BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 680067

## First measurements with the ASM-IIa

- 3/20/01 S. Junnarkar, P. O’Connor
** ****Setup**
- The ASM-IIa board ( _[http://atlas-csc.inst.bnl.gov/list/pdf00000.pdf](http://atlas-csc.inst.bnl.gov/list/pdf00000.pdf)_ ) is the first prototype of the sampling and digitizing section of the on-chamber CSC electronics.
- We have implemented a simple controller that repetitively writes and reads all 144 cells of the HAMAC SCA. The sampling clock is 40 MHz and the read clock is 5 MHz at this time.
- 12 channels (one SCA chip) are written in parallel during the write phase which lasts (144 * 25 ns) = 3.6 microsec. The read phase takes (144 * 15 * 200 ns) = 432 microsec, since for each sample, it takes 15 read clocks to read out the 12 channels.
- As the samples are read out they are digitized and the digitized samples from the first 4 channels are re-ordered and sent to FIFO’s. After the readout cycle is complete the FIFO’s are read out into DACs that reconstruct the analog waveforms at the inputs.
** ****DC characteristics**
- We have measured the transfer characteristic of the system using DC levels at the input. Figure on p.2  shows the transfer characteristic from the input to the SCA output. Note the SCA output is differential, the signal channel and a reference pipeline are subtracted. We scale the difference by 0.2 and apply an offset to scale the analog signal into the input range of the AD9042 ADC, which is 2.4 V + or – 0.5V. Note that the offset and scale factors are not optimized yet. Figure on p.3 is the residuals from this fit.
- Pg. 4 is the transfer characteristic to the DAC output, and Pg. 5 is the residuals of this fit.
** ****Waveform capture and readout**
- Pg. 6 shows the waveforms with a time-varying input. A single-cycle sinewave, of duration 3 microsec, is synchronized with the write clock and applied to the input. Pg. 7 shows the same waveforms when the input pulse has a duration similar to the one from the preamp/shaper.

## Slide 2

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## ASMII-a waveforms – 3 s sinewave input

- ASMII-a waveforms – 3 s sinewave input

- SCA output

- SCA input to Ch. 32 – sampled at 40 MHz

- Digitized SCA output reconstructed at 5 MHz

## ASMII-a waveforms – pulse with same duration as P/S 

- ASMII-a waveforms – pulse with same duration as P/S

- input

- Digitized SCA output reconstructed at 5 MHz
# Presentation: 786673

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**Issue Statement**
**OPM Guidance – Locality Based Increase**
**Pay Increase Team – Who**
**                                       ****How to Contact**
**Planned Activities  **

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**Categories**
**       ****Group A:  Active employees who have NOT **
**        ****had certain personnel actions processed **
**        ****since the 894 NOA 1/12/2003.**
**      **
**        ****Group B:  Active employees who have had **
**        ****personnel actions processed since the 894**
**        ****NOA 1/12/2003.**
**        ****Group C:  Normal accessions from PP-2 thru**
**        ****PP-9, where the accession is the last action **
**        ****currently on the database.**

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**Categories**
**       ****Group D:  Active employees in certain pay rate**
**       ****determinant codes, M, S, 2, 3, 4, etc.**
**        ****Group E:  Normal separations from PP-1 thru**
**        ****PP-9 or current pay period.**
**        ****Group F:  Active Homeland Security employees**
**        ****on CV-05 and active Dept. of Justice, TF **
**        ****employees on CV-06.**

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**Categories**
**       ****Group G:  Employees who transferred to **
**       ****Homeland Security from CV-05, CV-06, and**
**       ****CV07 and employees who transferred to **
**       ****Dept. of Justice from Dept. of Treasury **
**       ****TR/40.**
**     **

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**       **
**Recommendations**
**Tools**
**Metrics**

## Volume Processing (Metrics)

## 2003 Retroactive Pay Increase

**Project Information Package**
**Summary**
# Presentation: 102183

## TEXAS TORRENTS:A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF 16 HISTORICAL HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS IN TEXAS

**Jerry M. Nunn**
**West Gulf River Forecast Center**
**Ft. Worth, Texas**

## TEXAS TORRENTS:LOCATIONS OF THE 16  EVENTS

**TEXAS TORRENTS:****LOCATIONS OF THE 16  EVENTS**

## TEXAS TORRENTS

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

**Alvin - 43.00 inches**
**07/24-25-1979 (T.S. Claudette)**
**24-hour U.S. Record**
**2.****	****Medina and Kerr Counties - 42.00 inches**
**08/01-02/1978 (T.S. Amelia)**
**3-day total of near 50 inches**
**3.****	****Thrall - 38.20 inches**
**09/09-10/1921 (Unnamed hurricane)**
**36.40 inches in 18 hours - A WORLD RECORD)**

## TEXAS TORRENTS (CONT.)

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

**4.****	****Ingram - 36.00 inches**
**07/01-02/1932**
**Pandale - 35.00 inches**
**06/27-28/1954 (Fell in 20-24 hour period)**
**From remnants of Hurricane Alice (moved northward from Brownsville area)**
**Record Flood 1.1 MILLION CFS – Rio Grande near Del Rio**
**27ft rise Falcon Reservoir (06/16-30)**

## TEXAS TORRENTS (CONT.)

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

**6.****	****Nueces River - 34.00 inches**
**09/20/1967 (Hurricane Beulah)**
**25.50 inches**** ****at Falls City (Cibolo Ck / S.A. River)**
**Shackleford County - 33.00 inches**
**08/03/1978 (T.S. Amelia)**
**Occurred at Newell Oil Field**
**29 inches fell at Albany in 12-15 hours**
**8.****	****San Marcos - 30.00 inches**
**10/17-18/1998**
**Caused record flooding on Guadalupe River**

