BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 159451

## Correlations in nano-scale step fluctuations: comparison of simulation and experimentsF. Szalma , D. B. Dougherty , Ellen D. Williams , Michael I. Haftel , T.L. EinsteinDepartment of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111  Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5343 

- We analyze the correlations of step-edge fluctuations using the Bortz Kalos-Lebowitz kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm, with a 2-parameter expression for energy barriers, and compare with our VT-STM line-scan experiments on spiral steps on Pb(111) [1]. The scaling of the correlation times gives a dynamic exponent confirming the expected step-edge-diffusion rate-limiting kinetics both in the MC and in the experiments. We both calculate and measure the characteristic hopping times and deduce therefrom a value of 0.38 eV for the notoriously-elusive effective energy barrier for the edge fluctuations.
- [1] F. Szalma, D.B. Dougherty, Ellen D. Williams, Michael I. Haftel, and T.L. Einstein, Phys. Rev. B **73**, 115413 (2006).

## Correlations in nano-scale step fluctuations: comparison of simulation and experiments 

- Sample configuration on triangular lattice, indicating our nomenclature for the nearest-neighbor sites of the adatom before and after the kinetic Monte Carlo move. In this case the move is labelled 01 since site 0 and 1 are occupied among the eight NN sites surrounding the two sites involved in the hop.

- Arrhenius plot of hopping times. The experimental results are plotted with two different kink energies, 50meV (diamonds) and 65meV (squares). The kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) data are depicted in circles with a thick solid-line as a guide to the eye. The error bars are indicated on the experimental data along with a linear fit (dashed lines). The room temperature experimental data agrees well with the KMC results and the dotted lines indicate how we speculate these data might continue if the experiments had gone below room temperature. The slopes of the fits (dashed lines) to all data points except the highest temperature ones in both data sets show the energy barriers to be apparently higher than that of the KMC.
# Presentation: 685883

## Exploring FGIS Capabilities and Right-sizing Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fire Protection SystemsPresented At The DOE/Contractor Fire Protection WorkshopDr. Glen ArgabrightFire Protection EngineeringSandia National Laboratories

## Periodic inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) of fire protection systems help ensure that a system will function on demand to protect life and property from fire.
ITM tasks and frequencies however have been shown to vary.
SNL is working on collecting and comparing ITM data from several resources including:	 	    			

- Periodic inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) of fire protection systems help ensure that a system will function on demand to protect life and property from fire.
- ITM tasks and frequencies however have been shown to vary.
- SNL is working on collecting and comparing ITM data from several resources including:

- _DOE Orders & Guidelines_

- _DoD Unified Facilities Criteria 3-600-02_

_**GE Gaps**_

_**FM Global**_

_**Manufacturer Tech Data**_

_**NFPA**_

- _IFC_

- _IBC_

- _MAXIMO_

- _OSHA_

## ITM Graded Approach

- _DOE Orders & Guidelines_

- _DoD Unified Facilities Criteria 3-600-02_

_**GE Gaps**_

_**FM Global**_

_**Manufacturer Tech Data**_

_**NFPA**_

- _IFC_

- _IBC_

_**MAXIMO Job Plans**_

- _OSHA_

**Makes use of facilities-related spatial Information**

- _ITM Graded Approach_

| Wet Pipe Sprinkler System | 240 |
| --- | --- |
| Dry Pipe Sprinkler System | 13 |
| Deluge Sprinkler System | 3 |
| Pre-Action Sprinkler System | 9 |
| Foam/Water Sprinkler System | 9 |
| Water Spray System | 0 |
| Halon 1301 System | 28 |
| Halon 1211 System | 0 |
| Clean Agent System | 16 |
| Wet Chemical System | 4 |
| Dry Chemical System | 17 |
| Carbon Dioxide System | 14 |
| Other Fixed Water Application Equipment | 0 |
| Fire Pump | 1 |
| Central Fire Alarm | 1 |
| Local Fire Alarm Systems | 178 |

## FGIS Use In Fire Protection Engineering

- _Configuration Management_
-  GPS Referencing
-  Orientation to As Built Drawings
-  Impairment Permits
-  Pre-Fire Plans
-  PDF Link Tool to Manufacturer Tech Literature
# Presentation: 410015

## Advanced Package Processing System [APPS] MTAC – August 2004

## Agenda

**System Description**
**Deployment Status**
**Bundle Processing**
**Machine Recognition Characteristics**
**Sample Image Review (not in handouts)**
**Federal Register Notice**
**Future Initiatives**

##  APPS Mail Characteristics

## APPS Deployment Status

**74 Machines, 70 sites**
**First Article Test completed May ‘04**
**Deployment from Aug ‘04 to Oct ‘05**

## Bundle Processing on APPS

**APPS uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to read both OEL and address block information to sort the mail**
**Current read rates for OEL bundles is around 80%**
**Read failures occur due to:**
**The address block is obscured by opaque strapping material**
**The address block is obscured by opaque shrink wrap**
**The OCR fails to correctly decode the OEL**

## Image Capture

- Gray Scale Image – 5,807Kb

- Binary Image – 201Kb

**OCR decodes Binary Image**

## Clear Strapping Examples

- Strap flush with surface

- Strap spaced away from surface

## Federal Register Notice

**Recommends placing the address label in one of the four corners of the mailpiece**
**Where the label WILL be covered - Proposed DMM Changes **
**Clear strapping  (less than 70% haze)**
**Clear shrinkwrap (less than 70% haze)**
**An optional bundle label:**
**Includes the OEL, the words “OPTIONAL BUNDLE LABEL”, and the City, State, and ZIP Code**

## OCR Decoding Challenge

**APPS OCR Result**

- Mis-segmented Characters, not Identified as “*”

- “SORT” read as “SORF” Due to touching “*”

