BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 025537

## What the CI-OSHA Alliance Means for You 

**Mike Toole**
- Civil & Env. Engineering
- Bucknell University
- CI Site Safety Committee
- CI Const. Research Council

**Lee Anne Jillings**
- Director, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances
- OSHA Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs

## Overview

- Why the CI-OSHA Alliance
- Content of the Alliance
- Progress to Date
- Why and How to Get Involved
- OSHA Cooperative Programs

## Who Initiated the Alliance?

- Initiated by CI’s Site Safety Committee
- 20 contractors, owners, consultants, educators
- “Stewards” of Policy Statement 350
- Proactive safety management:
- Is the right thing to do
- Is the smart thing to do

## Why the Alliance?

- Raise the awareness of safety issues within CI
- Improved communication on safety regulations under consideration
- Allow CI members to utilize OSHA’s vast resources
- Encourage safety research
- Raise the public stature of the construction industry and the civil engineering profession

## What the CI - OSHA Alliance Says

- “OSHA and CI will work together
- to encourage employers to increase employee access to safety and health information and training resources,
- especially in the area of crane safety,
- and to incorporate safety and health issues into the construction / constructability process.”

## Alliance Content, continued

- Outreach and communication goals:
- Develop S&H information and disseminate the information in print and/or via websites
- Contribute to CI's publications
- Speak at conferences
- Share information to help set priorities for training programs
- Promote OSHA's cooperative programs

## Alliance Content, continued

- Training and education goals:
- Develop and deliver training programs, education programs, and tool-box talks
- Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:
- Perform case studies and publicize the results
- Participate in forums and to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace and on the jobsite

## Progress to Date

- Presentations at ASCE-CI conferences
- Publications in ASCE-CI journals
- New committee members
- Safety research
- Development of model safety programs for engineering firms
- Other initiatives

## Why You Should Get Involved

- It is the right thing to do
- Proactive safety management pays
- Leadership opportunities within your company and your profession
- You are needed!

## How You Can Get Involved

- 1) Join the alliance implementation team
- 2) Serve as member of corresponding advisory committee
- 3) Encourage your committee to interface with the implementation team
- 4) Consider having your firm participate in a cooperative OSHA program
# Presentation: 276670

## Lai-Sheng Wang: Washington State University (CHE-0349426)

- Because of the strong relativistic effects, the chemistry of gold differs from the rest of the coinage metals.  Au and Si do not form stable alloys, but they form stable covalently bonded clusters, as evidenced by photoelectron spectroscopy (below) and ab initio calculations (right).  Wang and his group found that SiAun clusters are similar to SiHn (*n* = 2-4) in structure, chemical bonding and stability and discovered that Au atoms are isolobal to H atoms.  SiAu4 was found to be a highly stable molecule with a large HOMO-LUMO gap.

**Gold Is Isolobal to Hydrogen**

*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed*., in press.

**Photoelectron spectrum of SiAu4- taken at 193 nm (6.424 eV)**

- Comparison of the structures of SiAu4 and SiH4, one of the Si-Au and Si-H bonding molecular orbitals, and their lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals.

**Notes:**
Date of image Feb 2004
# Presentation: 447251

## Artificial Neural Network Algorithms

**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**Artificial Neural Network Algorithms**
***Charles River Analytics****** Cambridge, MA***

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- On the basis of this SBIR contract and several other  SBIR contracts with NASA and the DoD, Charles River  continued the application of the underlying hybrid neural/expert technology to develop learning agent technology for a broad spectrum of commercial software products
** ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Developed a learning agent for desktop computers to automate routine tasks, with sales of $400K
- Developed a C++ Class Library for Fact Generation with learning capabilities,  with sales of $250K
- Formed a spinoff company specialining in website personalization based on learning agent technology
- The company was subsequently sold for $3.5M

- Ames Research Center
- SS # 2-012 - Contacts:
- C. River Analytics - Greg Zacharias (617) 491-3473, ext. 515
- NASA - Dr. Patricia Cowings  (650) 604-5724

- 1991 Phase 2, Contract No. NAS2-13880

**      ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- Developed a hybrid technology biomedical signal processer
-  which is being used to record physiological data  during human research experiments
# Presentation: 906251

## Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance (BAMR) E.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359

***Physical  Review Letters***** 94, 127203 (2005)**

- Atomic structure of a nanowire and the predicted variation of the conductance as a function of the angle between the magnetization and the axis of the wire.

**Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance (BAMR)** E.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359

## Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel JunctionsE.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359

- Recent experimental and theoretical findings suggest that ferroelectricity persists down to vanishingly small sizes, which opens a possibility to further miniaturize electronic devices based on ferroelectric materials. The existence of ferroelectricity at such a small film thickness makes it possible to use ferroelectrics as *tunnel* barriers in metal/ferroelectric/metal (M/FE/M) junctions. In this work we show that the electrical resistance in the ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) depends strongly on the orientation of the electric polarization which can be switched by an applied electric field. This result is encouraging in view of potential applications of FTJs as binary data storage media in nonvolatile random access memories.
***Physical  Review Letters***** 94, 246802 (2005)**

- Ferroelectric tunnel junction and electrostatic potential profile for two opposite directions of the polarization.

## Impurity-Assisted Interlayer Exchange CouplingE.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359

- Magnetizations of two ferromagnetic films separated by a thin insulating barrier layer are exchange-coupled due to the tunneling spin polarization propagating across the barrier. In this work  we show that impurities or defects creating localized states within the band gap of the insulator lead to a significant enhancement in the interlayer exchange coupling (IEC). We demonstrate that the impurity-assisted IEC becomes antiferromagnetic if the energy of the impurity state matches the Fermi energy and that the coupling can change sign as a function of barrier thickness. These results explain available experimental data on the IEC across tunnel barriers.
***Physical Review Letters***** 94, 026806 (2005)**

- Interlayer exchange coupling as a function of impurity energy (left panel) and of barrier layer thickness (right panel).

