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# Presentation: 379863

## Salinity Gradient of Plants in the Hudson River Estuary, and their Application to Paleoclimate                                                             

- Investigating Salt Marshes
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Student: Carimaxy Benitez, Max Lerner
- Mentors: Elsa Moralda, Miriam Jones, and Dee Pederson
- Scientist: Dorothy Peteet

## Research Question

- How do modern plants in a salinity gradient help us understand past climate change, specifically drought?

## What are the characteristics of a Tidal Salt Marsh? 

- A low coastal wetland influenced by tides
- Plants that grow in salt marshes are tolerant of two conditions: salt and water
- Highly Productive Ecosystem, breeding ground for many species (ie. fishes and birds)
- Protection against floods and storms: highly effective against soil erosion
- Cleans and filters water: salt marshes clean water by filtering sediments, heavy metals, and other toxins from upstream runoff.

## What is Salinity? 

- Salinity is the amount of dissolved salt per unit volume of sea water.
- It influences the types of organisms that live in a body of water and on the land fed by that water.
- The Hudson River is saline from the Hudson River Estuary to Newburgh, after which it is fresh water.
- Pollution slightly influences salinity.

## Motions of the Water       

** **

## Difference between a Low and High Marsh

## Hudson River Estuary 

## Iona Marsh

- Located within the Bear Mountain Sate Park on the West shore of the Hudson River.
- This brackish, slightly salt river marsh 50 miles from the ocean receives its freshwater inflow from Doodletown Brook and the Hudson River.
- Dominated by *Typha angustifolia, *and* Phragmites australis*.
- Fresh to brackish-about 2 ppt

## Piermont Marsh

- A brackish tidal marsh that is dominated by the common reed *Phragmites australis, Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata, Spartina alterniflora, Scirpus americanus, *and *Scirpus robustos*.
- Very sensitive to surface water salinity.
- Brackish-about 6 ppt

## Jamaica Bay 

- Lies on the southwestern tip of Long Island in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City.
-  Saline to brackish, eutrophic (nutrient-rich) estuary.
- Low marsh is colonized by *Spartina alterniflora* while the high marsh is dominated by *Spartina patens*.
- Salt marsh- about 22 ppt

## Percent data for Piermont Marsh pollen and spores

- Data from Dorothy M. Peteet. and Dee Pederson.

## Species Salinity Tolerances

## Conclusions

- By studying plant distributions along the Hudson River Estuary, we observed trends in salinity and water depth tolerances: less salt tolerant plants are upstream and more salt tolerant plants are found towards the mouth of the river.
- Changes in the pollen and seeds over time in Piermont marsh indicate times of drought with higher salinity.
- Understanding the magnitude and duration of droughts in the past is important for predicting future New York water limitations.
# Presentation: 160439

## SiC-Based Ceramics from Naturally-Derived ScaffoldsK. T. Faber (PI), Northwestern University, DMR-0244258

- Biomorphic silicon carbide is produced by the controlled  pyrolysis of wood to provide a carbon scaffold for infiltration by liquid silicon. The silicon reacts with the carbon to  form silicon carbide. The resulting microstructures are sophisticated porous structures with unique mechanical and thermal properties and high temperature capabilities (> 1300oC). For applications which involve extreme thermal excursions, such as heat exchangers or catalyst supports, thermal conductivity should be well characterized.  Object-oriented finite element (OOF) analysis is used to assess the thermal flux across these complex solids. The microstructure, the finite element mesh, and the resulting heat flux profile are superimposed in the above figure. The large channels serve to impede heat flow. These are compared to experimental thermal conductivity measurements (below) which correlate well with the reduced in-plane (transverse) conductivity.
- This work is performed in conjunction with the University of Seville and the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

## SiC-Based Ceramics from Naturally-Derived Scaffolds:The World Materials NetworkK. T. Faber (PI), Northwestern University, DMR-0244258

- A critical part the World Materials Network Program is the interchange of ideas among various collaborators.  Although the internet provides an instantaneous and effective communication network, it cannot replace face-to-face learning.  Student exchange of Northwestern students included Vikram Kaul to the University of Seville (shown here in a parting lunch in a Seville café) and Thomas Wilkes to the Polyechnic University of Madrid.  Ranier Sepúlveda Ferrer and Joaquín Ramírez Rico from the University of Seville each visited Northwestern.
- In addition to the cultural exchange, these visits are key in transferring the processing technology for biomorphic silicon carbide from Seville to Northwestern and composite processing methods from Northwestern to Seville.
# Presentation: 453375

## AirCompare

- National Air Quality Conference
- February, 2007
- David Mintz
- U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
- Research Triangle Park, NC

- Answering the Public’s #1 Air Quality Question

## AirCompare Team

- Kristen Bremer		Outreach and Information
- Rick Copland		Outreach and Information
- Lori Tussey		Outreach and Information
- Billie Jackson		Air Quality Assessment
- David Mintz		Air Quality Assessment
- Miki Wayland		Air Quality Assessment
- Ted Palma		Health and Environmental Impacts
- Susan Stone		Health and Environmental Impacts
- Alison Davis		Policy Analysis and Communications

## Outline

- Background:	What’s the #1 question?
- Problem:		How do we answer it now?
- Solution:		How could that be improved?
- Action: 		What are we doing about it?
- Result: 		How will we benefit?
- Status: 		Where are we now?

## Background – What’s the #1 question?

- Given my health concerns, where should I live or move?
- Business transfer
- Retirement
- Sending children to college
- Vacation or business travel
- Here is one example:
- I have a 6 yr old son with asthma and my company is transferring me.  I have a
- choice between Houston and Detroit.  Can you tell me which city has cleaner
- air?  Would the air be cleaner in surrounding counties?  I could commute to
- work.

