BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 182774

##    VIRTUAL REFERENCE     UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

## FEFDL - 1998	

## BACKGROUND

- FEFDL created by LSTA grant – Oct. 1998
- $13,000
- First LSTA awarded to UF in over a decade
- Maintenance of site now in job descriptions of 3 staff members
- Close to 700 pages
- Finally have statistics

## Who is connected now?

## Statistics for September

## ENHANCEMENTS TO FEFDL 

- 1990 Census data has to be updated
- RefeXpress available at UF
- FEFDL needed more publicity

## COMPONENTS OF GRANT

- Virtual Reference ($10,00)
- Update Census Data for 67 counties and 402 cities in Florida ($3,000)
- Conduct a usability study of FEFDL ($3,000)
- Send promotional packets to 735 libraries ($5,000)
- Travel to LSTA workshop ($1,000)

## VIRTUAL REFERENCE AT UF

- RefeXpress – real help – right now
- Available 44 hours a week
- No restrictions (yet) on service
- Limited publicity until we are sure of complete coverage and quality of service
- Positive responses to service

## How is it staffed?

- Voluntarily staffed with strong encouragement from director
- Documents librarians now cover 6 hrs. or more a week
- New schedule each semester – request hours
- Currently there are 25 librarians and 2 staff members – keeps increasing
- Use email for schedule changes

## TRAINING

- Initially trained by NetAgent – not geared to libraries
- Training now is in-house
- Hands-on - must be limited
- 	 Only have three seats
- 	 Schedule training during off hours

## How RefeXpress Works

- Live demo not possible on a Sunday
- Walk you through the screens used by both the library staff member and by the patron
- Statistics
- End with lessons learned

## What the librarian sees

## What the patron sees

## Click on Go!

## Request Screen

## My question

## Phone Rings

## Back to patron screen

## Joe is online

## Joe pushes site to patron

## Evaluation pops up

## Instant messaging feature

## Joe chats with Bob

## Email Function

## Slide 25

##  Gather statistics

-  Gather statistics

## A week of chatting at UF

## A week of email at UF

## My favorite chat session

## LESSONS LEARNED

- Experience is the best teacher
- Stressful, intense, different
- Must provide information in short bursts
- Must engage the patron immediately
- Privacy is not an issue
- Not embraced by all staff

## How Docs Will Do It

- Begin with limited hours using already trained staff
- Use buddy system to train new staff
- Provide service at reference desk; better use of staff with declining statistics
- Explore joint service with Reference during evening hours

## What’s in a name?

- Service needs a name
- Can’t send publicity packets or design logo for web page until we know what to call it
- Maybe be most difficult part
- Give me your input!

## Choose your favorite

- DocsXpress
- Doxtalk
- Govgab
- DocsDirect
- DoxNow
- DepositoryDirect
- DirectDepository

## Or give me your ideas

## QUESTIONS?
# Presentation: 687015

## James S. EllisAtmospheric Science DivisionLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryDepartment of Energy (DOE)

*Workshop on Effective Emergency Response**Selecting a Suitable Dispersion Model for a Given Application**Panel: Selection of Screening Categories for Models*A DOE View

- Crowne Plaza Washington National AirportCrystal City, Virginia
- December 5–6, 2001

## DOE Dispersion Modeling Emergency Response Activities

_**DOE Facility/Site Emergency Preparedness and Response**_
**Develop hazard assessments, emergency action ****levels, and modeling systems to use in emergency****response**
_**Deployable Assets for Emergency Response (ARG, FRMAC, RAP, NEST)**_
**Support resources to protect public from major radiological****accidents and terrorist events**

## Event Types

**Radiological and industrial chemical**
**Nuclear reactor **
**Nuclear fuel cycle**
**Nuclear weapon accidents**
**Radiological dispersal devices**
**Nuclear yield fallout**
**Chemical and biological agents**
**Natural hazards (e.g., smoke)**

## DOE Concept of Support

**Local models with connectivity to a centralized comprehensive modeling capability**

- Concept provides:
- 	corroborating results
- 	backup
- 	simple to complex applications
- 	short range to long range
- 	element of consistency across DOE

## Categories for Selecting a Model

| 1. | Application |
| --- | --- |
| 2. | Target user community |
| 3. | Scale |
| 4. | Resolution |
| 5. | Time steps (steady sate, time dependent) |
| 6. | Type of diffusion module (Gaussian, CFD, etc.) |
| 7. | Type of transport module (prognostic, stochastic, etc.) |
| 8. | Terrain implementation |
| 9. | Boundary features (land-sea, urban, etc.) |
| 10. | Deposition |
| 11. | Weather input |
| 12. | Source implementation |
| 13. | Effects implementation |
| 14. | Platform and system components |
| 15. | Environment |
| 16. | Runtime |
| 17. | Status of evaluation |
| 18. | Accuracy |
| 19. | On-going development |
| 20. | Databases (static, time dependent) |
| 21. | Software support/maintenance |
| 22. | Electronic communication (Input, output) |
| 23. | Product delivery mechanism |
| 24. | Presentation format |
| 25. | Mapping/GIS |
| 26. | User Interface/user training |
| 27. | Staffing requirements |
| 28. | CONOPS |

- JE.CrystalCity.12/5/01.lp.Pg.

