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# Presentation: 014210

## Novel Photorefractive Material ZnTe:V 

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Successfully demonstrated electro-optic power limiting (EOPL) 	and dynamic holography for wavelength of 0.63 to 	1.6 μm
-   Improved crystal growth techniques for related materials
**	****	****	****         ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   As result of this SBIR received follow-on funding of almost 	$1M from DoD for applications of ZnTe:  $830K  Air Force 	Phase I and II SBIR; $99K ARPA Phase I SBIR; and $66K for 	Air Force “White Paper” contract
-   Used ZnTe in a novel photo-emf signal processor.  Received 	$830K Army Phase I and II SBIR contracts for this spin-off
-   Applied self-restraint in commercialization of an optical limiter 	because of the sensitive nature of DoD applications

***Brimrose Corporation of America***
***Baltimore, Maryland***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   A NASA sponsored research project with MetroLaser in 	Irvine, California used this material to demonstrate 	resonant holographic interferometric spectroscopy
-   Air Force has expressed interest in continuing to fund 	further development of material for EOPL applications
-   Company in England is interested in using this material 	for terahertz technology
-   Received inquiries from France and Israel with regard to 	photorefractive and optical limiting materials

- Glenn Research Center
- Materials
- 3-058

**Novel Photorefractive Material ZnTe:V **
**for Optical Processing**

***Components of Electro-Optic Power Limiter***

- 1991 Phase II, NAS3-26983, 10/00
- NASA Contact – Walter Duval
- Company Contact – Sudhir Trivedi

**INNOVATION**

- A new photorefractive material, ZnTe, that is optical
- limiting with real time holographic properties in the
- wavelength range of 0.63 to 1.6 μm
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## WAN Research ProjectsApril 18, 2006

- Phil DeMar

- GDM Project Presentation

## Current WAN Connectivity

- Fermi LightPath now supports two 10GE channels, and the original two 1 GE channels
- One 1 GE channel carrying Production IP path (ESnet) traffic
- Select high impact traffic being rerouted over the other Fermi LightPath channels
- One 10 GE channel dedicated to CMS T0-T1 traffic
- Second 10GE channel supports CMS T1/T2 & some T1/T1 traffic
- Remaining 1 GE channel supports select Run-II 1 Gb/s light path connections
- Trans-Atlantic network path to CERN (LHCnet) is now via redundant 10GE links

- GDM Project Presentation

## Planned WAN Upgrades

- ESnet Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) will upgrade FNAL connectivity to 6 x 10Gb/s
- 10 Gb/s production (ESnet) network path, with 10 Gb/s redundant/failover path
- Four 10 Gb/s channels for _specifically designated_ high impact traffic:
- One dedicated for CMS T0/T1 traffic
- Second dedicated to other CMS traffic
- Third used for Run-II, SDSS, etc
- Fourth will serve redundancy role
- MAN expected to be operational by July
- Work group LAN connections to WAN paths to be upgraded to 10GE by July
- Existing two (pre-MAN...) 10 Gb/s channels available for research projects

- GDM Project Presentation
# Presentation: 432589

## Hytec HotSwap

- Darrell Nineham
- Hytec Electronics Ltd

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk

## Hotswap Hardware Support

- There is a common misconception that the Hotswap hardware support is limited to the opto switch in the extractor/insertion handles.

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk

## Other Hotswap Hardware

- Pre-Charge Voltage (VPC).
- Pre-leading Pins (PLP) on the VME64x connectors.
- Electro-Static Discharge.

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk

## Pre-Charge Voltage (VPC) and Pre-leading Pins (PLP)

- These PLPs are longer than the other pins on the VME64x connector, allowing them to connect earlier during insertion.
- This early voltage supply, specifically known as the Pre-Charge Voltage(VPC), is used as a power up the carrier card’s Hot Swap Voltage Controller (SUMMIT IC) and VME Bus buffer IC (Tri-states).
- The bus is tri-stated actually before its connected, safe guarding the other IOC cards.

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk

## Electro-Static Discharge

- The carrier cards have a bottom PCB edge is exposed metal (known as a ‘printed wiring strip’).
- The carrier card front panel has guide pins both top and bottom to provide additional discharge sources through the guide pin sockets in the IOC.
- The carrier cards are fitted with 2.2 MegOhms discharge resistors to provide safe discharge paths via any of the above drain sources.  This safely discharges the carrier card during any hot swap.

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk

## Software Support

- Hytec (particularly Walter Scott, Dave Brownless and Steve Hunt) choose NOT to implement hotswap as specified by Andrew Johnson.
- They have instead modified his drvpac adding a function ipmCarrierIsPresent().

- Provisional Hytec Electronic Ltd   www.hytec-electronics.co.uk
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## Recycler Startup 

- Cons Gattuso

**This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items.  Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation**
**In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button**
**Select “Meeting Minder”**
**Select the “Action Items” tab**
**Type in action items as they come up**
**Click OK to dismiss this box**
**This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered.**

- C. Gattuso

## Studies Plan/Support Needs

- Monday 29th
- Day shift 0300-1500
- Injection tune up / Est. Circulating Beam
- Defining a closed orbit
- Evening Shift 1500-2200
- Closed Orbit Optimization
- Setting Tunes/Chrom
- TLG
- 1 event every 60 Sec or more...
- Beam structure
- Short batching Booster (5-40 bunches)
- MI 2.5 Mhz Coalescing
-  Support Departments
- BPM System Timing
- DCCT/Toroid Timing
- Multi Wire
- Kicker Timing
- RF system
- Schottky Systems