## TEXAS TORRENTS (CONT.)

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

**Houston (Sheldon Res.) – 28.80 inches**
**06/09/2001 (T.S. Allison)**
**Fell in 10.5 hours**
**36.99 inches Houston Port in 5 days 06/05-09**
**10.****	****Odem - 25.00 inches**
**10/19/1984**
**Fell in 3 ****2**** hours**
**11.****	****Liberty - 24.00 inches**
**10/17-18/1994**

## TEXAS TORRENTS (CONT.)

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

**  ****D****=****Hanis 17NW - 22.00 inches**
**05/31/1935**
**WORLD RECORD for 2 hours, 45 minutes**
**13.****	****Waring (Kendall Co.) – 21.10 inches**
**06/30-07/02/2002**
**“****Independence Day” Flood**
**43+ inches 06/30-07/06/2002**
**Disastrous flooding Guadalupe, San Antonio, Medina, and Nueces Rivers**
**Seven fatalities**

## TEXAS TORRENTS (CONT.)

**Historical Heavy Rainfall Events in Texas – 48 hrs or less**

** ****Bandera –19.47 inches**
**06/21-22/1997**
**Votaw (nr Beaumont) - 19.00 inches**
**09/11/1961 (Hurricane Carla)**
**16.****	****New Braunfels - 10.00 inches**
**05/11/1972 - fell in 1 hour - Hourly Texas rainfall record**
# Presentation: 774761

## FY05 SSOPD Diversity Successes

- Forum on Religious Diversity - May 2005
- Presentation of Code 800 Diversity Plan to GSFC Diversity Council - August 2005
- American Heritage Month - October 2005
- Working Group trained every 800 office
- Status briefings to Code 800 Staff
- Met or exceeded all performance metrics
- Updated/revised FY06 Diversity Plan

## SSOPD FY05 Performance Metrics

## Diversity Performance Metric # 2SSOPD Participation in Primary Opportunities/Assignments

**Primary Opportunities/Assignments:**
-  Management/Technical Training
-  Administrative/Business Training
-  Boards
-  Teams/Committees/Projects
-  Selection Panels

- Percentage of Employees that Participated in at Least One of the Primary Areas

## SSOPD Office Participation

## Code 800 Diversity Metric # 3

**Common Themes**
- Exiting employees felt underutilized, pigeon-holed, taken for granted
- Aware of the Diversity Plan but not specifics
- Felt it was for younger employees
- No standard or equity across Code 800 offices for awards
- Still pockets of Code 800 that aren’t promoting/owning Diversity Plan
- Awareness that other NASA Centers believe that WFF does not welcome and develop a diverse workforce

## Code 800 Diversity Metric # 3

**Recommendations**
- Communicate more with employees during reassignments, moves or other changes
- Address aging workforce issues
- Recognize support functions as well as “glory” functions (PMs)
- Promote cross-training across offices
- Need a stronger message from 800 management on why diversity is smart business
- Ensure all offices are “owning” Diversity Plan
- Promote our Diversity successes externally
# Presentation: 318923

## Recommendations for Discussions 

- Convention on observation combinations (modernized GPS signals, Galileo) and products (orbit/clock, iono/trop....)
- Convention on bias estimates (products)
- User community need to understand the convention and proper use of IGS products
- Increased user community participation should be considered
- Stable or able to monitor reference should be established for bias estimates
**Absolute receiver bias calibration is becoming increasingly important as the increase of GNSS signals along with biases**
- Current effort should be continued and increased to develop standard and convention
- In-receiver bias calibration should be investigated, long-term stability is more important if removal is difficult
- Firmware bias should be given special attention
**Multi-constellation bias determination**
- GLONASS products (some confusion....)
- Bias estimates for GLONASS
- Inter-system bias/offset estimates
**Actions should be taken to further improve IGS products to support demanding applications**
- These applications don’t tolerate current small systematic biases in IGS products
- Basic research efforts are needed to understand better GNSS biases and develop new modeling methodologies
- Phase bias determination and real-time products should be investigated to support real-time OTF PPP

**Recommendations for Discussions **

## Recommendations for Discussions 

**Physical constraints should be introduced (may be they are already??) in the adjustment, e.g. based on the DCBs expected stability**
**Reference for DCBs should also be based on physical considerations e.g. could be from the measured values for an ensemble of receivers**
**IGS should monitor the stability of receiver delays. Continuous monitoring of differential code bias (DCB) values with respect to P1-C1 and P1-P2 must be continued.**
**Time lab stations available in the IGS network should not only be considered for clock analysis, but also for ionosphere analysis (for monitoring of the corresponding receiver P1-P2 code biases).**
**GLONASS satellite and receiver DCB results should be included in IGSG IONEX products.**
**Absolute receiver calibration with respect to C1 (and also C2) would be desirable.**
**IGS C2 data availability has to be improved.**
**cc2noncc is capable to correct RINEX observation data for GPS P1-C1 bias values only. IGS users (and in particular the ACs) should be prepared to apply corresponding code bias corrections in their own GNSS analysis software (in order to cope with P2-C2, other GNSS, RINEX 3, etc.).**
**For IGS reprocessing, AS-free periods in -1994, 1995 (3), 1997 must be considered.**
**File format for DCB data exchange.**
**Use of RINEX 3?**
**Quarter-cycle phase bias issue!**

**Recommendations for Discussions **
# Presentation: 084102

## Weather Briefing

- June 16 10:00 CDT

## Verification

- Yesterday’s Forecast

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Observations

## Link to Satellite Loop

- _[http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=](http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=ir)__[ir](http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=ir)_

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

- _[http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.](http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.php)__[php](http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.php)_