## Education E.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359

- J. D. Burton (on the left) and Dr. Kirill Belashchenko (on the right) exhausted by scientific battles at our theory group meeting.

**Education** E.Y. Tsymbal and S.S. Jaswal, University of Nebraska DMR-0203359
# Presentation: 203997

## Gas Production

- on
- Federal
- and
- Indian Lands

**Production & Revenue**

**Notes:**
Source: Gas Sales Volume data were provided by MMS by geographical state. 

This slide shows gas production which is ACTUALLY Gas Sales Volumes for each of the Western states with Other representing all the other states including CA, AK and Eastern States.
Wyoming was the highest producer of gas during the last 3 years shown with New Mexico the next largest producer.  
This increase in gas production in Wyoming was due to increased gas production in the Pinedale area with increases from 2000-2001 of 14 TCF (67% of total WY increase), 2001-2002 of 167 TCF (72% of total WY increase, and 2002-2003 of 176 TCF (99+% of WY increase).  There was a 30 TCF decrease in WY total in from 2003 to 2004 with decreases in all FOs except Pinedale and Lander FOs which posted increases.  Pinedale FO had 82% of this increase from both FOs.  This increase in Pinedale FO is related to the increased development of the Jonah Field.     
Montana gas production volumes are very low compared to the other Western states due to CB natural gas development only in the initial stage of development.
# Presentation: 016083

## ESOC IGS Reprocessing

_**T. Springer**_**, F. Dilssner, E. Schoenemann, **
**I. Romero, J. Tegedor, F. Pereira, J. Dow**

## IGS Reprocessing at ESOC

- Features of New GNSS software at ESOC, Napeos:
- Very fast!
- 30 minutes for a full final solution from scratch using 100 stations
- 60 minutes when using 150 stations
- Product quality excellent (see our posters)
- Ideally suited for IGS reprocessing
- But also for IGS real time!
- Reprocessing is the ideal tool for testing new models
- Future improvements will come from small model changes which need significant amounts of days (if not months) to be reanalysed.
- Being able to do that _***fast***_ and _***efficient***_ is key for all future progress!

**ESOC wants to play a significant role in the IGS reprocessing**

## Current Status of Reprocessing

- Reprocessed 2007 four times since November 2007
- First time as software test for IGS operations
- Second and third time for IGS reprocessing and Albedo study
- Once without Earth Albedo and Infra-red radiation modelling (OFF)
- Once with Earth Albedo and Infra-red radiation modelling (ON, ES1)
- Fourth time after resolving issue with the CMC correction (see poster)
- Results have been analysed in some details
- Orbit overlaps, orbit comparisons, ERP comparisons
- SLR validations
- Outstanding checks are:
- Clock comparisons
- Coordinate comparisons

**After completion of the validation the full reprocessing will start!**

## Comparison of ESOC Reprocessed Orbits

## SLR Validation of ESOC Reprocessed Orbits

## Comparison of ESOC Reprocessed ERP Estimates

## SLR Residuals(As function of Satellite Latitude and Elevation of the Sun above the orbital plane)

**SLR Residuals****(As function of Satellite Latitude and Elevation of the Sun above the orbital plane)**

## Periodic Signal in Orbit Overlap!

**Periodic Signal in Orbit Overlap!**

## Conclusions

- ESOC Reprocessed solutions have very high quality!
- Completely independent 24 hour solutions
- No smoothing and no day boundary constraints!
- Small issue with CMC correction detected and fixed
- Corrected reprocessed series available
- Several comparisons show 14-day periods, e.g.,
- Orbit Z-rotations, X-, Y-pole and LOD time series, orbit overlaps
- Most significant effect found in overlap of Right-Ascension of the Ascending Node
- 14-day period in RAAN overlap dominating the overlap statistics
- Explanation missing (see also our poster)
- IERS Sub-daily Polar Motion model too simple?
- SLR validation of the orbits confirms the high quality
- Difference between SLR observations and GPS orbits remains
- Earth Albedo and Infra-red radiation may give the explanation
- However, the Napeos model is too simple

**ESOC ready to reprocess all IGS data since 1994**

## Thank You!
# Presentation: 174188

## Forecasting Federal Highway Excise Tax Revenues

- Richard Prisinzano
- Receipts Forecasting Division
- Office of Tax Analysis
- Department of the Treasury

## Presentation Outline

- Overview of Highway Related Excise Taxes
- How Receipts get to the Highway Trust Fund
- Forecasting Future Revenue
- Uncertainty in Forecasts

## Overview of Highway Related Excise Taxes

- The Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Analysis (OTA) forecasts tax receipts for the President's Budget.
- The Administration’s economic forecast is formulated by the “Troika.” (CEA, OMB, Treasury)
- The Administration’s economic forecast is used in conjunction with separate models for the dedicated Highway Account excise tax sources.
- Health of Trust Fund depends on incoming receipts and outgoing disbursements.

## Recent Trends in Highway Receipts

- Growth in Highway-related excise taxes has been slowing since 2003.
- Increased Fuel Efficiency
- Rising Gasoline and Diesel Prices

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Allocation of Incoming Receipts

- Performed under the authority of Section 9601 of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Semi-Monthly Transfers are made from the general fund based on historical allocations and incoming receipts.
- The Internal Revenue Service certifies taxes processed in a quarter.
- Correcting Adjustments are made as necessary.