## Future OEL improvements

**These are **_**NOT**_** in the proposed DMM changes**
** ****Add a bar code to the package and / or OEL label**
** ****Use of OCR-friendly fonts for OEL data**
** ****Add redundant single-character indication of OEL type**
** ****Eliminate dashes ( - ) in OEL, which can appear to touch when printed poorly   **
** ****Separate fill characters with spaces, to eliminate near-touching**

## APPS Recommended Address Font

**Recommendations same as Flats OCR Optimization**
**Use 10-12 point font size**
**Recommended Fonts:**
**Arial ****	****	****Lucida FAX**
**Arial Black****	****	****Lucida Sans**
**Copperplate****	****	****OCR-A**
**Courier ****	****	****OCR-B MT**
**Courier New****	****	****SF Sans Serif**
**Helvetica****	****	****Tahoma**
**Avoid narrow type & script fonts**

## APPS Point of Contact

**For questions regarding APPS processing contact:**
**Scott Bombaugh**
**Manager, Material Handling Technology**
**USPS Engineering**
**(703)280-7849**
# Presentation: 119265

## Jet Algorithm Comparisons- GenJets & CaloJets  -

- Agata Smoroń
- Lenny Apanasevich, Marek Zieliński
- 27 July, 2006
- University of Illinois at Chicago

## Topics to be discussed

- Comparison between algorithms
- Study of merging behavior between Iterative-cone and Midpoint-cone algorithms with R = 0.5
- Resolution

## Files and algorithms used

- Analysis uses QCD 2     2 hard scatters
-     generated by Tulika Bose using PYTHIA in CMSSW_0_7_0 (analysis done in CMSSW_0_7_2)
- 120  <   **p****T**  <  170
- Jets are defined using:
- Midpoint-cone algorithm with R = 0.5 (Mcone5)
- Iterative-cone algorithm with R = 0.5 (Icone5)
- Midpoint-cone algorithm with R = 0.7 (Mcone7)
- Inclusive **k****T** algorithm with D parameter = 1.0

## GenJet Results

## CaloJet Results

## Iguana Lego Display in CMSSW_0_7_0 (700 GeV Z’  Dijets)

- Jets you get depend on the algorithm
- Midpoint cone doing better job here.
- Merging finds leading dijet in Z’ event.
- May not do better job for all physics.

**Iterative**
**Cone R=0.5**
**Jets**

**Midpoint**
**Cone R=0.5**
**Jets**

- One
- Merged
- Jet

- Two Jets,
- No Merging

- 2

- 3

- 1

- 2

**Calo Towers Lego Display**

- 3

- 4

## Distance to nearest jet

- Generated

- Reconstructed

## Comparisons between matched Jets 

- Generated

- Reconstructed

**Entries       1082**
**Mean      0.8729**
**RMS       0.1338**

**Entries        877**
**Mean      0.9593**
**RMS       0.0703**

**Entries         156**
**Mean      0.9644**
**RMS       0.0740**

**Entries       1020**
**Mean      0.9382**
**RMS       0.0931**

**Entries         619**
**Mean      0.9364**
**RMS       0.0907**

**Entries       1380**
**Mean      0.9418**
**RMS       0.1017**

**Entries       3944**
**Mean      0.7625**
**RMS       0.1712**

**Entries         531**
**Mean      0.9038**
**RMS       0.1130**

## Distance between CaloJets and GenJets

- RCUT at 0.2

- RCUT at 0.2

**Distance between CaloJets and GenJets with P****T ****> 10**

**Distance between CaloJets and GenJets with P****T ****> 10**

## ET Resolution with Gaussian FitAll Jets: |η| < 1.4, cone Radius = 0.2,  40 < ETGen < 60 

**E****T**** Resolution with 40 < E****T****GEN**** < 60**

**E****T**** Resolution with 40 < E****T****GEN**** < 60**

- Entries                    237
- Mean  0.4783 ± 0.0082
- RMS   0.1262 ± 0.0058

- Entries                    341
- Mean  0.5168 ± 0.0075
- RMS   0.1384 ± 0.0053

## Resolution

- Sigma of Resolution divided by its mean using Mcone5 and Icone5 algorithms

## Conclusion

- Distributions for the various jet algorithms are qualitatively similar
- ICone5 jets tend to contain lower energy than matched MCone5 jets, especially at small ET
- As of today CMSSW shows poorer resolution than ORCA
- We plan to do similar comparisons with KT algorithm and various cone sizes
# Presentation: 787919

## Beams Week in Review

- Myriad of unrelated problems
- Vacuum – AP3, Tevatron D4, P2, AP1
- Quench protection electronics – B0Q6
- Linac RF
- Accumulator sextupole power supply
- Some success
- Stacking rate record – 11.44 mA/hour for one hour
- Another store with *L*0 > 2E31.

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Initial Luminosity

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Protons to Collision

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Pbars to Collision

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Store Summary

| Store # | Initial Luminosity | Duration | Termination | comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1514 | 0.0 E30 | 0 hours | lost during scraping | A0 abort kicker pre-fire |
| 1518 | 17.37 E30 | 21.25 hours | intentional |  |
| 1526 | 20.36 E30 | 0.27 hours | B0Q6 quench |  |
| 1528 | 16.41 E30 | 5.43+ hours | in progress | pbar emittance blow-up at flattop, low lifetime |

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Peak Luminosity

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Integrated Luminosity

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Tevatron Summary

- Studies
- Longitudinal damper in operation at low gain
- P1/A1 line optics 6-8  growth, analysis in progress
- F0 Lambertson position - not a factor
- ‘dancing’ Bunches
- Tune drift/coupling at 150 Gev - .02 change

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Tevatron Summary – Long. damper

- Mode 1
- excitation and damping

- Mode 20
- excitation and damping

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Tevatron Summary – Tune drift