## Slide 15

## Forecasts

## Slide 17

## Slide 18

## Slide 19

## Slide 21

## Slide 23

- _[http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.](http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.php)__[php](http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.php)_

## Slide 25

- _[http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf/sdg/](http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf/sdg/)_

## Extended Outlook

## Slide 28
# Presentation: 079964

## “Nuisance” Species andNatural Resource Management

- A Hawaiian Perspective
- Dr. Isabella A. Abbott

## From  mountains

**From  mountains**

- Volcanic islands are  a continuum of habitats

**to  the  sea**

## Stream flow links this entire state’s land mass to the coastal zone.

**Stream flow links this entire state’s land mass to the coastal zone.**

## Ahupua’a   stretch  from  mauka (mountain)  - makai (ocean)

***Ahupua’a   *****stretch  from  *****mauka *****(mountain)*****  - ******makai *****(ocean)**

- Land and coastal processes are linked.

- Land – ocean tenure based on
- relationships and resources

- Stewardship that built a resilient society

## lava flows lay foundation for spectacular oceanic islands.

**Formed  via  volcanic  action, **

## A Restored Hawaiian Fishpond

## Isolating  mechanisms  abound

**Isolating  mechanisms  abound**

- Deep valleys

- Deep channels

## Hawaii’s  isolation  is  global

**Hawaii’s  isolation  is  global**

- Greatest distance away from any land mass

## Threats to native aquatic species

- Non-indigenous introductions

- Changes in land use practices

- Loss of ecosystem quality –

- deterioration & poor water

- targeted species collections

**Threats to native aquatic species**

- unintentional /intentional

- Ballast water

- Mechanical impacts

## Even in the ocean, some  Hawaiian species are found no where else – they are endemic.

**Even in the ocean, some  Hawaiian species are found no where else – they are ****endemic****.**

- 25 % of  corals

- 25 % of shallow water fish

- 25 % of  algae

- 32 % of shallow water invertebrates

**Only on our reefs**

## Natives Gallery

*Peleophycus *
*multiprocarpium*

*Hihiwai*

*O’opu nopili*

*O’pae kala’ole*

**Natives Gallery**

*Nohu pinao *

*` ilio holo i ka ua ua  *

- These species are only in Hawai’i

## Coconut

- Taro

- Banana

- Pig

## Mālama

**To take care of; preserve**

**Hawaiian Principles: **

- Today:
**Respect   and  conserve  the  environment  **

***Pono***

**In perfect order; true condition**

- Today:
**Do  the  right  thing..**

## Mālama i ka  lani

- Stars guided their ancestors.

## Mālama i ka āina

***M******ā******lama i ka āina***

- The  land  gave  them life   and  protection.

## Mālama i ka  wai

- Streams gave  them water  for their families and  crops.

## Mālama i ke  kai 

- The ocean delivered their ancestors to these islands and gave them food.

## Ahupua’a   stretch  from  mauka (mountai)  - makai (ocean)

***Ahupua’a   *****stretch  from  *****mauka *****(mountai)*****  - ******makai *****(ocean)**

- Land and coastal processes are linked.
# Presentation: 372767

## Charge to Road Map Development Sessions

**Steering Committee**
**Presented by J. Barth**

***Working Group Meeting on New Standard Radiation Belt and Space Plasma Models***

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004

## Parallel SessionsThursday – PM

**Plasma models**
**Michelle Thomsen**
**Room TBA**
**Trapped proton models**
**Daniel Heynderickx**
**Room TBA**
**Electron models**
**Bern Blake**
**Room TBA**
**Dataset management and model standardization**
**Eamonn Daly**
**Room TBA**

- _Projector will be available for each room_.

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004

## Purpose

**Develop a road map for new standard radiation belt models**
**Model applications**
**Spacecraft and instruments**
**Reduce risk**
**Reduce cost**
**Improve performance**
**Increase system lifetime**
**Reduce risk to astronauts**
**ISS**
**Transits through radiation belts**

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004

## Requirements

**Ref:  Tuesday AM presentation**
**Ref:  Thursday AM presentation via Oracle subgroup**

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004

## Activities

**Assign a recorder for your session**
**Hear supplemental presentations relevant to your session**
**Discuss the group’s vision for a future model**
**List and discuss tasks required to develop a candidate model for standardization**
**Model requirements definition?**
**Adequate data?**
**Adequate data analysis?**
**Unanswered science questions?**
**Identify gaps in measurements**
**Will a future, planned mission fill the gap?**
**If not, what mission is needed?**
**Develop a schedule to achieve a new model**
**Estimate resources required to complete a new model**
**Level of effort**
**Infrastructure**
**Instrument development**
**Prepare report for presentation to group on Friday**

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004

## Sample Road Map

| Improvement Objective | AP-8/AE-8 Capability | Capability Now | Capability with Current Data Sets | Resources Needed to Meet Requirements |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Time Resolution |  |  |  |  |
| Energy Range |  |  |  |  |
| Regional Coverage |  |  |  |  |
| Directionality (Low Altitudes) |  |  |  |  |
| Solar Cycle Effects |  |  |  |  |
| Storm Effects |  |  |  |  |
| Error Estimates |  |  |  |  |
| Statistical Information |  |  |  |  |

- Workshop on Radiation Belt Models

- 6 October 2004
# Presentation: 062448

## Decision Tree for Inclusion of Women in

**YES**

**NO**

**Decision Tree for Inclusion of Women in**
**NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials**

**YES**

**Is a **_[NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trial](http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/tree_glossary.pdf)_** proposed?**