## Forecast of Future Receipts

- Treasury uses a separate model for each of the Highway related tax sources.
- Each model relates historical excise tax liability to various macroeconomic variables.
- The estimated relationship from these models are then used with the Administration’s economic assumptions to project tax liability over the budget period.
- The models also account for any changes in legislation.

## Comparison of Budget Exercise to Mid-Session Review

- The forecast of receipts dedicated to the Highway Trust Fund over the budget period slightly increased from the FY 2007 Mid-Session to the FY 2008 Budget.
- Net receipts in FY 2007 are projected to increase by less than one-tenth of a percent as compared to FY 2006.
- The Administration forecasts receipts of $39.7 billion in 2007 and $41.9 billion in 2009.
- 2.5% in average annual growth.

## Slide 10

## Growth of Individual Tax Receipts

- Projected Average Growth Rates for Highway Related Receipts in 2009:
- Gasoline and Gasohol: 	1.9 % per year
- Diesel and Related Fuels: 	1.4 % per year
- Retail Tax on Trucks:		7.7 % per year
- Highway Type Tires: 		2.7 % per year
- Heavy Vehicle Use Tax: 	5.2 % per year

## Uncertainty in the Forecasts

- The most likely outcome in 2009 is for receipts to be $41.9 billion.
- With 90 percent confidence, FY 2009 receipts are expected to be between $39.5 billion and $44.3 billion.
- The Administration’s forecast is not materially different from the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast.

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Health of the Trust Fund

- Based on Forecast Error Confidence Intervals, Highway Trust Fund estimated balances in 2009:
- ‘Worse Case Scenario’	-$2.2 billion
- ‘Best Case Scenario’	$9.9 billion
- ‘Most Likely Scenario’	$3.9 billion
# Presentation: 894205

## mountain laurelKalmia  latifolia  L.  Synonyms:  Chamaedaphne  latifolia,  Cistus  chamaerhodendros, Kalmia  ferruginea,  K.  myrtifolia.  Other common names: Southern mountain-laurel, American-laurel, wood-laurel,     small-laurel, poison-laurel, leaf-laurel, kalmia, broad-leaf kalmia, calico-bush, clamoun, ivybush, big-leaf ivy, spoonhunt, spoonwood, mountain ivy, ivy bush.

**CULTURALLY:**
- Peter Kalm reported in 1748, "The Swedes have named it [the spoon tree], because the Indians used to make their spoons and trowels of this wood."  Freshly dug roots were used to fashion the spoons while it was green and soft.  After drying and aging the wood becomes very hard and smooth.
- A yellow tan dye was obtained from the leaves.
**MEDICINALLY:**
- This is a very poisonous narcotic.  The leaves were used by some Indian tribes to commit suicide.
- If eaten some side effects can include headache, nausea, palpitations, slow pulse, tingling of skin, vertigo, thirst, salivation, watering of eyes, running nose, abdominal cramps, difficulty in breathing, lack of coordination, convulsions, paralysis, blindness, and death.

- Photo courtesy of:  ©George F. Russell. Courtesy of _[Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany](http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/index.html#?collections)_. This copyrighted image may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose. For commercial use please contact _[George F. Russell](mailto:russell.rusty@nmnh.si.edu)_. Please credit the artist, original publication if applicable, and the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. The following format is suggested and will be appreciated: **George F. Russell** @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

- Slide developed by Pat Broyles, Soil Conservationist, Manhattan, KS. PMC.  USDA is an equal opportunity employer.
# Presentation: 430428

## GSA Missing Children Alert

- GSA Missing Children Alert

**Concerned about America’s Children**

**U.S. General Services Administration**

##  Jessica Marie Adams

-  Jessica Marie Adams

- _Last Seen_:   Columbia,  TN               12/10/2007
- _Age_:           15 years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Chayse Steven Bernard

-  Chayse Steven Bernard

- _Last Seen_:   Spartanburg,  SC          01/18/2008
- _Age_:           16 years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Celina Marie Berrios

-  Celina Marie Berrios

- _Last Seen_:   Arlington,  VA                 01/22/2008
- _Age_:           14 years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

## GSA Missing Children Alert

- GSA Missing Children Alert

**Concerned about America’s Children**

**U.S. General Services Administration**

##  Nicholas Brian Dahms

-  Nicholas Brian Dahms

- _Last Seen_:   Fremont,  OH              01/27/2008
- _Age_:           15 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Miraya Estelle Machuca

-  Miraya Estelle Machuca

- _Last Seen_:   Irvine,  CA                   01/09/2008
- _Age_:           16 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Brianna Michelle McCullough

-  Brianna Michelle McCullough

- _Last Seen_:   Hurst,  TX                   12/29/2007
- _Age_:           15 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Ke’Ocesha Denise McNeil

-  Ke’Ocesha Denise McNeil

- _Last Seen_:   Forestville,  MD             01/02/2008
- _Age_:           13 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

## GSA Missing Children Alert

- GSA Missing Children Alert

**Concerned about America’s Children**

**U.S. General Services Administration**

##  Lisa Goldean Monnett

-  Lisa Goldean Monnett

- _Last Seen_:   Greenville,  SC               01/19/2008
- _Age_:           12 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Natasha Isabella Portolano

-  Natasha Isabella Portolano

- _Last Seen_:   Silver Springs,  MD        01/15/2008
- _Age_:           13 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**

##  Katherine S. Zhang

-  Katherine S. Zhang

- _Last Seen_:   Chevy Chase,  MD        01/16/2008
- _Age_:           15 Years

**ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT****:**
**The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children**
**1-800-The-Lost**
# Presentation: 175332

## VRBPACMarch 15, 2005

**Theresa Finn, Ph.D**
**DVRPA, OVRR, CBER**

## Outline

- Introduction
- Tdap vaccines
- 1997 VRBPAC
- Licensure of pertussis vaccines for older individuals
- BoostrixTM
- Questions/Discussion