## Problem – How do we answer it now?

- Currently we point to Web sites with query tools or data tables
- Not very helpful to most people
- Not clear how concentrations relate to health concerns
- 		“What does a 4th max daily 8-hour concentration mean to me?”
- Not clear which pollutants to be concerned about.
- Bottom line: We don’t have a good way to answer the most common question that we get from the public.

## Solution – How could that be improved?

- There is a need to provide a _simple indicator_ to compare areas based on _specific health concerns_.
- We have the data – AQS
- We have the indicator – AQI
- We have the ability to link them

## Action - What are we doing about it?

- Designing a new public outreach tool called AirCompare
- Lets you compare areas based on specific health concerns
- For travelers, it shows what times of the year are better or worse
- Site is data-driven, linked directly to the AQS Data Mart
- What AirCompare is NOT:
- It is NOT a report card
- It does NOT rank areas

## Result – How will we benefit?

- Helps answer our #1 question
- Responds to the needs of our citizens
- Demonstrates innovative outreach solution

## Status – Where are we now?

- Prototype site
- Shared it with...
- Testers
- The National Park Service
- State/Local communications staff
- Exhibit here at the National Air Quality Conference
- Goal to launch during Air Quality Awareness Week (1st week of May)

## AirCompare Walk-thru

## Slide 11

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## End of Walk-thru

## Contact Information

- David Mintz
- U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
- Research Triangle Park, NC
- 919-541-5224
- mintz.david@epa.gov
# Presentation: 682722

## Seismic refraction along a profile across the La Bajada fault

- Max Moorkamp

## Outline

- Seismic refraction method
- Area of study and objectives
- Data
- Models and interpretation
- Conclusions

## Seismic refraction method

- Uses refractions from interfaces to determine seismic velocities
- At long distances the first arrival travels through deep layers
- The *Slope-Intersect-Method* can be used to determine layer velocities and thickness
- Results can be checked by calculating theoretical travel times from models

## Slope intersect method

- Determine slope and intersect of first arrivals
- Each slope and intersect corresponds to one layer
- Information from 2 different sites can be used to obtain dip of layers

## Slope intersect method

## Area of study and objectives

- Obtain velocity structure in the sub-surface
- Determine position of the La Bajada fault
- Estimate fault offset from position of basalt layer

## Data for Site 457

## Slope-Intercept Models

- Sites 101 – 281

- Sites 161 - 341

- Sites 221 - 401

- Sites 281 – 457

## Combined Models

- Loose Dirt

- Basalt

- Sites 457 - 221

- Sites 101 - 161

- Santa Fe Form.

- Basaltic rubble

- Quart. Sed.

## Conclusions

- The La Bajada fault is probably located between seismic sites 161 and 221
- The top of the basalt is only present to the west at a depth of 80 m
- The displacement on the fault is 200 m in 4My
# Presentation: 744408

## Before Beam

- Check out QPM interface to new HTS leads
- Power and plot correction elements
- Power main bus and low betas to 1005 GeV
- Condition Separators

## Establish Circulating beam (2 shifts)

- Run beam down P1 line with ILAM off
- Get first turn close while aborting on first turn
- Let beam circulate and get tunes close to nominal (.575 and .585)
- Check BPMs and smooth the orbit
- Adjust tunes, coupling, and chromaticity to nominal
- Aperture scan A0, B0, D0, D17, and E0
- Take BPM data to verify separator polarities

## Accelerate (2 shifts)

- Copy DFGs up the ramp and accelerate
- Smooth first using only Horz correctors near C0.
- Do more ramp cycles to finish correcting the orbit and setting tunes and coupling

## Parse Squeeze (3 shifts)

- Parse through the squeeze with separators off correcting orbits, tunes, and coupling (.003 or better)
- Go through the ramp and squeeze cycle to collect all orbits.  If they are not good enough, smooth and repeat
- Go through the ramp and squeeze cycle twice with different radial offsets to measure chromaticities

## Separators on (tune up feed downs)(6 shifts)

- 150 GeV (1 shift)
- Flattop (1 shift)
- Squeeze-parse every 3rd step (2 shifts)
- Ramp and squeeze on both helices to measure tunes on Proton and Pbar orbits.  Make necessary adjustments (2 shifts)

## Misc Activities (6 shifts)

- Do reverse injection tune up (1/2 shift)
- Check abort timing (1/2 shift)
- Check out instability dampers(1/2 shift)
- Check out longitudinal dampers(1/2 shift)
- Verify and calibrate instrumentation(1 shift)
- Measure tune and chromaticity drifts after flattop of more than 1 hour(1 shift)
- Verify TEL operation(1/2 shift)
- Collision Helix closure using BPMs(1/2 shift)
- Collimator Testing(1/2 shift)
- 36X0 including Halo removal(1/2 shift)
# Presentation: 893071

## NeuroeconomicsNew Approaches to Risky Decision Making

**Gregory S. Berns, M.D. Ph.D.**
*Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University*

## Genes

- Cells

- Systems

- Behavior

- Groups

*Picture of DNA courtesy of Paul Thiessen*
*www.chemicalgraphics.com*

## Slide 3

## Taxonomies of Decision Making

_**Psychoanalytic**_**: Drive theories of motivation (Freud’s Pleasure Principle)**
_**Behaviorist**_**: Classical and operant conditioning**
_**Computational**_**:  AI & Machine learning**
_**Economic**_**:  Expected Utility (rational choice theory, satisficing)**
_**Sociopolitical**_**:  Smith, Marx, Weber, etc.**

## Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

## Utility

- “By utility is meant that property in any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness ... or to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil, or unhappiness....”

