BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 911845

## Dr. Data

- Pediatrician Atul Butte:
- Computing New Understandings of Disease

## Butte Computes Disease

*Pediatrician Butte studies genes to find new uses for existing medicines *

*Nosology*
- Science of classifying diseases
- Categorizes diseases by symptoms and anatomy

*Question:*
-    Can different diseases have similarities?

- Photo: Steve Gladfelter

## Answer: Yes

**Diseases with different symptoms can have similarities**

- Diseases with different symptoms may affect the same body system
- Diseases affecting different body systems can have the same symptoms
- Some different diseases are very similar at the level of genes

## A Genomic Surprise

|  | Heart Attack | Muscular Dystrophy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Age group affected | Older people (usually) | Toddlers and youth |
| Lifestyle triggers | Yes (usually) | No |
| Prognosis | Usually treatable | Uncurable |
| Available medicines | >40 | 1 |

**Butte’s discovery:****  Heart attack and muscular dystrophy alter the activity of the same group of genes.**

## Old Models of Classification

- Published in 1909
- Contains codes for common causes of death

## Traditional Model of Medical Research

**One/few genes**

**One/few proteins**

**One biological**
**process**

**One disease**

**Study what happens to**

**RESULT:**** **
**1.  Understanding about how one disease affects the activity of one biological process**

## Butte’s Approach

**RESULT:**** **
**Understanding about the activity of genes across diseases**
**Connections between different diseases at the genetic level**
**Possibility of using existing medicines for one disease to treat another disease**

**Measure activity of all genes in **
**the human genome**

**Find gene activity overlap to**

**Many diseases**

## Research Tools: Microarrays

- Microarray
- Also called “DNA chip” and “gene chip”
- Thumbnail-sized
- Microscopic grid
- Contains pieces of DNA representing every gene in the genome

## The Power of GEO

**G**enome **E**xpression **O**mnibus
- Database
- Repository for results of studies using microarrays
- 1,000 samples uploaded weekly
- Can be used for bioinformatics experiments

- Photo: Melissa Li

## Advances in Disease Research

- Multiple microarrays
- The amount of life-science data
- A genome-based disease classification system

**How are these useful to scientists studying disease?**

**What challenges does this create?**

**How is this different from current disease classification systems?**

## Research Applications

- What are some implications of using existing medications to treat diseases other than those they initially were developed to treat?
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## MMC User Interface

## Functionality

-  Platform Independent
-  Intuitive GUI
-  Responsive to the User
-  Adaptable to Wide Range of MMC Instruments
-  Provides What the User Needs to Do the Experiment

## Communications & Control

- ?

- ?

- ?

- ?

- ?

- TCP/IP
- Serial
- SCSI

## Communications & Control

## Design Criteria

-  Client Platform
- CPU Speed, DeskTop Area
-  Connectivity of  User
- ISDN, T1, T3......
-  Variable User Level
- Novice, Expert, System
-  Instrument Safety
- Don’t allow some operations
-  Instrument Data Format
- Square/Rectangular Pixels, Spectral Data, .....
-  API / Instrument Communication Speed

## Operations: Novice Level - Basic

-  Translate/Tilt
-  Focus Image
-  Adjust Probe
-  Magnify Image
-  Change Mode: TEM, STEM, SEM, DIFF, AEM,.....
-  Change Acquisition Rates (TV, Fast, Slow, Line, Static, Raster)
-  Change Resolutions (1Kx1K, 640x480,320x240....)
-  Change Detectors (BF, DF, CCD, XEDS, EELS....)
-  Read/Write Instrument Parameters
-  Recall/Store Data (Images, Spectra, Text)

## Operations: Expert Level - Advanced

-  Full Instrument Alignments
-  Full Electron-Optical Adjustments
-  Expert Modes
- HREM
- HADF/STEM
- Holography
- Spectral Imaging
- Energy Filtered Imaging/Diffraction
- Others....

## Operations: System Level 

-  HighVoltage/Gun Operations
-  Specimen/Stage Exchange
-  Calibrations
-  StartUp/Shutdown
-  Vaccum Related Operations

## Slide 9

## End
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## U.S. Price

- Normal Value

- Compare U.S Price
- to Normal Value

- Normal Value

- $135.00

- $90.00

- Difference Attributable
- to Dumping

- $45.00

- Difference Attributable
- to Dumping/U.S Price

- $45.00 / $90.00=50.00%

- Sample Market Economy Dumping Margin Calculation

- Dumping
-  Margin

- =

- Note: For general information purposes only. When interpreting and applying the law, please refer to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1671-1671h, 1673-1673h) and the related regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

## Sample Market Economy Normal Value Calculation

- Discounts= €5.00

- Rebates=€2.00

- Insurance =€1.25

- Movement=€.50

- Packing=€3.25

- “Starting Price” per unit
- in the Home Market

- Less Home
- Market Discounts

- Less Home
- Market Rebates

- Less Home Market
- Movement Expenses

- Less Home Market
- Insurance Expenses

- Less Home Market
- Packing Expenses

- Normal Value = $135.00

- Subtotal=€88.00

- Plus U.S Packing Expenses

- Conversion=(x1.5)

- Times the Exchange Rate

- Adjusted Home Market Price or Normal Value

- US Packing=$3.00

- Subtotal=$132.00

- Note: For general information purposes only. When interpreting and applying the law, please refer to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1671-1671h, 1673-1673h) and the related regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