## Tdap

- Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed
- BoostrixTM
- Indication:  Single booster dose individuals 10-18 years of age
- ADACELTM
- Indication:  Single booster dose individuals 11-64 years of age

## June 5, 1997 VRBPAC

- DTaP vaccines licensed for use in infants and children following clinical endpoint efficacy studies
- No well accepted serologic or laboratory correlate of clinical efficacy of pertussis vaccines

## VRBPAC June 5, 1997 cont’d

- Question 1:  “Can demonstration of efficacy of a given acellular pertussis vaccine administered as a primary series to infants serve as the basis for efficacy of that vaccine when administered as a booster dose to adolescents and adults?”
- YES

## VRBPAC June 5, 1997 cont’d

- Question 2:  “Is demonstration of an comparable antibody response in adults/adolescents and infants an appropriate indicator that the different age groups respond to the vaccine in equivalent manners?”
- i.e. Can we use antibody to bridge the 2 age groups and conclude efficacy in the older population?
- YES

## Adolescents and adults:  Clinical endpoint pertussis efficacy study not required for licensure in these age groups

- VRBPAC June 5, 1997 cont’d

## Pertussis serology bridge

-    Non-inferiority of the immune response of adolescents/adults compared to the immune response of infants who received a primary series of the same antigens in a clinical endpoint efficacy study
**i.e.**  **For each antigen: **
**UL 95% CI ratio ****GMC infants****/****GMC older individuals ****= <1.5                   **
**OR:**
**LL 95% CI ratio ****GMC older individuals****/****GMC infants**** = >0.67**

## Additional immunogenicity endpoints

- Booster response to each antigen
- 4-fold or 2-fold rise in antibody concentration

## BoostrixTM

- Manufacturer:  GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Application received:  July 3, 2004
- Proposed Indication:  Active booster immunization against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis in individuals 10-18 years of age as a single im dose

## Tdap – BoostrixTM, GSK

- Tetanus toxoid					5.0Lf
- Diphtheria toxoid					2.5Lf
- Pertussis toxoid					8μg
- Filamentous hemagglutinin 			8μg
- Pertactin						2.5μg
- Al (as AlOH3)					0.3mg
- Preservative					none
- Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids manufactured by ChironBehring GmbH &Co., Marburg, Germany.

## Questions

- Are the available data adequate to support the efficacy of Boostrix in individuals 10-18 years of age?
- VOTE

## Questions cont’d

- Are the available data adequate to support the safety of Boostrix when administered to adolescents 10-18 years of age?
- VOTE

## Discussion

- Please identify any issues which should be addressed, including post-licensure studies.
# Presentation: 438964

## Michael A. Sprague, President

**Environmental Emergency Services**

## Slide 2

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC

**ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC**

*Serving Steuben and Chemung Counties of New York*

**C.H.I.T.** **Chemical Hazard Information Team**

**F.W.S.** **Flood Warning Service**

***( www.highwater.org )***

## Slide 9

## New York

- New York

- Pennsylvania

**Drainage Area – 2,500 Square Miles**

## Environmental Emergency Services

- E.E.S. -- A 2 County Not-for-Profit Incorporation (501-C 3) Chemung and Steuben Counties
- Formerly the Chemung River Basin Flood Warning Support Corporation
- To Advise and Inform the Populace of Chemung and Steuben Counties in an Efforts to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Severe Flooding, Drought and Hazardous materials Incidents which Contribute to Environmental Emergencies

## History of E. E. S.

- Consensus for a self-help program - 1979
- Steering committee formed
- Goals adopted
- Memorandum of Understanding developed
- Formed as Chemung River Basin Support Corporation    ----    1981
- Automated data collection equipment installed   -----    1984

## Slide 13

## Elements of A Successful Local Flood Forecast System

- Interest/need for a “LOCAL” system
- Cooperation/community involvement
- Volunteers ! ! !
- Historical Data
- Current Data
- Future Data
- Funding

## Slide 15

## Data

- Real-Time Flood Information
- Local historical flood information
- Verification of past flood information
- Verification of NWS flood models
- Expanded/updated rain gauge networks
- Automated gauging
- NWS/local development of small basin flood models

## Evolution of the Current System

-    Emergency Operation Center - Staffed by Volunteers
-    Consolidated Information Center
-    Originally Based on “Long Term Flood Events”
-    Simplified Flood Forecasting Computer Model - NWS Assistance
-    ‘90’s Forced an Evolution to “Short Term-Flash Flood Events”
-    EOC became a “Clearing House” for Basin-wide information
-    Allows Emergency Management Offices, NWS and Corps
- 	“Hands-Free” information exchange

## Hydrologic Development and Verification

-    Many Events - Lots of  Data
-    Local Involvement Provides Verification and Feedback
-    Able to Identify Basin Issues - Particularly Troublesome Tributaries
- 				      Changes to the Basin
-    Siting of Additional Gauges - NWS Hydrologist Input
-    Development of “Standard Ratings” for new gauges
-    Cost Effective Approach
# Presentation: 670342

## Update on Single top SLT analysisin the e + jets  channel

- B.Andrieu, E. Busato (LPNHE, Paris)