**Is gender representation acceptable?**
- 1. Strong evidence exists for significant gender differences in intervention effect **and** study design or analysis can answer primary question(s) separately for each gender **and** the analysis plan can detect significant differences in intervention effect? ***(Code G1: both genders included)*** **or**
- 2. Strong evidence exists for NO significant gender differences in intervention effect?
- 	***(Code G1: both genders included, or Code G2: females only, or Code G3: males only)**** ***or**
- 3. No clear evidence exists for or against significant gender differences in intervention effect **and** study design and analysis plans will permit _**valid analysis**_ of a differential intervention effect?
- 	***(Code G1: both genders included)*** **or**
- 4. One gender is excluded because inclusion is inappropriate with respect to their health or because the research question is relevant to only one gender?
- 	***(Code G2: females only, or Code G3: males only) ***

**Summary of Codes****	****	****Representation is Scientifically...**
**	****Gender Representation****	****Acceptable****	****Unacceptable**
**	**Both genders included	G1A	G1U
- 	Females only		G2A	G2U
- 	Males only		G3A	G3U
- 	Unknown (cannot be known)	G4A	G4U

**Unacceptable**
***G1U, G2U, G3U, or G4U***
*Negative impact on score. Describe: inclusion plan, any gender exclusions, plans for analysis and outreach. State why this is scientifically unacceptable.*

**Acceptable **
***G1A, G2A, G3A, or G4A***
*Describe: inclusion plan, any gender exclusions, plans for analysis and outreach. *
*State why this is scientifically acceptable.*

**NO**

**Go To: **_**Decision Tree **__**for Inclusion of Women (not an NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trial)**_

**Unacceptable**
* **Contact *
*Scientific Review Administrator*

**ABSENT**
**No Information**

- NIH/OER April 26, 2001
# Presentation: 920525

## RUBELLA - reported cases per 100,000 population by year, United States, 

**0**

**5**

**10**

**15**

**20**

**25**

**30**

**35**

**Year**

**1969**

**1974**

**1979**

**1984**

**1989**

**1994**

**1999**

**0.0**

**0.1**

**0.2**

**0.3**

**0.4**

**0.5**

**0.6**

**0.7**

**Year**

**1984**

**1989**

**1994**

**1999**

**RUBELLA - reported cases per 100,000 population by year, United States, 1984-1999**

**RUBELLA - reported cases per 100,000 population by year, United States, **
**                    ****1969-1999**

**Vaccine Licensed**

**Reported Cases Per 100,000 Population**

**Reported Cases per 100,000 Population**
# Presentation: 529555

## Pixel Plane

- Guilherme Cardoso
- FNAL – Electronic Systems Engineering
- PHENIX LDRD Collaboration Meeting, August 28-29 2006

## Development path

- Goals of this prototype:
- a group of 11 8-chip pixel modules working together in a system
- different power supply schemes
- different grounding schemes (separate analog and digital grounds that can be connected at several points on the board)
- preliminary cooling using carbon-TPG substrate
- different interfaces to the DAQ

## Prototype prelim. parts placement

- No active components on boards
- Mounting holes spaced by 6.2mm
- 1 readout line per chip + chip_hit
- Each PTA reads 1⁄2 plane (5 or 6 modules)

## For the production board

- Leverage our learning from prototype and make all mods necessary
- Include as many readout lines and chip_hits as needed

## Milestones

- Prototype
- Schematics				Sept. 1
- Layout					Sept. 22
- Fabrication				Oct. 6
- Tests					Oct. 20
- Production
- Define readout scheme, 		Sept. 15
- pulse inject, voltage regulation
- Schematics				Oct. 6
- Layout					Oct. 27
- Fabrication				Nov. 10
- Tests					Dec. 1

## Ideas for production board

- Active and passive components
- A1: FPGAs and serializers
- A2: Serializers only
- Passive components
- P1: Omnetics 46-pin Nano connectors
- P2: Omnetics 60-pin Nano connectors
- P3: 3M 50-pin connectors

## Common assumptions

- Each FPIX2 sends data at 140Mbps
- 6 data lines per chip _or_ 4 data lines + chip hit (HDI limitation, can’t have both)
- Analog and digital power connectors
- Inject pulse connector
- For options with active components, include extra power connector and voltage regulators
- Some control signals are repeated on board (FFR, BCOCK, RDCK). LVDS repeater chips not shown (they are small, and we can use TX25 from CDF)
- Same mechanic profile as prototype
- Only 1⁄2 board shown, but same electronics necessary on both sides

## A1: FPGAs and serializers

- Readout
- Chips

- FPGA

- SERDES

- TX

- Con.

- Controls

- Data

## A1: FPGAs and serializers

- Fiber optic readout (12 TX fiber ribbon cable, Agilent AFBR-732B)
- Actel FPGA (A3PE600 or A3PE1500)
- TI quad SERDES (TLK4250)
- 3M connector for controls (P50LE-050P1-SML-TGF)
- Peak heat dissipation (per side):
- SERDES: 3*1.7W
- FPGA: 3*2W
- Transmitter: 1.6W
**TOTAL: 12.7W**

## A2: Serializers only

- Readout
- Chips

- SERDES

- TX

- Con.

- Controls

- Data

## A2: Serializers only

- Fiber optic readout (12 fiber ribbon cable)
- TI quad SERDES
- Peak heat dissipation (per side):
- SERDES: 4*1.7W
- Transmitter: 1.6W
**TOTAL: 8.4W**

## Passive solutions

- Readout
- Chips

- Con.