## Sample U.S. Price Calculation

- Discounts=$4.00

- Rebates=$2.00

- Insurance=$2.00

- Movement=$3.00

- Packing=$3.00

- “Starting Price” per unit
- in the U.S. Market

- Less Discounts

- Less Rebates

- Less U.S.
-  Movement Expenses

- Less U.S.
-  Insurance Expenses

- Less U.S.
- Packing Expenses

- Subtotal=$94.00

- Brokerage=$1.00

- Less Foreign Inland
- Brokerage Expenses

- Brokerage=$2.00

- Less U.S. Brokerage

- Movement=$2.00

- Insurance=$1.00

- U.S. Price=$90.00

- Adjusted U.S Price

- Less Foreign Inland
- Movement Expenses

- Less Foreign Inland
- Insurance Expenses

- Note: For general information purposes only. When interpreting and applying the law, please refer to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1671-1671h, 1673-1673h) and the related regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
# Presentation: 256005

## The Access Grid Node

- Chautauqua 2K: Minimizing Risk

## Minimizing Risk

- Rehearse early and often
- Recognize that Chautauqua 2k is a large scale networking event
- Be AG
- Have backup plans

## Rehearse Early and Often

- Attend NanoCruises
- Learn how to communicate with each other, particularly on the mud
- Debug multicast problems
- Tune node equipment
- Become skilled in using the tech and following best-practices
- Participate in fire drills
- Attend MegaCruises
- Train the “talent”
- Panelists
- Presenters
- Structured and formal
- Tune content
- Archive presentations for backup

## Recognize that Chautuaqua 2K is a Large Scale Networking Event

- Get campus network folks involved EARLY
- Provide RO access to your routers
- Run beacon
- Be responsive and timely to requests for information
- Decision makers:  Support your Node Operator!

## Be AG

- Use 100% AG parts!
- AG-specified hardware
- AG-developed software
- Very difficult to quickly debug problems with the random variables that accompany noncompliance
- Have a supply of extras
- Batteries
- Projector bulbs
- Microphones
- If at all possible, avoid last-minute equipment changes

## Have Backup Plans

- Have a local show waiting in the wings
- Pre-recorded presentations from dress rehearsals
- Substitute presentations
- Charismatic Master of Ceremonies
- Learn how to jack in a telecon over the public network channel
- Remember the backchannel during the chaos
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## Customs and Border Protection (CBP)Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solution

**July 2004**

## Agenda

**Background**
**VPN Solution**
**Requirements/Cost**
**Advantages**
**VPN Timeframe**
**Implementation Steps**
**Architecture**
**Questions/Comments**

## Background  

**CBP needs to replace the legacy IBM SNA (RJE/LU62) dial-up architecture with a new low cost solution utilizing current technology.  The new solution will provide an interface to all CBP mission critical systems including ACE. **
**Fully compliant with DHS Security and Architecture Policy,  providing secured access to CBP applications**
**Meets the requirement for world wide access, flexibility, and capability for increased expansion**

## VPN Solution  

**Internet Dial and Broadband Access**
**VPN **
- Establishes secure connection across the Internet
**MQSeries Client on Trade Server **
- Establishes connection to CBP for data transfer
**Trade Application (ACE, ABI, AES, AMS, etc.)**
- Transmits and receives data to/from CBP

## VPN Requirements/Cost  

**VPN Client for Windows/Unix servers**
- Cost: Free component provided by CBP (CBP license with Cisco)
**MQSeries Client**
- Cost: Free component provided by CBP
**Cisco VPN hardware for all other platforms (ex. AS400)**
- Cost: < $1,000
**Internet Connection**
- Cost: Internet Service Provider

**Notes:**
Software Client Supports
Windows
Unix

Hardware Supported
Cisco PIX 
Cisco Router with IOS????
Cisco VPN Concentrator
????????

## VPN Advantages

**Low cost solution**
**Supports all CBP mission critical applications (ABI, AES, AMS, etc.) including **_**ACE**_
**Industry already positioned to support MQSeries**
**Secure data transmission**
**Enables the migration away from the legacy architecture**
**Faster data transmission (Internet speed vs. 28.8Kb)**

**Notes:**
Multiple data formats = various EDI formats (I.e., X-12, UNEDIFACT, proprietary)

Workflow management now moving to application logic

Still have one application using LU 6.2 code (Air AMS)

## VPN Timeframe

**Announce VPN Solution at TSN in July 2004**
**Migration begins January, 2005 following a pilot with 25 Trade participants**
- Enrollment available through client representative
**Planned retirement of the current 800 service is targeted for October 2005**

## Implementation Steps

**Contact CBP Client Representative**
**Trade partner establishes Internet Connection**
**Install and Configure VPN in coordination with CBP Network Engineering**
**Install and Configure MQSeries Client in coordination with with CBP Middleware Team**
**Install MQSeries Application Interface**
- Supplied by Trade Partner Application Software Vendor
- or
- Programmed by Trade Partner
**Test and Certify with Client Representative**

## VPN Solution  

**VISIO Diagram**

## Slide 10
# Presentation: 053809

## John E. Ogren
Deputy Regional Director
NOAA’s National Weather Service
Central Region Headquarters

- John E. Ogren
- Deputy Regional Director
- NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Central Region Headquarters

## Outline

- Digital Services
- Education opportunities
- Challenges ahead

## Message Clarity??

- Or Be Eaten!!

## Digital Services

- National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)
- Storm Based Warnings
- Experimental Daily Weather Stories

## Digital Services

- National Digital Forecast Database
- Hourly forecasts for 13 elements
- 5 km resolution
- Available graphically on web or in GIS formats

## Today’s Forecast

**Max Temperatures**

**Probability of Precipitation**

## Hourly Forecast Graph

## Why Storm Based Warnings??

## Daily Weather Story

## Education and Outreach

- Warning Coordination Meteorologists
- Training
- Decision Support

## Predicting the Unpredictable

**Notes:**
Title Slide. This slide could contain a collection of pictures of various weather types based on season or geography.