## Key Challenges in Providing Emergency Response

**Source term definition**
**Integrating measurements with models**
**Obtaining multi-scale meteorology**
**Presentation to decision makers/stakeholders**

## Global

- Mesoscale

- Local

- Urban

- Building

- Dispersion Prediction are Driven by Meteorological Forecasts

- Meteorological
- Forecasts

- Dispersion Predictions

- JE.CrystalCity.12/5/01.lp.Pg.
# Presentation: 056782

## L’Auberge Cavalière, les Saintes-Maries de la Mer, France

June 11, 12 & 13, 2003

**L’Auberge Cavalière, les Saintes-Maries de la Mer, France**
**June 11, 12 & 13, 2003**

**Financial status of agent**

## A few JTA figures

**A few JTA figures**

- (Limited to 55% FYP)

## Issues addressed at the 2002 operations committee

**G-1.5 Financial status of agent:**
- 	M. Cazenave reviewed the Argos financial status. The proposal to separate the JTA basic cost obligations from the total effective basic cost of Argos was adopted by the JTA-21 meeting. This approach aims at enabling the JTA to maintain more control over their costs during the 5 year plan agreed at JTA-19.
**JTA-22 decision:**
- 	The meeting recognized that the plan was giving a reasonable approximation of the reality and decided that its basic principles should remain unchanged for a further year to be reviewed at the 2003 meeting.
- 	The annual 2002 Argos basic costs, for the purpose of calculating the JTA share will be capped at the actual 2000 figure of M€ 9,49 to be then increased by the annual inflation rate of 2001 and 2002 successively.

## Consequences for the JTA tariff structure

- 2001 JTA annual loss decreases to M€ 0,13 from M€ 0,57
- 	JTA cumulated loss raised from M€ 1,40 to M€ 1,52
- 2002 JTA structure shows:
- A calculated Argos basic cost of M€ 9,93 (2000 actual figure times 2001 inflation calculated at 2,14% times 2002 inflation calculated at 2,44%)
- A ratio JTA active PTTs/total active PTTs at 58,4% capped at 55% according to FYP)
- 	Taking this into account, the 2002 JTA contemplates an excess of 0,50 M€ and the JTA cumulated loss is now M€ 1,02.
- 	The FYP contemplates a reimbursement of the loss the last year of FYP (2004).

## BASIC ARGOS / Expenses – Incomes (in M€)

## BASIC ARGOS Economic Structure (in M€)

## BASIC ARGOS related incomesnon JTA  / JTA comparison

## Losses Status
# Presentation: 497470

## Theory of Superconducting and Electromagnetic Properties of Some Nanostructured MaterialsDavid Stroud, Ohio State UniversityNSF DMR-0413395

**     ****Research Highlight: ****Forces in Electrorheological (ER) Fluids**
**An ER fluid is a material whose viscosity (resistance to flow) can be changed by an electric field (e. g. with a battery).**
**They usually consist of **** suspensions of dielectric spheres**** in a host made of another insulator.**
**If an electric field is applied, ****the spheres line up****, making the suspension more viscous (instead of behaving like water, it becomes more like honey).**
**In our method, we ****connect the forces to the optical properties**** of the spheres. **

- Two strontium titanate spheres (diameter 6.3 mm) in silicone oil are strongly attracted when electric field E = 71 volts/mm is applied.

**SrTi03**

**E**

- Silicone oil

**Force is strongly attractive and depends on frequency.  Spheres separated by only 0.1-0.3mm**

## Theory of Superconducting and Electromagnetic Properties of Some Nanostructured MaterialsDavid Stroud, Ohio State UniversityNSF DMR-0413395

**  **

**           ****Contributions to Education:**
-      Six grad students (Kwangmoo Kim, Daniel Valdez-Balderas, Ivan Tornes, Kohjiro Kobayashi,  Vishwesha Guttal, Rakesh Tiwari), one postdoc (Sung Yong Park),  one undergrad REU student (Bryan Chen) and another undergrad (Stefan Natu) have contributed to work on this grant.  Ivan Tornes is now a staff scientist at Battelle; Park has a postdoc at Northwestern.
-      I have discussed  ER fluids in my graduate electromagnetism course, including research findings from this work.

**Some potential applications:**
**Change in viscosity with applied electric field gives a ****motor**** ****oil**** ****with**** ****controllable**** ****thickness**** (already used in car brakes).**
** ****2.  At optical frequencies, if the spheres are small and metallic, rather than large and non-metallic,  the same principle can be used to calculate the force between the spheres induced by a strong light beam.**
**Publications:**
**Kwangmoo Kim, David Stroud,**
**X. Li, D. J. Bergman, Phys. Rev.**
**E71, 031503 (2005); Li, Bergman and Stroud, Europhys. Lett. 69, 1010 (2005).    **
# Presentation: 490084

##   National School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering

-            *Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories*
*                *September 24 through October 11, 2008
-                  _Interpretation of Reflectivity Data_
-                          _and the  Phase Problem_

-   C.F.Majkrzak, *NIST Center for Neutron Research*,
-                            Gaithersburg, MD

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# Presentation: 676318

## Becker SAR-DF 5174-Band Precision Direction Finder

*Instructor*
*Bob McCabe, Capt, CAP*
*AGI, IGI, CFI*

## Becker SAR-DF 517

- The new standard in DF technology
- Uses latest doppler technology for rapid signal acquisition
- Receives and locates 406 MHz COSPAS/SARSAT burst data signal
- Displays data message from Location Protocol Beacons (LPBs)
- Emergency and training modes in all SAR frequency bands: 121, 156, 243 and 406 MHz

## System Components

**Display & Control**
** ****Unit**

**Receiver/Antenna Unit**

## Becker Receive Frequencies

## Becker Features

## Becker OperationPower-On, Operating Mode

- (1) ON/OFF - Pushbutton Power Switch
- (2) PAGE - Select page on view screen. Select Mode after power on.
- (3) MODE INDICATOR
- (4) Version/software no. of Antenna Unit
- (5) Version/software no. of Display Unit

## Becker OperationBearing Mode (page 1 to 3)

- (1) FREQ - Select operating band/mode: 156.800 - 121.500 - 243.000 - 406.025/028 - 406.025/028 + Scan 121.5/243.0
- (2) VOL - Adjust volume, listen on ADF channel of audio panel
- (3) SQL - Adjust squelch just above background noise/interference level. _*Must be adjusted separately for each frequency band*_
- (4) CLR - Reset bearing averaged value (use to eliminate bearing drag error after quick change of course)
- (5) STORE - Turns off 3 kHz tone _*and DF function*_ to hear signal better