- Data and Controls

## P1: Omnetics 46-pin Nano connectors

- Onmetics NSS 60 pin SIP series NSS60H2
- See samples

## P2: Omnetics 60-pin Nano connectors

- Onmetics NSS 60 pin SIP series NSS60H2

## P3: 3M 50-pin connectors

- 3M connector for controls (P50LE-050P1-SML-TGF)
# Presentation: 268959

## MicroNewton Thruster (MNT)

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Demonstrated the first prototype of the MNT system with 	the assistance of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 	and Yale University
-   First use of the carbon nanotube (CNT) based electron 	field emission (FE) neutralizer in electric propulsion
-   Demonstration of extremely low noise thrust, of the order 	of 10-8 Newton, feed system with no moving parts and the 	CNT FE neutralizer
-   A set of microthrusters will control spacecraft position with 	nanometer precision

***Busek Co. Inc.***
***Natick, MA***

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

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Will deliver to JPL 3/05 to fly on the NASA New 	Millennium Space Technology Demonstration Mission 	(ST7).  This project will fly on the NASA/ESA European 	Spacecraft Smart 2 scheduled for 6/06
-   The MNTs will enable future scientific missions such as 	NASA’s Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) 	gravitational wave observatory and the Micro-Arcsecond 	X-ray Imaging Mission (MAXIM) x-ray interferometer

- Glenn Research Center
- Space Propulsion
- 3-094

**MicroNewton Thruster (MNT)**

***First prototype 20 microNewton colloid thruster system which includes enough propellant to operate for 3000 hours***

**INNOVATION**

- 1998 Phase II, NAS3-00017, rev. 5/03 NASA Contact – James Sovey
- Company Contact – Vlad Hruby

- A stable and controllable microNewton colloid thruster that generates and accelerates a stream of nanometer-size charged droplets

**COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   Busek was selected to provide a set of microNewton   	thrusters for the Space Technology 7 (ST7) project as part 	of the Disturbance Reduction System.  Busek will receive 	$9.9M for this effort
- 	The space market for the MNT’s could reach several 	tens of millions of dollars over the next decade
# Presentation: 181172

**Notes:**
Note - there is no single source of administrative law.  It is drawn from statutes, regulations, and the constitution.  Like many areas of jurisprudence, such as national security law, it is a functional definition.

**Notes:**
Note to instructor:
State separation of powers doctrines vary.  Some resemble the federal government and see the governor as the primary executive, others see the governor and other elected officials as co-equal, and some allow the legislature more latitude in the control of enforcement agencies.

You might want to explain what cause is.

**Notes:**
Examples to discuss:

The federal response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 was directed by executive orders, such as the order to shutdown commercial and private aviation.

At the state level, the response to events such as hurricanes is shaped by executive orders from the governor and president.  

**Notes:**
Note to Instructor

What if the health department seizes and destroys a valuable pet dog that is in violation of the leash law?  This would not be a taking, and the dog is not entitled to due process.  The owner could contest the destruction of the dog in court, and could be compensated if the department acted illegally in seizing and destroying the dog.

Discuss the effect on public health practice if the state had to pay for all costs related regulations, such requiring standing water to be drained to prevent the growth of mosquitoes.  

**Notes:**
Standards for Judicial Review
De Novo Review
The court ignores the agency decision
Review on the Record
The court uses the record of the agency proceeding but makes an independent review
Deference to the Agency
The court upholds the agency decision unless it is arbitrary and capricious
This is the usual standard for review
No Review
In some cases, such as the Smallpox Compensation Fund, the legislature does not allow judicial review of the agency decision
# Presentation: 215660

## Machine status

## Chronology last week

- Mon Dec 27	**yellow** ring ready (late night)
- Tue Dec 28	start **set-up**, discover yellow **aperture** problem
- Wed Dec 29	further diagnostics with beams (owl)
- Wed Dec 29	cut vacuum 11am, **beam in yellow** at ~9pm
- Fri Dec 31	**both beams at store**, ramp tuning
- Sat Jan 1	bunch intensity, #bunches (early collisions)
- Sun Jan 2	continue intensity, #bunches, fight gammat4 loss
- Mon Jan3	development ramp with **R-2-R synchro**
- 			**collisions** at Phenix and Star
- Tue Jan 4	collisions set-up (4 experiments), **collimation**
- 			 collisions overnight (28x28 ~3e9)
*Wed Jan 5**	*experiments magnets set-up
- 			Star, Phenix, Phobos

## Yellow ramp development – 7bunches

- Friday owl

- Friday eve

## Total intensity development

- 45 bunches x ~3e9
- Minimum lumi parameters

- January 1st

## Intensity history

- more
- bunches

- ramp development
- blue only

- yellow
- ramp tuning

- more
- bunches

- early
-  production
- ramp
- (28x28)

## Early production ramp

- Improve transmission
- (steering, collimation)

## Collisions last night

## Physics, ramp-up, development

_**Start of Physics**_**:**
- Experiment **magnets** on
- Improve ramp **transmission** to 90-95% in both rings
-     (now at ~82-85% blue, 92-94% in yellow)
**Collision** rates from all experiments (now Phenix,Phobos)
**Collimation**
_**Lumi development: expected limitations**_**:**
- Pressure rises (Phobos, transition, re-bucketing), e-clouds
- Beam-beam
- background
# Presentation: 313536

## The Center for Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics

- Christopher Dwan
- Mike Karo
- Tim Kunau

## Outline

- Perspective
- Processing tasks & requirements
- Computational solutions
- Interesting issues

## Funding chart

## The “Bioinformatics” component

- “Pipeline” data processing and storage
- 100Kb data
- <5sec processing time
- 10,000+ / month
- The problem:  Interface (batch & dependancy management)
- Similarity search
- Search against one or more ~10GB databases
- The Problem:  Data movement & memory
- (much easier on dedicated resources)

## The “bioinformatics” component

- “Unigene” assembly
- Traditional long run, big memory compute problem
- Comes at the end of the other two types
- The problem:  algorithms
- Clustering / Pattern Discovery
- Conference driven
- Causes us to redo the other tasks

## The “bioinformatics” component

- “Data warehouses”
- Mirroring and cross checking other public resources
- Local Oracle implementation of public databases for local users (Genbank / Swiss-PROT / Medicago ...)