## Topics

- Weather
- Basics
- Global to Local Scale
- Types
- Weather Data Interpretation
- Satellite
- Radar
- Surface Observations
- Internet Products
- Weather Terms and Definitions

## Challenges Ahead

- Impact Forecasting
- Understanding Probabilistic Forecasts
- Integrating forecasts into decision support tools
- Partnering with other agencies and the “Weather Enterprise”

## 
John.Ogren@noaa.gov

- John.Ogren@noaa.gov
# Presentation: 320549

## 1

- Presentation_ID

**© 1998, Cisco Systems, Inc. **

## Deploying a Bandwidth Broker for ANL/LBL

**Deploying a Bandwidth Broker for ANL/LBL**

- Presentation_ID

## Problem statement

**OC-12 interface to ESNET**
**Reservations controlled from ANL/LBL slot manager**
**Traffic shaped to specified rate in network**
**Traffic marked so that provisioned QoS will get it through**

## Shaping solutions

**Generic traffic shaping**
**11.2, low end platforms, ****3 MBPS**
** ****VIP traffic shaping**
**In development**
**ATM VC rate shaping**
**ATM deluxe card**

## Implemented reservation solutions

**RSVP**

## Marrying RSVP to ATM

**vBNS prototype**
**VBR SVC per reservation**
**Depends on ATM deluxe card for shaping**
**Set IP precedence on reserved traffic**
**7500, presumably 7200**
**Since VIP not coupled with RSVP, this is an RSP Netflow feature**
**ATM Deluxe**
**OC-3, OC-12?**
**12.0(3)T**

**RSVP**

**VBR SVC for **
**reservation**

**RSVP**

**UBR PVC**
**Best Effort**
**+ Routing**
**Traffic**

## Marrying RSVP to policy

**RSVP policy object identifies owner**
**COPS access to policy server**
**Policy server is in control**
**12.0(3)T?**

## Policy server

**Cisco/Class Data**
**Others exist**

## Provisioned QoS in ESNET

**Class-WFQ on VIP**
**Precedence value selects queue**
**Queue has defined rate**
**11.1cc**

**ATM**

**ATM**

**ESNET**

## ANL/LBL brokering solution

**Slot manager**
**Manages**
**End systems**
**Databases**
**Bandwidth**
**Etc...**

## Start with existing network

**ATM**

**ATM**

**ESNET**

## Add ANL Slot Manager

**ATM**

**ATM**

**ESNET**

**Slot Manager**

## Add RSVP, shaping, IP precedence re-marking

**ATM**

**ATM**

**ESNET**

**Slot Manager**

## Add RSVP policy control

**ATM**

**ATM**

**ESNET**

**Slot Manager**

**Class Data**
**Policy Server**

## Action items for LBL

**Does Sprint ATM service support SVCs?**

## Action items for A N L

**Identify elements of policy that Policy Manager needs to support**
**Marry Slot Manager to Policy Manager**

## Action items for Cisco

**ATM deluxe at OC-12? We know it does OC-3**
**If not, then what? (Jason Nolet)**
**Make sure policy manager supports necessary policy types **
**(see ANL actions)**
**Advanced reservation (Ron Cohen, Arun Sastry) **
**Provide policy manager documentation to ANL**
**(Ron Cohen)**
**Verify release vehicles and dates**
**(Ken Pillay, Jason Nolet, terry Graf)**
**Support from engineering as an EFT of 12.0(3)t**
**(Volunteers?)**

## Customer desires for futures

**RSVP supported directly on VIP**
**(Jason Nolet)**
**Do this on the GSR quad OC-12 card**
**(Jack jenny)**
**Diff-serv CLI when it is available**
**(Ken Pillay)**

## Reality check

**Nothing is simultaneously “new” and “improved”**
**An insightful comment from my ten-year old...**
**Naivete is not an asset**
**Additional action items will probably result from the completion of listed action items**

## 1

- Presentation_ID

**© 1998, Cisco Systems, Inc. **
# Presentation: 404456

## OSHA Recordkeeping

- New rules and forms take effect January 1, 2002
- Importance of records
- Critical indicators
- Starting point to identify problems
- Nationwide impact

## Recordkeeping History

- Recordkeeping required since 1971
- Final rule published January 19, 2001
- January 1, 2002 effective date
- January 1, 2003 – New hearing loss recording criteria effective
- MSD definition delayed until January 1, 2004

## Recordkeeping Goals

- Improve data
- Simplify forms and requirements
- Maximize use of computers
- Improve employee involvement
- Protect privacy

## Am I Covered?

- You must report fatality or hospitalization of 3 or more employees
- If you have 10 or fewer employees, normally do not have to keep records
- If you are in an exempt low-hazard industry, normally do not have to keep records

## What is Recordable?

- New work-related injuries and illnesses:
- Death
- Days away from work
- Restricted work or transfer to another job
- Medical treatment beyond first aid
- Loss of consciousness
- Diagnosis of a significant injury/illness by a physician or other licensed health care professional
- Certain conditions, (colds, flu, blood donations) are not recorded

## Other New Elements

- Count calendar days for days away or days restricted
- Record all injuries from needles and sharps contaminated by another person’s blood or other potentially infectious material
- Record cases for any worker removed from work under the provisions of an OSHA standard

## Forms

- New forms
- 300 Log
- 301 Incident Report
- 300A Summary
- Privacy protections for workers
- Don’t enter name for sensitive cases
- Keep separate identity list

## Employee Involvement

- Set up system for reporting injuries and illnesses and inform employees
- Workers and their representatives have a right to review the 300 Log
- Workers, former workers and their representatives can get copies of Form 301 for their own injuries or illnesses