- C. Gattuso

## Studies Plan/Support Needs

- Tuesday 30th
- Day Shift 0300-1500
- R22 Line Extraction
- Acceptance Measurements
- Cooling Insert Bump Check/LEP Corrector setting
- Evening Shift 1500-2200
- Aperture Scans of the Cooling insert region
-  Closed Orbit Optimization
- TLG
- One shots
- Beam structure
- Short batching Booster (5-7 bunches)
- MI 2.5 Mhz Coalescing
-  Support Departments
- BPM System Timing
- Ecool BPMs

- C. Gattuso

- Wednesday 1st
- Day Shift 0300-1500
- Closed orbit Optimization
- Evening Shift 1500-2200
- Closed orbit Optimization
- TLG
- One shots
- Beam structure
- Short batching Booster (5-7 bunches)
- MI 2.5 Mhz Coalescing
-  Support Departments
- BPM SysteM

- C. Gattuso

- Thursday 2nd
- Day Shift 0300-1500
- Closed orbit Optimization
- Acceptance Measurements
- Evening Shift 1500-2200
- 120 Gev Ramp Compensation
- 150 Gev Ramp Compensation
- QCL Ramp
- TLG
- 1 event every 60 Sec or One shots
- Beam structure
- Short batching Booster (5-7 bunches)
- MI 2.5 Mhz Coalescing
-  Support Departments
- Kicker Timing
- Ecool BPMs

- C. Gattuso

- Day Shift 0300-1500
- RF sequences for Stashing Beam
- RF sequences for Mining Beam
- Evening Shift 1500-2200
- Flying Wire Commissioning
- TLG
- One shots
- Beam structure
- Short batching Booster (5-7 bunches)
- MI 2.5 Mhz Coalescing
-  Support Departments
- Ecool BPMs
- Schottky Systems
- Flying Wire systems
- RF system

- C. Gattuso
# Presentation: 684707

## CAIR/CAMR:Quarterly Reporting

## Quarterly Reporting

- The designated representative (DR) shall submit quarterly reports for each calendar quarter within 30 days following the end of a calendar quarter (CAIR: 40 CFR 96.174, 96.274, 96.374; CAMR:60.4174)
- EPA encourages sources to submit quarterly reports using Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) starting in 2008.
- If you are a source that is currently submitting your quarterly reports (i.e, quarterly reports for Acid Rain program or NOx SIP Call) to EPA using the ETS-FTP software you may elect to continue to submit quarterly reports for the CAIR program using ETS-FTP through 2008.

## Quarterly Reporting (cont.)

- You will need to report throughout the year (2008) using either ETS-FTP or ECMPS.
- If you have not submitted quarterly reports (i.e, quarterly reports for Acid Rain program or NOx SIP Call) and are required to begin reporting for the CAIR program in 2008 you should submit your report to EPA using ECMPS
- Beginning in 2009 all sources will need to submit reports using ECMPS

## Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS)

- Desktop application that industry will use to submit monitoring plan, QA/Cert and Emissions data
- Replaces ETS-FTP, SecuRemote, ETS Mainframe, MDC
- Enable users to run checks on their desktop and make revisions, prior to submitting to EPA

## Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS)

- 2007 - ECMPS being beta tested by industry
- 2008 - ECMPS will be available
- 2009 - ECMPS must be used by all sources
- Most DAHS vendors already aware of ECMPS project
- To be added to the ECMPS Stakeholders Email group email Laurel DeSantis at desantis.laurel@epa.gov
- http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/business/ecmps/index.html
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## Other Communication Channels

- Select channels of communication that will reach your audiences.

## During Preplanning Ask:

- Which channels are available? (Consider your schedule and resources.)
- Which channels will target audiences find credible?
- Which channels fit the communication intent (inform, influence, allay fears, change behavior)?

## Potential Channels

- Face-to-face
- Group delivery
- Organizational
- Mass media
- Community
- Combinations

## Potential Tools

- Briefings
- Community mailings
- Exhibits
- Factsheets
- Newsletters
- Open houses or availability sessions

- Presentations
- Public meetings
- Small group meetings
- Telephone contacts

## Briefings

- Briefings are held for officials, media representatives, and community leaders.
- Benefits: Allow direct questioning of SMEs, Prepare officials to answer questions from constituents.
- Limitation: Limited invitations mean some are left out and may feel excluded.

## Community Mailings

- Community mailings can target communities with specific factual, noncomplex information.
- Benefit: Use less planning and coordination time than a briefing.
- Limitation: No immediate interaction or feedback.

## Exhibits

- Exhibits offer visuals to help illustrate health issues and proposed actions.
- Benefit: Visual impact with lasting impressions.
- Limitation: One-way communication unless an SME stands by.

## Factsheets

- Factsheets are brief reports to summarize information.
- Benefit: Good background tools.
- Limitation: Require careful writing to make information easy to understand.

## Availability Sessions and Poster Sessions

- Availability sessions and poster sessions are small, informal meetings for the community and public health responders to meet one-on-one.
- Benefit: Help build trust and credibility.
- Limitation: Require significant time and effort.

## Public Meetings/Town Hall Meetings

- Public meetings/town hall meetings are large meetings open to the public so that experts can present information, answer questions, and gain feedback.
- Benefit: Community can express concerns and be heard.
- Limitation: Can intensify conflicts.