- -Jeremy Bentham, “The Principles of Morals and Legislation”, 1780

**Utility**

## Diminishing Marginal Returns(Daniel Bernoulli, 1738)

## Expected Utility Theory (EUT)

- Oskar Morgenstern
- (1902-1977)

- John von Neumann
- (1903-1957)

- John Nash
- (b. 1928)

## Neuroeconomic Map of Decision Making

## Brain – 3 Views

## Slide 11

## Monetary Expected Value

*Knutson et al., J Neurosci 2005*

## Unpredictable Good Tastes

**Unpredictable Good Tastes**

*Berns et al., J Neurosci 2001*

## Social Cooperation

**Social Cooperation**

*Rilling et al., 2002*

## Common Currency Valuation Circuit

**Common Currency Valuation Circuit**

***Value (reward, value, etc)***

***Expected Value (prediction error)***

## Prospect Theory

**Amos Tversky**
**(1937 – 1996)**

**Daniel Kahneman (b. 1934)**

## Prospect Theory Implications

- People are loss averse
- Risk-averse for gains
- Risk-loving for losses

## Loss Aversion

*Tom et al., Science 2007*

## Time and Value

_**Standard Discounted Utility Theory**_ (Samuelson, 1937):
- “The individual discounts future utilities in some simple regular fashion which is known to us”:

*Ainslie et al, 2004*

## Time and Value, Part II

_**Hyperbolic Discounting**_
- “...people are more sensitive to a given time delay if it occurs sooner rather than later.”:

- Present Value

- Utility of
- Consumption

- Hyperbolic
- Discounting

*Ainslie et al, 2004*

## Risk vs. Reward

*Preuschoff et al, 2006*

**Capital Asset Pricing Model**

**Maximal**
**Risk**

***Risk = Reward !***

## Neuroeconomic Summary

**Decisions**

**Gain v. Loss**

**Time (myopia)**

**Risk**

**Dopamine**

_**Modulating Factors**_
**Behavioral**
**Social**
**Pharmacological**
# Presentation: 169167

*** ***
*Second  Meeting *
*November 27  2006*

**  ****Intense Attribution Period (IAP) **
**15 November 2006 - 15 April 2007**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                              ****SST**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                              ****SST**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**        ****OLR**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**        ****OLR/SST**

**HISTORICAL**

**CURRENT 2006 EVENT**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                       ****200 mb Height**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                   ****200 mb Streamfunction**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                   ****Indian Ocean Forcing**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                   ****Indian Ocean Forcing**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***What is the climate impact of the current state of world oceans?***
**                   ****850/200 mb Zonal Winds**

**          **

***      ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***
**                   ****Precipitation**

**          **

***      ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***
**                   ****Precipitation**

**          **

***      ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***

**          **

***      ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***       ******How do we explain the success/failure of seasonal outlooks?***

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***
**                        ****Temperature**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
*** ******How do we explain the occurrence of extreme wx events?***
**                        ****Temperature**

**          **

***           ******Current Attribution Challenges***
***       ******How do we explain the success/failure of seasonal outlooks?***
# Presentation: 084486

## New Jersey tea Ceanothus  americanus  L.Synonym:  Ceanothus  intermedius. Other common names; inland ceanothus, Indian tea, walpalo tea,  mountain sweet, wild snowbell, red root and spangles.

**Food:**
-  American colonists commonly used this plant as a tea substitute during the Revolutionary War.  Numerous Indian tribes had been using it as a beverage before this and introduced its use to the European settlers.
**Medicinally:**
- Indians drank a tea brewed from it to treat pulmonary problems, colds, pneumonia, fever-reducing agent, anti-inflammatory, constipation, gastrointestinal complaints, diarrhea, tooth aches, to induce vomiting and for women with urinary track infections.  As a wash, it was used for bathing injured feet or legs, and on open sores.
**Culturally:**
-  It is one of the few non-legumes to sprout nitrogen-fixing nodules on its roots.  These nodules were used to make a red dye.

- Photo courtesy of:  ©Jim Stasz. MD. This copyrighted image may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose. For commercial use please contact _[Jim](mailto:jstasz@mncppc.state.md.us)__[ Stasz](mailto:jstasz@mncppc.state.md.us)_. Please credit the artist, original publication if applicable, and the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. The following format is suggested and will be appreciated:  **Jim Stasz** @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

- Slide developed by Pat Broyles, Soil Conservationist, Manhattan, KS. PMC.  USDA is an equal opportunity employer.
# Presentation: 435906

## Overview of STAR Work during Run 8 to Run 9 Shutdown Period

- Presented at C-AD Time meeting
- February 3, 2009.

**Outline**
-  Overview of plans
-  Pictures
-  Thanks to C-AD for help

## STAR FY08 Shutdown Plans (from June 2008)

- Summary of Major tasks for the current Shutdown period:
-  **Remove the Central Trigger Barrel (CTB), as well as all CTB (6 x 120) cables. ******
-  **Install new TOF Low Voltage Cables and LV Power supplies. ******
** ****Install TOF Gas system and distribution network (supply and return,12 each end of STAR) ******
** ****Install TOF water cooling circuits (supply and return, 12 loops each end of STAR) ******
** ****Setup and outfit test stand for TOF trays ******
** ****Remove CTB trays and replace with TOF trays, cable and plumb (gas & water) ******
** ****Receive and test DAQ1000 RDOs and FEES (~ 200 and 5000 respectively) ******
** ****Remove existing TPC FEEs and RDOs, recycle FEE mounting brackets ******
** ****Remove, modify, and replace all TPC LV supplies ******
** ****Install DAQ1000 FEEs and RDOs, cable and test ******
** ****Remove crates and reconfigure DAQ Rack row (for DAQ100 computers) ******
** ****Other assorted maintenance (BEMC, EEMC, Trigger counters, etc.) ******
** ****Perform maintenance on FTPCs (new stand, replace bad FEEs and RDOs) ******
** ****Remove unused SVT, MWPC, CTB equipment (LV,HV, Electronics, etc.) ******
** ****Perform maintenance on water cooling distribution for racks ******
-                          TOF related,    DAQ1000 related,    General

## Overview of Shutdown Schedule (from June)

- Overview of Shutdown Schedule *(from June)*

- April: Remove all CTB cables

- May: Install all TOF LV cables

- June: Wire in TOF LV chassis, start water system modifications, Test DAQ1000 RDOs, start test of DAQ1000 FEEs, decision of TPC elect.,TOF tray delivery?