## State Programs

- States that operate their own job safety and health programs will be adopting comparable rules

## For More Information

- For more information and the latest updates about the new recordkeeping rule, go to OSHA’s website:
- 		_[www.](http://www.osha.gov/)__[osha](http://www.osha.gov/)__[.](http://www.osha.gov/)__[gov](http://www.osha.gov/)_
# Presentation: 362653

## Improving the Barrier Properties of Encapsulation Coatings Using Montmorillonite ClayJames E. Mark, The University of Cincinnati, DMR-0314760

- Calcium alginate coatings are used to encapsulate volatile substances such as flavorings and fragrances, thereby increasing the shelf lives of these materials. The present investigation shows that the incorporation of only a few percent of montmorillonite clay  platelets into such coatings substantially reduces their permeabilities. The platelets force small molecules to take a more torturous path through the coating.  The polymer chains in the vicinity of platelets may also exhibit reduced permeability because of loss of chain mobility.  Barrier coatings are useful in a number of technologies including drug-delivery systems, controlled release agricultural chemicals, and** **protective clothing (possibly in anti-terrorism efforts).
- The exfoliation and dispersion of the montmorillonite platelets was assessed by light scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering. Good dispersion of exfoliated clay sheets was observed. The barrier properties of the films were gauged by permeation of benzaldehyde as a probe molecule, using a Hanson-Research diffusion cell. Clay loadings below 3 wt% gave values of the diffusion coefficient Dc that corresponded to significant decreases in permeability, as shown in the figure.  At higher concentrations, however, the results became erratic, presumably because of re-aggregation of the clay platelets.
- Vale, J. M.; Justice, R. S.; Schaefer, D. W.; Mark, J. E.; "Calcium Alginate Barrier Films Modified by Montmorillonite Clay"; *J. Macro. Sci.-Phys. ***2005**, *00*, 0000-0000.

- Effect of clay loading on diffusion coefficients.
# Presentation: 100749

## CFC Management and Marketing in a Military Organization

## Briefers

**St Petersburg**

-  Ms. Betsy McKelvey
- 	PCFO for the Coffee-Franklin County
- 	(Tennessee) CFC
-  Mr. Terry Smith
- 	Chair, LFCC, Central Savannah River
- 	Area (Georgia/South Carolina) CFC

## Briefers

**Albuquerque**

-  Ms. Betsy McKelvey
- 	PCFO for the Coffee-Franklin County
- 	(Tennessee) CFC
-  Mr. Steve Kelly
- 	Director, Voluntary Campaign
- 	Management Office, DoD

## Agenda

-  Campaign Organization
-  Strategic Goals
-  Publicity & Communication
-  Campaign Events
-  Incentives
-  Leadership
-  Issues

## Campaign Organization

-  PCFO Role
-  LFCC Role
-  Federal Executive Association Role
-  Project Officers & Keyworkers
-  Project “cells” or “tiger teams”
-  Loaned Executives
-  Local regulations

## Strategic Goals

-  Value of Goal-Setting
-  High Aim, Stretch
-  Buy-In & Motivation
-  Assessment of Results
-  Computing Goals
-  Goals for all units

## Strategic Goals

-  Examples
-  Increase contributions, participation
-  Increase recognition of contributors
-  Increase number of “Leadership Givers”
-  Stimulate campaign worker enthusiasm
-  Increase understanding of CFC
-  Give visibility to CFC in local community
-  Increase awareness of CFC as year-round effort
-  Promote voluntarism

## Publicity & Communication

-  Media
-  On site:	    Post Newspaper
-       	    E-Mail Network
-                    Webpage
-  Off site:    TV at kickoff
-                     Radio Public Service Announcements
-  Ensure constant visibility – “Brand recognition”
-  Feedback
-  Commanders’ Staff Calls
-  Mid-Point Review – Commanding Officer Memos

## Campaign Events

-  Pre-Campaign Events
-  Voluntarism events – “Day of Caring”
-  Theme & Poster Contests
-  Kick-Off Events
-  Inter-Agency
-  Senior Leader Breakfast
-  Charity tours & presentations

## Campaign Events

- (continued)

-  Mid-Campaign Events
-  Staff Meeting Reminders
-  “Early Bird” Recognition
-  End-of Campaign/Post-Campaign Events
-  Victory Celebration
-  Awards Luncheon
-  “Check” presentations
-  FEA Employee Recognition
-  After-Action Reviews

## Incentives

-  For Project Officers & Keyworkers
-  For Contributors
-  For Leadership Givers
-  For Military Units & Organizations
-   For CFC Leadership (LFCC & PCFO)

## Leadership

-  Identify key leaders
-  Define roles
-  Start early
-  Include labor
-  Meet/brief leaders
-  Start at top
-  Follow-up
-  Emphasize leadership opportunity
-  Foster friendly competition
-  Recognize achievements

## Issues

-  Solicitation of Deployed Troops
-  Prohibited Campaign Practices
-  Payroll Deductions & Part-Time Soldiers
-  Security of SSNs
-  Resource Guide & Pledge Card on Website
-  Training

## Questions?

- Comments?
# Presentation: 248968

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.1: robot riding on Space Shuttle *
*RMS (Remote Manipulator System)*

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.2: robot climbing in Space Shuttle payload *
*bay using EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) handrails*

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.3: robot riding on Space Station *
*RMS (Remote Manipulator System)*

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.4: robot riding on SSRMS (Space Station *
*Remote Manipulator System) extension/adapter*

- LEE (Latching
- End Effector)

- PDGF (Power/Data
- Grapple Fixture)

- Multipurpose
- Robonaut
- Base Module

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.5: free-flying robot wearing SAFER *
*(Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue) propulsion unit*

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.6: climbing robot with active CG (center-of-gravity) control *
*wings capable of solar power generation and thermal dissipation*

## Orbital Mobility Platform

*Concept 1.7: free-flying robot mounted to propulsion *
*and attitude control vehicle (e.g. SPARTAN satellite)*
# Presentation: 814819

## Macedonia 2007

- Williams and Associates
- Salem Massachusetts

**B R I M A**

## Survey Specifications

- In-person, in-home interview
- National representative sample of 1108 respondents
- Conducted between March 16 and March 21, 2007
- Margin of error ±3% overall

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Overall, is Macedonia moving in the right or wrong direction?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Speaking of you personally, is your overall quality of life: 

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## How is your and your family’s economic situation, compared with three/four years ago? 

