BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 664756

## Northwestern Wisconsin Flooding

**Northwestern Wisconsin Flooding**

**April 2002**

## Northwestern Wisconsin Flooding

- Rapid snowmelt and heavy rain caused extensive flooding in Iron, Sawyer and Ashland Counties.
- In Hurley, the Montreal River flooded 3 homes and 5 businesses.
- 70 percent of Iron County’s roads were under water.
- Damage in Iron County was $1.3 million.

## Flooded cabin from the West Fork of the Chippewa Flowage 

- Flooded cabin from the West Fork of the Chippewa Flowage
- (25 miles east of Hayward).

## A flooded business in Glidden, Ashland County, where 20 homes and 

- A flooded business in Glidden, Ashland County, where 20 homes and
- businesses were damaged by flooding of the Chippewa River.
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## Slide 1

## Slide 2

## Table 3.  Actual Obligations, NIH Biomedical Nutrition Research and Training, 

**Table 3.  Actual Obligations, NIH Biomedical Nutrition Research and Training, **
** ****in Current and Constant Dollars, and as a Percentage of Total NIH Obligations **
**FY 1996-2005 (in thousands of dollars)**

- 	  Nutrition Research 	  Nutrition Research	 	  Current Nutrition Dollars
- Fiscal 	   and Training,	   and Training,	  Total NIH	   as a Percentage of Total
- Year	   Current Dollars*	    Constant Dollars**	   Obligations+	  NIH Obligations

| 1996 | 438,813 | 438,813 | 11,471,293 | 3.8 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1997 | 453,306 | 438,119 | 11,979,278 | 3.8 |
| 1998 | 494,443 | 465,285 | 12,777,283 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 553,519 | 504,892 | 14,710,791 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 694,909 | 611,089 | 16,843,082 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 789,269 | 671,734 | 20,068,232 | 3.9 |
| 2002 | 916,964 | 755,393 | 22,294,111 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 1,035,343 | 823,950 | 26,134,505 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | 1,033,304 | 792,791 | 27,486,371 | 3.8 |
| 2005 | 1,082,475 | 800,057 | 27,844,089 | 3.9 |

- * Actual obligations. Source: Human Nutrition Research and Information Management (HNRIM) System.
- **Based on biomedical R&D price index, FY 1995 = 100 percent.
- + Total excludes obligations for National Library of Medicine and Buildings and Facilities.

## Figure 1. Federal Expenditures in Support of Human Nutrition Research and Training, FY 2003

**Figure 1. Federal Expenditures in Support of Human Nutrition Research and Training, FY 2003**

- * Estimate
-    Source:   Human Nutrition Research and Information Management (HNRIM) System database**	**

## Slide 5

## Slide 6
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## 2001 ORT Bi-Regional Conference

- Adele Culpepper
- Medicare Fraud Information Specialist  Region VI

## Jurisdiction

- States within Region VI
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Texas

## CMS’ & Contractor’s Role

- Administer Medicare program and...
- Safeguard the Medicare Trust Fund
- prevention
- detection
- recovery
- enforcement

- Support law enforcement
- OIG, FBI, DOJ, DCIS, IRS
- Coordinate efforts
- Medicaid, Agency on Aging, advocacy groups, associations
- Initiatives &task force

## 18 MFIS Nationally

- 1 National DMERC MFIS
- 2 Regional HHI MFIS
- 15 Part A and Part B MFIS

## How the MFIS Can Assist You

- Serves as a reference point
- Information on who to contact
- Develop fraud related outreach material
- Answer questions
- Assist with quality referrals

## Fraud and Abuse

- Fraud and Abuse accounts for a substantial loss in the Medicare program
- Billions of taxpayer dollars lost to health care fraud and abuse
- Medicare and partners working on these issues

## Sources of Complaints

- Benefits Integrity Unit
- Medical Review
- Anonymous
- Employee or ex-employee
- OIG Referral
- Provider Complaint

- Beneficiary
- OIG Hotline
- Cost Report Audit

## Schemes and Scams

- Physical therapy

## Schemes and Scams

- Ambulance Services

## Schemes and ScamsCMHCs and CORFs

## Schemes and Scams

- Stolen Medicare Card

## Schemes and Scams

- Double Billing

## Scope of Fraud and Abuse

- Nation
- $11.9 Billion - 2000
- 6.8 % of all claims
- $12.6 Billion - 1999
- 7.1 % of all claim
- $23 Billion - 1996
- 14 % of all claims

## What You Can Do to Assist the Medicare Contractor

- Promote understanding of the problem
- Evaluation and investigation process
- Professional document for a fraud case

## Elements of a Quality Referral

- Written professionally and legibly
- Identified as an AoA referral
- No acronyms
- Non-judgmental

## Completion of Referral Form

- Date
- Referring agency
- Beneficiary information
- Complaint information
- Chronological order

- Services not rendered
- Detailed description

## Supporting Documentation

- MSN
- Communications
- Provider information
- Financial information

## Partnership

- Through this special partnership, we can assist the community members to better understand how to identify Medicare fraud, and senior citizens and caregivers will gain confidence to report suspicious activity.

## Thanks for your attention

- Have a great day!
# Presentation: 541839

## DoD STD English System

- Jonathan Wintrode
- US Department of Defense
- NIST STD Workshop
- December 14, 2006

## Overview

- Primary System Description
- Contrastive System Description
- Lessons Learned

## Primary System Description

- Derived from 2005 Utterance Retrieval system
- Schone et al., “Searching Conversational Telephone Speech in any of the World’s Languages,” IA2005
- 6-gram inverted index of 1-best STT output
- Byblos 3.2 English recognizer
- Lemur 1.3 text indexer
- Search strategy
- Retrieve text using Lemur 1.3 retrieval
- Modified to report n-gram position as well as utterance score.
- Score derived from aggregation of n-grams.
- Estimation of keyword location from utterance timing and n-gram position.