- July: Reinstall TPC LV, start FEE install.& test, TOF tray install.

- October: TPC FEE, RDO, and LV installation complete (10/17). TOF installation continues.

- August & September: Ditto July

- November: Assuming $’s Oct. 1st, Full DAQ1000 test complete (11/15)!

- December on: TOF installation continues, testing and general maintenance continues.

## Some pictures from the FY08 Shutdown period

- SVT equip. removed from 1C

- SVT,CTB, MWPC equip. removed

- Bob with replacement water hoses

- First 2 of 24 DAQ1000 comp. In DAQ row

- TOF gas dist. manifold

- Modified cooling system nixes tarps

## Some pictures from the FY08 Shutdown period

- TOF LV cables spill from 1B3

- TOF LV cables spill from 1C1

- Removing CTB Trays

- Hole from removed CTB Trays

- TOF trays on Test Stand

- TOF LV cables with connectors,
-              ready for trays

## Carpet in STAR MCR Replaced!

## DAQ1000 TPC Electronics Upgrade Complete

- TOF Infrastructure Complete, 94 of 120 trays in and tested

## List of people from C-AD to thank for efforts during the Shutdown

-  Al Pendzick
-  Steve Pontieri
-  Matt Ceglia
-  Rob Karl
-  Charlie Bloxon
-  Larry Arnold
-  John White
-  Gary Hubbard
-  Joe San Filippo
-  Frank Dusek
-  Lennie Campion
-  Mike Hamilton
# Presentation: 730807

## Ocean Summary

- Wayne E. Esaias
- MODIS Science Team Meeting
- July 23, 2002

- 7/23/02

## Overall

- Reprocessing is going well, thanks to dedication of many people and organizations
- 11 Months are complete     1.8 TB/day
- Validation of many products is progressing well
- Experience with Terra has really paid off with Aqua
- L1 data very well behaved
- Oceans global products produced within 24 hrs
- But don’t be fooled, validation still requires time.
- State of the Ocean Discipline is Strong

- 7/23/02

## Highlights

- Terra SST is the best current IR SST product!
- Aqua promises to be better.
- CLIVAR/GODAE goals (0.1K) may be within reach.
- Calibration of Terra MODIS ocean visible has been an extreme challenge, but results are quite spectacular.
- Suite of MODIS ocean color products for research and evaluation, provide basis for improved science.
- Fluorescence data more sensitive than expected.
- shown to be useful in case 2 waters.
- Research progressing on global implications for physiological ecology
- Impressive validation with independent AOL obervations

- 7/23/02

## Highlights (2)

- MOBY and MOCE nLw’s are the world standard of reference for initialization of ocean color satellite data sets.
- Improved Coordination with SIMBIOS
- Match ups with in-situ data from SeaBASS
- Merged Terra Chlor_a_2 and SeaWiFS chlorophylls
- Preparations for VIIRS/NPP
- NOAA near real time effort is bearing fruit
- Something we can build upon for the VIIRS transition
- Use of high resolution bands for coastal regions.

- 7/23/02

## Current Areas of Emphasis

- Terra Validation  and  Aqua Initialization
- Terra+Aqua Products
- Need continued focus on distribution, outreach.
- Recompetition changes.
- Validation everywhere, but esp in the Southern Ocean.
- Reprocessing effort is exemplary, but its still very hard.    Collection 5 code must be ready in 9 mos.
- Need to increase effort for new and applications products.
- Coastal, HABs, etc

- 7/23/02

## Issues

- VIIRS instrument is promising for  a follow-on
- Pathway to VIIRS Science Products (CDRs) not clear
- Needs definition
- Realistic, scientifically useful goals          _**S**__**cience Team**_
- Realistic funding

- 7/23/02
# Presentation: 116022

## Gravitational Lensing

## Lensing Cartoon

- Massive galaxy cluster acts like a lense, focusing light from distant galaxy
- Perfect alignment between observer, a spherical cluster and a distant galaxy can result in an Einstein Ring
- typically alignment isn’t perfect and galaxy clusters aren’t perfectly spherical
- observe arcs rather than complete rings

**Massive Galaxy Cluster**

**Distant Galaxy**

**Observer**

**Direction of light changes.**
**Light bent toward center **
**of galaxy cluster.**

**Light from **
**distant galaxy**

**Cartoon of Einstein Ring**

**Galaxy Cluster**

**Background galaxy**
**distorted into ring.**

**Apparent position **
**of Distant Galaxy**

**Apparent position **
**of Distant Galaxy**

## Cluster Lensing Masses

**Cluster Lensing Masses**

- Cluster mass distorts surrounding space
- passing light is bent toward center of cluster
- shapes of background galaxies distorted
- Measuring distortions of background galaxies allows cluster mass measurement!
- work still underway, but good agreement with virial and hydrostatic methods

**Hubble Space Telescope Image of Abell 2218**

**Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies**

## Einstein Rings in Nature

**Einstein Rings in Nature**

- Gravitational rings are rare, because they require exquisite alignment of observer, lens and source, and they require symmetric lenses