## Telephone Contacts

- Telephone contacts can be one-on-one with key civic leaders or a conference call for entire stakeholder or partner organizations.
- Benefit: Speed and ease of execution.
- Limitation: Difficult to stick to agenda time and may be an opportunity to have demands made through group pressure.
# Presentation: 113856

## Biosurveillance Data Steering Group 2006 Calendar

- Last updated: August 31, 2006

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006

## August 2006

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14
HITSP – TC Chicago | 15
HITSP – TC Chicago
 | 16
HITSP – TC Chicago
 | 17
HITSP – TC Chicago
 | 18
BDSG In person meeting Washington DC
10-4pm | 19 | 20 |
| 21
CE WG Meeting  | 22
EHR WG Meeting 
 | 23
CC WG Meeting  | 24
BSV WG meeting | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |  |  |  |

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006

## September 2006

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4
LABOR DAY  | 5
BDSG 2-4pm
(Oral Testimony) | 6
HITSP -TC | 7
HITSP -TC
 | 8
(Written Testimony)

HITSP -TC
 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12

(DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS) | 13
NCVHS Meeting | 14
BDSG 1:30 - 4:30

NCVHS Meeting  | 15
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 16 | 17 |
| 18
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 19
BDSG Procedural 10-12noon 

NCVHS Meeting
EHR WG Meeting
 | 20
 | 21
BSV 1-4

BDSG - Preliminary Report | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25
PHIN Conference – Atlanta

HIT SUMMIT
 | 26
PHIN Conference – Atlanta

HIT SUMMIT
 | 27

HIT SUMMIT
 | 28 | 29
HITSP - Final Interoperability Specifications to ONC
 | 30 |  |

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006

## October 2006

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
| 2 | 3
BDSG 2-4pm | 4
 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 12
NCVHS Meeting 

FINAL DRAFT DUE | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16
2nd NHIN Forum
Wash DC | 17
BSV WG meeting
2nd NHIN Forum

BDSG – Final Report | 18
 | 19
ISDS - Syndromic Surveillance Conference | 20
ISDS - Syndromic Surveillance Conference
 | 21 | 22 |
| 23
30 | 24
31
BDSG – Draft Recommendations to AHIC (31st) | 25
 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006

## November 2006

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
HOLIDAY 
 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 29
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 30 |  |  |  |

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006

## December 2006

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 14
NCVHS Meeting 
 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
HOLIDAY 
 | 23 | 24 |
| 25
HOLIDAY  | 26
HOLIDAY 
 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |

- Biosurveillance Data Steering Group Calendar - 2006
# Presentation: 545406

## Grid West Update

***EEI Transmission Policy Task Force Meeting**** *
*Charlotte, North Carolina*
*April 19-20, 2004*

## The Road Taken

***IndeGO***

***OATTs Filed with FERC***

***RTO West***

***RRG ***
***Reevaluation Initiated  ***
***June 2003***

***The firestorm of opposition to SMD made progress on RTO West increasingly difficult.***
***In the Wholesale Market White paper, FERC acknowledged importance of regional approaches.***
***Led to a from-the-ground-up re-evaluation of regional transmission system needs and opportunities.***

## Renewed RRG Process

- Since June 25, 2003 representatives have participated from: (1) the states (expanded to all eight states in Grid West footprint), (2) public power, (3) independent power producers, (4) renewable resources, (5) environmental interests, (6) end-use customers, (7) the tribes, and (8) the filing utilities (BPA, BCTC, PacifiCorp, Idaho Power, Avista, PGE, PSE, Northwestern, Sierra Pacific & Nevada Power.)
- The central emphasis:
*ENSURE A SOLUTION FOCUSED ON REGIONAL NEEDS*
*DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN BROAD REGIONAL CONSENSUS*
- At the March 31, 2004, RRG meeting, the members voted to change the  name of the Regional Proposal to Grid West to reflect the region’s new direction and fresh approach for developing regional solutions to address the identified transmission problems and opportunities

## Grid West–Key Elements

- Creation of an independent entity to manage the region’s grid.
- Voluntary beginning state features, e.g.,
- Participation in day-ahead inc/dec redispatch market.
- Control area consolidation – potentially Bonneville, Idaho, PacifiCorp and perhaps others.
- Regional accountability via mandatory consultation with state representatives, advisory committees, and trustee selection committee.
- Staged implementation (beginning, interim, and target end-state).
- Key bylaws provisions include trustee selection committee voting rights on special issues.

## Development Process

- Process developed in January 2004:
- Enables the seating of an independent board for the developmental entity by the end of calendar year 2004.
- The board of the developmental entity would have limited number of trustees.
- Initial work divided into two major activity lines:
- Governance —
*Activities to meet four key decision points for creating the independent board*
*Articles and Bylaws Work Group *
- Technical —
*Expand beginning state definition to support key governance decisions.*
*Transmission Services Liaison Group (TSLG)*
- Other work groups and activities:
*Address pricing, embedded cost recovery, and facilities*
*Develop state, provincial, and federal approval processes*

## Sources for Further Information

- Attendance at RRG meetings – Meeting schedules, summaries and progress reports are posted at *www.rtowest.com  *and click on “RRG Main Page”
- Web site is in the process of being changed to* **www.gridwest.org*
- Final Narrative Description of RRG Regional Transmission Proposal
*	**Posted December 24, 2003*
- “Message” Document About the Regional Proposal
*	**Posted February 3, 2004*
- Briefing Paper About the Regional Proposal
*	**Posted February 3, 2004*
# Presentation: 493078

## Slide 1

**Notes:**
Review what each of the headings mean. 
        RECORD_ID = identification number unique to that particular record
        COMMON_NAME = common name of species 
        YEAR_FROM =record contains data for eggs/tissues collected during or after this year
        YEAR_TO =record contains data for eggs/tissues collected before or during this year
        LOCATION = name of location at which eggs/tissues were collected
        STATE = name of state from which eggs/tissues were collected
        MATRIX = body part used for analysis, ex. liver, kidney, egg content
        N = number of individual eggs/animals represented by this particular record. If N=5, the DDE concentration given in the record represents the average DDE concentration calculated for DDE concentrations of 5 different eggs/animals.
        DDE = concentration of DDE found in the eggs/tissues
      UNITS = units for the DDE concentration reported 