- (6) REP - Shows last valid bearing value & corresponding receive level

## Becker Operation Display in Bearing Mode

*Display page 1 (360° bearing display)*

*Display page 2 *
*(expanded *_*+*_* 45° bearing display)*

*Display page 3 *
*(bearing as text)*

- (1) BEARING VALUE - relative to aircraft nose
- (2) SPREAD - Max deviation of un-averaged bearing values. Indicates bearing quality. Wider is worse.
- (3) RECEIVE LEVEL - Relative signal strength (0 - 100%)
- (4) SQUELCH LEVEL
- (5) OFFSET VALUE - angle correction for antenna         installation error
- (6) MOUNTING - antenna  orientation (top/bottom)
- (7) LS - Time since Last        received COSPAS/SARSAT      pulse signal (406 MHz)        (min:sec)

## Becker OperationCautions

- The Becker DF, although sophisticated, will not eliminate false indications and poor quality DF bearings in the presence of interference and multi-path signals
- Good Mission Observer intuition is still needed to guide the hunt

## More Info
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- If this were a proposal, can you cite examples of other strategies where this approach has worked?
- How does this compare/differ with partial resistance/incomplete resistance work as cited by Pacheco in his PhD thesis?
- Can you and the team develop and propose a tentative timeline?
- Can you flowchart this approach with "go-no go" decision trees?
- Are we only looking for a "genetic" resistance, or should we/could we consider incorporating an agronomic support approach that includes strategic planting programs, limited fungicide use, any fertility approaches, etc.?  I see this approach used more in the EU under more intensive management programs. We have seen it also in Brazil with their routine spraying of fungicides.
- Are there "parallel" research projects that must also be completed for this approach to work? DART?
- Can you put any "statistical odds" on the likelihood of success of this approach?

- If this were a proposal, can you cite examples of other strategies where this approach has worked?

- How does this compare/differ with partial resistance/incomplete resistance work as cited by Pacheco in his PhD thesis?

- Can you and the team develop and propose a tentative timeline?

- Can you flowchart this approach with "go-no go" decision trees?

- Are we only looking for a "genetic" resistance, or should we/could we consider incorporating an agronomic support approach that includes strategic planting programs, limited fungicide use, any fertility approaches, etc.?  I see this approach used more in the EU under more intensive management programs. We have seen it also in Brazil with their routine spraying of fungicides.

- Are there "parallel" research projects that must also be completed for this approach to work? DART?

- Can you put any "statistical odds" on the likelihood of success of this approach?

- What will be the most limiting issue(s) with this strategy, and can we control any of them?
# Presentation: 528638

## Richard A. Stedman
Executive Director
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
(360) 586-1044 Ext. 100
richard@orcaa.org

**Executive Director**
**Olympic Region Clean Air Agency**
**(360) 586-1044 Ext. 100**
**richard@orcaa.org**

**Washington State’s ****Cheeka Peak Observatory**

## Introduction

- Partners
- Location
- Research
- Monitoring
- Future Monitoring Operations
- Information Resources

## Partners

- Makah Nation
- University of Washington
- EPA
- Department of Ecology
- ORCAA

## Partners

- Makah Nation  (www.makah.com)

## Partners

- University of Washington, Bothell

- _[http://research.uwb.edu/jaffegroup](https://mail.reachone.com/util/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.uwb.edu%2Fjaffegroup&Horde=d7884ff14337217c19b724ecf4fe8032)_

## Partners

- ORCAA

## Location

## Location

## Location 

## Location

## Location

## Location

## Location

## Research

- 30 scientific publications since 1988 (selected examples)
-         Vong, R.J., H.-C. Hansson, D.S. Covert, and R.J. Charlson. Acid rain: Simultaneous observations of a natural marine background and its acidic sulfate aerosol precursor. *Geophys. Res. Lett., 15*, 338-341, 1988.
-         Quinn PK, Marshall SF, Bates TS, et al.  Comparison of Measured and Calculated Aerosol Properties relevant to the direct radiative forcing of Tropospheric Sulfate aerosol on climate.  *J. Geophys. Res-Atmos 100* (D5): 8977-8991 May 20 1995.
-         Jaffe D, Anderson T, Covert D, et al. Transport of Asian air pollution to North merica. *Geophys.Res. Letts*. 26 (6): 711-714, 1999
-         Jaffe D. ,McKendry I., Anderson T., and Price H. Six 'new' episodes of trans-Pacific transport of air pollutants. Atmos. Envir. 37, 391-404, 2003.
-         Jaffe D., Tamura S., and Harris J. Seasonal cycle, composition and sources of background fine particles along the west coast of the U.S.  Atmos. Env. 39, 297-306, 2005.

## Research

- Asian Dust Storms

## Research 

- Alaskan Wildfires

## Monitoring

**Current Instrumentation**
- Wind Speed / Direction 		Young - Model 05103
- Temp / RH 			Campbell Scientific - HMP45C
- Ozone 			Dasibi - 1008 RS
- Carbon Monoxide 		API - Model 300
- Aerosol Scattering (sub-micron) 	Radiance Research M903 Nephelometer
- Aerosol Scattering (total) 		Radiance Research M903 Nephelometer
- Rainwater collection 		Campbell Scientific TE525
- Solar Radiation 			Eppley Wide Band Radiometer
- Data Aquisition 			Campbell Scientific - CR23x

## Monitoring

## Monitoring

## Monitoring 

## Monitoring

## Monitoring

## Monitoring

## Monitoring

## Monitoring Data

## Monitoring Data

## Future Monitoring

- NCore Level II
- Trace Level Gasses
- CO
- NOy
- SO2

## 	Conclusions	

- Geographically remote site
- Has addressed regionally important science questions
- Consistent with national monitoring strategy
- Will continue to add value regionally and nationally
# Presentation: 489245

- MTAC – Association Presentation

- August 1, 2007

## About PCMA

- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) is the national association representing Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). PCMA is dedicated to enhancing the proven tools and techniques that PBMs have pioneered in the marketplace and working to lower the cost of prescription drugs for more than 210 million Americans with coverage provided through Fortune 500 employers, health insurers, labor unions, and Medicare Part D.
- As a trade association, PCMA offers member companies a full range of lobbying, advocacy, and business networking services.