**Hubble Space Telescope image of a**
**background galaxy lensed by **
**a foreground galaxy**

**Einstein ring in the radio**

## Extraction from “Detecting Dark Matter with the Chandra X-ray Satellite” 
Lecture 8, May 22
Spring ‘99 Compton Lecture Series 
“Exploring the Mysteries of Our Evolving Universe:  Observational Tests of Big Bang Cosmology” 
by Joe Mohr, University of Chicago, http://des.cosmology.uiuc.edu/~jmohr/Previous/Compton/

- Lecture 8, May 22
- Spring ‘99 Compton Lecture Series
- “Exploring the Mysteries of Our Evolving Universe:  Observational Tests of Big Bang Cosmology”
- by Joe Mohr, University of Chicago, http://des.cosmology.uiuc.edu/~jmohr/Previous/Compton/
# Presentation: 305225

## What else can one do with pp@LHC ?

-  pp at LHC: plenty of everything..
-  Lots of energy: 	14 TeV
-  **Lots** of time: 	several months/year
-  **Lots** of rate : 	L: 1030 - 1034cm-2s-1 => MinBias rate > 50 kHz– 500 MHz
-  Physics: The usual suspects..
-  SM, BSM:	Higgs, Susy, black holes, .....
-  nonpert QCD: 	low x physics, Color Glass, baryon transport, ....
-  heavy ion:	comparison data (necessary, but boring ?)
-  A new suspect at LHC: **light ion physics with protons ? **

## Global pp event properties

-  Multiplicity distribution at LHC
-  quite respectable particle densities
-  **dN****ch****/d******** ~ 50 – 100** can be reached !
-  > central S+S @ SPS, mid-central Cu-Cu @ RHIC
-  naïvely, energy density ****** > 5 – 10 GeV/fm****3**
-  0 = 1 fm, V = 5 fm3
-  even protons get obese these days
-  p@LHC ~ small (but very dense) nucleus@SPS
-  ‘QGP’ physics with protons
-  at least: 	onset of hadronic FS interactions
-  maybe: 	collective hadronic/partonic dynamics
-  why not:	 the QGP, mini serving

- 60,000 MB events
- dNch/d ~ 50 !

|  | SPS | RHIC | LHC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| # of partons in proton
3 +  g(x > 2GeV) | 4 | 10 | 30 |

- Phobos Cu-Cu

## Isn’t that jet physics ??

-  **pp high multiplicity = Jets**, we’ve been there (eg LEP)
-  can one separate the ‘soft’ from the ‘hard’(e.g with veto on jets) ?
-  CDF (**Phys.Rev.D65:072005,2002** )
-  STAR (**Phys.Rev.D74:032006,2006**)

- Inclusive

- Soft

- Hard

- There are ‘soft’ events
- up to very high Nch !

## The first result is already known

-  **N****part**** scaling won’t work** with high multiplicity pp !!
-  I’m sure WB and BW will work out some other scaling relation..

## More interesting studies

**More interesting studies**

-  Particle production: How do we approach fully thermal ratios ??
-  strangeness under-saturation in pp:
-  canonical suppression, disconnected sub-volumes, missing final state interactions,...
-  a ‘thermal analysis’ in pp from dNch/dy < 5 to > 50 would seem quite interesting
-  comparison between pp and AA at similar dN/dy
-  volume/density/lifetime effects ??
-  some results exist from FNAL and RHIC
-  **limited statistics**
** ****(much) lower dN/dy**
** ****no separation soft/hard**

## From merely exotic to totally crazy

-  Hadronic FSI ?
-  dn/dy ~ 100 => rescattering => radial flow ?
-  does size and shape matter for a proton ? => HBT, elliptic flow  ?
-  Are partons feeling the pressure ??
-  coalescence, flow scaling with quark number ??
-  lepton & photons from parton annihilation ??
-  Jet quenching, Quarkonia suppression ???
-  you name it, LHC has it *****  .....

***** maybe. No money back guarantee
# Presentation: 692820

## BNL Policy Council

**DOE Order 226.1, **
***Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy***
- The Order at the Contractor level is Known as
-  “Contractor Assurance”

**BNL Policy Council**
**ISM Project Plan – WBS 1.2.3**
**Status Review **
- Roy H Lebel
- August 1, 2006

## ISM Project Element Status- WBS 1.2.3

**Assurance Systems-** **encompass all aspects of the processes and activities designed to:**
- Understand risk
- Ensure objectives of the contractors Management Systems are being accomplished
- Identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvement
- Report deficiencies to responsible managers and authorities
- Develop and effectively implement corrective and preventive actions
- Share lessons learned across all aspects of operations

- BROOKHAVEN
- “The Contractor”

- The DOE
- Oversight Model

**INDEPENDENT**
**OVERSIGHT**

## BNL implements assurance within a framework “Contractor & Corporate Assurance”

**BNL implements assurance within a framework**** “Contractor & Corporate Assurance”**

**Corporate Assurance**
- Four Risk Committees
- Operations** **
- Personnel & Compensation
- Audit & Finance
-  Institutional strategy** **
** **

**Contractor Assurance**
- Quarterly  Summaries** **
- Mgt Systems Performance
- Contract performance

**Integrated Assessment Program MS**

## ISM Project Element Status

- The _**Integrated Assessment Program MGT  Sys**_ has been revised (June, 2006 ) to incorporate Quarterly Performance reviews and a mapping of the Contractor Assurance requirements
- Key management roles & responsibilities have been outlined
- Develop a Contractor Assurance System Program Description.
- BNL’s  program description for Contractor Assurance  has been imbedded in the Quality Assurance Program Description and was submitted to DOE for approval on July 27, 2006

**WBS- 1.2.3**

## Today’s  “Takeaways”

- Our current Quarterly reporting & review satisfies the bulk of the order
- Other elements in the ISM project satisfies the rest. eg, events & issues management
- This Order was incorporated in the BSA Prime Contract on Feb. 10, 2006
- Review the IAP for your Role in the Contractor Assurance Process at all levels.
- Policy Council
- ALDs & other Level 1 Managers
- Management Systems Stewards
# Presentation: 162604