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## In the next two years will the Macedonian economy get better, get worse, or stay the same? 

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## When was life better for you, today or before the breakup of Yugoslavia? 

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

**Notes:**
32/58

## In your opinion what is the most serious problem facing Macedonia today?

|  | Sept-05 | Jan-06 | Mar-06 | Sept-06 | Nov-06 | Mar-07 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unemployment | 56% | 53% | 52% | 49% | 51% | 57% |
| Low standard of living, poverty | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 10 |
| Economic problems, privatization | 14 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 13 |
| Security crisis* Peace and stability* War* | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Interethnic relations | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Corruption | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| General political situation | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Social Problems | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Low, non-payment of salary or pension | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Do you personally support or oppose the Framework Agreement? 

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Will implementation of the Framework Agreement make Macedonia more stable?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Do you believe that Macedonia is more or less stable today than it was one year ago?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Which one of these issues would directly make your life better?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

##  Which one of these would you say is the most important foreign policy issue facing Macedonia?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Do you support Macedonia becoming a member of NATO?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Do you support Macedonia becoming a member of EU?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## When will Macedonia become a member of NATO/EU (mean)

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## Do you agree with the statement that foreign investment is important to Macedonia’s economic future?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## How important are each of the following for increasing foreign investment in Macedonia?

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts

## End

- Williams and Associates Salem Massachusetts
# Presentation: 063659

## Housing Options

- Emily Cooper
- Technical Assistance Collaborative
- www.tacinc.org

## Budget Comparisons

- HUD FY02 budget: ~$31 billion
- McKinney/Vento: ~$1.1 billion
- Section 8 HCV: ~$15.6 billion
- North Carolina
- FY02 pro rata need: $9.1 million
- FY02 CDBG: $75.6 million

## What does this mean?

- 	Policy makers should also look to _non-McKinney/Vento_ housing resources to end chronic homelessness

## Key Components of Successful Strategies

- Creativity
- Willingness to make changes
- Partnerships
- Leadership
- Capitalize on ALL available resources
- Incentives

## Potential Strategies

- Utilize state Public Housing Agency (PHA)
- Develop Section 8 waiting list preference for homeless people/people with disabilities
- Create Section 8 PBA initiative
- PBA in conjunction with McKinney/Vento SHP permanent housing resources
- PBA in all state-funded projects
- Apply for McKinney/Vento bonus for new permanent housing
- Apply for all new vouchers from HUD
- Including vouchers for people with disabilities

## Potential Strategies (2)

- Utilize state Public Housing Agency (cntd.)
- Develop “bridge” subsidy program for chronically homeless people using HOME/HOPWA tenant-based resources
- Link bridge subsidy program to Section 8
- Enact policy changes to create state PHA
- Partner with state chapter of NAHRO to replicate state PHA activities

## Potential Strategies (3)

- Incentivize
- Make policy changes to planning documents to incentivize housing for homeless/low-income people
- Require that 10% of units developed with HOME/CDBG funds be set-aside for homeless people
- Require that 10% units developed with Low Income Housing Tax Credits by set-aside for households with incomes <30% AMI

## For More Information...

- Technical Assistance Collaborative: www.tacinc.org
- Corporation for Supportive Housing: www.csh.org
- Center for Community Change: www.communitychange.org
- Housing Assistance Council: www.ruralhome.org
# Presentation: 769702

## GPRA:  New Climate Observations Introduced

-      FY2006 Target: 761 new ocean observing platforms deployed and reporting;
-      Oct 2005: 60 total ocean observing platforms (relative to total FY05 deployments); 80 ARGO floats

- Oct. 05

**B**

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

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

**surface Temperature**

**Year**

-      FY05 target: 0.5 °C; Long-term Target: Error of 0.2 °C by 2008
-      Long-term measure:  annual targets, progress reported quarterly

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

- Note: this measure is proposed as a new GPRA for FY2006; it is already reported on quarterly

- Satellite bias error: the systematic difference between satellite-derived vs. in situ measurements of sea surface temperature

- Sep. 05

**B**
# Presentation: 354164

## John Wilson, GIS Research Laboratory
Zarija Tatalovic, Geography
Thomas Jordan, Southern California Earthquake Center
Jennifer Swift, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mark Benthien, Earth Sciences

**Zarija Tatalovic**, Geography
**Thomas Jordan, **Southern California Earthquake Center
**Jennifer Swift,** Civil & Environmental Engineering
**Mark Benthien**, Earth Sciences

**Susan Cutter**, Hazards Research Lab
**Cary Mock**, Geography
**Matt Schmidtlein**, Geography
**Walter Piegorsch**, Statistics
**Roland Deutsch**, Statistics
**Madilyn Fletcher**, Marine Sciences
**John Rose**, Computer Science & Engineering
**John Shafer**,  Earth Sciences and Resources Institute

**Place-Based Decision Support for Spatio-****Temporal Risk Transference**

- What is the role of current practice and public policy in facilitating the relocation of risk either spatially or temporally?
- How does spatial bias amplify or attenuate risks and hazards and at what scale are these most evident?
- Can we anticipate inequities in the distribution of vulnerabilities and how can this be lessened through improved hazards decision making and response?