## Contrastive System Description

- Also derived from 2005 Utterance Retrieval system
- 5-gram index of phonetic recognition lattices.
- HTK 3.3 based phonetic recognizer
- N-gram posterior probability calculated for each path of length <= 5 through the lattice using SRI’s LM toolkit.
- Modified to estimate timing information from the lattice.
- 1,2,3,4, and 5-gram probabilities stored in a Berkeley DB hash.
- Search strategy
- Lookup 3, 4, and 5-grams of keyword in Berkeley DB hash.
- Score derived from aggregation of n-gram posterior probabilities.
- Estimation of keyword location from n-gram timing estimate.

## Lessons Learned

- System in prototype stage
- Systems described in development since August.
- False alarm rate overwhelming correct matches
- Score normalization essential to this task.
- Not previously an issue on the prior system’s utterance retrieval task
- Difficult to estimate keyword timing information
- Timing available at recognition is obscured at the time of indexing and not accurately available to search.

## Lessons Learned

- Score significantly impacted by timing
- Comparison using STD dry run term list
- Phonetic system
- Utterance retrieval recall of 57%
- Keyword spotting correctness of 25%
- STT system
- Utterance retrieval recall ~70%
- Keyword spotting correctness ~45%
# Presentation: 272496

## CORPORATE LEARNING COURSE  Seminar 3.7MENTORING  

- CORPORATE LEARNING COURSE  Seminar 3.7**MENTORING  **

## Objectives

- The objective for this lesson is for each student to comprehend that effective mentoring can improve the quality of a members experience in CAP
- Define mentoring in your own words
- Explain how mentoring can create a caring organizational climate
- Defend the relationship between mentoring and the quality of a members CAP experience

## Explore the concept of mentoring

** ****One senior individual**
** ****Available to junior member**
**- To form a developmental relationship**
**- To guide the performer**
** ****Through operational or prodfessional prep**
** ****Provide feedback **

## Who should be a mentor

** ****- Awareness of the needs of others**
** ****Willing to listen**
** ****Willing to divert time from other things**
** ****Willing to commit to the relationship**
** ****Emotionally ready**

## What should the protégé bring?

** ****Be a willing participant**
** ****Assist in setting goals**
** ****Be responsible for own performance**
**  **

## What are the long term effects?

- - Stimulate enthusiasm and commitment
- - Develop leadership skills
- - Enhance loyalty
- - Promote flexibility and persistence
- - Positive response to crisis

## Conclusions

- - Mentoring is a special relationship
-  The purpose is to help someone along the road
-  Mentors help discover dreams, understand strengths,
-   show gaps in impact on the organization and others
-  Mentor guides through the steps of your plan
-  Relationship based on candor, trust, and support
# Presentation: 464744

## What Hunters Should Know About Avian Influenza

**Do not handle or butcher birds that are obviously sick or found dead.**
**Do not eat drink or smoke while cleaning animals.**
**Wear rubber gloves and washable clothing when cleaning game.**
**Wash your hands with soap and water or use alcohol gel immediately after handling game.**
**Wash tools and working surfaces with soap & water.**
**Cook game meat thoroughly- to a temperature of 155-165 degrees F.**

**For more information: ****	****www.AvianFlu.alaska.gov**
# Presentation: 083313

## NRCS 2008 Farm Bill Conservation Program Input Sessions 

- Providing NRCS natural resource
- partners and customers the
- opportunity to share their natural
- resource conservation concerns,
- priorities and suggestions for
- program improvement and direction.

## 2002 Farm Bill Program Accomplishments

**Upper Arkansas Watershed**

## Slide 3

## NRCS Farm Bill Programs 2002-2008Upper Arkansas Watershed Accomplishments by Program

**NRCS Farm Bill Programs 2002-2008*****Upper Arkansas Watershed***** **Accomplishments by** ****Program**

| Program | Contracts Approved | Acres | TotalFunding |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program – EQIP | 538 | 466,283 | $9,800,000 |
| Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program – WHIP | 18 | 27,828 | $291,000 |
| Wetland Reserve Program – WRP | 10 | 3795 | $3,900,000 |
| Farm and Ranchland Protection Program – FRPP | 9 | 4146 | $3,000,000 |
| Grasslands Reserve Program – GRP | 8 | 19,897 | $2,500,000 |
| Totals | 583 | 521,949 | $19,400,000 |

## NRCS Farm Bill Programs 2002-2008 Upper Arkansas Watershed Accomplishments by Natural Resource Concern

**NRCS Farm Bill Programs 2002-2008**** *****Upper Arkansas Watershed***** **Accomplishments by** ****Natural Resource Concern**

| NR Concern | Contracts Approved | Acres | TotalFunding |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Water Quality/Quantity | 221 | 18,948 | $3.9M |
| Grazing  | 164 | 396,393 | $3.9M |
| Soil Management | 45 | 10,539 | $353,000 |
| Invasive Species | 51 | 5,286 | $217,000 |
| Wildlife | 37 | 51,317 | $692,000 |
| Forestry | 19 | 8,085 | $697,000 |
| Drought | 14 | 2,240 | $396,000 |
| CNMP | 4 | 1,077 | $60,000 |
| Animal Waste Management | 1 | 227 | $3,000 |
|  | 556 | 494,111 | $10.1M |
# Presentation: 693627

## Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS)

**Nimi Rao**
- REMS Program Manager
- Office of Analysis (HS-32)
- Office of Corporate Safety Analysis (HS-30)

## REMS

- REMS is the central repository of  occupational radiation exposures for all DOE and DOE contractor workers
- Collect, analyze and disseminate
- Occupational radiation exposures  information

## Requirements

**DOE**:
- 10 CFR Part 835
- Requirements for collecting data
- DOE Order 231.1A
- Requirements for reporting data to REMS
- _DOE Manual 231.1-1A: __Issued 3/04_
- Specifies format and content