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Tevatron Summary – Coupling

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Pbar Summary

- Core cooling equalizers installed
- Horizontal Bands 1 & 2 only
- Studies
- A:EKIK flattop width
- P1 – AP3 lattice

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Pbar Summary – equalizers installed

- Band 1 bandwidth _before_:
- 0.670 GHz

- Band 1 bandwidth _after_:
- 0.904 GHz

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Pbar Summary – A:EKIK flattop

- All Experimenters Meeting

## MI Summary

- Low Emittance (8 GeV) proton Coalescing
- Flying Wire studies
- MI8 line Micado – scaling issues
- Pbar feedforward compensation

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Recycler Summary

- R30 line scans completed:		H = 35, V = 24
- R20 line work in progress
- Pbars this week

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Schedule for this Week

- Collider operation
- Limited studies
- Pbars to the Recycler (dedicated Pbar stack)
- Accumulator Shot Lattice into operation
- Tevatron orbit smoothing

- All Experimenters Meeting

## Schedule for this Week

- All Experimenters Meeting
# Presentation: 246669

## Coronal Magnetism, Plasma and Activity Studies from Space

**Coronal Magnetism, Plasma and Activity Studies from Space**

_**Science Objectives:**_
*** Determine magnetic structure of corona and the connection to magnetic fields in the photosphere via direct measurement **
*** Understand the nature of changes in the global coronal magnetic field over the solar cycle**
*** Understand the role of magnetic reconnection in CME formation**
*** Identify CME shocks in the corona**
_**Associated RFAs:**_
**F1. Understand magnetic reconnection as revealed in solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geospace storms.**
**F2. Understand processes accelerating and transporting particles.**
**H1. Understand the causes and subsequent evolution of solar activity that affects Earth’s space climate and environment**
**J2. Develop the capability to predict the origin and onset of solar  disturbances associated with space weather events.**

_**Measurement Strategy:**_
- * **Provide measurements in the FUV/EUV of the magnetic field in the outer layers of the solar atmosphere (chromosphere, transition region and corona) by recording the Hanle effect, caused by quantum mechanical interference that influences the polarization of spectral lines, as well as the Zeeman effect in different wavelength bands.**
*** A visible-light magnetograph will provide the magnetic field at the lower boundary of the atmosphere.**
**Observe highly ionized spectral lines in the infrared (IR) solar spectrum and White light images in order to get a complementary picture of the field.**
*** Sample plasma and the embedded magnetic field at a range of heights and temperatures by measurements in multiple spectral lines on and off the solar disk by combining EUV imaging of coronal plasma with FUV spectro-polarimetry,**

_**Mission Implementation Description:**_
*** Atlas launch vehicle. Two formation flying spacecraft in a halo orbit around Earth-Sun L1.  3-axis stabilized sun-pointing, Solar array powered. **
***On-Disk FOV: Scanning UV Spectro-Polarimeter, EUV Imaging-Polarimeter, Doppler Stokes Imager**
*** Off-Disk FOV: Coronal UV Spectro-polarimeter, Visible & IR Coronagraphic Spectro-polarimater**
***Payload mass: 260 Kg, Power: 1 KW, Telemetry: 900 Kbps/ 78 Gbit/day**
_**Technology Development:**_
***Formation flying S/C require development of active formation control, relative navigation, and orbit control optimization**
*** Payload can be accomplished with minimal new technology**

- COMPASS
# Presentation: 419799

## June 2  (Meet-Me # 310-814-4148)
8:45 am EST 	Sarsat/NSOF/IPD/SOCC Facility Tours

1:00 pm EST 	SARP Technical Issue Discussion	CNES (Gilbert)/Sessions
			Front End Accommodation Hardware	NGST (Baluch)/CNES/Sessions
			Current Ripple Test Results		NGST (Loy)/CNES
			Bus Redundancy Interface Scheme	NGST (Kobayashi)/CNES

June 3  (Meet-Me # 310-814-0088)
8:00 am EST 	Introduction			NGST (Barber)
			NOAA Briefing and Past Quarterly Actions	NOAA (Button)
			Argos and SARSAT Program Status	CNES
			SARR2000 Status			DND
			Project Plans			IPO (Cummings)

- _June 2_  (Meet-Me # 310-814-4148)
- 8:45 am EST 	Sarsat/NSOF/IPD/SOCC Facility Tours
- 1:00 pm EST 	SARP Technical Issue Discussion	CNES (Gilbert)/Sessions
- 			Front End Accommodation Hardware	NGST (Baluch)/CNES/Sessions
- 			Current Ripple Test Results		NGST (Loy)/CNES
- 			Bus Redundancy Interface Scheme	NGST (Kobayashi)/CNES
- _June 3_  (Meet-Me # 310-814-0088)
- 8:00 am EST 	Introduction			NGST (Barber)
- 			NOAA Briefing and Past Quarterly Actions	NOAA (Button)
- 			Argos and SARSAT Program Status	CNES
- 			SARR2000 Status			DND
- 			Project Plans			IPO (Cummings)

## AGENDA (Continued)

- _June 3_  (Continued)
- 			NPOESS Spacecraft Overview		NGST (Putnam)
- 			Schedule				NGST (Barber)
- 			Open Technical Issues		NGST (Barber), All
- 			Mass/Power/Data Rate Summary	NGST (Barber)
- 			Front End Accommodation H/W	Follow-up	NGST (Baluch)/DND/CNES
- 			ACS Maneuvers			NGST (Pela/Quast)
- 			Instrument Placement			NGST (Kung)
- 			Reliability Analysis			NGST (Lotte)
- 			EDUs/Simulators			CNES/DND/NGST (Ryan)
- 			I&T 101				NGST (Low)
- 			SARSAT On-orbit Verification		NGST (Gobee/Young/Unland)/All
- 			ADCS/SARP Integration S/W & Test Reqts	NGST (Gobee/Low)/CNES
- 			GIDEP Alerts			NGST (Wang/Anderson)