## Update on bad jets cut study

## Update on bad jets cut study

## Effect of N(bad jets) == 0 on data

| Trigger list version | V8
 | V9 | V10
Before change in L1CAL | V10
After change in L1CAL | V11
 | V12 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Efficiency before triangle cuts | 83 +-0.5% | 84.4 +-0.5% | 80.2 +-2.2% | 89.2 +-0.4% | 89.6 +-0.3% | 88.2 +-0.5% |
| Efficiency on tight presel | 84.5 +-1.8%
(322/381) | 84 +-1.8 %
(337 /401) | 84 +-7.3%
(21/25) | 83.1 +-2.1%
(255/307) | 86.7 +-1.1% (993/1145) | 87.3 +-1.3% (579/663) |
| Efficiency on SLT tag loose | 71.4 +-9.9%
(15/21) | 84.2 +-8.3%
(16/19) | 50% +-35%
(1/2) | 86.6 +-3.0% 
(13/15) | 90.9 +-3.8% (50/55) | 90 +-6.7%
(18/20) |
| Efficiency on SLT tag tight | 66.6+-15.7%
(6/9) | 100 %
(4/4) | Undefined
(0/0) | 100% 
(3/3) | 100%
(20/20) | 93.7 +-1.5%
(15/16) |

- Clear effect of L1CAL eta coverage change
- Efficiency on presel. tight sample: 84.3 +- 1.3 % before, 86.4 +-0.7 % after change
- Efficiency on tagged loose sample: 76.2 +-6.6% before, 90.0 +-3.2 % after change
- Efficiency on tagged tight sample: 76.9 +-11.7% before, 97.4 +-2.5% after change
-  different treatment according to L1CAL coverage?
-  or remove this cut?

## Summary of background studies

|  | preselection | SLT b-tagging | topological |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| QCD | Matrix Method
 494 +- 50 | Matrix Method  8+-2
Control sample (direct, TRFs)  7.9 (5.4?)
TRFs on weighted data | Matrix Method
Control sample (direct, TRFs) |
| W + jets | Matrix Method
 1896 +- 71 | Monte Carlo (direct, TRFs)
Control sample (direct, TRFs)  19+-5???
TRFs on weighted data | Monte Carlo (direct, TRFs)
Control sample (direct, TRFs) |
| Combined 
(QCD & W+ jets) | known to 2%
 ~ 2330 +-50  | TRFs on data
+ correction | TRFs on data
+ correction |
|  t-tbar | Sigma(t-tbar)
+ Monte Carlo
 40  | Monte Carlo
 7 | Monte Carlo |

## To do list (not exhaustive...)

- Solve QCD mystery
- Understand TRFs prediction discrepancy w.r.t. data
- Use Z + jet(s) (W + 1 jet?)
- Topological selection
- Trigger efficiency
- Cross-checks: event rates and all kind of distributions vs lumi, trigger list, ...
# Presentation: 573931

## Cr:LiSAF Crystals

-   Development of Chromium doped Lithium Strontium-Aluminum 		Flouride ( Cr:LiSAF) crystals
-   High-quality, damage-resistant laser material
-   High performance Cr:LiSAF materials feature high reflector, anti-	reflection and dichroic optical coatings
-   LiSAF well-suited for generation and amplification of femtosecond 	pulses
**                              ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   Interacting with laser companies to provide Cr:LiSAF crystals
-   Applicable to noninvasive surgical techniques
-   Three full-time positions supported by the technology
-   Annual sales expected to exceed $250,000

**Cr:LiSAF Crystals**

***VLOC***
***Port Richey, Florida***

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

**      ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
**  **Lidar Systems for orbiting platforms
-   Remote sensing of the atmosphere for monitoring water 	vapor and pollution
-   Crystal growth and materials characterization research
-   Injection seeders for mode-locked Ti:Sapphire systems
-   Tunable near infra-red medical devices
-   Oscillators for terawatt systems

- 1993 Phase II
- Greg Quarles, PhD  727-375-8562

- Langley Research Center

*Custom Manufacturing of laser crystals and optical components*
*satisfy expanding industrial, medical, environmental and research markets*
# Presentation: 663346

## Jim Fairobent
Director
Office of Emergency Management

**Director**
**Office of Emergency Management**

## NA-41 Meeting Activities

- Subcommittee/Working Group Participation
- Hazards Assessment
- Exercises & Drills
- Consequence Assessment and Protective Actions
- Emergency Public Information
- Workshops
- Application of Screening Criteria
- Developing/Using Chemical PACs

## NA-41 Meeting Activities

- Closing Plenary Presentations
- National Response Plan
- National Incident Management System
- Specialty/Select Meetings
- TEEL Advisory Group
- Biosafety & Emergency Management

## NA-41 Staff in Attendance

- Tom Rotella, Deputy Office Director (Everything)
- Jim Powers (Hazards Assessment)
- Bill Hawkins (Exercises & Drills)
- Bill Froh (NRP)
- Jeng Chang (Hazards, SCAPA)
- Al Feldt (NIMS, SCAPA)
- Susan Shaw (EPI)

## Where is 151.1C?

- On hold
- Unable to resolve one non-concurrence issue with one program office
- Issue elevated to Program Senior Officials
- After that, to the Under Secretaries
- Issuance not expected until at least September 2005

## What is the status of the EMGs?

- On hold, sort of
- Some guides tied directly to proposed changes in DOE O 151.1C
- Not likely to be issued until Order is finalized
- Some guides more independent of proposed changes in DOE O 151.1C
- May be issued for preliminary use and comment in advance of finalized Order

## NA-41 Assistance

- Available in multiple forms:
- No-notice exercises
- Technical assistance on program elements
- Specialty workshops
- Address complex-wide or site-specific issues/problems
- Examples:  hazards survey/assessment; event categorization/classification; consequence assessment/protective actions; and, emergency public information

## Observations/Solutions?

- Common problems continue to be observed across the complex via OA evaluations, exercise findings, & self-assessments
- Possible solutions:
- More effectively utilize NA-41 assistance activities and EOTA training
- Involve more EMI SIG resources/activities
- Maybe joint OA/NA-40 effort on lessons learned