## Guidance - PII Data

- Guidance CS-38A, "Protection of Sensitive Unclassified Information, Including Personally Identifiable Information”, 11/06
- REMS PII data submittals on removable media and must be encrypted.
- If no encryption possible, must be sent by registered carrier with signature requirement

## Relationship to NRC

- In 1996-1997, an Inter-agency Agreement was established between DOE and NRC to re-design REMS
- Currently there is a Protective Agreement in place to allow information sharing between DOE and NRC.
- Both databases share the same server and managed by ORAU
- Project Manager at ORAU : Derek Hagemeyer

## WEB Page

- _[http://www.hss.energy.gov/csa/analysis/rems/](http://www.hss.energy.gov/csa/analysis/rems/)_
- Aannual Reports, 1974-Present
- Guidance
- reporting information
- requesting information
- Reporting requirements, other Orders and Manuals, FAQs
- Related sites
- Web-based query tool

## Occupational Exposure Data for 2006

- Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Report 2006 published (8/07)
- Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Report 2006 and ALARA activities are posted (9/07)
- 2006 DOE Data has been posted to the REMS web query tool (5/07)
- REMS at **http://www.hss.energy.gov/csa/analysis/rems/**

## Monitoring of the DOE Workforce

## Collective Dose (TEDE, CEDE, Photon, Neutron)

**813**

## Average Meas. TEDE

## Number > 5 rem TEDE

## Number > 2 rem TEDE

## Bioassay Measurements, 2006

## Collective CEDE by Radionuclide, 2006

**Collective CEDE by ****Radionuclide, 2006**

## Collective and Average Dose

## Number with Meas. Dose
# Presentation: 924144

## National Economic Accounts:  What’s New and What’s Coming

**Brent R. Moulton**
*National Economic Accounts Data Users’ Conference*
- April 13, 2007

## Purpose of this Users’ Conference

- For BEA to hear from you.
- For us to provide information to you about:
- BEA’s national accounts
- BEA’s plans
- Issues that BEA faces
- To give you an opportunity to meet us.

## BEA Strategic Plan

- Priorities for national economic accounts:
- Addressing data gaps and other shortcomings
- Improving consistency and integration with other accounts
- Improving consistency with international standards.

## What’s New?

- Research and development satellite account
- Preliminary estimates released September 2006 (article in December 2006 *Survey of Current Business*).
- Revised estimates scheduled September 2007.
- Plan for implementation in benchmark input-output accounts and NIPAs for 2012/2013.
- Integrated NIPA and Flow of Funds Accounts
- Joint project by BEA and Federal Reserve staff.
- Article in February 2007 *Survey*.
- Plans for regular update of estimates.

## What’s Coming?

- NIPA comprehensive revision – early October 2008 — incorporate 2002 benchmark input-output accounts)
- Updated international standards — *System of National Accounts* (2008)
- Beginning in 2010 — flexible annual revisions.
- About 2013 — incorporate 2007 benchmark input-output accounts

## Goals for 2008 Comprehensive Revision

- Improve scheduling and compilation processes — have data reviewed and ready for dissemination
- Limited number of key statistical improvements, for example:
- Misreporting adjustments
- Disaster losses
- Classification of personal consumption expenditures

## Strategic projects

- 	*Major conceptual changes that will be fully implemented after 2008:*
- Capitalize research & development
- Scheduled for 2013 comprehensive revision
- Production account
- Part of updated SNA
- Joint work with BLS productivity program
- Estimates of labor and capital services for all sectors.
# Presentation: 691228

## Evaluation of OMI ozone data through assimilation 

**Evaluation of OMI ozone ****data through assimilation**

**I. Stajner, K. Wargan, L.-P. Chang, **
**H. Hayashi, and S. Pawson,**
- Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), NASA/Goddard
- Aura Validation Meeting                        Greenbelt, September 2005

## Assimilation system

**Assimilation system**

- Aura **MLS** stratospheric ozone profiles (for pressure <= 216 hPa) and US retrieved **OMI** total ozone data were assimilated.
- Time period: January-February 2005
- The assimilation system now includes transport within the GCM and parameterizations for stratospheric photochemistry, a simple scheme for heterogeneous ozone loss and parameterization of the tropospheric chemistry.

## Comparison with SAGE III

**Comparison with SAGE III**

- Assimilation of **Aura MLS** and **OMI** data reproduces the mean **profile shape** in the **lower stratosphere** and its **variability**.

- Mean profiles from:
**_ SAGE III**
**_ Assimilation **
**   ****(MLS above 100 hPa)**
**_ Assimilation **
**   ****(MLS above 216 hPa)**

- Sunrise
- near 37°S

- Sunset
- near 67°N

- January11-13

## Impact of OMI in the Tropics

**Impact of OMI in the Tropics**

- Assimilation with OMI has **less ozone in the troposphere** and **weaker wave one**.

- Mean ozone 20S-20N
- for January 2005:
- _____   SBUV+MLS
-        assimilation
**C****o****l****o****r**    OMI+MLS
-        assim. minus
-        SBUV+MLS assim.

- mPa

- 1000

- 100

- hPa

- 180W

- 180E

## Tropical tropospheric columns

**Tropical tropospheric columns**

- Ascension

- Natal

- Nairobi

- Am. Samoa

- OMI improves the agreement with SHADOZ ozone data
- Spatial and temporal variability are captured.

**_ Sondes**
**_ MLS+OMI**
**assimilation**
**_ MLS+SBUV**
**assimilation**

- January

- February

- 10

- 60

- DU

## Tropospheric columns: extratropics

**_ Sondes**
**_ MLS+OMI**
**assimilation**
**_ MLS+SBUV**
**assimilation**

- Hohenpeissenberg

- Lauder

- Jokioinen

- Comparisons with independent ozone sondes show that spatial and temporal variability are captured.