## AGENDA (Continued)

- _June 3_  (Continued)
- 			Data Processing			Raytheon (Lutz)
- 			Common Instrument Interfaces	 	All
- 12:30 pm EST	Lunch Break
- 2:00-5:00 pm EST	SARP TIM ICD Review 		NGST (Sarina) /CNES/IPO
- 			Mass Properties/Mechanical		NGST (Norden)
- 			ACS				NGST (Quast/Diaz)
- 			Power				NGST (Groe/Kobayashi)
- 			Survivability/PM&P 			NGST (Anderson)
- 			Thermal				NGST (Nienberg)
- 			Modes Functionalities	/Ops Concept	NGST (Ryan)
- 			Dynamics				NGST (Manning)

## AGENDA (Continued)

- _June 4_  (Meet-Me # 310-814-0088)
- 9:00am EST	SARP TIM ICD review (Continued)
- 			Environmental/Contamination		NGST (Lemka/Putnam)
- 			C&DH				NGST (Wolf)
- 			I&T				NGST (Low)
- 			EMC				NGST (Loy)
- 			Quality				NGST (Ikemoto)
- 			Software				NGST (Yanke/LeRutte)
- 11:30am EST	TIM Wrap up and Action Item Review	NGST/NOAA (Button)
# Presentation: 505759

## 511 and Weather Information

**Douglas W. Frye**
- School of Public Policy
- George Mason University
- December 5, 2000

## 511 and Weather Information

- Background
- 511 Implementation Issues
- Weather Information’s Role in 511
- Conclusion

## 511 and Weather Information

- Background
- 511 was authorized by the FCC on July 21, 2000
- Need for traveler information found to meet the “public interest” standard needed for approval
- 		-Reduce congestion and pollution
- 		-Lower fuel consumption
- 		-Provide superior traffic management
- 		-Enhance roadway safety

## 511 and Weather Information

- Why do metropolitan areas need this kind of service?
- 		If you live in one, you know!
- Building additional roads is becoming more and more difficult both practically and politically
- Washington currently has a traveler information service reachable through a 10-digit number, but it is relatively unused

## 511 and Weather Information

- 511 System Configuration is a major issue
- 		Continue with one regional system or each state do their own and provide or not provide connectivity?
- 		Within each state, access only to the local info or a statewide system?

## 511 and Weather Information

- The Role of Weather Information in 511
- 	The relevance is obvious, but inclusion in a 511 system as a separate offering might not happen
- 		-Time sensitivity when accessing the system on the 	   	road
- 		-Liability issues (icy bridges)

## 511 and Weather Information

- Should weather information be included, the following issues exist...
- 	-Who owns weather information?  Are there value-added resellers who take information, combine it and resell it?
- 	-How is weather information distributed?  Proprietary networks, web-based sources?
- 	-Ease of input into the computer-generated 511 distribution system

## 511 and Weather Information

- Conclusion
- 	Weather information is a critical part of the decision-making process for a party using surface transportation
- 	Inclusion in the 511 system itself (other than quick updates at the beginning of a call) will most likely not happen, in my opinion
- 	Web-based options for aggregating weather and traveler information are the most likely manifestation of a decision to combine them
# Presentation: 372562

## Joining Subfield Data Repositories

**VHO**
**Design Philosophy**
- Adam Szabo
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## Primary Purpose

-  Enable wider access / use to the best quality   heliospheric data.
-  Enhance calibrational capabilities available to   data providers.
-  Encourage the generation of new multi-instrument,   multi-spacecraft data products.
-  Provide common tools for data analysis.

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## Consequences

**Consequences**

- Enable wider access / use to the best quality heliospheric data.

- The best data tends to be at the instrument sites for active missions

- Need to connect a distributed data environment

- Wider access / use

- Uniform interface

- Middleware

- Common dictionary metadata

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## Consequences

- Enhanced calibrational capabilities

- Enable multi-instrument, multi-spacecraft intercalibration

-  Sufficiently detailed, accurate metadata
-  Data exchange with guaranteed updates

- New multi-instrument, multi-spacecraft data products

- Merged data products

- Common metadata standard

- Update propagation

- Data exchange with updates

- Common data analysis tools

- The instrument sites already have software tools to accessand analyze their data.

- Make tools publicly available with uniform documentation

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## Design Philosophy

-  Middleware with search capability
-  Dictionary for metadata to describe data and software
-  Data exchange mechanism

- Elements of the system:

- Approach:

-  Minimum possible requirements on current and future repositories
-  Rapid and low cost deployment                        Extensible system
-  Assume that we do not know everything           open, documented					      architecture

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## The Concept

- A

- VHO

- B

- 1

- 2

- 3

- DR1

- DR2

- Query

- Combined links

- User

- DATA

- Query

- links

- Query

- links

- Web Services

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## The Concept

- A

- 1

- 2

- 3

- DR2

- DR1

- VHO

- a

- b

- c

- DR3

- Data Exchange Backbone

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## Who Is Going To Do It?

-  Enable existing data service sites to achieve common goal.   - Data expertise and infrastructure already there.   - Minimal incremental funding required.
-    - Science participation in data management.
-  Support from small VHO team.   - Setup expertise, middleware maintenance and development
-  Evolve in response to user needs.
-  Will have peer-reviewed process for elements of the environment.
-  Development already started on the grass-roots level.

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003

## VHO Development Team

-  Role of VHO Team:   - Setup expertise, middleware development and maintenance.   - Data and system expertise and most of infrastructure already there.