## PCMA Members

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| --- |

## What PBMs Do

- 	PCMA continues to lead the effort in further promoting PBMs and the proven tools they utilize which are recognized by consumers, employers, policymakers, and others as a key driver in lowering prescription drug costs while also increasing access. The tools and techniques pioneered by PBMs are projected to save Medicare and the commercial market more than $1.3 trillion dollars on prescription drug costs from 2008 to 2017. These tools include:
- Generic substitution;
- Mail-service pharmacy;
- Pharmacy and therapeutic (P&T) committee formulary development and review;
- Pharmacy network management;
- Negotiation and administration of product discounts, including manufacturer rebates;
- Drug utilization review (DUR);
- Clinical prior authorization and step therapy;
- Consumer and physician education;
- Disease management; and
- Consumer compliance programs.

## PCMA Affiliates

- PBMs work closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers on a wide array of issues, including issues surrounding cost reduction, safety, and delivery.

## MTAC Members

- Arnie Epstein - Express Scripts
- Tom Underkoffler – Medco

## MTAC Benefits – USPS Usage

- Membership utilizes many USPS products
- Parcels
-  Express Mail
-  Priority Mail
-  First Class
-  Standard
-  Parcel Select
- Letters
- First Class
- Standard
- Flats
- First Class
- Standard

## PBM Statistics - 2006

- Mail Order exceeded 194M Rx’s
- Retail exceeded 1.3B Rx’s

## PBM Statistics

- Placed end to end, 2006 packages would wrap around the earth at the equator – with overlap

## Which Number is Higher?

- Hummingbird Heartbeat at Rest

- 2006 Packages
- Delivered per Second

**A**

**B**

- or

## A

- 2006 Packages
- Delivered per Second

**A**

**B**

**4.2 Beats / Sec**

- * During Delivery Hours

**11.9 Packages / Sec**

## PBM Information

- Industry has seen steady growth
- Drives increased mail volume
- MTAC
- Source of pertinent information
- Arena to learn and share
- Opportunity to participate in workgroups
- Expect to have increased MTAC exposure

## 

www.pcmanet.org

- www.pcmanet.org
# Presentation: 164103

## Argos System Use Administration

**Argos System Use Administration**

- 39th Argos OPSCOM Meeting
- Collioure, France

## Topics

- NOAA SUA Processing Statistics
- SUA Administration
- Pending SUAs

## SUA Approval Process

## NOAA SUA Processing Statistics (May 04- May 05)

- SUAs processed: 194 (244 2003-04)
- Average processing time
- 8.8 days (no pending) 2005
- 5.4 days (no pending) 2004
- 6 days (no pending) 2003
- 8 days (no pending) 2002
- SUAs Held with Questions: 27 (39 2003-04)
- 14% 2005
- 16% 2004
- 28% 2003
- 26% 2002
- SUAs pending:   1 electronic, 2 paper (Peru, and Brazil)
- SUAs not approved: 0
- SUAs Withdrawn: 0

## SUA Administration

- Improvement/changes in the SUA Administration
- Monthly pending list (Discontinued)
- Electronic Registration goes operational
- Areas that need Improvement
- Electronic registration goes operational
- Sensitive use coversheets still faxed
- timeliness
- NOAA processing of SUA took a step backwards
- Combination of personnel changes
- Management rotation
- Electronic implementation

## Pending VMS

- PERU VMS SUA Pending
- Peruvian Government has certified commercial providers
- Issue under review by CNES-NOAA working group
- Brazil VMS SUA Pending
- Initial SUA
- Commercial providers and Argos both certified at the outset
- Issue under review by CNES-NOAA working group

## Pending SUAs

- Upgrading Of Oceanographic Buoy Systems
- MOHAMAD KAMALIAN, KEPCO (KHAZAR EXPL. & PROD.CO.)
- The Iranian consultant organization for this project is sub-sea R&D Center, a department at the IUT (Isfahan University of Technology)
- program is operated by KEPCO under contract for the Isfahan University of Technology, Sub-sea Science & Technology research Center (SSTRC): _[http://www.iut.ac.ir/](http://www.iut.ac.ir/)__ _
- Review by State Department ongoing
# Presentation: 677116

## Accelerator Group Status

- Scenarios and Stakeholders status
- Review 126-v2Magnet Failure Scenario

- spanacek@fnal.gov

- 05/26/2005

## Scenarios

- _In Doc DB:_
- 126-v2Magnet Failure Scenario
- Mike Lamm
- 120-v5Scenario - Tool development at FNAL for LHC
- Suzanne Panacek/Elliott McCrory.
- _[128-v2Scenario: Injector Beam Maintenance](http://docdb.fnal.gov/CMS-private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=128)_
- Elliott McCrory
- 138-v2Scenario for debugging the Schottky detector
- Jean Slaughter

- spanacek@fnal.gov

- 05/26/2005

## Scenarios

- To_ be submitted_
- Analysis from CERN perspective.Mike Lamont
- Beam commissioning, unobtrusively observing first beam in the LHC.Elvin Harms
- _Unassigned:_
- Investigating a quench.
- Monitoring the beam through the synchrotron light monitors and reacting when “things go bad”.