**Notes:**
Susan Cutter,
Hazards Research Lab
Madilyn Fletcher,
Baruch Institute and Biological Sciences
Cary Mock
Geography
Walter Piegorsch,
Statistics
John Rose,
Computer Science & Engineering
John Shafer,
 Earth Sciences and Resources Institute 

## Social and Physical Vulnerability, Charleston, SC

**Social and Physical Vulnerability, Charleston, SC**

|  | Factors | % Var. Exp. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1960 | 6 | 84.2 |
| 1970 | 7 | 83.1 |
| 1980 | 6 | 74.1 |
| 1990 | 6 | 83.9 |
| 2000 | 6 | 74.4 |

| Recurrent Dimensions |
| --- |
| Race and SES |
| Gender |
| Ethnicity/immigrants |
| Rural / Urban |
| Elderly |
| Working Mothers |

## Assessment of Historic Building Inventory and Code Policies in Los Angeles – Performing HAZUS Damage and Loss Estimation: 1950-2005

**Questions:**
**How does taking Building Code Policies back**
**	****in time affect results (in terms of vulnerability**
**	****and risk) from different earthquakes? **
**How have population and economic trends **
**	****influenced vulnerability over time?**
**Methods:**
**Define historical building code policies for Los Angeles (code adoption and construction quality**
**Define historical building inventories for HAZUS based on theoretical code policies according to specific time period**
**Determine impacts of several scenario earthquakes using the historical HAZUS building inventories, for specified time periods**
**Calibrate procedures by comparing predictions to observed intensity and other damage records from previous earthquakes**
**Run sensitivity analyses on major computational variables such as hazard and structural parameters**
# Presentation: 113030

## How are we doing?

- Energy lost per proton

- Since MiniBooNE

- Last 2 Weeks

- Unstable Running

- Better

## Linac/400 MeV Line

- The first step in improving repeatability is to characterize and reproduce the characteristics of beam going into the Booster!!!
- Tools:
- Velocity/phase meter:  Use them!!
- 400 MeV line BPM’s:  save during good performance
- 400 MeV line MW’s??
- RWM/ bunch length meter?
- Ideas?

## Linac phase and velocity

- Bad

- OK

-  Use mults to correct Energy and tilt
-  Use debuncher phase to correct phase.

## Standard Booster Reference

- When things are running well:
- Store BLM’s on B136
- Store orbit group on B40
- What else?
# Presentation: 096009

## 1989

**1989**

- November 15

-      A line of severe thunderstorms moved eastward across the Central and Eastern United States during the afternoon of November 15, 1989.  At 4:30 PM that day, as much of Huntsville’s workforce headed home, a powerful tornado plowed through the heart of the city.  The F4 tornado carved an 18.5 mile long path across Madison County, devastating everything in its path and causing an estimated $250 million in damages.  There were 21 fatalities and 463 injuries.
-     The tornado touched down near the Huntsville Steam plant on Triana Boulevard and proceeded down the heavily traveled Airport Road.  An apartment complex was badly damaged, as was Trinity United Methodist Church.  Before dissipating, the tornado leveled Jones Valley Elementary School.  Luckily, the students in the after-school program were unhurt.  Huntsville had just seen its worst weather disaster ever after the fury of 250 mph winds cut through the city.

*"Ever since I can remember, stories were told about tornadoes.  Behavior in the area has been shaped by our consciousness of the weather, especially tornadoes.  It has just become part of    our culture.“*
*US Representative Bud Cramer *

- Huntsville

*AB*

- TORNADO
# Presentation: 916363

## Environmental Concerns Associated with Veterinary PharmaceuticalsNational PerspectiveGregory BeattyOffice Wastewater ManagementDecember 8, 2004

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Antibiotics
- Hormones

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Antibiotics
*Practice of feeding to poultry, swine and cattle evolved from the 1949 discovery-low levels improved growth *
*An estimated 60-80% of all livestock and poultry receive antibiotics*
- Some are metabolized
- Some are excreted with the manure
*Used to treat illness*
*Feed additive to promote growth*

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Antibiotics  (con’t)
*Improve feed conversion efficiency*
*In 2001 est. 24.6 million pounds are used annually for nontherapeutic purposes *
*The primary mechanisms of elimination are in urine and bile.*
*All eventually excreted-whether unchanged or in metabolite form*

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Antibiotics
*Little information is available regarding the concentrations of  antibiotics in animal wastes*
*Little information is available regarding their fate and transport in the environment*

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance
*One concern is the development of antibiotic resistant pathogens*
*Normally 2% are resistant-up to 10% resistant from animals regularly exposed*
*A study of poultry litter 80-100% resistant*
*In April 2000, New England Journal of Medicine published an article that discussed the case of 12-year old boy infected with Salmonella that was resistant to no fewer than 13 antimicrobial agents*
- The cause is believed to be exposure to the cattle on his family’s ranch

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Commonly Used Pharmaceuticals in Swine Feed
*Bacitracin (BMD)*
*Chlortetracycline*
*Tylosin*
*Carbadox*
*Neomycin*
*Oxytetracycline*

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Hormones
*Used to increase productivity in the beef and dairy industries*
*U.S. raise 36 million beef cattle per year: two-thirds are given hormones   *
*Large portion passes through cattle in manure*
*Androgen detected in waterbodies downstream of feedlots*
- Fish raised in this water had significantly reduced testicle size
*In manure applied to soil might be degraded by soil bacteria and photochemical reactions *