**VHO Development Team**

- U21B-01

- 12/9/2003
# Presentation: 666443

## Report on Natural Gas and Electricity Prices Indices Survey Results 

- May 5, 2004

## Almost half of respondents identified themselves as marketers, but responses showed broad representation across the industry and many combinations

## Survey respondents reported using natural gas price indices in pricing more than electric; industrial consumers use indices more than others

## Percent of respondent’s volumes reported

|  | Day-ahead 
natural gas |  |  | Bid-week 
natural gas |  |  | Day-ahead electricity |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Low | High |  | Low | High |  | Low | High |
| Marketer | 48% | 59% |  | 37% | 47% |  | 21% | 41% |
| Electric utility | 53% | 63% |  | 36% | 44% |  | 18% | 29% |
| Generator | 50% | 60% |  | 49% | 58% |  | 15% | 21% |
| Gas utility | 57% | 68% |  | 30% | 36% |  | 26% | 38% |
| Producer | 69% | 80% |  | 73% | 83% |  | 7% | 25% |
| Industrial consumer | 63% | 87% |  | 49% | 64% |  | 3% | 16% |
| Other | 51% | 59% |  | 59% | 66% |  | 21% | 48% |
| All respondents | 49% | 59% |  | 35% | 44% |  | 21% | 39% |

**Percent of respondent’s volumes reported**

## The average level of confidence in the current index construction process averaged almost 7 out of 10—gas utilities and industrial consumers reported being most confident*

- *In rare cases when respondents indicated different confidence levels for different ad-hoc categories of indices, Staff took the lowest value.  This gives a minimal downward bias to the results.
# Presentation: 823846

## Regulatory Support Updates

-  Paras Patel, R.Ph.
- Regulatory Support Branch
- Office of Generic Drugs

## Regulatory Review Issues

- Incomplete applications- filing pieces during regulatory review.
- Inactive ingredients- concentration, new use, parenterals outside 314.94(a)(9).
- Patent amendments- daily patent submissions to the agency after patent issued from the PTO.
- Documentation of Notification/Receipt of Notice/Litigation/Settlement Outcome- Information incomplete or missing.

## Incomplete Applications

- ANDA must have all required information when submitted to the agency.
- Information sent independently to the application during the regulatory review process may not be reviewed by the agency for the purposes of determining the acceptance of an application.

## Inactive Ingredients

- Concentration, new use, parenterals outside 314.94(a)(9).
- IIG:
- http://www.fda.gov/cder/ogd
- Control documents:
- Letter, fax, e-mail
- Fax number - 301-594-1174
- Must have address and phone number for contact

## Patent Amendments

- Daily patent submissions to the agency after patent is issued from the PTO.
- The Office of Generic Drugs is working towards daily patent listings for the Orange Book.
- The Office of Generic Drugs will only accept patent amendments hard copy-will not accept faxes.

## Documentation

- Documentation of Notification/Receipt of Notice/Litigation/Settlement Outcome.
- Return receipts, notice(314.95(a)), copy of civil action and settlement outcome are required before application can be approved.
- Notice to the patent and application holder should be sent concurrently with the submission of a patent amendment to the agency.

## Documentation (cont.) 

- Original submissions vs. Patent Amendments.
- Original patent submissions require notification upon receipt of an acknowledgement letter as per 21 CFR 314.95(a)
- Patent amendments require notification concurrent as per 21 CFR 314.95(d).
# Presentation: 201164

## Halon ReplacementLavex Bottle Tests

**Halon Replacement****Lavex Bottle Tests**

- Richard J. Mazzone
- Payloads Design
- Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
- March 27 & 28, 2001

## Lavatory Trash ContainerFire Extinguisher (Lavex) Test

- _Status_
- Boeing requested all interested suppliers to submit data to show they have an agent/bottle candidate that meets Spec 10-61909.
- Reviewed supplier drawings & data & authorized five suppliers to proceed to alternative agent screening test at FAA Tech Center
- Requested seven non-Halon and three Halon bottles from each supplier.
- (FAA conformity of non-Halon bottles done per
- supplier drawing w/exception noted)
- Requested two more Halon bottles from two different suppliers to re-validate test equipment and data collection system.
- Tested three agents from four suppliers week of Dec 11, 2000.

- R. Mazzone - BCAG

## Lavatory Trash ContainerFire Extinguisher (Lavex) Test

- _Results_
- Two agents passed
- FM-200TM (HFC-227ea)  one supplier
- FE-36TM  (HFC-236fa)  two suppliers
- One agent from one supplier failed
- EnvirogelTM (Ammonium Polyphosphate in HFC 134a)
- Failure analysis being performed by supplier

- R. Mazzone - BCAG

## FAA Test Setup

**FAA Test Setup**

- R. Mazzone - BCAG

## Lavatory Trash ContainerFire Extinguisher (Lavex) Test

- _Lessons Learned_
- Obtain concurrence on Test Acceptance Criteria before test starts
- Suppliers, TBC & FAA Airworthiness Certification Office
- Test box leaked at air supply shut off slider
- Discovery/repairs made early in tests
- Revision to MPS to clarify Appendix D
- Revise wording of discharge performance criteria (Sec. 4.5)
- Add location of upper thermocouple (Sec 5.2.3)
- Add upper thermocouple to Figure D-1. (page D-9)
- Data gathering interval should be less than five seconds apart

- R. Mazzone - BCAG

## Lavatory Trash ContainerFire Extinguisher  (Lavex) Test

- _Next Steps_
- Successful suppliers preparing to submit Qualification Test Procedure to Boeing for review
- Suppliers then perform Qual tests with FAA  conformed bottles
- Bottle passing Qual tests will then be tested by Boeing in actual waste compartment installation using conformed bottles
- Boeing Lavatory specification will be revised to add suppliers part number for bottles that meet all requirements
- Lav suppliers are then authorized add those parts to their own drawings