## DDE (ug/g ww average concentration) 

**DDE (ug/g ww average concentration) **
**in Bald Eagle eggs by Year**

## Slide 3

**Notes:**
Review what each of the headings average. 
        RECORD_ID = identification number unique to that particular record
        COMMON_NAME = common name of species 
        YEAR_FROM =record contains data for eggs/tissues collected during or after this year
        YEAR_TO =record contains data for eggs/tissues collected before or during this year
        LOCATION = name of location at which eggs/tissues were collected
        STATE = name of state from which eggs/tissues were collected
        MATRIX = body part used for analysis, ex. liver, kidney, egg content
        N = number of individual eggs/animals represented by this particular record. If N=5, the DDE concentration given in the record represents the average DDE concentration calculated for DDE concentrations of 5 different eggs/animals.
        DDE = concentration of DDE found in the eggs/tissues
      UNITS = units for the DDE concentration reported 

## Discussion Questions: Bald Eagle Graph 1

**Does your graph support your hypothesis? Why or why not?**
**Looking at your graph, was the DDT ban effective in reducing the concentration of DDE in bald eagle eggs?**
**Look at the value for N for each year group. Do different year groups have relatively similar values for N? How might differences in N between year groups affect the accuracy of the averages you calculated? **
**During what year groups does your bald eagle graph show a trend similar to that seen in the osprey graph? During what year groups does your bald eagle graph differ from the osprey graph?**
**Look carefully at the data records you used to make your graph. Refer to the worksheet, “baldeagle”, that contains the records you organized and from which you calculated your year group averages. What do you think might account for the difference in the osprey and bald eagle trends? Is there anything that stands out about the data collected after 1986?**
**Suggest a new hypothesis to explain the high DDE concentrations in bald eagle eggs after 1986. **
# Presentation: 610403

## IMI-NFG Thrusts

- Glassy meta-materials

- Functional coatings

- Glasses engineered for strength

- Ionic functionality

- Optical functionality

- Biofunctionality

**International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass ****(DMR-0409588)** **PI: H. Jain, Lehigh University. Co-PI: C.G. Pantano, Penn State University**

**“****More than half of the engineering marvels of the 20th century that made the greatest impact on the quality of life have relied on the exceptional properties and fabrication methods available with inorganic glass. For glass to remain competitive also in future, IMI-NFG is : (a) facilitating international collaborations of fundamental and applied research, which will introduce new functionalities in glass, (b) developing multimedia products and delivering them across the borders to educate next generation of glass researchers and engineers, and (c) promoting the appreciation of glass as a high-tech material among pre-college students and other research communities.”**

- For details of our projects, please visit www.lehigh.edu/imi

## IMI-NFG delivers glass science education across the borders

**Semester-long Course: Optical and Photonic Glasses **
- 39 archieval lectures on glass science and optical applications by Prof. Rui M. Almeida, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
- Delivered live over video link (MATPAC) to five PA Universities
- Future resource to entire glass cummunity on DVD or via webcast.

- For delivery across the world, IMI-NFG is developing hour-long tutorials, semester length courses and state-of-the-art lectures on ‘hot topics’ of glass science and engineering. In the first phase, one full-semester course, 4 tutorial lectures and 15 hot topic lectures were recorded for delivery via the Internet or DVD.

**Tutorials and State-of-the-Art Lectures**
**by international experts**

- Professors Kanert (Germany), Chakravorty (India), Kamitsos (Greece) and Frumar (Czech Republic) photographed after recording their lectures at Lehigh University.

## Undergraduate researchers nucleate new domestic & international collaborations

- (Upper right) Jamie Neilson, IMI-NFG’s first international REU scholar, also a Goldwater scholar, is shown discussing his findings on THz spectroscopy of glass, with his Lehigh and Cambridge advisers.

_**IMI-NFG’s REU Students – 2005 **_
**Domestic:**
- The first batch of REU students from Wisconsin, Texas and Massachusetts nucleated research collaborations at Lehigh University. They investigated anti-bacterial glasses, probed nano-glasses by combined excitation-emission spectroscopy, and developed glass education modules for younger students.
**International:**
- Two undergraduate students from US conducted research on THz properties of glass at Cambridge (UK), and on ion transport phenomena in glasses at Muenster University (Germany).

- (Lower right) Prad Gupta, a graduate student of glass science explains how to make glass to the newly arrived three IMI-REU students at Lehigh University.
# Presentation: 778952

- CDM GDPE Prototype Operations
- Review

***Metron, Inc.***

***CDM Meeting***
***August 4, 1999***

## Overview

- Prototype Operations Review and GDP Statistics
- Compression Benefits by Airport
- Jan. 20, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999
- Compression Benefits by Airline
- Sep. 8, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999
- Delay Reduction Distributions
- Mar. 18, 1999 - Jul. 15, 1999
- Planned vs. Actual Scheduled Compression Benefits
- Apr. 1 - Jun. 30, 1999

## GDP Counts Trend

## Cumulative GDP Counts Trend

**Notes:**
Cumulative by Jun
1997:  321
1998:  315
1999:  336

## GDP Trends by Airport

**Notes:**
Sorted by Standard Deviation

LAX - New arrival pattern eliminated almost all GDPs after 1997
SFO - El Nino caused a high peak in 1998
ORD - This year is higher than usual due primarily to DSR transition GDPs
LGA, EWR, BOS, PHL, ATL all high - high number of thunderstorms on east coast?