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Hormones (con’t)
*Poultry manure has shown to contain both estrogen and testosterone*
*Runoff from fields with land-applied manure has been reported to contain estrogens, estradiol, progesterone and testosterone, as well as, their synthetic counterparts    *

## Pharmaceuticals of Concern

- Hormones and Endocrine Disruption
*In the environment can act as endocrine disruptors, altering hormone pathways that regulate reproductive processes in humans and animals*
*Estrogen hormones have been implicated in drastic reduction in sperm counts among European and North American men*
*Widespread reproductive disorders in a variety of wildlife*
*The effects of these chemicals on the environment and human health through environmental exposures are not completely understood  *
# Presentation: 337897

## Distribution of the Number of Medications among Hemodialysis Patients, 1993 - 1996/97

**Number of Medications**

***Incident = at 2 Months (0-4);  ****+ **** **_**>**_** 15 or **_**>**_** 20;   Range 1- 22**

**Percent of Patients**

**Distribution of the Number of Medications among Hemodialysis Patients, 1993 - 1996/97**

## Median Number of Medications among Incident* Patients by Modality, DM, and Age Group, 1996/97 

**    ****DM****	****        NonDM****	****	****                  DM****	****  NonDM**
**         ****Age < 65****	****	****	****	****   Age 65+**

**Median Number of Medications among Incident* Patients by Modality, DM, and Age Group, 1996/97 **

**Median # of Medications****

***Incident = at 2 Months;  **Range 1-17**

## Use of Specific Antihypertensives 

**None** Ca-Chann   ACE        Beta       Central    Periph     Other****
**              ****Blocker     Inhib.     Blocker    Acting    Blocker               **

**Use of Specific Antihypertensives **
**among Hemodialysis Patients**

**Percent of Patients**

***Incident = at 2 Months (0-4);  ** Diuretics are not included**

## Use of Specific Antihypertensives among Incident* Peritoneal versus Hemodialysis Patients, 1996/97

**Use of Specific Antihypertensives among Incident* Peritoneal versus Hemodialysis Patients, 1996/97**

**Percent of Patients**

***Incident = at 2 Months; ** Diuretics are not included**

**None** Ca-Chann    ACE        Beta      Central    Periph     Other****
**              ****Blocker      Inhib.     Blocker  Acting    Blocker               **

## EPO Therapy among Incident* Patients by Modality and Sex, 1993-97

**   ****HD****	****                            ****	****         PD ****	****            HD**
** ****1993                                                   1996/97**

**EPO Therapy among Incident* Patients by Modality and Sex, 1993-97**

**Percent of Patients**

***Incident = at 2 Months (0-4)**

## Estrogen Use in Female Dialysis Patients over Age 50

**  ****Incident* 1993        Point Prevalent                  Incident*  **
**	****	****	****          ****1993****	****	****              1996/97**

**Estrogen Use in Female Dialysis Patients over Age 50**

**Percent of Patients**

**n=     364****	****	****         3518****	****	****           748      553 **

*** Incident = at 2 Months (0-4)**
# Presentation: 529898

## MTAC Workgroup 116Great Addressing toIncrease the Value of Mail

- MTAC MeetingMay 16, 2007

## Issue Statement for Workgroup 116

- Mail is an important communication tool for businesses
- Cost effective way to promote goods and services
- Value is lost when the mail never arrives, arrives late, or to the wrong recipient
- Poor addressing
- Inaccurate address information
- Individuals have moved or are deceased
- Message is unwanted

## Goals for Workgroup 116 – Education on Mail

- Evaluate and report on the facts about mail
- In 2006, advertising mail contributed to more than $660 billion in increased sales to the US economy
- Mail is welcomed in most households
- 98% of consumers bring their mail in the day it’s delivered and spend 30 minutes reading it
- Nonprofits leverage the mail to raise contributions
- Nearly $200 billion was raised in 2005
- Mail is environmentally friendly (“Mail is green”)
- Direct mail accounts for only 2.3% of total municipal solid waste generated in the U.S.
- In 2005, 5.5% of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling

## Goals for Workgroup 116 – Best Practices

- How can mailers ensure complete, correct, and current addresses?
- Leverage workgroup 97 and 104 activities
- Responsible direct mail activities
- Creating mail that is wanted
- Quelling the legislative waves of do-not-mail lists
- Identifying the root causes of these bills
- Reaching out to industry associations to identify best practices in preventing unwanted mail
- Taking a proactive approach with initiatives to improve address quality

## Interested Parties Should Contact Co-chairs 

- USPS Co-chairs
- Charles Hunt
- Charles.Hunt@usps.gov
- James Wilson
- james.d.wilson@usps.gov

- Industry Co-chairs
- Jody Berenblatt
- Jody.Berenblatt@bankofamerica.com
- Chris Lien
- chris.lien@businessobjects.com

- To join workgroup 116, please contact the workgroup co-chairs:
# Presentation: 411384

## Leading Indirectly

**Seminar in the ****TRAINING LEADERS of CADETS**** curriculum**** **
**“****Leading  Cadets” Block  **  **Lesson L3**

## Introduction

*they create more** leaders.”*
-   		    - Tom Peters

*“**Leaders don't create followers,*

## Objectives & overview

- Define “indirect leadership”
- Discuss ways to lead cadets indirectly
- Describe principles of indirect leadership related to counseling and disciplining cadets
- Apply principles of indirect leadership to case studies

## Indirect leadership

- What is “indirect leadership”?