## caBIG  Clinical Trials Management

- Pearl H. Seo, MPH, MDDuke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Duke Bioinformatics Shared Resource
- seo00003@mc.duke.edu

## Adoptor: Data Provided

-    Access to Breast SPORE Phase II clinical trial data: past accrual and real-time accrual
-  Data types: clinical, laboratory, radiology, tissue collection and imaging, genomic/ microarray
-   Extended to other clinical trial activity:
-  Breast SPORE
-  Program Project Grant
-  Cancer Center Clinical Trials Shared Resource

## Envisioned Tools

-   Electronic administrative management tool
-   Electronic data management tool
-   Electronic data entry interface
-   Web-based application
-   Report writing tools
-   Dataset output: SAS, S-Plus, Excel
-   Site specific access for remote data collection site: web portals

## Evaluation of Adopted Tools

-    Systematic feedback mechanism:
-    Designated adoptor team:
-   Clinical workflow: principal investigator, clinical research assistants and other clinical staff
-   Data workflow: data entry, data manager and other database staff

## System Integration

-    Cancer Center Information Systems is committed to conform to established and chosen caBIG standards
-    Ability to use most platforms

## End User Testing

-  Data Manager and Programmers will interact to provide
-    workflow testing
-    interface testing
-    data validity testing

## Software validation

-    Functional requirements and expectations will be determined and periodically examined during the course of implementation
-    Assessment by data manager, programmers, statisticians and clinicians at the end of the pilot

## Interaction with Workspace Developers

-   Recognize that this is a cooperative venture
-   Created a designated team towards the adoption of the clinical trials management tools
-   Interact fully with the technical support available from the developers
-   Attend quarterly meetings, conference calls and other information sessions
# Presentation: 065653

## JUNE 2003

***AVIATION QUIZ OF THE MONTH***
***LTCOL TOM BREHM***

## WHAT DOES THE “P” IN “P-FACTOR STAND FOR?

*** *****It stands for propeller. In P-factor or asymmetric propeller loading, the downward-moving blade, which is on the right side of the propeller arc as seen from the rear, has a higher angle of attack, greater action, and greater reaction, and therefore higher thrust than the upward-moving blade on the left. This results in a tendency for the airplane to yaw around the vertical axis to the left. This is most pronounced when the engine is operating at a high power setting and the airplane is flown at a high angle of attack. For more information, download Chapter 1 from the "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge" ****( http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2003/ac61-23_b.pdf ).**

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***FLYING MAGAZINE ***
***APRIL 2003 ***
***PAGE 92 -94***

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***MAN AND WIFE BACK AND FORTH FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO BAHAMAS***
*** ******OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS ***
*** ******AIRCRAFT - CESSNA 205/FIXED GEAR***
*** ******20 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT***
***450 HOURS ON ENGINE SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL***
***NEW FACTORY CYLINDERS***
*** ******CRUISE ALTITTUDE 4500’***
*** ******CLEAR VFR DAY***

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***ROUGH SEAS***
***WINDS 25 MPH***
***ENGINE SHOOK – THEN SEEMED OK***
***FOULED PLUG????***
***ENGINE SHOOK AGAIN – AND STOPPED***
***PROP FROZE IN PLACE***

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***S***!!!!***
***POST EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN AIRCRAFT – CAN’T REMEMBER THEM***
***RESTART***
***REPORTING POSITION CRITICAL!!!   NO RESCUE WITHOUT IT***

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***CALL ON 121.5 – AIRLINE CAPTAIN ANSWERED***
***1000 FT NO FURTHER CALLS – FLY THE AIRCRAFT***
***WIND 20 -25 KNOTS, SEA STATE 6-8 FEET***
***DITCH INTO WIND OR LAND PARALLEL TO WAVES***
***INTO THE WIND***
***SLOW AIRCRAFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE***
***FLARE IS CRITICAL ***
***TOO SOON AND AIRCRAFT COULD FLIP***
***TOO LATE HIGHER SPEED OF IMPACT***
***NEITHER CREWMEMBER WAS HURT***
***AIRCRAFT STAYED INTACT***

## DITCHING THOUGHTS

***FLAPS 40 DEGREES***
***AIRCRAFT SANK IN 30 SECONDS!!***
***AIRCRAFT FILLED IMMEDIATELY WITH WATER***
***RAFT BETWEEN AND AFT OF FRONT SEATS***
***WOUND UP IN REAR OF AIRCRAFT UNREACHABLE ***
***FLOATING WITH LIFE VESTS INFLATED***
***WATER VERY COLD***
***NO SURVIVAL GEAR AT ALL***

## DITCHING THOUGHTSLESSONS LEARNED

***KEEP CALM  - FOLLOW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES***
***KNOW YOUR POSITION AT ALL TIMES –VOR TO/FROM AND DME***
***USE FLIGHT FOLLOWING – FILE FLIGHT PLAN***
***FINISHED TALKING – LAST 1000’***
***REMOVE HEADSETS AND CORDS***
***TANGLED ON EXIT OF AIRCRAFT***

## DITCHING THOUGHTSLESSONS LEARNED

***WEAR A VEST WITH EMERGENCY GEAR (MIRROR ETC..)***
***STAY TOGETHER – HOLD ON TO EACH OTHER OR TETHER TOGETHER***
***DESIGNATE A PERSON IN CHARGE OF GETTING LIFE RAFT OUT OF AIRCRAFT***
***RIGHT SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK – PRIOR TO IMPACT***
***REHEARSE EXIT FROM AIRCRAFT***