## GDP Statistics over 9 Months

## Average Hours per GDP

## Hourly Rate of Compressing GDPs

## Hourly Rate of Compression Minutes Saved during GDPs

## Rate of Compression Minutes Saved per Compression Cycle

## Compression BenefitsJan. 20, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999

## Compression Benefits TrendJan. 20, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999

## Compression Benefits MilestonesJan. 20, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999

## Compression Benefits by AOC

- Time Period:
- September 8, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999
- 1091 Compression Cycles:
- Non-CDM participants compressed starting October 13th
- AWE, MEP, FDX new participants in February 1999

## Compression Benefits by Airport and AOC (Sep. 8, 1998 - Jul. 15, 1999)

** AWE MEP: participants starting Feb. 1 *
*  **FDX: participant starting Feb. 16*

- 2,833,730 total minutes reduced due to compression
- Average of 63,987/week and 9,141/day

## Delay Reduction Distributions Due to Compression

- Data Included in Analysis:
- All compression from Mar. 18 - Jul. 15, 1999 (521 compression cycles in 190 GDPs)
- 96,603 flights included
- 1,105,012 total minutes reduced

## Delay Reduction Distributions Due to Compression - Results

- Resulting Statistics:
- Average reduction:  11.5 minutes
- Median reduction:  2 minutes
- Percentiles:
- Reductions 15 minutes or greater:  19%
- Reductions 30 minutes or greater:  11%
- Reductions 45 minutes or greater:  5%
- Reductions 60 minutes or greater:  5%

## Delay Reduction Distributions Due to Compression - Histogram

## Flight Delay Assignment History Example

## Actual Scheduled Compression Benefits Methodology

- All flights which were later revised prior to departure were removed
- All flights which never flew were removed

## Actual Scheduled Compression Benefits Results

- Data Set Used:
- Apr. 1 - Jun. 30, 1999
- 264 GDPs
- 415 RBS++ and 258 Compressions
- 93,169 flights affected
- Results:

## Graph of Cumulative vs. Actual by Month

## Graph of Actual as a Percent of Cumulative
# Presentation: 437398

## Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC)12 October 2006

**Scott Borg**
**Head, Antarctic Sciences Section**
**Office of Polar Programs**
**National Science Foundation**

**Astronomy and Astrophysics in Antarctica **

## Antarctic Sciences Section

- USAP is a microcosm of NSF
-  many flavors of science
*“**research that can only be done, or can be best done, in Antarctica”*
-  A & A is part of one of five diverse science programs
-  LDB w/NASA at McMurdo
-  South Pole Station supports several telescopes
-  high competition for resources at Pole

## Antarctic Research Pathways

- OPP general announcement
-  and/or joint consideration with other parts of NSF
-  International Polar Year
- NSF Cross Directorate Opportunities
-  Science and Technology Centers Competition
-  Major Research Instrumentation
-  Cyber-infrastructure opportunities
- Partnerships with other agencies or foreign Antarctic programs

## US Antarctic Program - Research

- Complex portfolio of research
- Single investigator to multi-institution collaborations
- Many science partnerships: within NSF, with other agencies, with other countries
- Extensive support infrastructure, but long and complex logistics train
- Many support partnerships: DoD for logistics & transportation, NASA for communications

## Current and Planned USAP Astrophysics Activities

- Long Duration Ballooning (through 2009)
- Pilot support for 3 flights in FY07
- Recent Balzan prize for Boomerang work
- BICEP - Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (2005-2008)
- QUaD - QUEST and DASI Experiment (2005-2007)
- 10m South Pole Telescope - submillimeter surveys of SZE clusters, polarization, etc. (first light in 2007)
- IceCube – km3 neutrino observatory (2004-2010)

## Major Projects at Pole – FY07

- IceCube - 9 strings in; 12 planned for 06/07; plus IceTop
- 06/07 is a critical year for the construction project
- plans in development for transition to M&O
- 10m South Pole Telescope – SPT
- Test-build successful; transport, build, and commission in 06/07
- First light in 07 winter; but no ground shield (planned 07/08)
- South Pole Station Modernization – not finished yet
- **completion delayed following extensive readiness review of the science programs in July-August 2006

## Challenges

- USAP Support for Pole is at limit
- Berths/cargo/power/water/general utilities
- Recent major review of power usage > stable plan for short term
- Traverse plans advancing
- Communications
- SPTR Phase 1 – plans in place for completion for winter 07
- SPTR Phase 2 – plans developed for execute/completion in 09
- Critical dependence on NASA partnership
- South Pole Station Modernization – need to complete

## Questions?
# Presentation: 329604

## blue grama Bouteloua  gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Other common names: graceful grama grass, purple grama, red grama, white grama, narajita azul.

**Food:**
- The Apaches would grind the seeds, mix it with corn meal and water to make a mush.
-  **Medicinally:**
- Roots were chewed and blown on incisions of castrated colts.
- As a soup the whole plant would be used for a postpartum medicine.
-  **Culturally:**
- The Hopi use the grass as fill for coiled basketry.
- Most of the grass stalks have 2 spikes.  For a children's game the Sioux would hunt for stems with 3 spikes.  Much like many look for 4 leafed clovers today.
- The grass was used to foretell winter.  One fruit spike means a mild winter, the more fruit spikes there are the harsher the winter.