## Methods

- How do you lead cadets indirectly?
- Describe indirect leadership methods related to:
- 1.  Getting cadets started on a new project or job
- 2.  Making mid-stream adjustments as cadets lead a project or team
- 3.  Debriefing cadets and helping them learn from their mistakes

## Counseling & disciplining

- What principles should guide seniors in counseling & disciplining cadets?
- -- General principles
- -- Indirect leadership methods

## Case studies

- Examine your assigned cases:
- 1.  Clearly state the leadership problem 2.  Describe what you would do to bring the cadet toward a solution

## Conclusions

- Indirect leadership methods develop cadets’ potential more effectively thanauthoritarian or direct leadership methods
- Begin with “mission-type orders” to define the goal, not prescribe the solution
- Require updates and approvals along the way
- Ask questions to tighten cadets logic and introduce new ideas
- Mentor and debrief cadets to help them learn from their mistakes

## Final thought

- Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
- - George S. Patton
# Presentation: 297154

## ATLAS  Pixel Detector Supports

- Tim Loew
- LBNL DesignWorks
- 5 October, 2001

## Requirements     |    Goals

## System Architecture

## Partial Concepts List

- Rolling, sliding or toothed elements.
- Linear, torsion and other springs in diverse configurations.
- Torsion and bending elements as springs themselves.
- Rollers and ramps with either positive or negative “V” grooved features.
- Dual stacked rollers; either self contacting or separate.
- Roller with housing that initiates sliding contact with an overhead spring.
- Stationary PST-mounted supports that catch and hold frame on linear slides.
- Long screwdriver-type tool to set/release preload condition.

## Preload Beam/Roller Schematic

- PST

- Pixel
- Frame

- Beam spring achieves 75N preload
- with less than 1Nm moment transfer
- to the Pixel Frame.

- Ø7mm axle fits within space envelope and satisfies overall deflection criteria

- An applied force of 75N deflects
- the beam tip 2.5mm

## Rollers and Preload Beam Operation

- Load Bearing Roller

- Preload
- Beam
- Roller

## Pixel Support Locations

## Support Constraints & Locations

- Fixed Y

- Fixed Y

- Fixed X,Y

- Fixed X,Y,Z

- z

- x

- y

## PST Support Envelope

- Envelope Requirement

- Support Dimensions

- Fit Within Requirement

## PST Support Upper Profile Development

** ****Deviation from this path governs the correlation between **
** ****the magnitude of preload and axial position within PST.**

**Movement of load bearing and preloading rollers along lower ramp contour**
**defines centerline trajectory and neutral path of upper contour.**

- Neutral path boundary along which
- no preload force is generated.

- Lower ramp contour

- Centerlines

## Insertion and Preload Forces

- 	Insertion force due to services and rail sliding friction is a constant 130 N from insertion until the frame meets the supports.  There is no preload in this region.
- 			Fi= 130 N
- 			P= 0 N
- 	If z* represents axial position in mm starting at the first contact with supports, then insertion and preload forces are predicted to be as follows:
- 			Fi(z*)= 0.5z* + 90.1 N
- 			P(z*)= 5.0z* N

- 0 < z* < 20

## PST Supports Deflection

- 75N

- 		Deflections due to Bending *and* Shear:

**+**

- 75N

- 5.3 μm

- 5.8 μm

**=**

- 11.1 μm

**This conservative first order determination is already larger than the 10 μm total budget allows,**
** ****but it is of the right order of magnitude and will shrink by about half with reduced span length.**

- 53.2mm

## Axle Strength & Stiffness

- 75N

- 75N

- 	For Ø7mm Ti axle with 10mm bearing spacing,
- end deflection can be limited to 3μm.

- Back to back angular
-  contact bearings.

## Axle Strength & Stiffness

- 	Maximum moment of 1.1Nm
- on Ø7mm Ti axle

- σ = Mρ/I

-  σmax = 314 MPa

-    For the titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, a safety factor > 2 can be
-     achieved against yield onset.
-    Due to the nature of the requirements, the axle’s
-     frequency response (~stiffness) drives the
-     design instead of strength.

## Deflection Path
# Presentation: 591660

## Systematic Study of Variable Coherence in X-ray Diffraction from NanocrystalsI. K. Robinson, Physics Dept, University of Illinois DMR-0308660 “Coherent X-ray Diffraction Imaging of Nanocrystals”

- We have discovered that the coherence of the powerful 3rd generation APS X-ray source can be preserved even after the introduction of condenser optics before the sample.  The image on the right shows 10 frames of a movie of coherent diffraction fringes measured from a gold nanocrystal.  As the movie plays, the entrance aperture enlarges steadily from 10 to 100 microns in the vertical direction, while the focal spot on the sample stays constant at 1 micron.  The vertical fringe contrast is seen to diminish strongly, while in the horizontal it is virtually unchanged.

- The effect was predicted theoretically by the calculation shown below of the Fourier transform of a simple object (left) with the addition of a parabolic phase function (right), that represents illumination by a spherical wave instead of a plane wave.

## Educational Impact
The experiment was carried out by Meng Liang, a new graduate student training in the area of CXD.  She plans to analyze these new data for publication. 
The previous students have started postdoc positions where the are passing on their knowledge of coherent diffraction to other groups. 

- The experiment was carried out by Meng Liang, a new graduate student training in the area of CXD.  She plans to analyze these new data for publication.
- The previous students have started postdoc positions where the are passing on their knowledge of coherent diffraction to other groups.

- Broader Impact
- Coherence at X-ray wavelengths is a rather abstract quantity, understood in theory, but, until now, not easily related to experiments.
- The results of these experiments should have a strong impact on the design of future experiments at both synchrotron X-ray sources and future free-electron lasers, such as SLAC’s LCLS.

- Systematic Study of Variable Coherence in X-ray Diffraction from NanocrystalsI. K. Robinson, Physics Dept, University of Illinois DMR-0308660 “Coherent X-ray Diffraction Imaging of Nanocrystals”