- Marambio

- 10

- 60

- DU

- January

- February

## OMI O-F residuals

**OMI O-F residuals**

**OMI **residuals tend to be negative at high latitudes

- Jan. 31

- Jan. 3

- DU

- Time series of
- zonal mean of
- OMI O-F residuals is shown for January 2005

- 90S

- 90N

## Summary

**MLS** ozone profiles (for pressure <= 216 hPa) and US retrieved **OMI** total ozone data were assimilated into a GCM-based assimilation system.
- Assimilated ozone in the **lower stratosphere** and **tropospheric columns** were found to agree well with SAGE III and ozone sonde data.
- Negative **OMI O-F residuals** indicate that OMI ozone may be too low at high latitudes.
# Presentation: 002427

## Chemical Safe Schools in RI

- Robert R. Vanderslice, Ph.D.
- Rhode Island Department of Health
- Acknowledgement of Committee Members:
- 		Brown University, CCRI ,
- 		Dept. of Education,  Dept. of 	Environmental Management, Dept. of 	Labor & Training,
- 		Miriam Hospital, and RICOSH.

## Keep in Mind . . .

- Schools rarely manage chemicals
***	******	******	******r e s p o n s i b l y***
- You need help
-  Business officers are part of the solution

## A Brief History of RI’s Chemical Safe Schools Program

- 2001 EPA Workshop got us started
- Tale of woe from colleagues
- Poor practices:  ordering in bulk
- Poor facilities: shelving, cabinets, locks
- Untrained staff

## Getting Help – Resources within the school

- OSHA requirement: all labs must have a Chemical Hygiene Officer
- 		Institutional barriers to compliance:
- 			Contracts, compensation,
- 			$ for disposal and training
- 		Other Barriers:
- 			Apathy, time, overwhelming task
- 				***. . . Not Fun!***

## Getting Help – Outside Resources

- State Agencies:  overlapping roles
- Health and Safety Officers:
- Colleges, Universities, Hospitals
- Private Sector – LEPC* Members
- Fire Officials and Fire Marshals
**LEPC = Local Emergency Planning Committee*

**Notes:**
Tell story of East Greenwich Science Teacher and East Greenwich Fire Marshal

## Committee Successes:  Training and Technical Assistance

_**Manuals**_
- Hard Copy of Essential State Requirements
_**Templates for Hygiene Plans**_
- Don’t Reinvent
_**Brown University Created CDs**_
-  Essential Information

## Committee Successes:  Inventory Collection and Review

- Findings:
- 		Chemical inventories are fiction
- 		High % of chemicals no longer used
- Solution:
- 		School Health Regs that restrict >400 	hazardous chemicals

## Business Officers to the Rescue!

- No. 1 - Stop Ordering Chemicals
- that Don’t Belong in Schools
- Any compounds containing toxic heavy metals like mercury
- Nitrates and other explosives
- Sodium and potassium metal
- Lecture bottles of chlorine, hydrogen and oxygen gas
- Ether
- Formaldehyde/formalin
- Toxic Solvents:  BTX (**B**enzene, **T**oluene, **X**ylenes)

## Business Officers to the Rescue!

- No. 2 - Empower Chemical Hygiene Officers -
- CHOs can:
- Review orders from labs;
- 	Also, art, maintenance, shops, etc.
- Check orders against RI regs
- (www.healthri.gov/hsr/regulations/proposed/schoolhealth-prop.pdf)

## Business Officers to the Rescue!

- No. 3 – Budgets for Next Year
- Require any program using chemicals
- to include:
-  Training for CHO
-  Maintaining Safe Facilities
-  Disposal

## Keep in Mind . . .

- Schools can manage chemicals responsibly
-  Business officers are part of the solution
- You have help
# Presentation: 857257

## Slide 1

**Notes:**
Figure 1.  Hydrogen isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  hydrogen-bearing materials.

## Slide 2

**Notes:**
Figure 2.  Lithium isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  lithium-bearing materials.

## Slide 3

**Notes:**
Figure 3.  Boron isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected boron-bearing  materials.

## Slide 4

**Notes:**
Figure 4.  Carbon isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  carbon-bearing materials.

## Slide 5

**Notes:**
Figure 5.  Nitrogen isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected nitrogen-bearing materials.

## Slide 6

**Notes:**
Figure 6.  Oxygen isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected oxygen-bearing materials.

## Slide 7

**Notes:**
Figure 7.  Magnesium isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  magnesium-bearing materials.

## Slide 8

**Notes:**
Figure 8.  Silicon isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  silicon-bearing materials.

## Slide 9

**Notes:**
Figure 9.  Sulfur isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  sulfur-bearing materials.

## Slide 10

**Notes:**
Figure 10.  Chlorine isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  chlorine-bearing materials.

## Slide 11

**Notes:**
Figure 11.  Calcium isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected calcium-bearing materials.

## Slide 12

**Notes:**
Figure 12.  Chromium isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  chromium-bearing materials.

## Slide 13

**Notes:**
Figure 13.  Iron isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected iron-bearing  materials.

## Slide 14

**Notes:**
Figure 14.  Copper isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  copper-bearing materials.

## Slide 15

**Notes:**
Figure 15.  Thallium isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected  thallium-bearing materials.
# Presentation: 697386

## Session C-31

**Campus-Based Allocation Formula**
- Dan Madzelan
- U.S. Department of Education

## In Today’s Session –

- Brief History of the Formula
- Detailed Explanation
- Ways to Better Target Funds to Needy Students

## A (Very) Brief History

- Huff “Panel of Experts” (1977)
- Initial Implementation (1978)
- HEA Reauthorizations, 1980-2008

## Institutional Allocation

- The lesser of—
- Request for funds, or
- The greater of—
- Base guarantee, or
- “Fair share”

## Institutional Allocation

- Base guarantee/prior expenditure
- Fair share of program funds
- Institutional need
- Financial need minus
- All federal grants minus
- Some state grants

## Allocation Formula

## Allocation Formula

## Allocation Formula

## Allocation Formula

## FISAP Part II—Sections D, E and F

- Enrollment and tuition revenue
- Pell, academic competitive, and national SMART grants
- State grants and scholarships
- Eligible aid applicants
- Dependent undergraduates (2)
- Independent undergraduates (2)
- Independent grad/professional