## 
American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness & Response
February 12-15, 2006 @ Salt Lake City, UT
Soliciting abstracts on hazardous materials & consequence assessment activities
Abstracts (250-500 words) due June 6, 2005

- American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness & Response
- February 12-15, 2006 @ Salt Lake City, UT
- Soliciting abstracts on hazardous materials & consequence assessment activities
- Abstracts (250-500 words) due June 6, 2005

- Meeting Opportunity

## Special Note:  Doan Hansen

- Doan passed away on March 12, 2005
- He was a long-time participant in the EMI SIG and actively engaged in SCAPA and hazards assessment
- SCAPA webpage has a memoriam at:
- http://www.orau.gov/emi/scapa/Hansen.htm
# Presentation: 743051

## HUD’s McKinney-Vento Programs:  Moving Towards Ending Chronic Homelessness 

**Mark Johnston**
**U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development**
**Office of Special Needs Assistance Program**

## Why is it important that States use mainstream services programs to end homelessness?

- 2 types of Federal service funds:
- 		--Targeted homeless programs
- 		--Mainstream programs

- 2 Types of Federal service funds:
- 		--Targeted homeless programs: $2 b
- 		--Mainstream programs

- Targeted Homeless:
- 	HUD:  $1.0 billion
- 				--  $500m  housing
- 				--  $500m  services

- HUD Targeted Homeless
- $500m services = 200,000 housed

- 2 Types of Federal service funds:
- --Targeted programs:           $2 bill
- --Mainstream programs:  $565 bill

- Federal Mainstream Services
- HHS		$430 billion
- VA		$  47
- DOL		$  44
- USDA	$  34
**TOTAL ****	****$565 billion**

- Mainstream programs underused
- --  Medicaid  		11 %
- --  SSI			  9 %
- --	  Food Stamps	 14 %

- 	Challenges using mainstream programs:
- 	-- State budgets
- 	-- Many needy populations
- 	-- Takes effort

- 	How can we “tweak” mainstream programs?
- $1 b. =  1/10  of  1%  of  $565 b.

- How can we “tweak”
- mainstream programs?
- --  Simplified, consolidated appl.
- --  Specific outreach to homeless
- --  Central intake/assessment
- --  More....
# Presentation: 813447

## L-T4 Bioequivalence: Potential Impact on IQ in Babies with Congenital Hypothyroidism

- Rosalind Brown MD,
- Children’s Hospital, Boston
- Harvard Medical School

## Congenital Hypothyroidism

- Because newborns are asymptomatic at birth, screening programs  developed worldwide
- Incidence 1 in 3,000
- One of the commonest *treatable* causes of mental retardation

## Untreated CH Patients  at Risk for Severe Mental Retardation

- Klein et al,  J Pediatr 81:912-915, 1972

## IQ of CH patients is normal if treatment early and adequate

- NECHC. Lancet 2:1095-1098, 1981

## But small differences in T4 dose have enormous impact on IQ 

- MDI- Mental Development Index

- T4 dose

- Bongers-Shokking JJ et al, J Pediatr 136:292-297,2000

- *

## Conclusions

- Small differences in L-T4 dose can have significant, irreversible consequences on IQ
- A potential difference of 33% in drug content therefore unacceptable
- T4 bioequivalence should be determined by the most sensitive means possible, that is by measurement of TSH
# Presentation: 505963

## Biological Effects of Lunar Dust Workshop

- Co-Chairmen
- Russell Kerschmann, M.D.
- Chief, Division of Life Sciences
- Ames Research Center
- John T. James, Ph.D.
- Chief Toxicologist
- Johnson Space Center

## Pulmonary Function in LEO

- The gas exchange function of the human lung adapts well to fractional gravity.

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Agenda

- Tuesday
- Introduction and charge to the workshop
- The Apollo experience
- Focus on lunar mineralogy & simulants
- Biological factors, mainly pulmonary
- ALS and EVA considerations
- Wednesday
- Resources
- Breakout groups
- Thursday
- Follow-up Breakout
- Report out
- Adjourn
# Presentation: 141239

## Way Ahead to Address MPAR Risk Reduction – Implementation Strategy and Interagency Management Approach

- Jeff Kimpel, Director
- NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory
- October 12, 2007

## Tell Your Boss What MPAR Is!

## Main Themes

- “Big Four” – DOD, DHS, FAA, NOAA
- FAA is most committed, technology is “there”...
- >$100 per T/R module is achievable
- Big Radars vs. Little Radars, optimal mix
- Interagency partnering is necessary (cost driver)
- Little direction on how to do this......

## Some OFCM MPAR Working Group Tasks

**Task 1: **Identify funds for cost-benefit analysis from agencies “owning” legacy radars:  i.e., FAA, NOAA, DOD
**Task 2: **Refine current radar requirements for each agency
**Task 3: **Conduct market survey for current cost and projected cost of T/R modules
**Task 4: **Initiate an MPAR awareness campaign

## Where Is NOAA/OAR/NSSL?

- Phased Array Radar (PAR) is the gold standard for tracking hard, fast moving targets; weather, not so much.
- We are in the process of creating a MOA between NOAA and the FAA on how we will collaborate on an MPAR risk reduction program.
# Presentation: 076267

## Mike Lowther
Southwest Center for the Application of
Prevention Technologies

**Mike Lowther**
**Southwest ****C****enter for the ****A****pplication of**
**P****revention ****T****echnologies**

**Systems Change: If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes**

## Overview

**  ****Systems change is possible**
**  ****Elements required for systems change:**
**	****Relationships, Principles, Tools**
**  ****Analytical framework/change theory**