- Photo courtesy of:  ©W.L. Wagner. Courtesy of _[Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany](http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/index.html#?collections)_. This copyrighted image may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose. For commercial use please contact _[George F. Russell](mailto:russell.rusty@nmnh.si.edu)_. Please credit the artist, original publication if applicable, and the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. The following format is suggested and will be appreciated: **W.L.**** Wagner** @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

- Slide developed by Pat Broyles, Soil Conservationist, Manhattan, KS. PMC.  USDA is an equal opportunity employer.
# Presentation: 921121

## 1989

**1990**

**1991**

**1992**

**1993**

**1994**

**1995**

**1996**

**1997**

**1998**

**1999**

**2000**

**Expansion of surveillance**

**case definition**

**ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) **
** ****-- reported cases by quarter, United States, *1989-2000**

***Includes Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Pacific Islands Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.**

**      ****0**

**  ****5,000**

** ****10,000**

** ****15,000**

** ****20,000**

** ****25,000**

** ****30,000**

** ****35,000**

** ****40,000**

**Year (Quarter)**

**Reported Cases**
# Presentation: 162596

## Lien Project Status

- Barbara Gómez
- May 18, 2005

## Lien Status

- Return to Vendor Process
- Receipt Accrual Process
- Multi Year Liens
- PO Reconciliation and Close – out
- PO/PRP Conversion Issues
- Questions

## Team Approach

- Chuck Axthelm
- Lauretta Corsair
- David Chen
- Barbara Gomez
- David Hathaway
- Minh Huebner
- John Speros
- Tamatha Thompson

## Return to Vendor (RTV) Process

- New process in place
- Requestors and buyers will be notified when an over-shipment was received
- Automated email
- Buyers will initiate the RTV process within 5 business days
- This prevents receipt accrual from occurring
- Lead - Tammy Thompson, Tim Montoya, Amy Mendoza, John Speros, Steve Kessler, Barbara Gomez, David Hathaway, Gavin Robillard

## Receipt Accrual Process

- Testing completed in FMS 8.8
- Collaborative effort by Purchasing, Receiving and AP
- Unable to use tolerances in FMS 8.8
- Established work around for FMS 8.8
- Over- shipments will be placed on hold pending resolution
- Barbara Gomez, John Speros, Tammy Thompson, Lauretta Corsair, Michele Mock, and Lesta Nadel

## Multi- year Liens

- Business processes were reviewed
- Objective is to lien the amount obligated by the subcontract
- FMS systems functionality (Contracts) is being examined
- Changes in the current process will need to be made
- Lead- David Hathaway, John Speros, Sarah Eary, Bill Fortney, and Minh Huebner

## Purchase Order Recon and Close - out

- An ongoing business process is needed to routinely close purchase orders and reverse liens
- The process is being worked on with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2005
- Lead- John Speros, Lisa Rebrovich, Deanna Ashorobi, Dennis Styles, Michele Mock, and Barbara Gomez

## PO/PRP Conversion Issues

- Approximately 11,000 purchase orders were closed
- Approximately 250 converted purchase orders (prior to PRP) will exist after the upgrade
- Buyers and resource analysts will review and monitor
- Lead- Lauretta Corsair, John Speros, ISS

## Questions
# Presentation: 949441

## FPD Calibration Studies

- Michael Strang
- University of Texas at Arlington

- FTG Meeting 2-Sep-03

- Michael Strang

## First Appearance of Problem

- This is a recent calibration with 0x400 gain on board. Notice the dropping of the mean at the edge of SIFT chips happening on two boards in different cassettes

- FTG Meeting 2-Sep-03

- Michael Strang

## Old data looking for problem

- This is an old calibration (around April) with 0x400 gain on board. The evidence of this structure is not as clear if it is present at all.

- FTG Meeting 2-Sep-03

- Michael Strang

## Trying to isolate problem

- During recent access last week, we unplugged the bayonet, unplugged the cables from the tunnel going to the TPP and isolated the TPP from contact with anything else (flex cables still connected) and structure is very clear.

- FTG Meeting 2-Sep-03

- Michael Strang

## Looked at CFT boards as well

- For comparison, looked at a random board from a different crate (53). Surprisingly, this same structure is present in parts of the board so while this problem seems enhanced in the FPD boards, it appears to be present in other boards as well.

- FTG Meeting 2-Sep-03

- Michael Strang
# Presentation: 574081

## Shearing box simulations of the collisionless MRI

**P. Sharma, G. W. Hammett, E. Quataert, J.M. Stone**

**Why collisionless MRI?**
**cooling time >> inflow time**
**T****p**** ~ 10****11****-10****12**** K  > Te~10****9****-10****11**** K**
**e/p collision time >> inflow time**
**Low luminosity XRBs & AGN**

**Figure 1. Fastest collisionless MRI at scales much larger than H/**********

**Figure 3. Effect of collisions on anisotropic stress**

**Table 1. Summary of different run**

**References**
**Sharma et al. ApJ 2003**
**Sharma et al.  astro-ph/0508502**
**Stone, Pringle  MNRAS  20011**
**Balbus  ApJ 1998, 2000, 2004**
**Parrish, Stone ApJ  2005**

**Linear Results**
**Fastest growth at disk scale height**
**Collisional transition at  **************
**Collisionless damping, electron vs. ion heating**

**Figure 4. Total stress as function of parameter k****L**

**Drift Kinetic Eq. for f(x,v****||****,********,t):**

**Moments of the DKE: anisotropic pressure**

**Landau closure for parallel heat fluxes:**

- tadv/tcool< 10-8  in Sgr A*
- Observed plasma: (RBondi~106 RS)
- T ~ 107 K, n ~10 cm-3
-  mfp ~ 1017 cm >>
-            RS (horizon)~1012 cm
- Estimated conditions near BH:
- Tp~1012 K, Te~1010 -1011 K
- n~106 cm-3
- B~30G (=10)
- ri ~re ~104 cm, R~H~ a few RS
- r/L << 1 everywhere
- ni~10-12 /s, ne~10-8 /s, cs/L~10-2/s