- spanacek@fnal.gov

- 05/26/2005

## Stakeholders

- spanacek@fnal.gov

- 05/26/2005
# Presentation: 576270

## IGN activities as IGS data center

- The **IGN** Global Data Centre (GDC) has been designed and implemented in answer to both the Analysis Centers and the surveying user community requirements, for post-processing and real-time applications.
- The **IGN** data center is handled by **the geodetic and levelling department** (SGN).
- So as to have a more reliable data flow and a better availability of the service, two identical configurations have been setup in two different locations in **IGN**. Each configuration has :
- FTP deposit server** for data and analysis centers uploads,**
- FTP anonymous access** to the GNSS observations and products,**
- Fully independent Internet links.
- The infrastructure is common with the National GNSS permanent network and IDS data center activities.
- Participation as GDC to the RTIGS Pilot Project

- H. Duquenne (LAREG)

## IGN GDC : system overview

- H. Duquenne (LAREG)

## IGN beginnings as « analysis center »

**Project launched in 2007: production of ultra-rapid orbits and 30s clocks**
**Why ?**
- Rapid PPP (trajectography and validation of aerial photography flights)
- Hourly troposphere estimations (E-GVAP)
**How ?**
- Bernese GPS Software 5.0
- Many improvements still needed, and then validation
**Results:**
- Products released **every 2 hours** since December 2007
- 30s clocks not yet available
- Comparison with IGU and IGS products: encouraging

- H. Duquenne (LAREG)

## IGS ERP format

- MJD        X-P      Y-P    UT1-UTC    LOD    S-X   S-Y  S-UT  S-LD	...
- 54621.08   129403   537317 -4308507   4153     6     8     6    12	...

**Extract of  file sgu14823_14.erp:**
-    = June 4th, 2008 – 1h 55min 12sec !

- H. Duquenne (LAREG)
# Presentation: 656910

**A ****controllers perspective on runway safety**
**By**
**Darren T Gaines**
**NATCA **
**Air Safety Investigator**

## Runway Incursion Challenge

- 47,182,000 aircraft operations
- 1,800 runway crossings per day!
- Human error is a certainty
- Technology has limitations
- Causes – Consequences are global in nature

## Air Traffic Controllers Working For You

- 14,206 Controllers
- 24 ARTCC’s
- 24.6 million sq. miles
- 517 Towers

## Our customers

- Airlines
- Military
- General Aviation
- Airport Authority

## Runway Safety Issues Affecting Air Traffic Controllers 

- Technology
- Procedures
- Staffing
- Fatigue

**Notes:**
Data from “Administrators Fact Book” 2006

## Technological Considerations

- Surface Radar
- ASDE/AMASS
- False Targets
- Limited Mode Operation

## Procedural Considerations

- TIPH
- FAR 91.129 (i)

## Current Phraseology

- Another phraseology “trap” :
-     **‘****Taxi to RWY ( - - ) via TWY ( - - ), hold short of (runway to be crossed)’**

- Clearance Limit No. 1   - the departure runway

- Taxiway Routing

- Clearance Limit No. 2   - **the runway to be  ****                                        Crossed en route to ****                                        Clearance Limit No. 1**

## Ambiguous or misunderstood instructions...

**Ambiguous or misunderstood instructions...**

**Did he say taxi Rwy32L, via**
**T, B, W1, **_**cross**_** 32R, or did he **
**say **_**hold short**_** 32R???**

**Notes:**

Remember Pilots fly the airplane.
Nottheir proper use.

## Current Phraseology

-    **Which Clearance Limit will the pilot remember ?*****   ***

***NATCA recommends one Clearance Limit per instruction***

***Progressive taxi instructions should be given in complex situations***

## Staffing Considerations

- Staffing to budget vs. staffing to traffic
- Mandatory 6 day work weeks
- Combining operational positions

## Newton’s 6th law ?

- “The control tower that is most understaffed,
- has the best chances of being
- on the next CNN Headline News”

## Fatigue Considerations

- We’re getting tired!
- LAX 8/19/2004 (LAX04IA302)
- Contributing factors included the FAA's position relief briefing procedures, the formatting of the DBRITE radar displays in the LAX tower, _controller fatigue_, and the tower supervisor's staffing decisions on the day of the incident.

- _[ ](http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/mostwanted/aviation_reduce_acc_inc_humanfatig.htm)_***Unacceptable response***
**Reduce Accidents and Incidents Caused by Human Fatigue ****Action Needed by**** The Federal Aviation Administration**

- _[ ](http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/mostwanted/aviation_reduce_acc_inc_humanfatig.htm)_***Unacceptable response***
**Reduce Accidents and Incidents Caused by Human Fatigue ****Action Needed by**** The Federal Aviation Administration**

## Leaving on a positive note!

## NATCA Air Traffic Controllers-

***NATCA Air Traffic Controllers-***
***We guide you home!***
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## Performance Reviews

- Mistakes were made...
- Shuffle in department management
- Never completed the goal-setting part for the year
- Uncomfortable with old rating scale
- What to do now?
- In the next week, your group leader will meet with you to discuss your job responsibilities and performance (as well as any other issues you might want to discuss).
- We will use this as the basis for this year’s performance review AND next year’s goals.
- Try to do it right this time around.

## New Rating Scale

| Ratings |
| --- |
| Doesn't Meet Expectations |
| Meets Expectations - |
| Meets Expectations |
| Meets Expectations + |
| Commendable - |
| Commendable |
| Commendable + |
| Excellent - |
| Excellent |
| Excellent + |
| Outstanding - |
| Outstanding |
| Outstanding + |

## Shutdown

- Important Dates:
- August 23 (0 weeks): Shutdown Begins
- October 1 (5 weeks): NTF (LEL 1-4) UP
- October 11 (6 weeks): Entire Linac UP
- November 1 (9 weeks): Booster UP
- November 29 (13 weeks): Complex UP
- Big Jobs:
- Linac
- Replace Tank 5 quad
- Water work
- Booster
- Long 13 dogleg modification
- Add 19th RF station and prep for 20th
- Move two kickers from period 9 to period 5
- Add BPM’s upstream of collimators in periods 6 and 7

- HOT

- HOT

## Approximate Timeline

- 1   2   3   4  5   6  7   8   9  10 11  12 13 14 15

- Linac
- Tank 5
- Water Work
- Tank 1 and 750 keV
- Booster:
- RF 19
- Modify L13
- Relocate Kickers 9->5
- BPM’s P6 and P7
- PEEK Installation

- Linac 1-4 ON (Oct 1.)