- R. Mazzone - BCAG
# Presentation: 317619

## Transit Signal PriorityProgram Timeline, cont’d

- 2002 – Final acceptance & Aurora Ave. evaluation
- 2002 – Software Updates contract
- 2003 – Smart Bus demonstration
- 2004 – Reengineering concept development and research
- 2006 – Peer Visit to LA
- 2007 – OBS contract signed, *RapidRide *(BRT) program begun
- 2010 – First *RapidRide* corridor in service

## Existing King County TSP System

-  Detection
- RF Tag Reader
- Request
- TPRG in signal cabinet
- Conditional priority

## TSP System Reengineering Concept

- Communication using Wi-Fi Technology
- Location using GPS
- Eliminate costly reader
- Improve system flexibility

- 802.11

- 802.11

## LA Peer Visit Key Findings

- 802.11 WiFi appropriate for vehicle-to-roadside communications
- Latency issues are resolvable
- Communication Network O&M access will be critical
- The network can be more than just a detection system

## RapidRide ITS Architecture

*intersection*

- Wi-fi transceiver

- Wi-fi Antenna

- KC Enterprise Firewall

- Signal Controller

- TSP Central System

- IP Transport, VPN

**RapidRide ITS Architecture, with separate physical roadside interconnect**

- Switch

- TPRG

- Wi-fi Access Pt/Bridge

- Passenger Info Sign

*RapidRide ITS Services*

- KC Corridor Router

- KC WAN

- Roadside IP Network

## Contact Information

**John C. Toone**, MPA Senior ITS Project Manager *Transit Speed & Reliability Program* _                                                                                _**Metro Transit Division** Department of Transportation 201 South Jackson Street  MS KSC-TR-0411 Seattle, WA 98104-3856 vox (206) 263-3739 / fax (206) 263-7386 john.toone@metrokc.gov
# Presentation: 599111

## FHWA 2006 Environmental Conference

- June 27-29, 2006
- Section 404 and Wetlands Banking
- Results of the FHWA Domestic Scan of Successful Wetland Mitigation Programs

## Background

**Background**

- 1948-1987 Clean Water Act
- 1990 Mitigation MOA
- 1991 ISTEA
- 1995 Banking Guidance
- 1998 TEA-21 Preference
- 2000 ILF Guidance
- 2001 FHWA Regulations
- 2002 NWMAP & USACE RGL
- 2005 FHWA Scan
- 2006 USEPA/USACE Proposed Rule...

## Purpose of Scan

**Purpose of Scan**

- Describe and analyze State DOT successes with using mitigation banking

## Scan Examination

- MBRT process
- Monitoring/measurement of results/effectiveness
- Related topics leading to successful programs
-  Problems and pitfalls

**Scan Examination**

## Scan States

**Scan States**

- Texas
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Kentucky
- Minnesota

## Challenges

**Challenges**

- Service areas
- Long-term management
- Stream mitigation requirements
- Federal-aid funding
- MBRT
- USACE bank aversion
- Isolated waters
- Invasive and exotic plants
- Preservation

## Best Practices

- Flexible service areas
- Umbrella banks
- Funded positions
- Pooling of credits
- Public & non-profit lands/entities
- Federal-aid highway funds
- In-house experts
- Credits for upland buffers
- Public use of mitigation sites
- Site selection of low ecological succession
- Restoration v. creation
- Preservation

**Best Practices**

- What’s that tickle?

## Recommendations

**Recommendations**

- Flexible geographic service areas
- Increase MBRT effectiveness
- Guidance on FHWA funds for banks
- Functional assessment methods
- R/T for plant control/management
- Promote success stories
- Clarify the definition of a "bank"

## Just to be clear, I am not their mother
# Presentation: 748382

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT

**FLOOD MANAGEMENT**

- By: Joyce Mathole
- Directorate: Hydrological Service
- Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT OPERATION IN THE VAAL / ORANGE RIVER SYSTEM

**Management of both minor and major floods in the Vaal / Orange River System is done by the  Directorate Hydrological Service of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.  The “Flood Room” in Pretoria serves as an information centre  to collect, process and distribute rainfall, stage and flow  data**
**Normal operation of the individual dams in the system is the responsibility of the Departmental Regional Offices**

## The main objectives of flood management in order of priority are:-

- To ensure the safety of the structures.
- To minimise the damages.
- To ensure that the dams are 100% full at the end of each flood.

## Vaal Dam

**Located in the Vaal River 65 km upstream of the town Vereeniging**

**Equipped with 60 crest gates**
**Discharge of one gate at FSL: ~ 105 m****3****/s**
**Capacity of dam: 2 603 mil m****3**
**Catchment area of dam:  38 505 km****2**

## Vaal / Orange River System

**Vaal/ Orange System covers about 49% the size of the RSA, excluding Lesotho**** **

**Vaal and Bloemhof Dams are the only dams equipped with spillway gates - some control possible**

## Data for the NWSRFS

- Rainfall Data (South African Weather Service)
- Real Time Flow stations (DWAF)

## SAWS: Satellite Data

## Radar Data

## Rain Gauge Data

## Spatial interpolation and mapping of rainfall

## Real time data collection points in the Vaal / Orange River System

**52 gauging stations collecting near real time flow and / or rainfall data  -  available on the Hydrology real time web site**

## Liebenbergsvlei River at Frederiksdal

## Slide 13

## Uses of Data

- Rainfall data: Input to Rainfall/Runoff models (Kovacs/Sacramento)
- Real Time Flow Data: Input to routing model (Muskingum)
- Weather forecast: Information for dam operation
- Above Info: Flood Management

## Routing times in Vaal / Orange System (days)

**Flood warnings can provide time for people to take action to protect their property as well as allowing emergency services to prepare and plan for evacuations and other emergency actions**