- Spring model of MRI H~cs/
- Angular momentum transport along B due to magnetic/anisotropic stresses
- Kmax VAz/~ for  fastest mode
- instability taps energy in shear flows
- 	      and not

**Low Luminosity accretion flows**

**Magnetorotational/Viscous instability (collisionless MRI, MVI)**

**Figure 2. Small amplitude saturation in CGL limit with no anisotropy limit**

**Results**
**Enhanced transport as in MHD**
**Anisotropic stress ~ Maxwell stress.**
**Microinstabilities are naturally excited**
**Qualitatively similar to MHD**

**Future Work**
**Global effects, winds, convection, role of MTI.**
**Electron vs. ion heating.**
**Role of microinstabilities, threshold on anisotropy.**
**Direct Vlasov simulations.**

**Only B****z**
# Presentation: 504946

## Antarctic Ocean and Climate Systems

**Bernhard Lettau**
**Program Manager**
**NSF/Office of Polar Programs**

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

- Oceanography
-   Antarctic Circumpolar Current Dynamics
-   Geochemical Cycling
-   Water Mass Modification
-   Air-Sea Exchange
-   Sea Ice Processes

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

## Antarctic Oceans and ClimateMinimum and Maximum Sea Ice Extent

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

**Proxy Records from Ice Cores**

**Antarctic Oceans and Climate**

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

- Climate Processes
-   Synoptic Meteorology
- Ross Island Meteorology Experiment (RIME)
-   Remote Sensing
- Solar and Infrared Radiation
- Atmospheric Profiling
-   Atmospheric Chemistry

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate Synoptic Meteorology

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

**Direct Observations**

**Antarctic Oceans and Climate**

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

**Direct Observations**

**Antarctic Oceans and Climate**

## Antarctic Oceans and Climate

- Planned Programs
-   Clivar - DecCen
-   Ross Island Meteorological Experiment (RIME)
-   U. S. Carbon Cycle Science Program
-   International Polar Year
# Presentation: 725533

## Global IOOS Milestone:  New Platforms in Service

-      FY2006 Target: 761 new ocean observing platforms deployed and reporting;
-      Jun 2006: 489 total ocean observing platforms (target 571); 442 ARGO floats

- Sep. 06

- G

## GPRA:  Reduce the Error in Global Measurement of Sea Surface Temperature

**Reduce the error in global measurement of Sea **

**surface Temperature**

-      FY06 target: 0.5 °C;     Long-term Target: Error of 0.2 °C by 2009.

- More rapid expansion of the in situ network over the next several years will minimize the satellite bias error, enabling more accurate global sea surface temperature from a combination of satellite and in situ measurements.

- _Satellite bias error_: the systematic difference between satellite-derived vs. *in situ *actual measurement of sea surface temperature

- Sep. 06

- G
# Presentation: 922298

## Client-Server Team

- 1998 Overview
**Jon McKeeby**

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Presentation Overview

**This Presentation ****w****ill Review:**
**Client/Server Team Members**
**Client/Server Team Functions**
**Three Specific Tasks of the Team****- 4D Server Migration to Windows NT by Steve Bergstrom****- Migrating  to Sybase System 11.5 & the Maintenance of CDR by Brain Ramey****- Building Interfaces Using HIE Cloverleaf®** by Yenshei Liu

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Client/Server Team Members

**Steve Bergstrom**
**Jeff Haver**
**Yenshei Liu**
**Jon McKeeby**
**Don Preuss**
**Brian Ramey**

**IBM/Global Solutions**** - CDR/RAP****Raza Hashim****Murali Kumar ****Jason Schanuel ****Mike Staley**** **

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Client/Server Team Members

**Member Changes from 1997:**
**Spin-off of members to create the Web Team**
**Addition of member to perform interface engine development**
**Addition of member to perform Sybase database administration**

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Client/Server Team Functions

**The C/S Team is Responsible for:**
**Application Development (Mac/MIS, WEB/MIS, MIS Printing)**
**Database Design (CDR, HSS)**
**Database Development (4D, Sybase)**
**Database Administration (4D, Sybase)**

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Client/Server Team Functions

**The C/S Team Provides:**
**Data from MIS to Ancillary Systems (Pharmacy, EKG, Lab, Transcription)**
**Data to MIS from Ancillary Systems**
**Data from MIS to the Clinical Data Repository (CDR)**
**Data from Ancillary Systems to the CDR**

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98

## Three Specific Tasks of the Team

**4D Server Migration to Windows NT****                        ****by Steve Bergstrom**** **
**Migrating  to Sybase System 11.5 & CDR Maintenance**** ****                        ****by Brain Ramey**
**Building Interfaces Using HIE Cloverleaf®**                         **by Yenshei Liu**