## Slide 11

## CONCLUSION

## ALOHA

***ALOHA***
# Presentation: 740822

## Operational Measurements of Hurricane Surface Waves

- Instrument: Scanning Radar Altimeter
- Mapping of the ocean wave height (topography) throughout the inner core of hurricanes
- Measurements of the directional ocean wave spectra in hurricanes
- Who benefits
- Fulfilling operational requirement of the Tropical Prediction Center / National Hurricane Center:
- Forecast of the wave height over the succeeding 48 hours
- Reporting of extent of seas of at least 12 foot height from the center of a tropical cyclone
- Development of comprehensive Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model
- SRA data used for accurate modeling of the wave filed and surface roughness

- Baseline Technology
- Development of prototype SRA was funded through NASA’s Applications Flight Experiments (AAFE) since 1973
- SRA prototype has flown in every hurricane season since 1998
- During  the 30 year system development beside the SRA instrument NASA has developed a comprehensive analisys software
- Operational SRA Features, Advantages
- Phased array antenna, Operational Frequency, Solid state Transmitter, Digital Receiver
- Available for preliminary flights during the 2007 hurricane season

**Ivan PopStefanija**
- _[popstefanija@prosensing.com](mailto:popstefanija@prosensing.com)_
- ProSensing Inc.
- Amherst, MA 01002
- Phone:+1(413)549-4402

**Peter Black**
- _[Peter.black@noaa.gov](mailto:Peter.black@noaa.gov)_
- AOML Hurricane Research Division
- NOAA
- Miami, FL
# Presentation: 515508

## Twelfth Public Meeting

**Twelfth Public Meeting**
**October 18, 2005**

## The New Family Credit

- The provisions to adjust for family size and ability to pay in the current code are redundant and unnecessarily complex

| Family-Related Tax Benefits Under Current Law |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Standard Deduction | Provides a deduction from income based on filing status. |  |  |
| Personal Exemption | Provides a benefit for each member of a household.  Phased out for taxpayers with higher incomes. | 

 | 

 |
| Child Tax Credit | Provides a credit for each child.  Phased out for taxpayers with higher incomes. |  |  |
| Head of Household Filing Status and Tax Bracket | Increases the amount of the standard deduction and provides more generous tax bracket thresholds for unmarried taxpayers who maintain a household for a dependent. |  |  |

**New**
**Family Credit**

## The New Family Credit

- Provides tax benefit comparable to current system
- Easy computation
**Step 1:**  	Figure base amount of Family Credit
**Step 2:****	**Add amounts for children and other dependents
**Step 3:**  	Subtract the Family Credit from tax due

## The New Work Credit

| Work-Related Tax Benefits Under Current Law |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EITC | Provides lower-income taxpayers a refundable credit designed to encourage work.  |  |  |
| Refundable Child Tax Credit | Provides lower-income taxpayers a refundable credit for each child designed to encourage work.  | 

 | 

 |

**New**
**Work Credit**

- Maintains work incentives comparable to the current system
- Credit amount increases as the amount of work income increases
- Credit rate and maximum credit is higher for workers with dependents
- Simpler structure would be coordinated with Family Credit
- Almost all of the eligibility rules and computations flow from Family Credit
- Designed to facilitate easy computation for taxpayers or for the IRS to compute on behalf of taxpayers

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7
# Presentation: 691549

## Short instructions for Captain

- In the following few slides I outline few important points that the captain needs to watch, during the exceptional situation when Cal shifter is not present.
- For any situation that is not outlined here and/or in doubt call the cal-on-call expert immediately
- Shifter schedule has the name of the on-call person and the pager number can be found on the monitor at the cal station or from the on-call list.
- Also when ever there is a possibility of a quiet time call an on-call expert.
- In case of emergency or unavailability of the on-call expert page 218-8489

## For any major alarm immediately call on-call expert.

- Its should be open on the upper left corner of cal station.
- Captain can open it by typing (on an xterm after doing setup d0online)
- start_alarm_display -c /online/config/cal/alarm/ad_cal.config &
- For any major alarm immediately call on-call expert.
-  Alarm GUI looks like the following

## At the beginning of every Global run look at the mode shift page.

- Everything should be green (there may be some flickering yellow or pink)
- Anything else should be notified immediately
- This GUI can be opened by doing
- /online/config/cal/supplies/shift_mode &
- And looks like the following

## Run CalExamine at the beginning of every run.

- Go to the Cal console , open a new xterm and do the following
- >setup d0online>d0ssh d0ol23>setup histo>histo &>setup d0online>cd /online/examines/scripts>./cal_examine.sh*... after you see the message: command reader starting*       init   start
- Now wait for 10 minutes of data taking and do the following
- > cd /home/d0cal/Hot_Cells
- > mv Hot_Cells Hot_Cells_*xxxx* *(where xxxx is the run number)*
- > more Hot_Cells_*xxxx*
- If there are any hot cells with ET/event > 5 GeV or few hot cells call the on-call expert immediately. And also note down the finding on the logbook.
- Captain don’t need to run L1calexamine but if the DAQ shifter or GM notices any trigger rate problem or
- Suspicious activity in L1 or L2 cal object, call the on-call expert immediately.
# Presentation: 693928

## II.  Vigilancia y control de la enfermedad

## Vigilancia anticipatoria (proactiva):Metas y objetivos

- Vigilancia anticipatoria (proactiva):Metas y objetivos

- Proporcionar información precoz y precisa
- tiempo
- ubicación
- serotipo del virus
- gravedad de la enfermedad
- Predecir la transmisión del dengue y guiar la implantación de medidas de control
- Vincular la vigilancia clínica y entomológica