## Overview of the 1988 major flood in the Vaal / Orange River System

**Overview of the 1988 major flood in the Vaal / Orange River System**

**Spitskop Dam in the Harts River and Tierpoort Dam in the Riet River failed during the early stages of the rainfall event**

## Slide 17

## Slide 18

## THE END
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## FAR DETECTOR:    Rik Gran

- 99.9% livetime last week
- Surface temperature transition on Saturday trips surface heat exchangers, crew called in and resets things before coil gets too hot
- _NEAR DETECTOR_:    Alec Habig
- 97.2% live
- Routine electronics maintenance only source of downtime

## Plan is to resume beam 

- Within a day of last week’s AEM showing a nice linear projection of the Horn 2 leak rate leading to repairs in April...
- The leak rate jumped and derivative increased
- Now will get too bad in ~3 weeks
- NuMI beam will go down on Thursday, Feb. 21 for:
- Horn 2 leak repair and pre-emptive replacement of two other suspect connections
- Dehumidifier repair
- Pre-target area water re-routing

- Horn 2 Leak Rate (gal/day)‏

-  - Peter Lucas

- Plan is to resume beam
- evening of March 11

## Protons/pulse:
~25x1012: 2+9 7-turns mixed
~30x1012: NuMI only (during pbar recycler transfers)
Some 6-turn running
~22x1012: booster troubles
New 8-turn tests during MI collimator commissioning!
An exciting taste of the future

- Protons/pulse:
- ~25x1012: 2+9 7-turns mixed
- ~30x1012: NuMI only (during pbar recycler transfers)
- Some 6-turn running
- ~22x1012: booster troubles
- New 8-turn tests during MI collimator commissioning!
- An exciting taste of the future

##  A very consistent week!

-  A very consistent week!
- 6x1018 pot, a record

-  <200kW when MTEST is running, ~220kW in mixed mode, ~250kW in NuMI only

**Notes:**
Tevatron magnet failure, pbar maintenance

## Protons per day (E17)

-  end of 2007 shutdown

***Protons per day (E17)***

**Notes:**
Fix label on LHS

##  end of 2007 shutdown

-  end of 2007 shutdown
# Presentation: 670169

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS, 1990,1995 and 2001

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS, 1990,1995 and 2001**

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1990

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS 1990**

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1991-92

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2000;23:1278-83.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1993-94

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2000;23:1278-83.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1995-96

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2000;23:1278-83.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1995

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2000;23:1278-83.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1997-98

**DNPA Graphics:**

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS 1997-98**

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2000;23:1278-83.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 1999

**DNPA Graphics:**

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS 1999**

- Source: Mokdad et al., *Diabetes Care* 2001;24:412.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 2000

**DNPA Graphics:**

**DNPA Graphics:**

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS 2000**

- Source: Mokdad et al., *J Am Med Assoc* 2001;286:10.

## Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes) BRFSS 2001

**DNPA Graphics:**

**Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,****(Includes Gestational Diabetes)**** ****BRFSS 2001**

- Source: Mokdad et al., *J Am Med Assoc* 2001;286:10.
# Presentation: 760558

## GSFC Missions Transition into New Geospace Partnership

- A new geospace missions confederation being formed between Polar, Cluster, IMAGE, SOHO, ACE, Geotail and Wind.
- ISTP coordinating science operations, mission operations, and Central Data Handling Facility functions are transitioning into low cost components at the request of NASA HQ.
- Name and position statement still to be worked.
- Science coordination to be in the form of science “campaigns” based on both retrospective data analysis and new observing opportunities, e.g.,
- How should measurements of interplanetary structures at L1 be interpreted as magnetopause input?
- What is the connection between auroral substorm onset signatures and near-earth instabilities?
- Activities for the current year include
- Establish identify and implement plans within the science community
- Start of campaigns
- Joint workshops
- Special session at spring AGU focused on one of the campaigns

- Code 696/Robert Hoffman and Code 692/Barbara Giles

## Living with a Star/ Geospace Mission Definition Team Activities

- LWS/GMDT met October 22-24 at JHU/APL to continue the task of defining the ionosphere/thermosphere and magnetosphere program for Living With a Star.
- Accomplishments ...
- Definition and prioritization of general and specific science objectives and their connection to the LWS targeted space weather effects.
- Definition of the important science processes and mechanisms needing investigation in order to meet the top priority specific science objectives.
- Initial definition of measurement parameters needed to understand and quantify the science processes and mechanism.
- Activities for the upcoming quarter ...
- Refinement of specific objectives, processes and  measurements
- Documentation of the prioritization of science objectives and the approaches
- Investigations into optimal observation methods, launch opportunities, instrument development
- Next LWS/GMDT meeting will be late in January, 2002.

- Code 696/Robert Hoffman and Code 692/Barbara Giles

## Polar Auroral Science Featured in National Geographic Article

**quote from the article:****  "Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are part of an international team at the forefront of research into auroras and connections between the sun and the Earth."**

- November 2001 issue

- Code 696/Robert Hoffman and Code 692/Barbara Giles
# Presentation: 757351

## Orientation Guide

**Research and Development**
**VAMC- Houston**

- Modified Date: 07-11--2007

## Lab work

-   Industry related research typically requires pre-set lab work.
-   Investigator initiated studies that require lab work, will have to prepare and arrange for lab pick up.
-   A sharing agreement with the Diagnostic care line can be set at the VA by calling Wanda Thomas at extension 7402.
-   Or arrange for a private lab (Quest Diagnostics) to draw lab. This maybe an option if funds are tight. They will assist you in setting up an account.
- Quest Diagnostics: 1-800-669-6605
-   If your study requires blood work outside of the study parameters , then the study must pay for that work.