- Booster ON (Oct 26)

- Full Linac ON (Oct 11)

## Vacation

- We don’t have the vacation reduction policy of last year, so we don’t expect big problems, but...
- Please let us know about any vacation plans as soon as you can.
- Put absences (including work-related travel !!!) on the web vacation calendar (available from the Proton Source web page under “Personnel”.
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## CFAC Review

**Marty Fallier**
**Director for Conventional Facilities**
**CD-2 Planning**
**May 8, 2007**

## CD-2 Review – November 2007

- EIR (OECM team) planned for 3rd week of November
- Demonstrate that performance baseline is sound
- Scope
- Cost
- Schedule
- ESH
- Project Management & execution strategy

## EIR Lines of Inquiry

- Total Project Cost and Project Schedule
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Risk Management [Risk Management Plan/Assessment]
- Preliminary Design and Design Review [Preliminary Design Drawings & Results from Site Preliminary Design Review]
- System Functions and Requirements
- Hazards Analysis
- Value Management/Engineering [Value Management/Engineering Report]
- Project Controls/Earned Value Management System
- Project Execution Plan
- Start-up Test Plan (as appropriate)
- Acquisition Strategy
- Integrated Project Team

## Scope Baseline Documents

- Title I Design Report
- Design Drawings (nominal 30% complete design)
- Preliminary specifications
- Functional Requirements Document
- Design Basis/supporting analyses/system descriptions
- Code compliance review
- Sustainability/Energy analysis
- Preliminary Commissioning Plan

## Cost Baseline Documents

- Independent cost estimate – CM Review & estimate
- Risk Assessment
- Contingency analysis
- Escalation Basis – material/market survey data
- Approved burden & overhead rates
- Detailed resource loaded schedule
- Value Management/Value Engineering Report

## Schedule Baseline Documents

- Constructability review – CM pre-construction services
- Funding Profile
- Cost & Obligation Plan

## ESH Baseline Documents

- Preliminary Hazards Analysis – Done/Needs Update
- Fire Hazards Analysis – Done/Needs Update
- QA Program Plan
- Construction Safety Plan
- Security/Vulnerability Assessment

## Project Management Documents

- Acquisition Strategy – updated
- EVMS Certification Compliance – review this summer
- Project Data Sheet - Updated
- OMB A-300 – Updated
- Staffing plan – Updated
- R&D Plan – Updated
- Technology Readiness Assessment
# Presentation: 381168

## Adult Immunization 2006
Satellite Broadcast
December 7, 2006

Meningococcal Vaccine Segment

**Satellite Broadcast**
**December 7, 2006**
**Meningococcal Vaccine Segment**

**Graphics subject to change**
**This material in the public domain**

## Meningococcal Disease

**Caused by *****Neisseria meningiditis***
**Infants <1 years of age highest risk**
**College freshmen who live in a dormitory at increased risk**
**Two meningococcal vaccines available in the United States**
**Polysaccharide vaccine approved in 1978 (Menomune****®****)**
**Conjugate vaccine approved in 2005 (Menactra****®****)**

## Meningococcal PolysaccharideVaccine (MPSV) - Menomune®

**Quadrivalent (serogroups A, C, Y, W-135)**
**Approved for persons 2 years of age and older**
**Administered by subcutaneous injection**

## Meningococcal ConjugateVaccine (MCV) - Menactra®

**Quadrivalent (serogroups A, C, Y, W-135) conjugated to diphtheria toxoid**
**Approved for persons 11-55 years of age**
**Administered by **_**intramuscular**_** injection**
**MCV is preferred for persons 11- 55 years of age**
**MPSV is acceptable if MCV is not available**

## Meningococcal VaccineRecommendations

**Recommended for certain high-risk persons:**
**military recruits**
**certain research and laboratory personnel**
**travelers to and U.S. citizens residing    in countries in which N. meningitidis    is hyperendemic or epidemic**
**college freshmen living in a dormitory**

## Meningococcal VaccineRecommendations

**Recommended for certain high-risk persons:**
**terminal complement**
**component deficiency**
**HIV infection**
**functional or anatomic asplenia**

## Meningococcal VaccineRevaccination

**Most persons with an indication for meningococcal vaccine need only one dose **
**Some very high risk persons (e.g., asplenic persons) may need a second dose if the first dose was meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine***
**A booster dose following meningococcal conjugate vaccine is currently not recommended  **

***see *****MMWR***** 2005;54(RR-7) for details **
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## Polar Observations Change Perception Regarding Location of Substorm Onset

- 2129 UT
- Quiet oval

- 2135 UT
- Substorm Ignition

-           2140 UT
- Explosive Expansion

- September 4, 1996

**High resolution global imaging of the auroral oval by VIS has become a critical element in the search for substorm onset mechanisms**.

## Polar Observations Change Perception Regarding Location of Substorm Onset

- High resolution auroral images from the VIS cameras. The images acquired with the VIS allow location of the auroral ignition or “onset” region to within 20 km in the ionosphere.

- Measurements:

- Observations:

- VIS images documenting the first glimmers of auroral brightenings define the footpoint of the local time and latitude associated with the substorm onset region.

- Ring Current (3-8 Re)

- For the Sept. 4, 1996 event, tracing back along the magnetic field direction pinpoints the ignition or “onset”  location in the ring current region just beyond geosynchronous altitudes and inside the near Earth plasma sheet. This, and other events analyzed by Frank et al. [2001] are consistent with a substorm onset location between 5 and 10 RE.