- 1998 Client Server Team Presentation: 1998 Overview

- 1/9/98
# Presentation: 205322

## A Spaceborne

**Perspective**
**on the**
**Red, White, **
**and Blue**
**11 October 2000**

## Spring Flooding 

**Spring Flooding **
**on the **
**Mississippi**
**26 March 2001**
**27 April 2001**

**Notes:**
The mighty Mississippi River, from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, is approximately 3780 kilometers long and has flooded many times during its history. In April 2001, residents of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and  Illinois once again battled near-record water levels. These Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) images, acquired one month apart, illustrate the effects of snowmelt and heavy rainfall on areas traversed by the upper Mississippi River. 
Each image in this pair covers an identical 195-kilometer x 339-kilometer area. The one on the left was acquired March 26, 2001 (Terra orbit 6762), and the one on the right is from April 27 (Terra orbit 7228). Both are false-color composites, displaying data from the near-infrared band of the instrument's nadir (vertical-viewing) camera as red; the green band of the nadir camera as green; and the red band of the 26-degree forward camera as blue. Data from the forward-viewing camera is included to enhance the reflectivity of water. The near-infrared data provide a good indicator of the abundance of vegetation since plants are highly reflective in this spectral region. The redder color of the right-hand image is due to increased vegetation cover brought about by wet conditions and the onset of spring. 
Locations of major cities are marked on the left-hand image; major rivers are marked on the right. The portion of the Mississippi River captured in these views extends from just north of La Crosse, Wisconsin to south of Davenport, Iowa. The Wisconsin River joins the Mississippi just below Prairie du Chien. On March 26, snow can clearly be seen over much of the northern portions of the left-hand image. At this point in time, the snow had already begun to melt and the Wapsipinicon River was 52 centimeters above flood stage at De Witt, Iowa (between Clinton and Davenport). By mid-April heavy rainfall swelled the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers. In the early morning of April 25, two days before the right-hand image was acquired, the Mississippi River crested in Davenport, Iowa at 680 centimeters, slightly below the level reached in the record-setting flood of 1993. 

## Fire in the Land of 100,000 Lakes

**Fire in the Land of 100,000 Lakes**
**20 June 2001**

## Eruption 

**Eruption **
**of **
**Mt. Etna**
**22 July 2001**
# Presentation: 293522

## Alcohol use disorders in VA

**Acknowledgement**
- All data presented for this evaluation were collected by the VA’s national Office of Quality and Performance (OQP)
**Funding**
- Substance use disorders QUERI, CESATE, NWHSRD COE
**Collaborators**
- D. Kivlahan, G. Lapham, C Achtmeyer, R. Rusch

## Prevalence of Alcohol Misuse 

**EPRP Medical Record Reviews Nationwide **
**Prevalence of Positive Screen **
**for Alcohol Misuse**
**AUDIT-C Score  5-7 (N 2,109)****	****6.2% **
**AUDIT-C score 8-12  (N 1,438)****	****4.2%**

## Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders PRIOR to Positive Alcohol Screen

**Alcohol use disorders documented in year **_**BEFORE**_** screening**
- 								AUDIT-C Score
- 					 			 5-7	 	8-12
- 								%		%
- Alcohol use disorders (AUD)		25		54
- AUD OR problem drinking noted		27		57
- Other Substance use disorders 		8		17

## Prevalence of Addictions Treatment PRIOR to Positive Screen on AUDIT-C

**Addictions Treatment Documented in year **_**BEFORE**_** screening**** ****	**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****AUDIT-C Score**
**	****	****	****	****	**** ****	****	**** ****	****5-7****	**** ****	****8-12**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****%****	****	****%**
**Total screened****	**
- 	Prior addictions treatment				11		36
**Total with PY AUD or alcohol problem****	****	**
- 	Prior addictions treatment 				36		54

## Prevalence of Brief Alcohol Counseling AFTER Positive Screen on AUDIT-C 

- Brief alcohol counseling documented in year AFTER screening
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****AUDIT-C Score**
**	****	****	****	****	**** ****	****	****	**** ****5-7****	**** ****	****8-12**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****  ****	****%****	****	****  %**
- Brief alcohol counseling
- 	Advice AND feedback				7		12
- 	Advice OR feedback				40		57

## Prevalence of Referral for Alcohol Misuse AFTER Positive Screen on AUDIT-C 

_**Referral**_** Documented in year **_**AFTER**_** Screening**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****AUDIT-C Score**
**	****	****	****	****	**** ****	****	**** ****5-7****	**** ****	****8-12**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****%****	****	****% ****	****	**
- Referred
- 	Specialized Addictions Treatment		6		18
- 	Other referral for alcohol misuse		4		7
- 	Total 					10		25
- Discussed referral, no referral		10		12

## Referral or Brief Alcohol Aounseling for Alcohol Misuse After Positive Screen 

- Documented in year _AFTER_ alcohol screening
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****AUDIT-C Score**
**	****	****	****	****	**** ****	****	**** ****	****5-7****	**** ****	****8-12**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****%****	****	****%**
- Referral made or discussed			19		38
- Treatment initiation following referral		9		23
- Any advice, feedback, referral
-  	OR discussion of referral				46		65
# Presentation: 862462

## This illustrates the beginning of the noise rollup process beginning at one of the most fundamental noise metrics -- Sound Pressure Level Spectra

*Lossless sound pressure level spectra are computed for each aircraft noise source at various yaw angles and power settings based on thermodynamic, aeromechanical, and aircraft data.  *

**1/3 Octave Band Center Frequency (Hz)**

**1/3 OBSPL (dB)**

- 0

- 10

- 20

- 30

- 40

- 50

- 60

- 70

- 80

- 90

- 100

- 100

- 1000

- 10000

- Fan Inlet

- Fan Discharge

- Jet

- Core

- Airframe

- Total

- Thermodynamic
- Cycle Data

- Aeromechanical
- & Flowpath Data

- Noise Reduction
- Technologies

- Aircraft andSizing Data

## Noise spectra are analytically “flown” over the three-point listening references on the ground.Propagation effects are calculated.

- 2000 m(6562 ft)

**Community****Reference**

**Sideline****Reference**

**Approach****Reference**

- 6500 m(21 325 ft)

- 450 m(1476 ft)

- System Noise Prediction Points:
- - Sideline
- - Community
- - Approach

## The rudimentary noise spectra are rolled up through frequency, space, and time to the higher-order noise metric used by the FAA:  

*the Effective Perceived Noise Level (EPNL).*

- Source SoundPressure Spectra

- Trajectory

- PropagationEffects

**Integration to EPNL**

*In noise prediction parlance, the “cumulative,” or algebraic sum of the three levels is **used to capture the impact of the entire system.*