## Institutional Need

## Institutional Need

## Calculating Institutional Need

## Calculating FSEOG Need

## Calculating Self-Help Need

## Campus-Based Need: Summary

**Financial Need**
**Dependents      33,315,386**
**Independents     6,769,035**
**Pell Grants                1,432,255**
**Leap Grants                    35,171**
**Institutional Need  38,616,995**

**FSEOG Need**
**Dependents     12,729,510**
**Independents    4,874,002**
**Pell Grants****	****          1,432,255**
**Leap Grants                   35,171**
**FSEOG Need            16,136,086**
**Self-Help Need**
**Dependents      20,585,876**
**Independents     1,895,033**
**Self-Help Need       22,480,909**

## FISAP Part II, Section F

## Distribution of EAAs, 2006-07

## Standard EFCs, 2006-07

## Campus-Based Programs:Cost of Attendance, 2006-07

## Future Eligible Aid Applicant Grid

**?**

## Campus-Based Programs Funding

- Follow the students
- Provide more “fair share” funding
- Align formula EFCs with actual EFCs

## Contact Information

- Your feedback and comments are appreciated.
-  Phone:  202-502-7816
-  Email:   dan.madzelan@ed.gov
-  FAX:     202-502-7873
# Presentation: 376972

## GPS-Based Tropical Storm Sensing

*Results from 2003-2007 Storm Seasons*

- Stephen J. Katzberg (Distinguished Research Associate)
- And
- Bing Lin
-  NASA-Langley Research Center

## Background on the GPS techniqueThe GPS technique is a bi-static, quasi specular configuration that operates on a principle different from microwave radiometers and scatterometers

- GPS is L-Band 1.575 GHz and water reflectivity is 63%
- Under calm conditions signal appear to arise from couple Fresnel zones near the “specular” point
- Outside the specular point ellipses of constant delay form annuli, or range bins.
- As the surface becomes rougher, surface slopes begin to “fill” the range bins.

## Background

- Wind speed retrieval is based upon knowledge of the surface slope probability density and its convolution with the internal receiver correlation function.
- Using model waveforms, a matched filter is implemented to determine the correct wind speed.

## Calibration in High Wind Regimes

- Early results from wind
- Speed retrievals indicated that the mss dependence with wind speed might saturate or show nonlinearities.
- A study was done to compare retrieved wind speeds with COAMPS model results.
- The results were reported in GRL September 2006

**This is the only calibration required to use the GPS hardware**

## Hurricane Dennis with DropsondesFirst Use of COAMPS Calibration

- Wind speed > 57 m/s

## Dropping in on Dennis July 8, 2005

- Dropping in on Dennis July 8, 2005

## Dennis July 8, 2005 Near Land and Islands 

## Hurricane Ophelia September 2005

## Hurricane Isabel September 16, 2003

## Hurricane Felix September 2, 2007Abnormally Low signal to noise

## Wind Direction

- There is an upwind-downwind *vs. *crosswind anisotropy in the slope probability density.
- One manifestation is an apparent change in retrieved wind speed with satellite to wind direction angle, although the change is not large (~10 percent.)
- Current SNR for receiver is marginal.
- Demonstrating wind direction will yield the ocean surface* **wind field*

## Current Research: Wind Direction Hurricane Ophelia September 2005

## Conclusions

- The GPS technique has been shown to provide an alternate method to infer high wind speeds.
- The GPS technique shows promise to provide wind direction for wind fields.
- The GPS technique  is low-impact, UAV compatible, and cheap.
# Presentation: 924500

## H-jet problems and plans

- A. Zelenski
- RSC meeting July 22, 2004

## H-jet operation April 6 – May 14

- May 6-16

- Apr.13

- Apr.21-22

- Apr.28

- May 2

## Dissociator maintanence

## IR 12-vacuum schematic diagram

- Pwx2.11

- Pwx2.12

**H-jet**

## QMA upgrade for H-jet measurements.

- Original QMA geometry (right)
- Expanded QMA sensitive volume (left)

- 10 mm

## H-JET POLARIMETER SCATTERING CHAMBER

- PM

- Filter,650nm

- Lenses

## H-JET POLARIMETER SCATTERING CHAMBER

- Electron gun

- FC

- Analyzing magnet

- Extraction optics

## Turbomolecular pump failures.
Frequent dissociator maintenance.

Plans.
Improve dissociator operation stability and lifetime between services..
Measure atomic beam velocity to get a better accuracy for the target thickness.
Develop diagnostics devices for molecular hydrogen component measurements. 

- Frequent dissociator maintenance.
- Plans.
- Improve dissociator operation stability and lifetime between services..
- Measure atomic beam velocity to get a better accuracy for the target thickness.
- Develop diagnostics devices for molecular hydrogen component measurements.

- Problems.
# Presentation: 714736

## Example: Upfront Payments and Bidding Flexibility 

| Market Number  | Block  | Market Name  | Bidding Units  | Upfront Payment  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BTA007  | C5  | Albany, NY  | 524,000  | $524,000  |
| BTA010  | C5  | Allentown, PA  | 370,000  | $370,000  |

- If a bidder wishes to bid on both licenses in a round, it must have selected both on its FCC Form 175 and purchased at least 894,000 bidding units (524,000 + 370,000).  If a bidder only wishes to bid on one, but not both, purchasing 524,000 bidding units would meet the requirement for either license.  The bidder would be able to bid on either license, _but not both at the same time_.  If the bidder purchased only 370,000 bidding units, it would have enough eligibility for the Allentown, PA, license but not for the Albany, NY, license.

- Former defaulters should calculate their upfront payment for all licenses by multiplying the number of bidding units they wish to purchase by 1.5.  In order to calculate the number of bidding units to assign to former defaulters, the Commission will divide the upfront payment received by 1.5 and round the result up to the nearest bidding unit.
- NOTE:  An applicant’s actual bidding in any round will be limited by the bidding units reflected in its upfront payment, notwithstanding the number of licenses the applicant has indicated in its FCC Form 175.
# Presentation: 245948

## Gulf, Southeast, Caribbean Summary

*Session 5: Enhancing coordination between neighboring RAs*

- Building the Regional Network:  Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Coordination Workshop
- Nov. 7-9, 2006  Chicago, IL

## Education and Outreach

**Actions:**
- Provide Gulf of Mexico Alliance user survey to SECOORA and CaRA
- SECOORA or GCOOS coordinators could visit CaRA to discuss how they have set up education and outreach groups
- Invite CaRA representatives to next meeting of GCOOS Education and Outreach Council
- Suggest broad base for CaRA education and outreach, including NERRs, Sea Grant, COSEE, public schools, state education programs, aquaria
- Develop common message for IOOS that can be incorporated into education and outreach activities

## User Needs and Economic Impacts

**Actions:**
- Invite CaRA representatives to Storm Surge and Inundation Workshop, scheduled for January 2007
- SECOORA and CaRA should consider involvement in other stakeholder workshops in planning by GCOOS: maritime transportation, recreational boating, urban planning and development workshop

## Share Expertise in Modeling and Satellite Observations

**Actions:**
- Identify model developers within the region
- Catalog the existing models that are running in operational mode
- Consider potential pilot project to validate new, large-scale models for the region

## Common System Design and Costs Estimates

**Actions:**
- GCOOS will be taking on the initial design, including costs, for the three IOOS topics: resiliency to inundation, healthy beaches and coasts, and safe and efficient maritime transportation. Must involve SECOORA and CaRA.
# Presentation: 699096

## Maternal and Child Health and Oral Health Integration

- Jared I. Fine, D.D.S., M.P.H.
- Dental Health Administrator
- Alameda County Public Health Department

## 3 Examples

- Oral Health Needs Assessment
- School Based Dental Sealant Program
- “Oral Health for Healthy Births”
**    ****Access to Dental Care for High Risk Pregnant Women**

## Oral Health Needs Assessment: Rationale

- Local, current surveillance data
- Educate community and policy makers
- Resource Planning
- Evaluation of sealant and treatment programs
- Advocacy in overcoming disparities

## Oral Health Needs Assessment: Methods

- Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening Survey
- 3,266 K and 3rd grade students at 33 schools
- Staff, volunteer Dentists, and Dental Hygienists

## Oral Health Needs Assessment:Achievements

- Dental indicators for County Health Status Report
- MCH plan measures for sealants and access to care
- Comparison to statewide needs assessment
- Successful pilot for local implementation
- Case finding for family education and referral

## Why was this a successful collaboration?

- Public Health Department commitment to value of health surveillance
- Strong relationships with schools, dental community, community partners, and families
- Federal matching funds from MCH through Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for program planning and coordination.

## Broadening to State Level?Emphatically Yes!

**Fulfills Title V mandate of comprehensive needs assessment**
**ASTDD tools available, accessible and user friendly**
**Federal Financial Participation Funds when appropriate**
**Natural Strategic Partners such as****:**** ****Dental Health Foundation (non-profit), California DHS Office of Oral Health, California DHS Maternal and Child Branch, California’s EPSDT Program, California Dental and Dental Hygienists Associations**

## Integrating MCH and Oral Health Lessons

- Leadership
- Shared commitment
- Cooperation
- Recognizing and respecting attributes of each partner

- Strategic relationships
- Necessary resources
# Presentation: 831361

## Progress in the Management of NRL Allergy

**Impact on food safety**
**Vesna J. Tomazic-Jezic, Ph.D.**
**FDA, Center for Devices and Radiological Health**

##  Changes in the last decade

**  **
** ****Protein levels on gloves **
** ****Amount of donning powder**
** ****Prevalence of NRL sensitivity****	**
** ****New technology and actions**
** ****Glove choices and use trends **
** **

## Protein levels on powdered examination gloves

| Year | # of gloves | median value |  |  | Source |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | 21 |  | 1230 | Yunginger |  |  |
| 1997 | 20 |  | 760 | Charous |  |  |
| 2000 | 18 |  | 210 | ASTM |  |  |
| 2002 | 16 |  | 140 | ASTM |  |  |
|  | Lowry assay (μg/gr of latex) |  |  |  |  |  |

## Glove powder

** **_**5-10 years ago**_
**High amounts of powder on gloves**
**High amounts of protein bound to powder**
**No method for measurement **
** **_**Present status**_
**ASTM method for measuring powder**
**ASTM standard for powder level limit**
**Powder levels decreased**
**Alternatives to powder donning developed**
**	****	****	**
** **

## Prevalence of NRL allergy among health care workers

**1987       2.5 - 6.5 %      Turjanmaa**
**1992       9.9 - 13  %      Lagier, Arlleano, ****	****	****	****	****	****    ****	****   Berky****	**
**1994****	****       17 %****	****	****   Yassin**
**1997****	****   12.1-15.8 %****	****   Liss, Konrad**
**1998****	****       8.3****	****	****   DeGrot**
**1998           .9%****	****	****   Hanfield-Jones**
**1999****	****    1.5-1.9****	****	****   Kim**
**2001****	****      .5 - 1%****	****   Poole, Hack**

## Questions related to food safety

** ****How big is the problem? **
** ****How do these changes affect**
**   ****food safety****?**

##  Do we know the magnitude?

** **

** ****Sensitization:**
**	****	****NRL ↔  Food**
** ****Reactions:**
**	****	****NRL and Food**
** ****Diagnosis:**
**	****	**** ****NRL or Food**

##   Existing preventive actions

** ****NIOSH alert**
** ****AAAAI Position Statement**
** ****OSHA  Technical Bulletin**** **

##   A Trend in Glove use in USA 			( billions)

| Year | Total | LTX-P | LTX-PF | Synt-P | Synt-PF |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 |  6.0 | na | na | na  | na |
| 1997 | 22.0 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | 30.8 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | 33.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 |

## 	Existing technology for implementation  

**  **
**   ****Standard methods for the**
**	****   ****protein and powder**
**     ****measurement**** **
**   ****ASTM specification for the**
**	****	****  ****maximum protein and**
**     ****powder level**
** **

##   Guidance and Regulations

**  ****NSF Protocol for food contact gloves**
**  ****ASTM standard specification for ****	****food handling gloves **
**  ****FDA proposed regulation **

##   		Concluding Remark

**  ****Over 10 years of active efforts **
**  ****Significant improvement **
**  ****Trend should continue**** to the    ****	**** ****	**** final resolution **
# Presentation: 394215

## ATLAS Kalman/Geometry framework

-   Similarities and differences of ATLAS/STAR
- Main features of the environment
-   What can be of interest to us
- How to proceed

## Purpose

- Year-2 needs re-thinking
- Increase efficiencies for primaries/secondaries
- Algorithms/sequence
- Tools
- Integration
- Gain from other’s experience
- STAR/ALICE/ATLAS (BABAR)

## Similarities/Differences

- ATLAS=3 pixel layers/4 doublesided SSS/TRT (no z info)
- 30% X0 at eta=0 (5-10-10-[5])
- Environment not ROOT-based. STAFlike now, GAUDI
- but well integrated/interfaced
- High pt physics (Tracker cut 500MeV-1GeV)
- but tracking tasks very similar
- Tracking approaches are different
- but tracking can start in ‘TPC’ or ‘SVT’
- Use of geometry abstraction / database-like features
- Use of Kalman for filtering/smoothing too
- with extensions to event vertex and primary track fitting
- C++/OO implementation

## Similarities/Differences (cont.)

- Use of global/local coordinate systems
- propagation:global:space points
- Kalman filter:local:clusters/errors
- Flexible track model
- Uniform B: Helix
- Non-uniform: Runge Kutta
- ‘Tracks’ become ‘fatter’ as more info is accumulated
- Flexible Helix class with ‘operations/tools’
- Electron/muon model is more important to them
- but not an issue

## What can this environment do for us?

- We can use this environment as a lab to test ideas approaches
- It is easier to first test-adopt the whole thing and then replace particular modules than break functionality from the beginning
- It is better to have a choice/options than not!
- We can learn a lot in many areas by just playing with this framework
- Year-2 tracking R&D group can use it as a ‘seed’
- It appears to be a better environment than the one we have in place now

## How to proceed?

- Pavel can set-up the STAR geometry in the environment
- needs some response simulator/’fast’ can be quickly implemented. He says 2-weeks will do.
- Igor needs to set-up tracking env./parameters
- 2-3 weeks. Not clear what his involvement will be. He might need assistance from STAR (Who?)
- STAR test drives the environment/optimization
- Unknown time-scale/availability/who?
- My feeling is that we should give it a shot! :-)
# Presentation: 116796

## High-latitude Dynamic E-Field (HiDEF) Explorer

**High-latitude Dynamic E-Field (HiDEF) Explorer**

_**Science Objectives:**_** **HiDEF will observe and resolve the inadequately understood high-altitude magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere global electric field forcing, coupling dynamics, and evolution over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, providing the last major link in the Earth-Sun connection.
_**Associated RFAs:**_** **F3, H2

_**Enabling and Enhancing Technology Development: **_
*** **Picosatellite constellation (global science platform)
- * Miniaturized science payload, communications hardware, and attitude sensors
- * Advanced tracking and ground station coordination

_**Mission Implementation Description:**_
- * 90 satellite constellation (20% redundancy)
- * Low Earth Orbit (515-675 km)
- * Attitude control: spin stabilized
- * Electric field sensor – measures in-situ DC and AC components
- * TRL 8/9
- * Mass- 1.08 kg/spacecraft, Power – 0.82 W avg/spacecraft, Telemetry- 619 Mb/constellation
_**Measurement Strategy:**_** **Global ionospheric electric field measurements
# Presentation: 950704

## Mechanical Analysis results for the Single Spoke Cavities 

- G.Lanfranco – July 5th, 2005

## Summary of FEA results

| type | 1 atm vacuum |  | 1mm Slow Tuning |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Max Tot. Deformation [micron] | Max Von Mises stress
[MPa (ksi)] | Max Tot. Deformation [micron] | Max Von Mises stress
[MPa (ksi)] |
| No notch | 93 | 47.0 (6.82) in beam pipe transition | as input | 176.1 (25.54)
in circular sector rib |
| Small
(4mm wide × 8mm deep) | 51 | 48.1 (6.98) in beam pipe transition | as input
 | 192.6 (27.93)
in circular sector rib |
| Big Notch (12mm wide × 14mm deep) | 51 | 48.2 (6.99)
in beam pipe transition | as input
 | 189.0 (27.4)
in circular sector rib |

## Base design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 atm Vacuum Load. Restraint at the beam pipe transition*

## Base design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 mm Slow Tuning. Restraint at the symmetry plane*

## Small notch design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 atm Vacuum Load. Restraint at the beam pipe transition*

## Small notch design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 mm Slow Tuning. Restraint at the symmetry plane*

## Big notch design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 atm Vacuum Load. Restraint at the beam pipe transition*

## Big notch design Ribs

*Tot. Deformation [m]*

*Von Mises Stresses [Pa]*

*1 mm Slow Tuning. Restraint at the symmetry plane*

## 1atm– Comparison TOT Deformation

## 1mm– Comparison TOT Deformation

## Conclusion

- Now the ribs seems to keep low both Von Mises Stresses AND total deformation
- No real improvement comes from notching the ribs and that leaves open the problem that:
- Force required for 1mm slow tuning still too high! 10000N ( ~2248 lbf) for Big Notch case
# Presentation: 384555

## Progress in Producing ILC Baseline and R&D CavitiesLCFOA Meeting October 17, 2006

**Anthony J. Favale**

***Advanced Energy Systems Inc.***
***27 Industrial Blvd., Unit E Medford, NY 11763 ***
***Phone:******	******(631) 345-6264 x100***
***Fax:******	******(631) 345-0458***
***E-mail:******	******tony_favale@mail.aesys.net***

**Progress in Producing ILC Baseline and R&D Cavities****LCFOA Meeting October 17, 2006**

## Fermilab ILC Cavities

## Fermilab ILC Cavities

## Cornell 9-Cell Re-entrant Cavity

##          CORNELL CAVITY

## AES Electron Beam Welder – Delivery Nov. 2006

**AES Electron Beam Welder – Delivery Nov. 2006**

## SUMMARY

- AES is Fabricating:
-      - Four TESLA cavities for Fermilab.
-        Delivery is planned for February 2007
-      - One nine cell reentrant cavity for
-        Cornell. Delivery is planned for
-        December 2006.
- AES has received a purchase order for six ILC cavities (10/03/06). Cavities to be delivered July 2007
# Presentation: 687163

## Local Optical Properties, Electron Densities and London Dispersion Energies of Atomically Structured Grain Boundaries

- Roger H. French
- University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science Department,
- Philadelphia U.S.A.

## London Dispersion Energies Of Grain Boundaries1R. H. French (Co-PI) University of Pennsylvania, DMR-0010062 

**London Dispersion Energies Of Grain Boundaries****1****R. H. French (Co-PI) University of Pennsylvania, ****DMR-0010062**** **

- 1. K. van Benthem, G. L. Tan, L. K. Denoyer, R. H. French, M. Rühle,  **Physical Review Letters**, **93**, 227201, (2004). 2. S. Hutt, O. Kienzle, F. Ernst, and M. Rühle, Z. Metallkd. **92**, 105 (2001).  This work is supported by by NSF Grant No. DMR-0010062 and by the EU under Contract No. G5RD-CT-2001-00586.

- The long range London dispersion interactions, a fundamental component of the van der Waals Forces, are universal in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science and arise from the transient induced dipoles of the interatomic bonds exchanging virtual photons.
- Our determination of quantitative optical properties of grain boundaries at high spatial resolution has made possible the determination of the Hamaker coefficients of grain boundaries, using our multi-layer, graded interface approach,
- We calculate the London dispersion energy is up to 10% of the total grain boundary energy for atomically structured  5 and near-13 grain boundaries of SrTiO3.
- This appreciable London dispersion interaction plays a role in determining both the end stage microstructure and properties of grain boundaries in functional materials.

## Gecko Hamaker: van der Waals Forces For Education 

- The London dispersion component of the van der Waals Forces are long range and universal and play a critical role in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science.  Yet they have been neglected in the traditional curricula due to the complexity of their roots in quantum electro dynamics.
- Using Gecko Hamaker, students can calculate Full spectral Hamaker coefficients1 of the London dispersion interaction for complex multilayer configurations2 of materials.
- This freely available program will allow students to use state of the art methods and materials properties to determine the magnitude of the long range interactions at play in their systems.  This program complements the new textbook on van der Waals forces by V. A. Parsegian3.

- 1. R. H. French, **Journal of the American Ceramic Society**, **83**, 9, 2117-46 (2000). 2. K. van Benthem, G. L. Tan, L. K. Denoyer, R. H. French, M. Rühle,  **Physical Review Letters**, **93**, 227201, (2004). 3. V. A. Parsegian; van der Waals Forces: A handbook for biologists, chemists, engineers and physicists (Cambridge University Press, 2005 in press).   This work is supported by by NSF Grant No. DMR-0010062 and by the EU under Contract No. G5RD-CT-2001-00586.
# Presentation: 063373

## Search for t’ (2.3 fb-1)

- Massive 4th generation top-like quark
- Predicted by some SUSY models (beautiful mirrors), Little Higgs
- Generic 4th chiral generation allowed by EWK data; can accommodate a heavy Higgs (~500 GeV) without any other new particles

- Searching for generic t’Wq in lepton+jets channel
- Looking for interesting events on the tails of distributions
- 2D likelihood fit to the event HT and the reconstructed mass of ttbar-like system

- HT =  ET, jets + ET, lepton + MET

- Exclude with 95% CL t ́ mass below 284 GeV/c2
# Presentation: 054656

## Structure and Dynamicsof the Sun’s Interior

- Variation of sound speed (temperature) and composition in the solar interior with unprecedented accuracy, eliminating solar explanations of the neutrino problem
- Sub-surface “solar weather maps” showing large-scale flows    (cf. ocean currents)
- Solar interior rotation and meridional circulation (poleward flows)
- Structure and flows below sunspots

## Sun’s Outer Atmosphere

- Solar wind: source regions and acceleration
- Monitoring solar activity, revolutionizing space weather forecasting

**Sun’s Outer Atmosphere**
# Presentation: 167810

## white prairie-clover Dalea  candida  Michx. ex Willd.Synonym:  Petalostemon  candidum.Other common names; white tassel flower, thimbleweed.

**Culturally:**
-  Indian women gathered the tough, elastic stems to make brooms.  The Pawnee name for these plants translates as ‘broomweed’.
- The roots were chewed as a pleasant tasting gum, and a tea beverage was made from the leaves.
- Interest in these clovers for landscaping, wildlife needs, aesthetics and revegetation requirements have intensified in the last few years.
- The cultivar ‘Kaneb’ was released by the Manhattan, Kansas NRCS Plant Materials Center due to its superior vigor and seed production.

- Photo by: ©Larry Allain. _[USGS](http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/)__[ NWRC](http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/)_. This copyrighted image may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose. For commercial use please contact _[Larry ](mailto:larry_allain@usgs.gov)__[Allain](mailto:larry_allain@usgs.gov)__[@USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database](mailto:larry_allain@usgs.gov)_.

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