**Overview**

## Systems Change

**Systems Change**

**Things can change:**

**If we believe that, we are likely to act**

** ****We can structure change**
** ****We can impact change**
** ****We can make a difference**

## Systems Change Examples

**  ****Who gets to vote?**
**  ****The Safety Net**
**  ****The Great Smokeout**

**Systems Change Examples**

## Creating Change

**Creating Change**

**People and systems change**
** ****when**
** ****they have a “felt need” to change**
**(Rational change theory is ineffective)**

## Individual 

**Individual **
**Attributes**

**Environmental **
**Conditions**

## Conditions

**Conditions**

**Supervisors**

**Traditions**

**Laws/Regulations**

**Peers**

**Norms**

## Attributes

**Personality**
**Skills**
**Values**
**Knowledge**

**Attributes**

## Successful Change Agents

**Successful Change Agents**
**build genuine**
** ****trusting**
** ****relationships**
** ****with the people they wish to help**

## Principles

**Principles**

**Everyone is part of a community**
**People support what they help create**
**Local people solve local problems best**

## Logic Model

**Current Behavior **

**     ****Desired Behavior**

** **

**Current Conditions**

** **

**    **

**Future Conditions**

**& Attributes**

**      **

**       **

**& Attributes**

**     **

**    ****STRATEGIES**

**Logic Model**

## Strategies for Change

**Strategies for Change**

**  **

** ****Education**
**Power**
** ****Persuasion**

## Denial
Awareness
Interest
Intent
Action

**Denial**
**Awareness**
**Interest**
**Intent**
**Action**

**Social Change Theory**

## Logic Model

**Current Behavior **

**     ****Desired Behavior**

** **

**Current Conditions**

** **

**    **

**Future Conditions**

**& Attributes**

**      **

**       **

**& Attributes**

**     **

**    ****STRATEGIES**

**Logic Model**

## Never doubt that a small, committed

**Never doubt that a small, committed**
** ****group of people with a good idea**
** ****can change the world.  Indeed, it is**
** ****the only thing that ever has. **
**  **
**- Margaret Meade**
**  **

## Questions?

**Questions?**

## Contact Information

**For copies of the materials:**
**	****	****	****Call ****405-325-1454**
** ****	****	****	****	****or **
**	****	****e-mail **_**molowther@ou.edu**_
**      ****Ask for:**
** ****	**** ****Systems Change Workshop Materials**

**Contact Information**

## Evaluation of the Day

**Evaluation of the Day**

**Please generate a list of participants **
**and contact information**
# Presentation: 573942

## ATLAS Physics at LBNL

**Jim Siegrist**
**25 February 2005**

## Near Term Physics Goals

**A number of us are not really familiar with LHC physics**
**We need to bring ourselves up to speed so that we can knowledgably join the ATLAS physics groups**
**We should focus our efforts and penetrate one ATLAS physics group to start**
**I think the best choice is SUSY, as it is sufficiently challenging to prepare us well for many other topics that you personally may find more interesting**
**Need to complement this with some study of selected SM processes – eg. Drell-Yan, Top**

## Some Process Cross Sections

## Some Process Cross Sections (2)

## Timeline

**It seems reasonable to try to bring the students up to speed to join ATLAS SUSY by say November this year (too aggressive?)**
**Divide available time into three epochs with expected level of effort:**
** ****First 10 weeks (Q1) (March – Mid-May).**
**Look at SM and SUSY processes at generator level (will need generator-ntuple and jetfinder for this (ok?))**
**Read TDR Ch 20...think about low-luminosity limits of existing analysis**
**Read SUSY reference materials, more on ‘nuts and bolts’ of protons (TDR Ch 15,16,18 for SM processes)**
** ****Sign up on ATLAS SUSY, SM mailing list**
** ****Begin to think about analysis topics to pursue**
**Expect to use some evenings and a weekend day on this**

## Timeline (2)

** ****Second Quarter (Q2) (Mid-May – July)**
**Learn to run ATLAS code – atlfast generator studies**
**Study ATLAS SUSY notes**
** ****Finish background reading**
** ****Begin analysis projects in earnest**
**Expect to spend about 1⁄2-1 day/week on this plus evenings and weekends**
** ****Third Quarter (Q3) (August-Oct)**
** ****Full-blown analysis in process, of eventual interest to ATLAS**
**Close look at SM processes as well**
** ****Move to 1 day/week level of commitment**
** ****Start to think about thesis topics of interest**

## First Steps – First Quarter Program

**Read TDR**
**Compile reference list**
**Need a web volunteer to document our work – leave path for future students/postdocs**
**Continue Friday afternoon meetings to discuss progress, report on materials that we have read and digested or were unable to understand**
**Download tools (JAS, ROOT) for looking at generated events and get your computer setup**
**Consider a couple of generator level processes to start:**
** ****p+p -> Z -> f fbar**
** ****start with pure Z’s, then add SM background to see if you can still find them**
** ****post shared code on the web site**

## First Steps (2)

** ****Look at a specific SUSY production channel at generator level to see if we can reconstruct it at generator level, and understand the decay**
** ****After those are done, move on to more SUSY decay modes in a similar vein**
# Presentation: 838158

## Avionics and Communication Break Out Session“Discussion Starters”

- Jason A. Soloff
- Laura Hood
- NASA/JSC

## Near-Term Objectives forCommunications and Avionics

- Finish construction of ISS using Space Shuttle
- Develop Orion & Ares I vehicles to provide crew / cargo to ISS

## Next Steps in Human Exploration

- Develop Constellation lunar vehicles (Orion, LSAM, EVA, surface systems) to enable sustained human lunar exploration
- Return to the moon through robotics and human presence

## Engineering Key Technology Interests

- Communication / Avionics systems
- Signal processing / DSP techniques
- Adaptive / reconfigurable hardware (software defined radio)
- Error correction coding / bandwidth efficient modulation
- Environment adaptive / disruption tolerant networking
- Reconfigurable / adaptive processing
- Antenna / RF Technologies
- Miniaturized antenna structures
- E-textile technologies
- Wireless sensors and RFID antennas
- UWB
- Smart Antennas (active phased arrays / beam formers)
- Advanced GPS Antenna systems
- Stabilized photonics for large antenna arrays
- Analytical
- Computational electromagnetics
- Automated design of RF structures (genetic algorithms, particle swarm algorithms)

## Signal Processing / DSP

- Software Defined Radio
- DSP / GPP
- Direct sampled / Direct synthesized RF
- Waveform interoperability / advanced modulation techniques
- Antenna beamforming
- Adaptive network protocols & FEC
- Reconfigurable Avionics platforms
- FPGA / Reconfigurable processing
- Modular avionics
- Test / Validation testbeds
- Rapid prototyping
- Reconfigurable waveforms, protocols

- Good collaboration opportunity

## Miniaturized Antennas

**2-layer mini-PIFA w/ modified feed**
**(fab. by PCB vendor)**

**Manually soldered Tchebyscheff filter**

**Wireless Ethernet (802.11b/g)**
**2.40-2.48 GHz**

- Miniaturized Antennas for Mini AERCam

- Drivers:
- HF & UHF likely for surface exploration
- Traditionally these are large antenna structures
- Low mass & volume highly desired for robotics and mobile systems (eg. AERCam)
- Printed electronics, organic transistors
- Emerging technologies may offer new approaches to miniaturized active antenna structures

- RF/Antenna design, MEMS, small-scale manufacturing

## Antenna Design/Development

- E-Textiles / Fabric Antennas

- RF/Antenna design, materials fabrication & processing

## Antenna Design/Development

- Wireless Video System (WVS) Helmet Antenna

- Direct application of technologies to mission needs

## Computational Electromagnetics

- RF propagation and field strengths
- EMI, RF exposure, spectrum management
- Antenna pattern and performance modeling and analysis
- RF / high frequency structure modeling and simulation
- uWave & MEMS

- Physics, EM theory, advanced computer science and computation

## Possible Topics for Discussion

- What areas of research are happening at your University that could be fruitful for collaboration?
- How can NASA and Universities work to engage students and young researchers in technologies with application to space exploration?
- What collaborations have worked well before?  Why?
# Presentation: 445078

## Southeast Cancer Control Consortium, Inc. (SCCC)James N. Atkins, MDPrincipal InvestigatorOperations OfficeWinston-Salem, NC

## SCCC Physicians

- Member Total 140
- MedOncs   97			SurgOncs	    9
- RadOncs    32			Urologist      1
- Internist        1

## Membership Requirement for Physicians

- Physicians must accrue a minimum of 2 patients/participants per year, if not suspended to follow-up status
- If suspended, certain requirements must be met before physician can rejoin

## Yearly Average Accrual to Clinical Trials Over the Past 5 Years

- RX   425 registrations/yr
- CC   265 registrations/yr

## SCCC Total RegistrationsJuly 1987 to May 2007

- RX   6470
- CC   3652
- (chemoprevention studies began 1992)

## Research Base Participation

- CALGB
- CCCWFU
- CTSU
- HLMCC (Moffitt)
- NSABP
- RTOG
- SWOG
- URCC

## Strategies/Incentives

- Quarterly reimbursement for accrual activity
- Site visits/CRA workshops conducted by research nurses
- Brochures for cancer control studies
- Protocol by Index Disease Category (PIDC) Booklet
- Registration Procedures Flip Card for each Research Base
- Semimonthly Mailings – includes completed consent form and the RSS 2.0 form

## Strategies/Incentives

-    Travel funds to attend research base meetings
-    Recognition at semiannual meetings
**   ****southeastcancercontrol.org** website featuring             components, articles, clinical trials, reports, etc.
-    “Improving Accrual to Clinical Trials”, presentation  by Jim Atkins, MD, Principal Investigator
-    Protocol concept development and assistance

**Strategies/Incentives**
# Presentation: 440112

## Hazardous Materials

**Driver Anti-Terrorism Tips**

## Overview

- This presentation is designed to inform drivers of the appropriate steps
- that should be taken when the National Threat Level is raised to Code Orange._*** ***_

## On The Road

- Be alert when driving. Look for vehicles following you, especially if there are 3 or more people in the car.
- If you believe you are being followed, call your dispatcher or 911 immediately.
- When leaving your facility, be aware of any possible surveillance of your facility or your truck.

## On The Road

- Don't discuss your cargo, destination, or trip specifics with people you don't know                     or on open channels.
- When stopped at a traffic light or in traffic, be aware of anyone approaching your vehicle.

## On The Road

- Make sure you have communication devices to contact your dispatcher and emergency officials. Carry a back-up if possible.

## Stopping at Facilities

- Leave your truck in a secure parking lot or truck stop if possible; if not, be certain someone can watch your vehicle.
- Never leave your vehicle running with the keys in it; shut off the engine and lock the doors._*** ***__*** ***_

## Stopping at Facilities

- If possible, don't stop in unsafe                 or high-crime areas.
- Use seals or other methods to prevent and identify tampering.
- Don't preload hazardous materials shipments without adequate security.

## Protecting Your Vehicle

- Use an engine kill switch.
- Use tractor and trailer brake locking devices.
- Check your electronic tracking system regularly and notify your dispatcher when it's not working or tampering may have occurred.

## Protecting Your Vehicle

- If you drop a trailer, use a fifth wheel lock whenever possible.
- Perform a quick walk-around to check your vehicle for foreign objects after all stops.

## Conclusion

- Stay alert for any unusual behavior and report anything of concern immediately.
- Thank you for your time and attention.