## The “bioinformatics” component

- Microarray data
- Image data (~1MB per image) requires processing and storage
- Unknown normalization, errors, etc. requires that we simply keep all the raw data.
- Web based display of results
- Visualization...

## Computational resources

- ~100 CPU Opportunistic Condor “Flock”
- Not dedicated
- Configuration can change without warning
- No permanent local data storage
- Machines sit on desks.
- “flocking” with Madison, CS dept, other labs
- Reciprocity can hurt a LOT.
- Server farms
- Intel / Alpha
- Hard to find money to buy dedicated machines, esp. on single organism projects.

## Software and user issues

- An intuitive interface to parallel and batch systems gives uninformed users a great deal of power.
- Tools from outside: Poor scalability
- Tools from inside:  Poor portability

## Heuristic algorithms

- Many bioinformatics tools are heuristic rather than complete searches.
- These searches can return different results on different machines (dynamic thresholds, 32 vs. 64 bit math, ...)
- How do we tell “different” from “erroneous?”

## Thank you:

- The Condor team at Madison
- Sanger Center

## Collaborations are the key

- Christopher Dwan 	_[cdwan@ahc.umn.edu](mailto:cdwan@ahc.umn.edu)_
- Mike Karo 		_[mek@ahc.umn.edu](mailto:mek@ahc.umn.edu)_
- Tim Kunau 		_[kunau@ahc.umn.edu](mailto:kunau@ahc.umn.edu)_
# Presentation: 778323

## IMAGE & Wind Prove Future Mission Concept

**On two Wind perigee passes the Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) on IMAGE generated 828 kHz signals which were observed by Wind/Waves**
**Distance between IMAGE and Wind varied from 6 to 12 R****E**
**Researchers include: Cummer (Duke), & R. Benson, J. Green, M. Kaiser, and M. Reiner (all from GSFC)**

**Faraday rotation was measured**** and occurs when the received electric field is observed to rotate with time due to the changing density of plasma**
**Many future multi-spacecraft missions propose to use Faraday rotation to obtain global density pictures of the magnetosphere**
# Presentation: 431491

## Psychosis/Mania Events

-                  | ActiveDrug             |
-                  |   Exposed   Unexposed  |     Total
- -----------------+------------------------+----------
-        Psychosis |        13           0  |        13
-         PersonYr |    800.99      425.17  |   1226.16
- -----------------+------------------------+----------
-                  |                        |
-   Incidence Rate |  .0162299           0  |  .0106022
-                  |                        |
-                  |      Point estimate    |  [95% Conf. Interval]
-                  |------------------------+----------------------
-  Inc. rate diff. |         .0162299       |  .0074074    .0250524
-  Inc. rate ratio |                .       |  1.617747           .  (exact)
-  Attr. frac. ex. |                1       |  .3818564           1  (exact)
-  Attr. frac. pop |                1       |
-                  +-----------------------------------------------
-                    (midp)   Pr(k>=13) =                    0.0020  (exact)
-                    (midp) 2*Pr(k>=13) =                    0.0039  (exact)

## Aggression

- . ir  aggression activedrug personyr
-                  | ActiveDrug             |
-                  |   Exposed   Unexposed  |     Total
- -----------------+------------------------+----------
-       Aggression |        83          30  |       113
-         PersonYr |    800.99      425.17  |   1226.16
- -----------------+------------------------+----------
-                  |                        |
-   Incidence Rate |  .1036218      .07056  |  .0921576
-                  |                        |
-                  |      Point estimate    |  [95% Conf. Interval]
-                  |------------------------+----------------------
-  Inc. rate diff. |         .0330618       | -.0006202    .0667437
-  Inc. rate ratio |         1.468562       |  .9567769    2.310268  (exact)
-  Attr. frac. ex. |         .3190619       | -.0451757    .5671498  (exact)
-  Attr. frac. pop |         .2343552       |
-                  +-----------------------------------------------
-                    (midp)   Pr(k>=83) =                    0.0334  (exact)
-                    (midp) 2*Pr(k>=83) =                    0.0667  (exact)
# Presentation: 773488

## Census Bureau 

**Census Bureau**** **
**Business Statistics for **
**Metro Areas and Counties**
- www.census.gov/econ97

## www.census.gov

***www.census.gov***

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## Which economic programs 

** ****Minority- & Women-Owned Bus. (5 years)**
** ****County Business Patterns**
** ****Nonemployer Statistics**
** ****Building Permits**
** ****Consolidated Federal Funds Report**
** ****Governments**

***Which economic programs ***
***have county data?***

## www.census.gov

***www.census.gov***

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Slide 15

## Slide 16

## Which economic programs 

** ****Economic Census**
** ****Minority- & Women-Owned Bus.**
** ****Building Permits**
** ****Cons.Federal Funds**
** ****Governments**

***Which economic programs ***
***have local data?***

## Building Permits

-  Covers 19,000 permit-issuing places (where 95% of population lives)
-  Monthly
- Permits--Not Starts

## Consolidated Federal Funds Report

-  Covers counties & receiving jurisdictions
-  Annual
- Payments
- Grants
- Procurement
- Salaries

## Which economic programs 

** ****Economic Census**
** ****Minority- & Women-Owned Bus.**
** ****Building Permits**
** ****Cons.Federal Funds**
** ****Governments**

***Which economic programs ***
***have local data?***

## Slide 21

## Slide 22

## Slide 23

## Economic Programs 

**Almost everything on the web**
**Drill-down tables (HTML)**
**PDF **
**AFF (census only)**
**Large databases on CD-ROM**
**Very little in print**
**Summaries**
**key measures**

***Economic Programs ***
***Dissemination***

## ?? Questions ??

***??****** ******Questions****** ******??***

- For more information:
- -- econ@census.gov
- (301) 763-2547 or (877) 790-1876
# Presentation: 185406

## Filling the Knowledge Gap

- Bryan Norcross
- WFOR, Miami/CBS-TV, New York
- 60th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference
- March 23, 2006

## The Gap Grows Wider

- The distance between the National Hurricane Center’s understanding of what’s going to happen in a given community and the general public’s is bigger today than ever.