## Polar Observations Change Perception Regarding Location of Substorm Onset

- One long-held idea is that the onset of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail (Near Earth Neutral Line model) between 20 and 30 RE initiates auroral substorms.
- The competing theory is that an instability occurs in the near Earth plasma sheet at distances of 6 -10 RE.  Several current driven or ballooning mode instability mechanisms have been proposed and studied extensively.
- The critical region for reconciling the two pictures is the transition at 6-15 RE where the field changes from dipolar to tail-like and plasma pressure gradients are largest.
- The present observations support the new perception that the substorm trigger region is between 6 and 10 RE.
-  Future spacecraft conjunctions in the critical regions (Polar and Geotail in the transition region, Cluster farther down the tail)will provide the best opportunities for completing a full substorm theory.

- Interpretation and Implications:
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## Archived Information

- The information in this presentation is archived for  historical and reference purposes only.

## Implementing the Reading Excellence Act

- Laurie Lacy
- Janice Dole
- Becky Donaldson
- Brady Donaldson
- Utah State Office of Education

## Overview

- Utah’s Vision
- What We’ve Learned So Far
- One District’s Vision
- What We’ve Learned So Far
- One School’s Vision
- What We’ve Learned So Far
- Conclusions

## Utah’s Vision

- The Utah Reads K-3 Literacy Model

## Slide 5

## Perspective on Reform by USOE

- Reform focused at the building level.
- Pivotal point for reform
- Teacher expertise
- Professional development

## Professional Development Plan

- Intensive professional development over the year
- 100 hours of instructional time for teachers
- Ongoing professional development
- Continuity, not series of one-shot workshops
- Staff developer in every building
- Support for teachers in their classrooms

## Professional Development

- Professional development for the staff developers
- Many do not know  current research in reading for at-risk students.
- Two days per month of inservice work
- Reading research implications for at-risk readers
- Developing and practicing exemplary lessons
- Source of support for staff developers

## What We’ve Learned So Far

- Lack of understanding of “professional development.”
- Lack of knowledge about recent reading research.
- Decision-making collaboration difficult.
- Some view the REA as money to implement their agenda.
- “Don’t assume that just because a district wrote a good proposal, they have the capacity to implement it.”

## One District’s Vision

- To run a successful REA grant, districts must recognize that:
- teacher skill and knowledge is the high priority (e.g. more than class size).
- belief systems must change.
- schools must reach out to the community, home and family.
- administrators must understand and support project.
- separate departments must come together to form a seamless system.

## What We’ve Learned So Far

- Everyone must see the vision.
- Take small steps, take time.
- Assume nothing.
- Recognize that you are changing a whole mindset.
- “A poor program in the hands of a good teacher produces better results than a good program in the hands of a poor teacher.”

## One School’s Vision

- To run a successful REA grant, schools must:
- break down traditional barriers to communication.
- scaffold instruction for teachers.
- develop a single school-wide vision.
- help staff let go.

## What We’ve Learned So Far

- Patience is a virtue.
- Without understanding, the REA grant looks like an unlimited pot of money.
- “Never beat yourself up for doing the best you could with what you had to work with, and what you knew.  It’s only shameful if you don’t improve once you know better.”
- 					Oprah Winfrey

## Conclusions

- The REA is a long-term commitment with schools.
- There are many misconceptions about reading instruction that must be dealt with.
- Developing a shared vision takes time.
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## CDF Farms Transition

- Old Production farm (fbs/dfarm/mysql)
- SAM-farm (Condor/CAF/SAM)

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## CDF Old Production Farm

- Headnode: cdffarm0Dell 6650, 4-Way Xeon HT, 4GB RAM, 0.5TB usable RAID5+0, SLF303
- 2 Servers:fnpcc (FPS) – dual-Xeon 2U, IDEs, FL731(cdffarm2) – duel-Athlon 4U, SCSI
- 98 worker nodes: fncdf75-90,155-170,201-266where 8 readers and 8 concatenators

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## Experimental SAM-Farm

- Condor/CAF headnode: fncdf171 (fncdf)
- 2 SAM stations: fcdfdata057&055 (cdf-farm1&2) – Polywell 2TB/each, IDE RAID
- 29 condor workers in FCC2: fncdf172-200
- 40 new workers in GCC: fncdf267-306 (testing SLF303)

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## SAM-Farm functional requirements

- dCAF/Condor headnode(s)
- Monitoring and Web services
- Many Condor worker nodes
- SAM:Station(s)Storage: cache and storeConcatenation

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## SAM-Farm hardware mapping

- cdffarm0 will replace fncdf171 as headnode, also monitoring and web
- All worker nodes will be converted to Condor and SLF303, using Rocks
- SAM stations need new machines since 055 and 057 will be out of warranty soon
- Add a 2nd headnode?

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## SAM-Farm SAM station requirements

- >4TB/day (~50MB/s avg.) in/outnetwork: multi Gb ports/links
- >2TB cache RAID usable, thus ~4TB raw
- >2TB store RAID usable, ~4TB raw
- Sufficient concatenation power
- Single or multiple machines?
- 24x7 or 8x5 support?

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005

## SAM station hardware options

- SCSI RAID: 4xDell 2850 ($9k each)	~$36kDual-Xeon 3GHz, 4x300GB SCSIs (and mirrored system drives)
- IDE RAID: 4xKoi ($5k each)		~$20kDual-Xeon 2.8GHz, 4x250GB IDEs (and mirrored system drives)
- LSI or EMC:  2x2TB (~$40k each)	~$70k4WNs w/ Fibre Channel interfaces
- Panasas: 4WNs + Panasas (5TB)		~$35k
*** D0 will need similar hardware too.....* **

- CSS/SCS/Farms and Clustered System

- 3/16/2005
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##  “MRI: Acquisition of a SQUID Magnetometer for Research and Education” Michael J. Wagner, George Washington University, DMR 0619260

- Investigation of magnetic materials made by Alkalide Reduction
- Investigation of the magnetic properties of di- and trinuclear first-row molecular complexes
- Study of quantum confinement on magnetically ordered systems
- Study of f-block metal magnetic coupling to d-block metals in hybrid metal-organic framework materials
- Development of high frequency nanocomposites
- Study of magnetization decay in nanomagnetic materials
- Study of regular model arrays of small particles
- Study of Boze-Eistein condensation in nanoparticles