## EKGs at the VA

- If a patient requires an EKG here at the VA and you do not have the equipment to do the EKG a sharing agreement needs to be set up.
- Call Wanda Thomas at extension # 7402
- The research protocol should pay for all test done for patients in their research study.
# Presentation: 704473

## Accreditation of Testing Laboratories

- Warren Merkel
- Chief, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
- 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2140
- Gaithersburg, MD  20899-2140
- Phone: 301 975 5888   Fax: 301 926 2884
- warren.merkel@nist.gov

## Overview

- Why laboratories get accredited
- The laboratory accreditation marketplace in the United States
- The role of NVLAP in the US accreditation system

## Why Do Labs Get Accredited?

- Improve quality of operations
- Regulatory and industry requirements
- Reduce 2nd party audits
- Acceptance of data
- Third party endorsement of competence
- Distinction in marketplace
- Listing in directory

## Lab Accreditation Situation in US

- 150+ Accreditation Bodies
- Run by all levels of government and private sector (for-profit and not-for-profit)
- Varied scopes (Range from narrow, sector specific to multi-discipline)
- NIST has responsibility for coordination

## NACLA - National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation

- Structure and process based on regional MRA organizations
- Stronger role of specifiers (government and industry) and stakeholders
- 6 signatories to MRA, several more in various stages of recognition process
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NIST

## Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs)

- What they do
- Provide means for recognizing competent ABs
- Provide basis for mutual recognition of accreditations and results among ABs and economies
- Support some trade agreements and facilitate trade by reducing the need for retesting in importing economy
- What they don’t do
- Guarantee validity of individual test or calibration reports
- Supercede any government or industry requirements

## Role of NVLAP in US Accreditation System

- Established in 1976
- Provides option of a government administered program
- Programs developed in response to:
- Legislative or administrative action
- Requests from private sector entities and government agencies
- For requested programs, availability of relevant private sector programs considered

## Conclusions...

- Laboratory accreditation is a valuable tool for:
- Providing confidence in the quality of data used to support decisions in public and private sectors
- Facilitating trade
- The laboratory accreditation infrastructure in the US is complex, with both private and public sector activity

## Contact Information

- Warren Merkel
- National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
- 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2140
- Gaithersburg, MD  20899-2140
- Tel:  301 975 5888    Fax:  301 926 2884
- warren.merkel@nist.gov
# Presentation: 542907

## Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)CVISN Deployment Workshops

**Central Workshop Series**
**CVISN Design Workshop****WORKBOOK**

**Lexington, KY**
**4 - 6 April 2000**

***US Department of Transportation***

-   Georgia                    Missouri                    New York                     Ohio

-   North Carolina                 South Carolina                    Tennessee

## Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)CVISN Deployment Workshops

*Prepared by:*

*The Johns Hopkins University*
*Applied Physics Laboratory*

**Eastern Workshop Series**
**CVISN Design Workshop****WORKBOOK**

**Hyannis, MA**
**31 May - 1 June 2000**

*US Department of Transportation*
*Federal Highway Administration*

*Prepared for:*

**Massachusetts**

**New Jersey**

**New York**

## Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)CVISN Deployment Workshops

**Western Workshop Series**
**CVISN Design Workshop****WORKBOOK**

**Portland, OR**
**20 - 22 June 2000**

***US Department of Transportation***

**Montana**

**New Mexico**

**South Dakota**
# Presentation: 373046

## Knots and Ropes

- Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project

## Overview

- For CAP members knots are mainly used for a basic reasons
- Land Survival
- Assist Technical Rescue Groups
- Tie Down Aircraft if Necessary
- CAP will not normally perform technical rope rescues
- Too much training and liability

## Rope Characteristics

- Running end
- Standing End
- Bight
- Loop
- Coil

## Slide 4

## Four Knot Categories

- Tying into a Rope
- Backup Knots
- Tying Ropes or cords together
- Anchors

## Figure Eight on a Bight

## Water Knot

## Tautline Hitch (Aircraft Tie-Downs)

## Double Eight Bend

## Figure of Eight Re-threaded

## Swiss Seat

- Not Instructed for Mountaineering Purposes
- Safety tie-ins not rappelling
- CAP is not a technical rescue team for special mountaineering work.
- Not enough training time
- Expensive
- Too great a risk
- Selected personnel only, normally at their own risk
- Ground Team Leader Skill

## Swiss Seat (Safety Use Only, Not Rappelling)

## Knots and Ropes Tasks

- Ground Team Member
- O-0501: Tie Knots
# Presentation: 775727

## Digitizing Central Pacific Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Archives

**Nezette Rydell**
**Warning Coordination Meteorologist**
**Central Pacific Hurricane Center**
**2525 Correa Road Suite 250**
**Honolulu, Hawaii 96822**
**808-973-5275**

## Scope of Work

- Records from 1967-2006
- 39 years
- Approximately 100 storms
- Contained in 12 cartons   sized 12" x 18"
- Contents and quantity of archive material varies greatly from storm to storm
- Proposal nearly identical to NHC Task Order I-09-06.
- Material organized and inventoried as in Task Order I-09-06

## Material organized into 28 directories shown at left
Large variations in quantity and type of material from storm to storm
Average storm uses 7 directories 

- Material organized into 28 directories shown at left
- Large variations in quantity and type of material from storm to storm
- Average storm uses 7 directories

## Delicate material in various sizes and formats
Forms evolved over the years so different forms may use the same naming convention. 
An inventory for each storm with naming convections will be provided. 

- Delicate material in various sizes and formats
- Forms evolved over the years so different forms may use the same naming convention.
- An inventory for each storm with naming convections will be provided.

## Information (reconnaissance data, surface observations, local storm reports ... etc.) is often printed on strips or teletype.  These strips have been arranged in chronological order and  photocopied onto a single piece of paper.  These sheets of paper will be provided for scanning.

- Tropical cyclones threatening the islands contain several newspapers clippings