## What is a Hurricane Advisory?

- Public Advisory
- Forecast Advisory
- Forecast Discussion
- Wind Speed Probabilities
- Tropical Storm Probabilities Graphic
- 3-Day Cone
- 5-Day Cone
- Wind Speed Probabilities #1
- Wind Speed Probabilities #2
- Hurricane Local Statement
- Inland Hurricane Warning/Watch Statement
- Flood Warning/Watch Bulletin
- Tornado Warning/Watch Bulletin

## Communications Rule #1

- The medium should not modify the message

## 7-Day Forecast

## 7-Day Forecast

## Normal Day

- Nobody gets hurt
- People remember special days/events
- Credibility of forecast is diminished because a significant part of it MUST be wrong

## Emergency Day

## Questions

- Is it a bad forecast?

## Questions

- Is it a bad forecast?
- Is it well labeled?  Is it confusing?

## Questions

- Is it a bad forecast?
- Is it well labeled?  Is it confusing?
- Does it modify the message?

## Communications Rule #2

- Look for the hidden messages

## What’s the hidden message?

## Sometimes it’s an arrow... sometimes it is not.

## Communications Rule #3

- Be sure there is a message

## What should people in Florida do?  What’s the message?

## Communications Rule #4

- No news is NEVER good news.

## Communications Rule #5

- If the public are confused... it’s not their fault.

## Communications Rule #5

- If the public are confused... it’s not their fault.
- What can you do?

## Have a Structured Plan

- Hold regular briefings when there is a significant threat

## Have a Structured Plan

- Hold regular briefings when there is a significant threat
- Acknowledge hidden messages

## Have a Structured Plan

- Hold regular briefings when there is a significant threat
- Acknowledge hidden messages
- Ask the janitor if he understands what is happening

## Have a Structured Plan

- Hold regular briefings when there is a significant threat
- Acknowledge hidden messages
- Ask the janitor if he understands what is happening
- Don’t let the media say inaccurate things

## Have a Structured Plan

- Prepare people for the next expected event

## Have a Structured Plan

- Prepare people for the next expected event
- Don’t over-forecast... be certain about the uncertainty

## Have a Structured Plan

- Prepare people for the next expected event
- Don’t over-forecast... be certain about the uncertainty
- Don’t use the same communications techniques you use on “normal” days

## Katrina Is Just Forming

## Rita Has Formed
# Presentation: 766409

## Pooled Source Plasma NAT for HIV-1An Update from the Bayer HIV-1 IND Study

- Barbara Masecar
- Bayer Corporation
- Raleigh, NC
- Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting
- 67th Meeting
- September 14, 2000

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: Background

- IND filed with FDA August, 1999
- Shared filing with Roche Molecular Systems
- Roche AmpliscreenTM microwell plate method
- Testing initiated October 1999
- 96-sample minipools
- Nucleic acid extraction from minipools shared with HCV NAT screening

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: Assay Performance

- Assay sensitivity: 95% positivity at 91 IU per mL
- Calculated detection limit at the unit level:
- 8,736 IU per mL in minipools of 96 donations

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: IND Study Design

- Study-eligible HIV-1 NAT-reactive donors are categorized at the time of index donation:

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: IND Study Design

- Donors positive for HIV-1 p24 antigen ONLY:
- Investigation of donors with possible false positive/false negative results is included in IND investigational plan
- No known donors in the category
- However, amending IND to ensure identification and further testing for these donors

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: Update

- Since October, 1999: 2.1 million donations screened
- 11 Category A donors identified
- 		(NAT pos, ag/ab neg)
- 3 Category B donors identified
- 		(NAT/ag pos, ab neg)
- 10 Category C donors identified
- 	(NAT/ab pos, ag neg)

## Bayer HIV-1 IND Study: Update

- Follow-up study results for Category A donors (NAT pos, ag/ab neg):
- 	Subsequent sample information available on 9 of 11 identified donors

## Category A donors

## Conclusions

- Reduction in Window Period:
- 	HIV-1 NAT relative to p24: 3-7 days
- 	HIV-1 NAT relative to HIV-1/2 antibody: 10.7 days
- No False Positive HIV-1 NAT results seen to date (all corroborated by some other HIV-1 test result)
# Presentation: 495853

## Mary Ann Woodson
National Credit Union Administration
Office of the Chief Financial Officer

**National Credit Union Administration**
**Office of the Chief Financial Officer**

- NCUSIF Quarterly StatisticsMarch 31, 2008

## GROSS INCOMEMarch 07 – March 08

**GROSS INCOME****March 07 – March 08**

**    ****|                                              07                                              |             08            |**

## OPERATING EXPENSES March 07 – March 08

**OPERATING EXPENSES**** March 07 – March 08**

**    ****|                                              07                                               |              08           | **

## INSURANCE LOSS EXPENSE March 07 – March 08

**INSURANCE LOSS EXPENSE**** March 07 – March 08**

** ****|                                              07                                                  |             08            |**

**       ****Mar    Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug       Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec      Jan     Feb     Mar**