- A SQUID magnetometer has been acquired and setup recently completed. It is being used for a variety of research including:

- MRI Contrast Agents Made By Alkalide Reduction

- Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework Material
# Presentation: 324909

## WELCOME  

_**Our Mission:**__** **_
-    **Acquire, assess, **
**     ****preserve, and provide **
**     ****genetic resources**
**    ****Secure biological    **
**     ****diversity for sustainable **
**     ****agriculture and a  **
**     ****changing world**
**    ****Combine high quality  **
**     ****research with the best **
**     ****possible stewardship**

**WELCOME****  **
**NATIONAL CENTER  for GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION**

***Half a century of live material preservation  - resting on the foundation of world-class research. ***

_**National Plant Germplasm System materials**_
_**stored at NCGRP as of July 2008:**_
**Seed samples: 501,513  **
**Vegetatively propagated  samples: 4757 **
**Number of species: 6968**
_**Additional materials stored:**_
-  **Collections from other international **
**  ****genebanks**
** ****Threatened and endangered species**
** ****Special collections from non-governmental **
**   ****organizations**

_**National Animal Germplasm Program materials**_
_**stored at NCGRP as of July 2008:**_
**Species:  cattle, swine, poultry, sheep, goats, fish****  **
**Total subspecies/breeds: 164**
**Number of animals: 9722**
**Units of germplasm: 477,388**

_**Published research papers during the past 50 years**__:_   **498**

- Basement

_**Directors**__:_
**         ****1958-1970 Dr. Edwin James**
**         ****1970-1986 Dr. Louis Bass**
**         ****1986-1987 (acting): Doris Clark**
**         ****1987-2000 Dr. Steve Eberhart**
**         ****2000-2006 Dr. Henry Shands**
**         ****2006-present (acting): Drs. Harvey Blackburn, David Ellis, Christina Walters**

_**Our History:**_
**   ****NATIONAL SEED STORAGE LABORATORY opened **
**           ****Total square footage: 16,000  Vault square footage: 4220  **
**1959   First seed shipments arrived**
**   ****Vault temperature lowered from +5****o****C to -18****o****C**
**   ****Seed samples moved from screw top jars to heat sealed bags**
**   ****Southeast garage converted to cryo lab. **
**1988   Southeast corner annex added for cryo storage: 1680 sq. ft.**
**           ****Routine cryogenic seed storage implemented.**
**   ****Optimal relative humidity protocols implemented for seed**
**           ****storage**
**1991   Bar coding implemented**
**   ****Major renovation: new storage vaults and laboratories added, **
**           ****Active vault square footage: **
**           ****6860 high density conventional,    5230 cryogenic  **
**           ****Dormant bud cryostorage implemented**
**1999   National Animal Germplasm Program added**
**   ****Name changed to NCGRP to reflect the addition of animal **
**           ****germplasm, vegetatively propagated materials, and  microbes. **
**   ****Management of the three units within the Center were **
**           ****merged. **
**           ****Second Floor vault expansion in progress, increasing **
**           ****conventional storage from 6,860 to 10,000 square ft. **

- 1958 original building

- 1988 cryo annex

- 1992 addition

**NPGS REPOSITORIES**
# Presentation: 247790

## JAXA RESEARCH PROJECT STATUS

**Hiroshi Sasaki (JAXA/EORC)**
**Joint AMSR Science Team Meeting**
**July 14-16, 2008**
**Telluride, CO**

## PRESENTATION CONTENTS

- My presentation is JAXA research project status about AMSR/AMSR-E. Imaoka-san is going to present the GCOM  status the day after tomorrow.
**AMSR/AMSR-E research project**
- Calibration & Validation
- The status of a prototype system for processing various microwave observation data
- Recent topic - IARC-JAXA Information System (IJIS)

## 1. CALIBRATION & VALIDATION

- Geometric correction accuracy of Level 1B was improved, and the most suitable parameter was decided. Mr. Susumu Saito will present these contents.
- The algorithms of a sea surface temperature and a soil moisture were improved. These standard products were updated and released in March of this year.
- In this Japanese fiscal year (JFY), we plan to reevaluate the _*calibration status*_, to improve the _*calibration method *_and to evaluate an _*influence on standard products*_. According to evaluation result in this JFY, _*we plan to improve standard products in the next JFY*_.

## 2. THE STATUS OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VARIOUS MICROWAVE OBSERVATION DATA

- We developed a prototype system for processing various microwave observation near-real-time data. We began to operate this system experimentally in April.
- Now this system makes a _sea surface temperature_, an _ice concentration_ and a _soil moisture _from _TMI_, _Windsat_ and _SSM/I_.

## These are browse images of the day average and the week average of the SST to be calculated from TMI and WindSat. 

- Because the swath width is narrow and WindSat observes an area of a high latitude, we think that we can improve the observation area by using the both data.

## 2. THE STATUS OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VARIOUS MICROWAVE OBSERVATION DATA

- We plan to add the following ;
- To show the products in a Web site
- To add to the data of GCOM-W1/AMSR2 and so on
- To add to the other products

## 3. RECENT TOPIC     - IARC-JAXA INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJIS)

- We show the result of the Arctic sea ice monitor with AMSR-E in the Web sites as the Arctic research.
- http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/index.htm

## 3. RECENT ACTIVITY    - IARC-JAXA INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJIS)

- The Arctic sea ice is updated every day.
- We can watch the sea ice of the specified date, and the movie of the specified period.
- http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/cgi-bin/seaice-monitor.cgi?lang=e

## 3. RECENT ACTIVITY    - IARC-JAXA INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJIS)

- The graph of sea ice extent is also shown and updated every day.
- The arctic sea ice was recorded the smallest extent around the end of last summer.
- http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm