written comments and student assessment measures on a pilot and the ICDSF. Overall students were highly satisfied with the clinical scenarios of the ICDSF and believed they were an interesting and useful way to engage in authentic clinical learning. They also believed the ICDSF was useful in developing cognitive skills such as clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making. Some reported issues were the need for good technical support and the lack of face to face contact when using e-learning. Some students also believed the ICDSF was less useful than actual clinical placements. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Planning at Federal Facilities. Preliminary Synthesis of Project

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Moss, R. H.; Blohm, A. J.; Delgado, A.

2015-08-15

U.S. government agencies are now directed to assess the vulnerability of their operations and facilities to climate change and to develop adaptation plans to increase their resilience. Specific guidance on methods is still evolving based on the many different available frameworks. Agencies have been experimenting with these frameworks and approaches. This technical paper synthesizes lessons and insights from a series of research case studies conducted by the investigators at facilities of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. The purpose of the paper is to solicit comments and feedback from interested program managers and analysts before finalmore » conclusions are published. The paper describes the characteristics of a systematic process for prioritizing needs for adaptation planning at individual facilities and examines requirements and methods needed. It then suggests a framework of steps for vulnerability assessments at Federal facilities and elaborates on three sets of methods required for assessments, regardless of the detailed framework used. In a concluding section, the paper suggests a roadmap to further develop methods to support agencies in preparing for climate change. The case studies point to several preliminary conclusions; (1) Vulnerability assessments are needed to translate potential changes in climate exposure to estimates of impacts and evaluation of their significance for operations and mission attainment, in other words into information that is related to and useful in ongoing planning, management, and decision-making processes; (2) To increase the relevance and utility of vulnerability assessments to site personnel, the assessment process needs to emphasize the characteristics of the site infrastructure, not just climate change; (3) A multi-tiered framework that includes screening, vulnerability assessments at the most vulnerable installations, and adaptation design will efficiently target high-risk sites and infrastructure; (4) Vulnerability assessments can be connected to efforts to improve facility resilience to motivate participation; and (5) Efficient, scalable methods for vulnerability assessment can be developed, but additional case studies and evaluation are required.« less

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Decision Regulation Impact Statement for Changes to the National Quality Framework

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Education Council, 2017

2017-01-01

The purpose of this Decision Regulation Impact Statement (Decision RIS) is to recommend preferred options for improving the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care. The Decision RIS follows the public release of the Consultation RIS and incorporates stakeholders' views and comments received during the ten week stakeholder…

Advanced Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Technical Exchange Meeting

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Smith, Curtis

2013-09-01

During FY13, the INL developed an advanced SMR PRA framework which has been described in the report Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Detailed Technical Framework Specification, INL/EXT-13-28974 (April 2013). In this framework, the various areas are considered: Probabilistic models to provide information specific to advanced SMRs Representation of specific SMR design issues such as having co-located modules and passive safety features Use of modern open-source and readily available analysis methods Internal and external events resulting in impacts to safety All-hazards considerations Methods to support the identification of design vulnerabilities Mechanistic and probabilistic data needs to support modelingmore » and tools In order to describe this framework more fully and obtain feedback on the proposed approaches, the INL hosted a technical exchange meeting during August 2013. This report describes the outcomes of that meeting.« less

Technical Feasibility of a Mobile Context-Aware (Social) Learning Schedule Framework

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Yau, Jane Y. K.; Joy, Mike

2013-01-01

The purpose of this paper is to show the technical feasibility of implementing their mobile context-aware learning schedule (mCALS) framework as a software application on a mobile device using current technologies, prior to its actual implementation. This process draws a set of compatible mobile and context-aware technologies at present and can be…

Theory and Metatheory in the Study of Dual Processing: Reply to Comments.

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Evans, Jonathan St B T; Stanovich, Keith E

2013-05-01

In this article, we respond to the four comments on our target article. Some of the commentators suggest that we have formulated our proposals in a way that renders our account of dual-process theory untestable and less interesting than the broad theory that has been critiqued in recent literature. Our response is that there is a confusion of levels. Falsifiable predictions occur not at the level of paradigm or metatheory-where this debate is taking place-but rather in the instantiation of such a broad framework in task level models. Our proposal that many dual-processing characteristics are only correlated features does not weaken the testability of task-level dual-processing accounts. We also respond to arguments that types of processing are not qualitatively distinct and discuss specific evidence disputed by the commentators. Finally, we welcome the constructive comments of one commentator who provides strong arguments for the reality of the dual-process distinction. © The Author(s) 2013.

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Working Group 11F Opening Comments NASA Planning for NASA's Future Ground Systems

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Smith, Danford S.

2016-01-01

These are simple charts for the introductory comments to be made at the start of a panel session at the Ground System Architecture Workshop (GSAW2016). It is not meant as a formal paper, but rather contains information to prompt further discussion of the panel members and audience. The panel topic is: Embracing Change via the Use of Service-Based Frameworks and Products in an Enterprise.

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...In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice will make available to the general public two draft documents: (1) A draft standard entitled, ``NIJ Duty Holster Retention Standard for Law Enforcement'' and (2) a draft companion document entitled, ``NIJ Duty Holster Retention Certification Program Requirements.'' The opportunity to provide comments on these two documents is open to industry technical representatives, law enforcement agencies and organizations, research, development and scientific communities, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft documents under consideration are directed to the following Web site: http://www.justnet.org.

What can I say? Geoscientists as participants in debating our energy needs

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bilham, Nic

2016-04-01

Where and how we get our energy, how we commoditise and use it, and the consequences for people and the environment are inherently ethical as well as technical matters. These questions sit at the heart of debates about whether and how we can live sustainably on our planet. Geologists who come in contact with debates about sourcing and using energy, either as active participants and advocates or as apparently neutral 'technicians', are therefore thrust into a series of (sometimes fraught) ethical battles for which they may be ill prepared. They may choose explicitly to comment on the relationship between their technical work and its wider societal and ethical implications - but even to remain silent on these matters is an ethical choice. Furthermore, what may appear purely technical scientific activities and statements are 'value-laden', shaped by cultural, political, economic and personal framing assumptions. This raises some difficult questions. What should be our ethical framework as scientists when we enter into these techno-ethical spaces? Should we attempt to tease apart the scientific and non-scientific elements of what we do, say and write - or is this a hopeless or pointless task? How should we decide when to speak up and when to keep quiet? Is it acceptable or desirable for scientists also to be advocates and activists, or does this undermine their independence and therefore their authority as 'experts' with something useful to say? My presentation will explore some of these questions, in the context of contested topics such as shale gas, radioactive waste disposal and CCS (carbon capture and storage). It will also ask whether our present codes of professional and scientific conduct, whether formal or informal, are adequate for these challenges.

Framework for incorporating simulation into urology training.

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Arora, Sonal; Lamb, Benjamin; Undre, Shabnam; Kneebone, Roger; Darzi, Ara; Sevdalis, Nick

2011-03-01

• Changes to working hours, new technologies and increased accountability have rendered the need for alternative training environments for urologists. • Simulation offers a promising arena for learning to take place in a safe, realistic setting. • Despite its benefits, the incorporation of simulation into urological training programmes remains minimal. • The current status and future directions of simulation for training in technical and non-technical skills are reviewed as they pertain to urology. • A framework is presented for how simulation-based training could be incorporated into the entire urological curriculum. • The literature on simulation in technical and non-technical skills training is reviewed, with a specific focus upon urology. • To fully integrate simulation into a training curriculum, its possibilities for addressing all the competencies required by a urologist must be realized. • At an early stage of training, simulation has been used to develop basic technical skills and cognitive skills, such as decision-making and communication. • At an intermediate stage, the studies focus upon more advanced technical skills learnt with virtual reality simulators. • Non-technical skills training would include leadership and could be delivered with in situ models. • At the final stage, experienced trainees can practise technical and non-technical skills in full crisis simulations situated within a fully-simulated operating rooms. • Simulation can provide training in the technical and non-technical skills required to be a competent urologist. • The framework presented may guide how best to incorporate simulation into training curricula. • Future work should determine whether acquired skills transfer to clinical practice and improve patient care. © 2010 THE AUTHORS. BJU INTERNATIONAL © 2010 BJU INTERNATIONAL.

Reply to: Comment on “Soybean Aphid Population Dynamics, Soybean Yield Loss, and Development of Stage-Specific Economic Injury Levels” by M.A. Catangui, E.A. Beckendorf, and W.E. Riedell, Agron. J. 101:1080-1092 (2009)

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As this manuscript is a response to a Letter to the Editor of the Agronomy Journal, no technical abstract exists. Presented below is the technical abstract for the paper in question. Stage-specific economic injury levels form the basis of integrated pest management for soybean aphid (Aphis glycine...

UK dental laboratory technicians' views on the efficacy and teaching of clinical-laboratory communication.

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Juszczyk, A S; Clark, R K F; Radford, D R

2009-05-23

The General Dental Council states that 'good dental care is delivered by a team' and restorative treatment is enhanced by communication between team members. Commercial dental laboratories are ideally placed to comment on effective communication. To investigate contemporary attitudes and communication between dentist and dental technician from the technician's perspective. Eight hundred and three dental laboratories were invited to take part in a postal survey covering dentist/laboratory communication and the dentist's understanding of technical procedures. Forty percent of laboratories responded. Only 9% scored communication as very good, 48% scored communication with newly qualified dentists better than with established dentists but only 26% considered that dental students were taught to communicate with dental laboratories effectively. The free comments that the respondents were invited to make identified three distinct themes, 'recognition within the dental team', 'effective communication between dentist and dental technician' and 'dentists lack of technical knowledge'. Effective communication between dentist and dental technician is often poor. It was the view of the dental technicians who responded that newly qualified dentists do not have an appropriate understanding of technical techniques. Dental schools are still not preparing new graduates to communicate effectively with dental laboratories.

76 FR 8337 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Participating Companies in the U.S...

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Digging beneath the Surface: Analyzing the Complexity of Instructors' Participation in Asynchronous Discussion

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Clarke, Lane Whitney; Bartholomew, Audrey

2014-01-01

The purpose of this study was to investigate instructor participation in asynchronous discussions through an in-depth content analysis of instructors' postings and comments through the Community of Inquiry (COI) framework (Garrison et. al, 2001). We developed an analytical tool based on this framework in order to better understand what instructors…

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A Drupal-Based Collaborative Framework for Science Workflows

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Pinheiro da Silva, P.; Gandara, A.

2010-12-01

Cyber-infrastructure is built from utilizing technical infrastructure to support organizational practices and social norms to provide support for scientific teams working together or dependent on each other to conduct scientific research. Such cyber-infrastructure enables the sharing of information and data so that scientists can leverage knowledge and expertise through automation. Scientific workflow systems have been used to build automated scientific systems used by scientists to conduct scientific research and, as a result, create artifacts in support of scientific discoveries. These complex systems are often developed by teams of scientists who are located in different places, e.g., scientists working in distinct buildings, and sometimes in different time zones, e.g., scientist working in distinct national laboratories. The sharing of these specifications is currently supported by the use of version control systems such as CVS or Subversion. Discussions about the design, improvement, and testing of these specifications, however, often happen elsewhere, e.g., through the exchange of email messages and IM chatting. Carrying on a discussion about these specifications is challenging because comments and specifications are not necessarily connected. For instance, the person reading a comment about a given workflow specification may not be able to see the workflow and even if the person can see the workflow, the person may not specifically know to which part of the workflow a given comments applies to. In this paper, we discuss the design, implementation and use of CI-Server, a Drupal-based infrastructure, to support the collaboration of both local and distributed teams of scientists using scientific workflows. CI-Server has three primary goals: to enable information sharing by providing tools that scientists can use within their scientific research to process data, publish and share artifacts; to build community by providing tools that support discussions between scientists about artifacts used or created through scientific processes; and to leverage the knowledge collected within the artifacts and scientific collaborations to support scientific discoveries.

A Regulatory Framework for Nanotechnology

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informed by a map of the regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and a review of the regulatory frameworks for the aviation and biotechnology industries...aviation and biotechnology and maps the regulatory landscape in the United States by examining stakeholders, regulatory entities, and applicable legislation...state of nanotechnology if the limitations of technical expertise are addressed. This expertise can be provided by advisory committees of technical

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Data specifications for INSPIRE

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Portele, Clemens; Woolf, Andrew; Cox, Simon

2010-05-01

In Europe a major recent development has been the entering in force of the INSPIRE Directive in May 2007, establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to support Community environmental policies, and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the 27 Member States of the European Union. The Directive addresses 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications, with key components specified through technical implementing rules. This makes INSPIRE a unique example of a legislative "regional" approach. One of the requirements of the INSPIRE Directive is to make existing spatial data sets with relevance for one of the spatial data themes available in an interoperable way, i.e. where the spatial data from different sources in Europe can be combined to a coherent result. Since INSPIRE covers a wide range of spatial data themes, the first step has been the development of a modelling framework that provides a common foundation for all themes. This framework is largely based on the ISO 19100 series of standards. The use of common generic spatial modelling concepts across all themes is an important enabler for interoperability. As a second step, data specifications for the first set of themes has been developed based on the modelling framework. The themes include addresses, transport networks, protected sites, hydrography, administrative areas and others. The data specifications were developed by selected experts nominated by stakeholders from all over Europe. For each theme a working group was established in early 2008 working on their specific theme and collaborating with the other working groups on cross-theme issues. After a public review of the draft specifications starting in December 2008, an open testing process and thorough comment resolution process, the draft technical implementing rules for these themes have been approved by the INSPIRE Committee. After they enter into force they become part of the legal framework and European Member States have to implement these rules. The next step is the development of the remaining 25 spatial data themes, which include many themes of interest for the Earth Sciences including geology, meteorological and oceanographic geographic features, atmospheric conditions, habitats and biotopes, species distribution, environmental monitoring facilities, and land cover to name a few. The process will follow in general the same steps as for the first themes and the working groups are expected to start their work in March/April 2010. The first draft specifications for public comment are expected at the end of 2010 and the work is scheduled to be completed in 2012. At the same time, other initiatives like GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) and GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) are also dealing with spatial data from the themes covered by INSPIRE. With the EU-funded project GIGAS, a support action, a step has been made towards architectural coherence between these initiatives. Recommendations to improve the coherence of the information architectures across the initiatives have been discussed in January 2010 with stakeholders from all initiatives, the standards organisations and EU-funded research projects. Based on the general agreements achieved in these discussions, the next step will be to start working towards the implementation of these recommendations, which are in line with the approach taken by the INSPIRE data specifications.

Brain-Mind Operational Architectonics Imaging: Technical and Methodological Aspects

PubMed Central

Fingelkurts, Andrew A; Fingelkurts, Alexander A

2008-01-01

This review paper deals with methodological and technical foundations of the Operational Architectonics framework of brain and mind functioning. This theory provides a framework for mapping and understanding important aspects of the brain mechanisms that constitute perception, cognition, and eventually consciousness. The methods utilized within Operational Architectonics framework allow analyzing with an incredible detail the operational behavior of local neuronal assemblies and their joint activity in the form of unified and metastable operational modules, which constitute the whole hierarchy of brain operations, operations of cognition and phenomenal consciousness. PMID:19526071

Development of a competency framework for the nutrition in emergencies sector.

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Meeker, Jessica; Perry, Abigail; Dolan, Carmel; Emary, Colleen; Golden, Kate; Abla, Caroline; Walsh, Anne; Maclaine, Ali; Seal, Andrew

2014-03-01

There is a recognised need to strengthen capacity in the nutrition in emergencies sector and for greater clarity on the role of emergency nutritionists and the skills they require. Competency frameworks are an important tool for human resource development and have been developed for several other humanitarian sectors. We therefore developed a technical competency framework for practitioners in nutrition in emergencies. Existing competency frameworks were reviewed and interviews conducted to explore methods used in developing competency frameworks for other sectors. Competencies were identified through interviews with field experts, feedback from course trainees, academic course content and job specifications. Competencies were then categorised and behavioural indicators developed for each. The draft framework was then reviewed by members of the Global Nutrition Cluster and modified in an iterative process. Global. Not applicable. A wide range of competencies were identified as essential for nutritionists working in emergencies, covering technical skills and general core competencies. The proposed framework contains twenty competency areas with 161 behavioural indicators categorised into three levels, corresponding to the requirements of progressively more senior roles. Many of the competencies are common across development and emergency nutrition. The proposed technical competency framework should prove to be a valuable tool in creating standards within the sector and promoting effective capacity strengthening and professionalisation. Continued research is needed to validate the framework, optimise methods for assessment, develop approaches to integrate it within the sector and measure its impact on performance.

[Using new media for online consensus conferences and open external review of guidelines - results of two pilot studies].

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Nast, Alexander; Rosumeck, Stefanie; Sporbeck, Birte; Rzany, Berthold

2012-01-01

The development of guidelines almost always requires considerable time and financial resources. An important task is therefore to identify and evaluate online methods that facilitate guideline work. ONLINE CONSENSUS CONFERENCE: During the development of the S2k guideline for the management of staphylococcus aureus infections an online consensus conference was held using an online tool provided by the Deutsche Forschungsnetz in combination with a telephone conference. During the 2-hour meeting, no technical difficulties occurred. A survey among the participants showed that this format had a high rate of acceptance. ONLINE REVIEW: During the development of the update of the German S3-Guidelines for the therapy of psoriasis an external open review was performed. An online platform allowing direct visible commenting was chosen. During the five week period of commenting, 26 users added 160 comments. After the review process, the comments were assessed by the editors and the original authors. The selected instrument provides a suitable means for online commenting of guidelines and facilitates the revision of the text. Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

A Research Agenda for Scientific and Technical Information Held in Lisbon, Portugal on 7-9 April 1992 (Un Programme de Recherche pour l’Information Scientifique et Technique).

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1992-11-01

field of inquiry. Good solid research advances fault library science and information science for not ask- the state of the art by contributing to the...further research and application. Ennis (1967) problems faced each day by practitioners. Robert Smith commented that library science research is...under ogy, and technical communications. Library science the title "On Information Science." Keren raises interest- and information science have been

Statement by Dr. Raul A. Deju to the Subcommittee on Radioactive Waste, Energy and Utilities Committee, Washington State Senate, Richland, Washington, October 21, 1982

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Deju, R.A.

1982-10-01

The Basalt Waste Isolation Project's mission is to assess whether or not a nuclear waste repository can be sited in the basalts beneath the Hanford Site. Dr. Deju summarizes the results of the siting studies, the activities connected with waste package development, and ongoing engineering studies. In addition, he gives a glimpse of past technical reviews of the project and comments on major technical activities planned in the near future.

An Analysis of Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Vocational Technical Education Framework for Culinary Arts and Its Effectiveness on Students Enrolled in Post-Secondary Culinary Programs

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D'Addario, Albert S.

2011-01-01

This field-based action research practicum investigated how students who have completed culinary training programs in Massachusetts public secondary schools perform in post-secondary coursework. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has developed the Vocational Technical Education (VTE) Framework for Culinary Arts that outlines…

An Ecological Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Management of Wildlife: A New Mexico Furbearer Example.

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-09-01

Understanding use relative to availability is necessary to manage wildlife harvest sustainably. We used ecological zones ( ecozones ) as a framework...ecological classification scheme, reviewed technical literature mapped species distribution among ecozones , assessed harvest, estimated sustainable extraction...other wildlife. Technical literature review of 70 key words and species names identified 534 citations regarding furbearers in ecozones shared by New

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Reproductive and therapeutic cloning, germline therapy, and purchase of gametes and embryos: comments on Canadian legislation governing reproduction technologies.

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Bernier, L; Grégoire, D

2004-12-01

In Canada, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act received royal assent on 29 March 2004. The approach proposed by the federal government responds to Canadians' strong desire for an enforceable legislative framework in the field of reproduction technologies through criminal law. As a result of the widening gap between the rapid pace of technological change and governing legislation, a distinct need was perceived to create a regulatory framework to guide decisions regarding reproductive technologies. In this article the three main topics covered in the new legislation are commented on: cloning, germline therapy, and purchase of gametes and embryos. Some important issues also covered in the new legislation, such as privacy and access to information, data protection, identity of donors, and inspection, will not be addressed.

Reply to "Comment on 'Fractional quantum mechanics' and 'Fractional Schrödinger equation' ".

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Laskin, Nick

2016-06-01

The fractional uncertainty relation is a mathematical formulation of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in the framework of fractional quantum mechanics. Two mistaken statements presented in the Comment have been revealed. The origin of each mistaken statement has been clarified and corrected statements have been made. A map between standard quantum mechanics and fractional quantum mechanics has been presented to emphasize the features of fractional quantum mechanics and to avoid misinterpretations of the fractional uncertainty relation. It has been shown that the fractional probability current equation is correct in the area of its applicability. Further studies have to be done to find meaningful quantum physics problems with involvement of the fractional probability current density vector and the extra term emerging in the framework of fractional quantum mechanics.

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Hardin, Dave; Stephan, Eric G.; Wang, Weimin

Through its Building Technologies Office (BTO), the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE) is sponsoring an effort to advance interoperability for the integration of intelligent buildings equipment and automation systems, understanding the importance of integration frameworks and product ecosystems to this cause. This is important to BTO’s mission to enhance energy efficiency and save energy for economic and environmental purposes. For connected buildings ecosystems of products and services from various manufacturers to flourish, the ICT aspects of the equipment need to integrate and operate simply and reliably. Within the concepts of interoperability liemore » the specification, development, and certification of equipment with standards-based interfaces that connect and work. Beyond this, a healthy community of stakeholders that contribute to and use interoperability work products must be developed. On May 1, 2014, the DOE convened a technical meeting to take stock of the current state of interoperability of connected equipment and systems in buildings. Several insights from that meeting helped facilitate a draft description of the landscape of interoperability for connected buildings, which focuses mainly on small and medium commercial buildings. This document revises the February 2015 landscape document to address reviewer comments, incorporate important insights from the Buildings Interoperability Vision technical meeting, and capture thoughts from that meeting about the topics to be addressed in a buildings interoperability vision. In particular, greater attention is paid to the state of information modeling in buildings and the great potential for near-term benefits in this area from progress and community alignment.« less

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...We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would restructure the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting. We are requesting comments on our proposed framework for integrated pest risk management measures for plants for planting. We are especially interested in: The differences commenters perceive between International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 36 and the North American Plant Protection Organization's Regional Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 24, and reasons to prefer one over the other as a basis for such measures; and how to address the risk posed when plant brokers purchase and move plants for planting after they leave their place of production and before they are exported to the United States. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments on these topics.

Geotechnical support and topical studies for nuclear waste geologic repositories

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Not Available

1989-01-01

The present report lists the technical reviews and comments made during the fiscal year 1988 and summarizes the technical progress of the topical studies. In the area of technical assistance, there were numerous activities detailed in the next section. These included 24 geotechnical support activities, including reviews of 6 Study Plans (SP) and participation in 6 SP Review Workshops, review of one whole document Site Characterization Plan (SCP) and participation in the Assembled Document SCP Review Workshops by 6 LBL reviewers; the hosting of a DOE program review, the rewriting of the project statement of work, 2 trips to technicalmore » and planning meetings; preparation of proposed work statements for two new topics for DOE, and 5 instances of technical assistance to DOE. These activities are described in a Table in the following section entitled Geoscience Technical Support for Nuclear Waste Geologic Repositories.''« less

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.... NRCS provides technical and financial assistance for projects under the Watershed Protection and Flood... are as follows: (1) For Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention projects: (i) Application for... comment is solicited. A decision is made to stop planning assistance or to develop a watershed plan. (iii...

Theoretical Orientation and Psychotherapy Integration: Comment on Poznanski and McLennan.

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Arnkoff, Diane B.

1995-01-01

Considers Poznanski and McLennan's (1995) discussion and proposals for measurement of theoretical orientation in light of recent interest in psychotherapy integration. Presents suggestions to allow better assessment of the orientation of counselors who espouse integrative theories or technical eclecticism. (JPS)

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34 CFR Appendix to Part 5 - Unknown Title

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2010-07-01

... the Department. Research protocol, design, processing, and other technical information to the extent... report submitted for comment prior to acceptance. Research protocol, design, processing, and other...-10) Pt. 5, App. Appendix to Part 5 [The following are some examples of specific records (or specific...

78 FR 44564 - Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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... obtain reactions to the training and technical assistance from trainees, instructors, and coaches; to... the Trainee KAB 1,080 1 20/60 360 [email protected] Program. Survey. 180 1 15/60 45 Trainee Reaction Survey--Hands- On Model. [[Page 44566

77 FR 71208 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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75 FR 13066 - Hazardous Waste Technical Corrections and Clarifications Rule

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... comment will not take effect, and the reason for such withdrawals. We do not intend to institute a second... Environmental protection, Hazardous waste, Recycling, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 40 CFR Part 262... Part 266 Environmental protection, Energy, Hazardous waste, Recycling, Reporting and recordkeeping...

TIM Version 3.0 beta Technical Description and User Guide - Appendix B - Example input file for TIMv3.0

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Terrestrial Investigation Model, TIM, has several appendices to its user guide. This is the appendix that includes an example input file in its preserved format. Both parameters and comments defining them are included.

75 FR 29513 - Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure

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... Supplemental Poverty Measure AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice and... comments on the approach to developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) presented in a report entitled ``Observations from the Interagency Technical Working Group on Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure,'' which...

77 FR 2924 - Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Comment on the Branch Technical Position on the Import...

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... exclusion, initially adopted in a 1995 rule.\\3\\ In accordance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and the IAEA supplemental Guidance on...

The European Qualifications Framework: A Technical Critique

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Lester, Stan

2015-01-01

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) was introduced in 2008 as a "meta-framework" or common reference point for national qualifications frameworks in Europe, a function for which, with some caveats, it has been pragmatically successful. It has also been used with variable success to support the development or referencing of…

Head-up and head-down displays integration in automobiles

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Betancur, J. Alejandro; Osorio-Gómez, Gilberto; Agudelo, J. David

2014-06-01

In automotive industry, the dashboard has been ergonomically developed in order to keep the driver focused on the horizon while driving, but the possibility to access external electronic devices constraints the driver to turn away his face, generating dangerous situations in spite of the short periods of time. Therefore, this work explores the integration of Head-Up Displays and Head-Down Displays in automobiles, proposing configurations that give to drivers the facility to driving focused. In this way, some of the main ergonomic comments about those configurations are proposed; and also, some technical comments regarding the implemented arrangements are given.

Towards a synergy framework across neuroscience and robotics: Lessons learned and open questions. Reply to comments on: "Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands"

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Santello, Marco; Bianchi, Matteo; Gabiccini, Marco; Ricciardi, Emiliano; Salvietti, Gionata; Prattichizzo, Domenico; Ernst, Marc; Moscatelli, Alessandro; Jorntell, Henrik; Kappers, Astrid M. L.; Kyriakopoulos, Kostas; Schaeffer, Alin Abu; Castellini, Claudio; Bicchi, Antonio

2016-07-01

We would like to thank all commentators for their insightful commentaries. Thanks to their diverse and complementary expertise in neuroscience and robotics, the commentators have provided us with the opportunity to further discuss state-of-the-art and gaps in the integration of neuroscience and robotics reviewed in our article. We organized our reply in two sections that capture the main points of all commentaries [1-9]: (1) Advantages and limitations of the synergy approach in neuroscience and robotics, and (2) Learning and role of sensory feedback in biological and robotics synergies.

Reply to "Comment on `Null weak values and the past of a quantum particle"'

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Duprey, Q.; Matzkin, A.

2018-04-01

We discuss the preceding Comment [D. Sokolovski, preceding Comment, Phys. Rev. A 97, 046102 (2018), 10.1103/PhysRevA.97.046102] and conclude that the arguments given there against the relevance of null weak values as representing the absence of a system property are not compelling. We give an example in which the transition matrix elements that make the projector weak values vanish are the same ones that suppress detector clicks in strong measurements. Whether weak values are taken to account for the past of a quantum system or not depend on general interpretational commitments of the quantum formalism itself rather than on peculiarities of the weak measurements framework.

Problems with McAdams and Pals's (2006) Proposal of a Framework for an Integrative Theory of Personality

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Epstein, Seymour

2007-01-01

Comments on the original article "A New Big Five: Fundamental Principles for an Integrative Science of Personality," by Dan P. McAdams and Jennifer L. Pals (see record 2006-03947-002). Here, the current author begins with a critique of McAdams and Pals's (April 2006) five principles for a framework for an integrative theory of personality. The…

77 FR 37305 - Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments

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...: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule makes non-substantive changes throughout title... substantive effect on the regulated public. These changes are provided to coincide with the annual... comment rulemaking requirements because these changes involve rules of agency organization, procedure, or...

76 FR 55381 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

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75 FR 76457 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

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75 FR 11175 - Pesticide Products; Registration Applications

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75 FR 66089 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

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75 FR 13543 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2010-03-22

... their perceived value of the QIO's assistance. The NHIN Survey will address the following: Background information; Current work--information and assessment; Satisfaction with QIOs; Value of QIO assistance... nursing home satisfaction with technical assistance strategies delivered as a component of the NHIN. The...

76 FR 71568 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2011-11-18

... control number); Title of Information Collection: Nursing Home Quality Improvement Questionnaire; Use: The information obtained via the Nursing Home Quality Improvement Questionnaire will be utilized by CMS staff in... and performance improvement (QAPI) technical assistance (TA) that will be useful to nursing facilities...

77 FR 5002 - Wind and Water Power Program

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2012-02-01

... with offshore wind turbine support structures, will not be accepted. DOE may fund specific technical... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Power Program...-solicitation public meeting, request for comment. SUMMARY: The Wind and Water Power Program (WWPP) within the U...

77 FR 27416 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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... technical assistance, making land use changes and install measure to conserve, develop and utilize soil, water, and related natural resources on participants land. NRCS uses the information to ensure the... collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated...

77 FR 31325 - National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA Technical Committee Reports

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2012-05-25

... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Fire Codes: Request... publishing this notice on behalf of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to announce the... National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has accomplished its mission by advocating scientifically based...

76 FR 28459 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Revisions of...

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Summary of Comments on Test Methods Amendments Proposed in the Federal Register on August 27, 1997

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(EPA) proposed amendments to 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 to reflect miscellaneous editorial changes and technical corrections throughout the parts in sections pertaining to source testing or monitoring of emissions and operations and added Performance Spec

78 FR 25252 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

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... nonprofit corporations to fund the development of drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal...), section 310B authorizes Solid Waste Management grants. Grants are made for 100 percent of the cost of assistance. The Technical Assistance and Training Grants and Solid Waste Management Grants programs are...

75 FR 37815 - Submission for OMB review; Comment Request

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2010-06-30

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76 FR 17142 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2011-03-28

.... Project: Disaster Technical Assistance Center Disaster Mental Health Needs Assessment and Customer... efforts: the Disaster Behavioral Health Needs Assessment (DBHNA) and the Customer Satisfaction Survey. The... also been included. Disaster Behavior Health Needs Assessment. The DBHNA will assist SAMHSA DTAC in...

[Improvement of sanitary and epidemiological safety of rail transport--a requirement of the new legislation of the Russian Federation].

PubMed

2012-01-01

Brief analysis of the legal framework in recent years, both in the sphere of technical regulation, and in the field of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population is presented in this article. The necessity of inclusion in the technical regulations for the safety of railway rolling stock and elements of railway infrastructure the requirements for sanitary-epidemiological safety and hygiene regulations has been proved. Fragments of technical regulations for railway equipment and infrastructure elements, including the basic requirements for the sanitary-epidemiological security are presented. The position of authors in the processing of the regulatory framework in the field of sanitary-epidemiological welfare of population in standardization documents in accordance with the requirements of federal law "On technical regulation" has been reflected.

75 FR 28023 - Solicitation of Written Comments on Draft HHS Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions

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2010-05-19

..., heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, mental health conditions, and chronic respiratory infections. As the... local public health agencies --Public health organizations --Foundations --Disease groups --Chronic care...

Technical skills assessment toolbox: a review using the unitary framework of validity.

PubMed

Ghaderi, Iman; Manji, Farouq; Park, Yoon Soo; Juul, Dorthea; Ott, Michael; Harris, Ilene; Farrell, Timothy M

2015-02-01

The purpose of this study was to create a technical skills assessment toolbox for 35 basic and advanced skills/procedures that comprise the American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) surgical skills curriculum and to provide a critical appraisal of the included tools, using contemporary framework of validity. Competency-based training has become the predominant model in surgical education and assessment of performance is an essential component. Assessment methods must produce valid results to accurately determine the level of competency. A search was performed, using PubMed and Google Scholar, to identify tools that have been developed for assessment of the targeted technical skills. A total of 23 assessment tools for the 35 ACS/APDS skills modules were identified. Some tools, such as Operative Performance Rating System (OSATS) and Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OPRS), have been tested for more than 1 procedure. Therefore, 30 modules had at least 1 assessment tool, with some common surgical procedures being addressed by several tools. Five modules had none. Only 3 studies used Messick's framework to design their validity studies. The remaining studies used an outdated framework on the basis of "types of validity." When analyzed using the contemporary framework, few of these studies demonstrated validity for content, internal structure, and relationship to other variables. This study provides an assessment toolbox for common surgical skills/procedures. Our review shows that few authors have used the contemporary unitary concept of validity for development of their assessment tools. As we progress toward competency-based training, future studies should provide evidence for various sources of validity using the contemporary framework.

Next generation science standards available for comment

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Asher, Pranoti

2012-05-01

The first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is now available for public comment. Feedback on the standards is sought from people who have a stake in science education, including individuals in the K-12, higher education, business, and research communities. Development of NGSS is a state-led effort to define the content and practices students need to learn from kindergarten through high school. NGSS will be based on the U.S. National Research Council's reportFramework for K-12 Science Education.

Comment on ``Wealth condensation in Pareto macroeconomies''

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Huang, Ding-Wei

2003-10-01

In a recent study of the Pareto macroeconomy [Phys. Rev. E 65, 026102 (2002)], a surprising deviation to the power law distribution of the large wealths is reported. We comment that such a “corruption” phenomenon can be reproduced in a much simplified framework. The corruption disappears when the small wealths are further included in a mean-field treatment. The constraint of the total-wealth conservation leads to a cutoff in the power-law tail, in contrast to the prominent enhancement reported previously.

Research to Advance the Development of River Information Services (RIS) Technologies

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-12-01

RIS implementation in Europe. Both the legal as well as the technical framework are been presented and analyzed. Special attention has been given to...and legal environments on both continents and take into account the organ- izational situation in the U.S. and the existing capabilities. Research...rective” Europe has set the legal and technical framework which guarantees harmonized implementation of RIS in all member states as well as a minimum

DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) Subcommittee Report on Scientific and Technical Information

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

Hey, Tony; Agarwal, Deborah; Borgman, Christine

The Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) was charged to form a standing subcommittee to review the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) and to begin by assessing the quality and effectiveness of OSTI’s recent and current products and services and to comment on its mission and future directions in the rapidly changing environment for scientific publication and data. The Committee met with OSTI staff and reviewed available products, services and other materials. This report summaries their initial findings and recommendations.

[NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report 1, part 2:] Technical communications in aeronautics: Results of an exploratory study

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Pinelli, Thomas E.; Glassman, Myron; Oliu, Walter E.; Barclay, Rebecca O.

1989-01-01

A study was undertaken that explored several aspects of technical communications in aeronautics. The study, which utilized survey research in the form of a self-administered questionnaire, was sent to 2,000 randomly selected members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Six hundred and six usable questionnaires (30.3 percent) were received by the established cut off date. Part 2 of this study lists appendices to part 1, including survey instrument, aggregate totals, cross tabulations, and open-ended comments.

Can social media be used as a hospital quality improvement tool?

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Lagu, Tara; Goff, Sarah L; Craft, Ben; Calcasola, Stephanie; Benjamin, Evan M; Priya, Aruna; Lindenauer, Peter K

2016-01-01

Many hospitals wish to improve their patients' experience of care. To learn whether social media could be used as a tool to engage patients and to identify opportunities for hospital quality improvement (QI), we solicited patients' narrative feedback on the Baystate Medical Center Facebook page during a 3-week period in 2014. Two investigators used directed qualitative content analysis to code comments and descriptive statistics to assess the frequency of selected codes and themes. We identified common themes, including: (1) comments about staff (17/37 respondents, 45.9%); (2) comments about specific departments (22/37, 59.5%); (3) comments on technical aspects of care, including perceived errors and inattention to pain control (9/37, 24.3%); and (4) comments describing the hospital physical plant, parking, and amenities (9/37, 24.3%). A small number (n = 3) of patients repeatedly responded, accounting for 30% (45/148) of narratives. Although patient feedback on social media could help to drive hospital QI efforts, any potential benefits must be weighed against the reputational risks, the lack of representativeness among respondents, and the volume of responses needed to identify areas of improvement. © 2015 Society of Hospital Medicine.

Differentiated Technical Assistance for Sustainable Transformation. Technical Assistance Brief #2

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McCart, Amy; McSheehan, Michael; Sailor, Wayne

2015-01-01

Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Center's technical assistance process supports states, districts, and schools as they become excellent and equitable teaching and learning environments for "all" students. Each school with support from its district begins this process from its own starting point and travels its…

A Decision Support Tool to Evaluate Sources and Sinks of Nitrogen within a Watershed Framework

EPA Science Inventory

Human transformation of the nitrogen (N) cycle is causing a number of environmental and human health problems. Federal, state and local authorities focusing on management of N loadings face both technical and non-technical challenges. One technical issue is that we need a bette...

V-TECS Career Cluster Frameworks.

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Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA.

This document includes 16 vocational-technical crosswalk wheels relating the 14 Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) Career Families to the 16 Career Clusters developed by the U.S. Department of Education. The career clusters are based on the common academic, workplace, and technical knowledge and skills that cut across all…

76 FR 35507 - Notice of Request for the Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection

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2011-06-17

... DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration [FTA Docket No. FTA-2011-0032] Notice... Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to [[Page... information collection: Reporting of Technical Activities by FTA Grant Recipients. DATES: Comments must be...

77 FR 72752 - Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate Addiction; Proposed...

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2012-12-06

... buprenorphine products (Subutex[supreg] and Suboxone[supreg]) on October 8, 2002, and the DEA's rescheduling of....'' The same commenter suggested allowing Nurse Practitioners to become qualified to treat these patients... guidance for nurses in OTPs or other practice settings such as ``Technical Assistance Publication 30...

75 FR 4397 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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75 FR 40819 - Reliability Standards Development and NERC and Regional Entity Enforcement; Notice Soliciting...

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2010-07-14

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75 FR 70256 - Tralomethrin; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registrations

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2010-11-17

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76 FR 16410 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

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2011-03-23

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76 FR 26287 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

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2011-05-06

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77 FR 73455 - Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC) Removal for Commercial Users To Access...

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2012-12-10

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77 FR 71403 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2012-11-30

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77 FR 17483 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review...

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2012-03-26

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76 FR 57716 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Companion Manual for Executive Order 11988 Floodplain...

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2011-09-16

... companion manual to provide agency-wide guidance for executing compliance with Executive Order 11988... procedures and guidance in accordance with specific sections of Executive Order 11988 and Executive Order.... ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Emily Johannes, Senior Environmental Technical Advisor, NOAA...

Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead During Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings

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Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects from Lead During Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings” (Technical Approach Document). Also available for public review and comment are two supplementary documents: the detai...

77 FR 14814 - Tobacco Product Analysis; Scientific Workshop; Request for Comments

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2012-03-13

... work to develop tobacco reference products that are not currently available for laboratory use. Discuss... methods used to analyze tobacco products. FDA will invite speakers to address scientific and technical matters relating to the testing of tobacco reference products and the analytical methods used to measure...

NLC Past Workshops & Conferences

Science.gov Websites

NLC Technical SLAC Meeting Schedule Web Comments 2004 Calendar Year 2003 Calendar Year 2003 Chronological listing 2002 Calendar Year 2002 Chronological listing 2001 Calendar Year 2001 Chronological listing 2000 Calendar Year 2000 Chronological listing 1999 Calendar Year 1999 Chronological listing This

75 FR 63482 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2010-10-15

... their perceived value of the QIO's assistance. The NHIN Survey will address the following: Background information; Current work--information and assessment; Satisfaction with QIOs; Value of QIO assistance... nursing home satisfaction with technical assistance strategies delivered as a component of the NHIN. The...

76 FR 11845 - Notice of Intent To Review Structure of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee

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2011-03-03

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77 FR 34004 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2012-06-08

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15 CFR 400.27 - Procedure for processing application.

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2011-01-01

... technical report to the Executive Secretary within 45 days of the conclusion of the public comment period... conduct a review and prepare a report with recommendations for the Board; (2) Publish in the Federal... Director, or a designee; (4) Arrange for hearings, as appropriate; (5) Transmit the reports and...

75 FR 28858 - Agency Information Collection (Service Data Manual) Activities Under OMB Review

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2010-05-24

... operator's manuals and maintenance/repair manuals when technical medical equipment and devices, or... U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management... Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the...

78 FR 27981 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2013-05-13

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CBE: The Right Angle for Learning.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Seitz, Fred

Designed for instructors at Beaufort Technical College (BTC) in South Carolina, this handbook provides a brief guide to competency-based education (CBE) and to the available resources at the college for assistance. Section 1 offers introductory comments on the concept of quality control and the five basic components of educational quality control.…

76 FR 22381 - National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA Technical Committee Reports

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2011-04-21

... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Fire Codes: Request... publishing this notice on behalf of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to announce the..., Massachusetts 02169-7471, (617) 770-3000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1896, the National Fire Protection...

78 FR 56775 - Waste Confidence-Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

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2013-09-13

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77 FR 19678 - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: Asset Tracking and Reporting Technology

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2012-04-02

... Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (General Dynamics), to test, evaluate, and document the strengths and weaknesses of at least one technical approach... Guard is currently considering partnering with General Dynamics, we are soliciting public comment on the...

Community Researchers Meet Community Residents: Interpretation of Findings

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New, Peter Kong-Ming; Hessler, Richard M.

1973-01-01

Three community studies were catalysts for researchers and residents to generate discussions on: (1) strategies and ethics of community research; (2) problems of ethics, including considerations for a code and comments on community involvement; and (3) recommendations for establishing a technical research consultation service'' in the Society for…

78 FR 22266 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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2013-04-15

... changes. AHRQ has developed survey instruments (questions) and, with this project, will test the... surveys of physicians conducted over the last decade and through discussions with our technical expert... current surveys in two important ways. First, we are testing the addition of questions for all physicians...

78 FR 64535 - Meeting of the CJIS Advisory Policy Board

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2013-10-29

... policy issues and appropriate technical and operational issues related to the programs administered by... Federal Officer (DFO). Any member of the public may file a written statement with the Board. Written... previously submitted written statements. Written comments should be provided to Mr. R. Scott Trent, DFO, at...

EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science Report (Sab Review Draft)

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Microwave Dispersion and Absorption in Tissues: Molecular Mechanisms

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1987-12-10

transverse and rotating frame NMR relaxation in barnacle muscle. H. A. Resing, A. N. Garroway , and K. R. Foster. Presented at the American Chemical Society...indicated by nuclear magnetic resonance studies. (Technical Comment) H. A. Resing, K. R. Foster and A. N. Garroway . Science, Vol: 198, Page 1180, 1977

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Suggest a Project | NOAA Gulf Spill Restoration

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Stages of Development in Poverty Program Neighborhood Action Committees

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Zurcher, Louis A., Jr.

1969-01-01

Two discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: (1) "Community Action: The Limits of a Developmental Framework by Martin Rein, and (2) "For the Advocate and the Innovator by Franklin M. Zweig.

Advanced Public Transportation Systems. Technical Assistance Brief 2

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1993-01-01

The Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program requires evaluation : of pilot projects. This technical assistance brief discusses the guidelines set : for developing evaluation framework and methodology for local projects. 4p.

End of FY10 report - used fuel disposition technical bases and lessons learned : legal and regulatory framework for high-level waste disposition in the United States.

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Weiner, Ruth F.; Blink, James A.; Rechard, Robert Paul

This report examines the current policy, legal, and regulatory framework pertaining to used nuclear fuel and high level waste management in the United States. The goal is to identify potential changes that if made could add flexibility and possibly improve the chances of successfully implementing technical aspects of a nuclear waste policy. Experience suggests that the regulatory framework should be established prior to initiating future repository development. Concerning specifics of the regulatory framework, reasonable expectation as the standard of proof was successfully implemented and could be retained in the future; yet, the current classification system for radioactive waste, including hazardousmore » constituents, warrants reexamination. Whether or not consideration of multiple sites are considered simultaneously in the future, inclusion of mechanisms such as deliberate use of performance assessment to manage site characterization would be wise. Because of experience gained here and abroad, diversity of geologic media is not particularly necessary as a criterion in site selection guidelines for multiple sites. Stepwise development of the repository program that includes flexibility also warrants serious consideration. Furthermore, integration of the waste management system from storage, transportation, and disposition, should be examined and would be facilitated by integration of the legal and regulatory framework. Finally, in order to enhance acceptability of future repository development, the national policy should be cognizant of those policy and technical attributes that enhance initial acceptance, and those policy and technical attributes that maintain and broaden credibility.« less

A FRAMEWORK FOR A COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM IN ORD

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"A Framework for a Computational Toxicology Research Program in ORD" was drafted by a Technical Writing Team having representatives from all of ORD's Laboratories and Centers. The document describes a framework for the development of an program within ORD to utilize approaches d...

A technical framework to describe occupant behavior for building energy simulations

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Turner, William; Hong, Tianzhen

2013-12-20

Green buildings that fail to meet expected design performance criteria indicate that technology alone does not guarantee high performance. Human influences are quite often simplified and ignored in the design, construction, and operation of buildings. Energy-conscious human behavior has been demonstrated to be a significant positive factor for improving the indoor environment while reducing the energy use of buildings. In our study we developed a new technical framework to describe energy-related human behavior in buildings. The energy-related behavior includes accounting for individuals and groups of occupants and their interactions with building energy services systems, appliances and facilities. The technical frameworkmore » consists of four key components: i. the drivers behind energy-related occupant behavior, which are biological, societal, environmental, physical, and economical in nature ii. the needs of the occupants are based on satisfying criteria that are either physical (e.g. thermal, visual and acoustic comfort) or non-physical (e.g. entertainment, privacy, and social reward) iii. the actions that building occupants perform when their needs are not fulfilled iv. the systems with which an occupant can interact to satisfy their needs The technical framework aims to provide a standardized description of a complete set of human energy-related behaviors in the form of an XML schema. For each type of behavior (e.g., occupants opening/closing windows, switching on/off lights etc.) we identify a set of common behaviors based on a literature review, survey data, and our own field study and analysis. Stochastic models are adopted or developed for each type of behavior to enable the evaluation of the impact of human behavior on energy use in buildings, during either the design or operation phase. We will also demonstrate the use of the technical framework in assessing the impact of occupancy behavior on energy saving technologies. The technical framework presented is part of our human behavior research, a 5-year program under the U.S. - China Clean Energy Research Center for Building Energy Efficiency.« less

Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs: A Qualitative Analysis. CCRC Working Paper No. 50

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Van Noy, Michelle; Weiss, Madeline Joy; Jenkins, Davis; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Wachen, John

2012-01-01

Using data obtained from interviews and program websites at Washington community and technical colleges, the authors of this study examine the structure of community college career-technical programs in allied health, business and marketing, computer and information studies, and mechanics and repair. A framework for structure with four…

Methodologies for optimal resource allocation to the national space program and new space utilizations. Volume 2: Resource allocation and smoothing model, programmer's manual

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1971-01-01

Appendixes are presented that provide model input requirements, a sample case, flow charts, and a program listing. At the beginning of each appendix, descriptive details and technical comments are provided to indicate any special instructions applicable to the use of that appendix. In addition, the program listing includes comment cards that state the purpose of each subroutine in the complete program and describe operations performed within that subroutine. The input requirements includes details on the many options that adapt the program to the specific needs of the analyst for a particular problem.

FUNGAL BIOGEOGRAPHY. Response to Comment on "Global diversity and geography of soil fungi".

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Tedersoo, Leho; Bahram, Mohammad; Põlme, Sergei; Anslan, Sten; Riit, Taavi; Kõljalg, Urmas; Nilsson, R Henrik; Hildebrand, Falk; Abarenkov, Kessy

2015-08-28

Schadt and Rosling (Technical Comment, 26 June 2015, p. 1438) argue that primer-template mismatches neglected the fungal class Archaeorhizomycetes in a global soil survey. Amplicon-based metabarcoding of nine barcode-primer pair combinations and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-free shotgun metagenomics revealed that barcode and primer choice and PCR bias drive the diversity and composition of microorganisms in general, but the Archaeorhizomycetes were little affected in the global study. We urge that careful choice of DNA markers and primers is essential for ecological studies using high-throughput sequencing for identification. Copyright © 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Faunus: An object oriented framework for molecular simulation

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Lund, Mikael; Trulsson, Martin; Persson, Björn

2008-01-01

Background We present a C++ class library for Monte Carlo simulation of molecular systems, including proteins in solution. The design is generic and highly modular, enabling multiple developers to easily implement additional features. The statistical mechanical methods are documented by extensive use of code comments that – subsequently – are collected to automatically build a web-based manual. Results We show how an object oriented design can be used to create an intuitively appealing coding framework for molecular simulation. This is exemplified in a minimalistic C++ program that can calculate protein protonation states. We further discuss performance issues related to high level coding abstraction. Conclusion C++ and the Standard Template Library (STL) provide a high-performance platform for generic molecular modeling. Automatic generation of code documentation from inline comments has proven particularly useful in that no separate manual needs to be maintained. PMID:18241331

Towards technical interoperability in telemedicine.

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Craft, Richard Layne, II

2004-05-01

For telemedicine to realize the vision of anywhere, anytime access to care, the question of how to create a fully interoperable technical infrastructure must be addressed. After briefly discussing how 'technical interoperability' compares with other types of interoperability being addressed in the telemedicine community today, this paper describes reasons for pursuing technical interoperability, presents a proposed framework for realizing technical interoperability, identifies key issues that will need to be addressed if technical interoperability is to be achieved, and suggests a course of action that the telemedicine community might follow to accomplish this goal.

Reply to Comments.

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Sripada, Chandra; Railton, Peter; Baumeister, Roy F; Seligman, Martin E P

2013-03-01

Evidence of prospective processes is increasingly common in psychological research, which suggests the fruitfulness of a theoretical framework for mind and brain built around future orientation. No metaphysics of determinism or indeterminism is presupposed by this framework, nor do considerations of scientific method require determinism-successful scientific theories in the natural sciences all involve probabilistic elements. We speculate that expressive behavior and moral decision making use prospective processes parallel to those used in nonmoral decisions. © The Author(s) 2013.

Comment on "Synchronization of chaotic systems with delay using intermittent linear state feedback" [Chaos 18, 033122 (2008)].

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Zhang, Yinping; Wang, Qing-Guo

2008-12-01

In the referenced paper, there is technical carelessness in the third lemma and in the main result. Hence, it is a possible failure when the result is used to design the intermittent linear state feedback controller for exponential synchronization of two chaotic delayed systems.

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The Value of Words: Narrative as Evidence in Policy Making

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Epstein, Dmitry; Farina, Cynthia; Heidt, Josiah

2014-01-01

Policy makers today rely primarily on technical data as their basis for decision making. Yet, there is a potentially underestimated value in substantive reflections of the members of the public who will be affected by a particular regulation. Viewing professional policy makers and professional commenters as a community of practice, we describe…

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Consumer and Employer Strategies for Overcoming Employment Barriers. Technical Report.

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Crudden, Adele; Williams, Wendy; McBroom, Lynn W.; Moore, J. Elton

This report on strategies for overcoming employment barriers for persons with visual impairments summarizes comments and suggestions of 7 focus groups comprised of either consumers (n=49) or employers (n=19). The report first reviews the literature concerning employment barriers and how consumers in previous studies suggested these barriers be…

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The "Digital Natives" Debate: A Critical Review of the Evidence

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Bennett, Sue; Maton, Karl; Kervin, Lisa

2008-01-01

The idea that a new generation of students is entering the education system has excited recent attention among educators and education commentators. Termed "digital natives" or the "Net generation", these young people are said to have been immersed in technology all their lives, imbuing them with sophisticated technical skills and learning…

Response to Comment on "Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight".

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Kim, Hyunho; Rao, Sameer R; Narayanan, Shankar; Kapustin, Eugene A; Yang, Sungwoo; Furukawa, Hiroyasu; Umans, Ari S; Yaghi, Omar M; Wang, Evelyn N

2017-12-01

In their comment, Bui et al argue that the approach we described in our report is vastly inferior in efficiency to alternative off-the-shelf technologies. Their conclusion is invalid, as they compare efficiencies in completely different operating conditions. Here, using heat transfer and thermodynamics principles, we show how Bui et al 's conclusions about the efficiencies of off-the-shelf technologies are fundamentally flawed and inaccurate for the operating conditions described in our study. Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

PFBC HGCU Test Facility. Technical progress report No. 24, Third quarter, CY 1995

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NONE

This is the twenty-fourth and final Technical Progress Report submitted to the Department of Energy (DOE) in connection with the cooperative agreement between the DOE and Ohio Power Company for the Tidd PFBC Hot Gas Clean Up Test Facility. This report covers the work completed during the Third Quarter of CY 1995. All activity this quarter was directed toward the completion of the program final report. A draft copy of the final report was forwarded to DOE during this quarter, and DOE submitted their comments on the report to AEPSC. DOE requested that Westinghouse write an appendix to the reportmore » covering the performance of the fail-safe regenerator devices during Tad operation, and Westinghouse subsequently prepared the appendix. Additional DOE comments were incorporated into the report, and it will be issued in camera-ready form by the end of October, 1995, which is the program end date. Appendix 1 presents the results of filter candle posttest examination by Westinghouse performed on selected filter candles following final shutdown of the system.« less

The Future of Virtual Worlds

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Bainbridge, William Sims; Lutters, Wayne; Rhoten, Diana; Lowood, Henry

This book, like the May 2008 conference in World of Warcraft, ends with projections toward what the future might hold for virtual worlds. Every chapter thus far has included speculations about future directions, even while standing on data from the past. This last chapter, like the final session of the conference on which it is based, incorporates comments from dozens of participants into a stream of ideas. We have edited selected comments together with the panel's contributions. Our intention is to provide a portal from this book into a wider virtual community comprising researchers and residents in virtual worlds. The discussion surveys many recent lines of development, some of which have already been surveyed in scientific and historical literature, or by journalists (Au 2008; Castronova 2007; Guest 2007; Ludlow and Wallace 2007). Yet, many of the topics here have not received such attention. Considered as a set of socio-technical innovations, virtual worlds are not just about technical possibilities; they also inspired the participants to consider the economic bases for investing in those possibilities and the novel cultural, social, and artistic forms virtual worlds might offer.

The development of Sustainability Graduate Community (SGC) as a learning pathway for sustainability education - a framework for engineering programmes in Malaysia Technical Universities Network (MTUN)

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Johan, Kartina; Mohd Turan, Faiz

2016-11-01

‘Environmental and sustainability’ is one of the Program Outcome (PO) designated by the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) as one of the accreditation program requirement. However, to-date the implementation of sustainability elements in engineering programme in the technical universities in Malaysia is within individual faculty's curriculum plan and lack of university-level structured learning pathway, which enable all students to have access to an education in sustainability across all disciplines. Sustainability Graduate Community (SGC) is a framework designed to provide a learning pathway in the curriculum of engineering programs to inculcate sustainability education among engineering graduates. This paper aims to study the required attributes in Sustainability Graduate Community (SGC) framework to produce graduates who are not just engineers but also skilful in sustainability competencies using Global Project Management (GPM) P5 Standard for Sustainability. The development of the conceptual framework is to provide a constructive teaching and learning plan for educators and policy makers to work on together in developing the Sustainability Graduates (SG), the new kind of graduates from Malaysia Technical Universities Network (MTUN) in Malaysia who are literate in sustainability practices. The framework also support the call for developing holistic students based on Malaysian Education Blueprint (Higher Education) and address the gap between the statuses of engineering qualification to the expected competencies from industries in Malaysia in particular by achieving the SG attributes outlined in the framework

The evaluation of a framework for measuring the non-technical ward round skills of final year nursing students: An observational study.

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Murray, Kara; McKenzie, Karen; Kelleher, Michael

2016-10-01

The importance of non-technical skills (NTS) to patient outcomes is increasingly being recognised, however, there is limited research into how such skills can be taught and evaluated in student nurses in relation toward rounds. This pilot study describes an evaluation of a NTS framework that could potentially be used to measure ward round skills of student nurses. The study used an observational design. Potential key NTS were identified from existing literature and NTS taxonomies. The proposed framework was then used to evaluate whether the identified NTS were evident in a series of ward round simulations that final year general nursing students undertook as part of their training. Finally, the views of a small group of qualified nurse educators, qualified nurses and general nursing students were sought about whether the identified NTS were important and relevant to practice. The proposed NTS framework included seven categories: Communication, Decision Making, Situational Awareness, Teamwork and Task Management, Student Initiative and Responsiveness to Patient. All were rated as important and relevant to practice. The pilot study suggests that the proposed NTS framework could be used as a means of evaluating student nurse competencies in respect of many non-technical skills required for a successful ward round. Further work is required to establish the validity of the framework in educational settings and to determine the extent to which it is of use in a non-simulated ward round setting. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

SWIFT Intensive Technical Assistance Process. Technical Assistance Brief #1

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Sailor, Wayne; McCart, Amy; McSheehan, Michael; Mitchiner, Melinda; Quirk, Carol

2014-01-01

The national center on Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT Center) is now approaching the halfway point in its first full year of providing intensive technical assistance (TA) to 68 schools in 20 local educational agencies across five states. The purpose of this brief is to provide a thumbnail sketch of how this TA process…

Moving towards Ethnorelativism: A Framework for Measuring and Meeting Students' Needs in Cross-Cultural Business and Technical Communication

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Wang, Junhua

2013-01-01

Scholars in business and technical communication have continuously made efforts to look for effective teaching approaches for cross-cultural business and technical communication; however, little research has been conducted to study the process by which students develop intercultural competence; fewer studies have been conducted to assess learners'…

Health care fraud and abuse data collection program: technical revisions to healthcare integrity and protection data bank data collection activities. Interim final rule with comment period.

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2004-06-17

The rule makes technical changes to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) data collection reporting requirements set forth in 45 CFR part 61 by clarifying the types of personal numeric identifiers that may be reported to the data bank in connection with adverse actions. Specifically, the rule clarifies that in lieu of a Social Security Number (SSN), an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) may be reported to the data bank when, in those limited situations, an individual does not have an SSN.

Activities of the Oil Implementation Task Force; Contracts for field projects and supporting research on enhanced oil recovery, July--September 1990

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Tiedemann, H.A.

1991-05-01

The report contains a general introduction and background to DOE's revised National Energy Strategy Advanced Oil Recovery Program and activities of the Oil Implementation Task Force; a detailed synopsis of the symposium, including technical presentations, comments and suggestions; a section of technical information on deltaic reservoirs; and appendices containing a comprehensive listing of references keyed to general deltaic and geological aspects of reservoirs and those relevant to six selected deltaic plays. Enhanced recovery processes include chemical floodings, gas displacement, thermal recovery, geoscience, and microbial recovery.

NGST Science Instruments and Process

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Mather, John

1999-01-01

Possible NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope) instruments have been studied by NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) teams, and their reports were presented at this meeting and published on the NGST web sites. The instrument capabilities will be evaluated by the Ad Hoc Science Working Group and the technical readiness will be reviewed by a technical panel. Recommendations will be made to the NASA Project Scientist, who will present a report for public comment. NASA. ESA, and the CSA will then allocate instrument, responsibilities in early 2000. NASA will choose its scientific investigations with instruments in 2002.

Editorial Comments, 1974-1986: The Case For and Against the Use of Computer-Assisted Decision Making

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Weaver, Robert R.

1987-01-01

Journal editorials are an important medium for communicating information about medical innovations. Evaluative statements contained in editorials pertain to the innovation's technical merits, as well as its probable economic, social and political, and ethical consequences. This information will either promote or impede the subsequent diffusion of innovations. This paper analyzes the evaluative information contained in thirty editorials that pertain to the topic of computer-assisted decision making (CDM). Most editorials agree that CDM technology is effective and economical in performing routine clinical tasks; controversy surrounds the use of more sophisticated CDM systems for complex problem solving. A few editorials argue that the innovation should play an integral role in transforming the established health care system. Most, however, maintain that it can or should be accommodated within the existing health care framework. Finally, while few editorials discuss the ethical ramifications of CDM technology, those that do suggest that it will contribute to more humane health care. The editorial analysis suggests that CDM technology aimed at routine clinical task will experience rapid diffusion. In contrast, the diffusion of more sophisticated CDM systems will, in the foreseeable future, likely be sporadic at best.

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Representations, approximations, and limitations within a computational framework for cognitive science. Comment on “Toward a computational framework for cognitive biology: Unifying approaches from cognitive neuroscience and comparative cognition” by W. Tecumseh Fitch

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Perfors, Amy

2014-09-01

There is much to approve of in this provocative and interesting paper. I strongly agree in many parts, especially the point that dichotomies like nature/nurture are actively detrimental to the field. I also appreciate the idea that cognitive scientists should take the "biological wetware" of the cell (rather than the network) more seriously.

Open Scenario Study, Phase I. Volume 3. Questionnaire Response

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2008-03-01

a conceptual framework to assist users to grasp new ideas. As the concepts are used by a broad community and internationally, classified scenarios are...framework to assist users to grasp new ideas. As the concepts are used by a broad community and internationally, classified scenarios are not necessary for...from other sources Comment: Normally have an old version that we can update. Occasionally we’ve had to develop new scenarios - the SSSP for example - we

Dilemma strength as a framework for advancing evolutionary game theory. Reply to comments on "Universal scaling for the dilemma strength in evolutionary games"

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Wang, Zhen; Kokubo, Satoshi; Jusup, Marko; Tanimoto, Jun

2015-09-01

While comprehensive reviews of the literature, by gathering in one place most of the relevant information, undoubtedly steer the development of every scientific field, we found that the comments in response to a review article can be as informative as the review itself, if not more. Namely, reading through the comments on the ideas expressed in Ref. [1], we could identify a number of pressing problems for evolutionary game theory, indicating just how much space there still is for major advances and breakthroughs. In an attempt to bring a sense of order to a multitude of opinions, we roughly classified the comments into three categories, i.e. those concerned with: (i) the universality of scaling in heterogeneous topologies, including empirical dynamic networks [2-8], (ii) the universality of scaling for more general game setups, such as the inclusion of multiple strategies and external features [4,9-11], and (iii) experimental confirmations of the theoretical developments [2,12,13].

Roadmap to Perkins III: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. A Guidebook for Illinois.

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Hess-Grabill, Donella; Bueno, Soyon

This guidebook is intended as a road map to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III) for career-technical education (CTE) practitioners and policymakers in Illinois. The following topics are among those covered: (1) framework for Perkins III (national educational reform, Illinois provisions for quality CTE,…

Studying the clinical encounter with the Adaptive Leadership framework.

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Bailey, Donald E; Docherty, Sharron L; Adams, Judith A; Carthron, Dana L; Corazzini, Kirsten; Day, Jennifer R; Neglia, Elizabeth; Thygeson, Marcus; Anderson, Ruth A

2012-08-01

In this paper we discuss the concept of leadership as a personal capability, not contingent on one's position in a hierarchy. This type of leadership allows us to reframe both the care-giving and organizational roles of nurses and other front-line clinical staff. Little research has been done to explore what leadership means at the point of care, particularly in reference to the relationship between health care practitioners and patients and their family caregivers. The Adaptive Leadership framework, based on complexity science theory, provides a useful lens to explore practitioners' leadership behaviors at the point of care. This framework proposes that there are two broad categories of challenges that patients face: technical and adaptive. Whereas technical challenges are addressed with technical solutions that are delivered by practitioners, adaptive challenges require the patient (or family member) to adjust to a new situation and to do the work of adapting, learning, and behavior change. Adaptive leadership is the work that practitioners do to mobilize and support patients to do the adaptive work. The purpose of this paper is to describe this framework and demonstrate its application to nursing research. We demonstrate the framework's utility with five exemplars of nursing research problems that range from the individual to the system levels. The framework has the potential to guide researchers to ask new questions and to gain new insights into how practitioners interact with patients at the point of care to increase the patient's ability to tackle challenging problems and improve their own health care outcomes. It is a potentially powerful framework for developing and testing a new generation of interventions to address complex issues by harnessing and learning about the adaptive capabilities of patients within their life contexts.

A Framework for Evidence-Based Licensure of Adaptive Autonomous Systems: Technical Areas

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2016-03-01

subjective judgments by human experts . They are design dependent, but address questions of whether the system is performing as needed, as opposed...I N S T I T U T E F O R D E F E N S E A N A L Y S E S A Framework for Evidence-Based Licensure of Adaptive Autonomous Systems : Technical Areas...and Licensure of Autonomous Systems ,” for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The views, opinions, and findings should not be construed as

Science and Technology Community in Crisis

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2002-05-01

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The Need for Careful Data Collection for Pattern Recognition in Digital Pathology.

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Marée, Raphaël

2017-01-01

Effective pattern recognition requires carefully designed ground-truth datasets. In this technical note, we first summarize potential data collection issues in digital pathology and then propose guidelines to build more realistic ground-truth datasets and to control their quality. We hope our comments will foster the effective application of pattern recognition approaches in digital pathology.

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Unfair Treatment vs. Confirmation Bias? Comments on Santelices and Wilson. Research Report. ETS RR-10-20

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Dorans, Neil J.

2010-01-01

Santelices and Wilson (2010) claimed to have addressed technical criticisms of Freedle (2003) presented in Dorans (2004a) and elsewhere. Santelices and Wilson's abstract claimed that their study confirmed that SAT[R] verbal items do function differently for African American and White subgroups. In this commentary, I demonstrate that the…

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Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future

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Robert Moon

2012-01-01

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An Inventory of U.S. Navy Courses Suitable for Use in Training Civiliam Personnel in Basic Technical Skills.

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Rogers, William A., Jr.; Nisos, Michael J.

An inventory of courses of study developed by the United States Navy which might be useful to other private and public institutions in training civilian students in basic technological skills is presented. Individual course reports contain the following information: course description, comments, course content (including blocks of instruction and…

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Monk, Martin

2008-01-01

In technologically advanced countries, there is a general concern over the recruitment and retention to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In the UK, there are much commented upon shortages of qualified STEM secondary teachers. In an effort to produce change, Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) was set up specifically…

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