## Net IncomeFY 99 – FY 08

**Net Income****FY 99 – FY 08**

**Actual**
**Projected**

## REVENUE AND EXPENSE March 31, 2008

## TREASURY YIELD CURVE

**4 WEEKS AGO**

**MARCH 31, 2008**

**ONE YEAR  AGO**

**Percent**

## YIELD COMPARISONS

**MARCH 31, 2008**

**4.30%**

**4.01%**

**  ****1.38%**

**Percent**

## MATURITY SCHEDULEMARCH 31, 2008

## NCUSIF EQUITY RATIOMarch 31, 2008

**NCUSIF EQUITY RATIO****March 31, 2008**

**Actual**
**Projected**

**|   07   |                                                          08                                                            |**

## Number of Problem Credit Unions CAMEL Code 4/5 Credit UnionsFY 99 – FY 08

**Number of Problem Credit Unions ****CAMEL Code 4/5 Credit Unions****FY 99 – FY 08**

**Mar**

## Percent of CAMEL Code 4/5Shares to Total Insured SharesFY 99 – FY 08

**Percent of CAMEL Code 4/5****Shares to Total Insured Shares****FY 99 – FY 08**

**Mar**

## Number of Credit Union FailuresFY 99 – FY 08

**Number of Credit Union Failures****FY 99 – FY 08**

**Mar**

## This presentation is available

**to the public at:**
- _[www.ncua.gov](http://www.ncua.gov/)_
**Reports, Plans and Statistics**
**NCUSIF Statements**

***By clicking***

***and clicking***
# Presentation: 096879

## The Accretion Disk Temperature - Continuum Color Relation in Quasars

- Erin Wells Bonning (Obs. Paris - Meudon)
- Gregory A.  Shields, Sarah Salviander, Linpeng Cheng (UT - Austin)

## Introduction

- Naïve expectation from freshman physics — hotter blackbody is bluer in color
*AGNSPEC* models (I. Hubeny and collaborators)
- Non-LTE disk atmosphere.
- Input range of MBH, accretion rates, random disk inclinations.
- Total integrated spectrum with full relativistic effects.

## Slide 3

**Notes:**
AGN disk models

## SDSS DR3 Observations	

- Temperature of disk at radius of maximum flux
-     (Kerr BH):
- Tmax = 105.56  M8-1/4  (L/Led)1/4
- MBH = 107.69 Msun  (FWHM3000 km/s)2  L440.5
- Tmax depends inversely on FWHM of broad line.
- Bin objects by Tmax and sum average flux ratios between 5100, 4000, and 2200 Å.
- Sub-sample of ~2,000 objects distributed among Tmax with well-measured broad line widths.

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Questions

- What effect does galaxy contribution have?
- 2200 Å dust, NLS1, high Eddington ratio?
- What happens at higher redshift - can we use CIV and L1350 to get a broader range in flux ratio?
- Better understanding of accretion disk physics in AGN

## Slide 8

## Slide 9
# Presentation: 685511

## Macromolecular Crystallography

- Summary of the July 18, 2007
- Breakout Session

## Beam line (s) - current resources

**Beam line (s) - current resources**

*Most common beamline elements in use** *
- _Optics_
- Source: Undulators; Wigglers
- Monochromators: double crystal, sagital focusing, channel cut-Silicon
- Mirrors: focusing, collimating; Kirk-Baez pairs
- Energy range: 7 - 20 KeV
- _End-station_
- Diffractometers:Build In-house or Crystallogic (single axis, kappa); Hubbert; EMBL 		MicroDiffractometer*
- Detectors: ADSC,  MarCCD
- Control: Blu(Web)ICE

*Science Highlights*

**Beamlines:** 	 X6A, X29
**Technique:** Macromolecular Crystallography
**Researchers:**
- Yongcheng Wang, Yingjiu Zhang and  Ya Ha (Yale School of Medicine)
**Publication:**
- “Crystal structure of a rhomboid family intramembrane protease” *Nature* (2006) **444**, 179-180

## What can be done with a new source such as NSLSII

- Challenges
- Molecular Machines - multiple stage molecular machines
- Membrane Proteins
- Virus
- Structural “-omics”
- Drug development (vaccines, anesthetics...)
- Time resolved....kinetics....dynamics
- Very small less then 10 micron or most probably smaller crystals
- Weakly diffracting crystals

- 50 ang

- 250 ang

- 750 ang

## Beam lines

*Beam lines*
- Small beams, positional stability, small divergence,
- beam line automation.
- _Optics_
- 	Monochromator: Si 311
- 	Mirror: KB mirrors (bimorph?)
- 	Energy range: 3(2) to 60 keV
- _End-station_
- 	Large detectors, continuous read out preferred
- 	Rotation axis with small sphere of confusion (< 1 micron)
- 	Crystal visualization/centering tools (need research)
- 	Ancillarydevices

## Laboratories and ancillary facilities

- Labs
- 	Wet labs,
- 		cold rooms
- 		microscopes
- 		crystallization facilities (?)
- 		Biohazard Level (?)
- 		DI-water
- 	Mechanical, Electrical
- IT
- 	remote user access
- 	security
- 		e.g. through certificates
- 	large capacity data storage

**My next Macromolecular Crystallography beam line(s)**

## Quality of Life

- 	meeting rooms small and medium or convertible
- 	offices for staff and visitors
- 	lunch room for users and staff
- Housing
- 	short stay - hotel like
- 	long stay - 1, 2, 3 Bedrooms with kitchen facilities
- Food
- 	vending automats - better setup then the vending machines
- 	small convenience store (18/7)
- Transportation
- 	campus only
- 	between BNL Stony Brook and Ronkonkoma train station (?)paid
- IT
- 	**wireless network on campus**

**Quality of Life**