## Vigilancia proactiva en Puerto Rico

- Se obtienen muestras de sangre de médicos privados, centros de salud, y hospitales públicos y privados
- Las muestras son transportadas por personal del Departamento de Salud y laboratorios privados
- Las muestras son analizadas en la Sección del Dengue del CDC
- Los resultados son provistos a la fuente que presentó la muestra y al personal de control del vector del Departamento de Salud
- Los análisis se diseminan por medio del          Resumen de Vigilancia del Dengue

- Organización y funciones:

## Métodos de control del vector:Control químico

- Métodos de control del vector:Control químico

- Se pueden usar larvicidas para matar las etapas acuáticas inmaduras
- La fumigación de volumen ultrabajo no es eficaz contra los mosquitos adultos
- Los mosquitos pueden desarrollar resistencia a rocíos comerciales en aerosol

## Métodos de control del vector:Control biológico y ambiental

- Control biológico
- Es en gran medida experimental
- Opción: colocar peces en recipientes para que se coman las larvas
- Control ambiental
- Eliminación de los hábitats larvarios
- El método que más probablemente sea eficaz a largo plazo

## Propósito del control

- Reducir la densidad del vector a un nivel por debajo del cual no ocurra transmisión epidémica del virus
- Se basa en la suposición de que la eliminación o reducción de los hábitats larvarios en el medioambiente doméstico controlará al vector
- No se conoce la densidad mínima del vector para prevenir transmisiones epidémicas

## Programas para minimizarel impacto de las epidemias

- Programas para minimizarel impacto de las epidemias

- Educación de la comunidad médica
- Implantación de un plan de contingencia en caso de emergencia
- Educación de la población general
# Presentation: 123307

## Institutional Procurement Office

- David McKay – CO
- Jack Colopy
- Frances Davidson – Ltd. Warrant CO
- Misti Moore
- Jon Prihoda
- Roger Roberts
- Gary Cooper (DCMA)
- New Hire (DCMA)
- Bryan Parson (CEP)

**Institutional Procurement Office**

- Tom Baugh, **Manager**
- Mary L. Kincaid, **Deputy Manager**
- Mandy Kuehn, **Secretary** (RCJV)

**Team Lead**
**Chuck Riley **
**BJ2**

**Team Lead**
**Carrie Mulholland**
**BJ3**

**Team Lead**
**Jessica Miller **
**BJ4**

**Information Systems, BA**

**Construction**

- Suzan Moody – CO (7/09)
- Alice Pursell – CO
- Vacant - CO
- Learon Comeaux
- Wendy Fleming
- Christina Hibbs (8/09)
- Nancy Robb – Ltd. Warrant CO
- LaToy White
- Maria Sanchez (Co-Op)
- Scott Stephens (DCMA)

**FCOD, S&MA**

- 01/30/09

- Jennifer Krause – CO**
- Fran Mahan – CO
- Karon Porche – CO
- Maria Alberty
- Matrenia Anumele**
- Sylvia Aragon
- Anna Carter
- Marie Kliment – Ltd. Warrant CO
- Ester Lunnon
- Melissa Slataper (CEP)
- Nancy Hubbell (Anadarko) Theresa Goralski (Bastion)*
- Donna Hornik (Bastion)*

- Rose Herrera – CO
- Kelly Rubio – CO
- Diana DeNardo**
- Gail Rollins
- David Nayles
- Melissa Hamilton (NCIP)
- Gisela Moreno (DCMA)
- New Hire (DCMA)
- Helen Bell (Anadarko)
- Nina Gentry (4W)
- * Also supports BJ3
- ** Source Board

**Team Lead**
**Dawn Alexander **
**BJ5**

**Center Support, AD, AF, AH**
# Presentation: 916954

## Division of Fuel Chemistry – 2006 Activities 

- The 5-day long Presidential Event was held at the 2006 Fall National Meeting co-sponsored by **PRES, IEC, INORG, PHYS,** **PETR, PMSE**, and **POLY** with additional funding from **US DOE, 3M**, and ACS PRF with an ***inaugural poster session ***for graduate students and postdocs combining the disciplines of ***hydrogen storage***, ***hydrogen production*** and ***hydrogen*** ***utilization (fuel cells)*****.**  The event brought together a diverse group of scientists to entice discussions among the members of three different research communities.

- The **Plenary Presidential Event** featured prominent scientists, including invited speakers from U.K., Japan, Denmark, and Iceland. Papers for all the presentations were published in the Fuel Chemistry Division Preprints,* Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2006, Vol 51.* Approximately 20 papers from the *Fuel Cell Symposium* will appear in a special issue of *J. Power Sources* to be published in 2007.

**Inaugural poster session for graduate students and postdocs with special food!**

**In Memory of Susan Brandes (1954-2007)**

*Susan Brandes, 2001 Chair, Accepting the ChemLuminary Award *
*for Outreach in Boston in the Fall of 2002. *

- The ***ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry Preprints***** **is an important publication that has been widely quoted in the literature and subscribed to by both individuals and institutions (libraries).  **Searchable electronic archives** became available in 2006 to enable search and access to all the preprints  of symposium papers published by the Division of Fuel Chemistry since **1957**.The *Preprints* have been published as documents of the material presented at each of the ACS meetings in the period 1957-2005. Each subject is referenced extensively. ACS members have access to all the preprints including those published after 2000.

- Over 180 volumes, 7,500 papers, >50,000 pages, 63 years of publications

- One Searchable DVD! Supported by Division & ACS Innovative Projects Fund

- Online Too!

- Conceptionalized in  2006, the goal of this project is to initiate a **web portal for public education **and outreach to introduce basic concepts and applications of science in the field of energy  and fuels. Effective use of multimedia resources and presentations will make the science content easily **accessible to non-technical audience**, but still interesting and informative to scientists and engineers. This effort will be carried out in collaboration with PETR division. Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry divisions will be invited to join this effort in the future. This project would also increase the visibility of ACS divisions that participate in this effort.