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# Presentation: 062947

## Update on Implementation of Revised Guidance on  Blood Donor Deferrals for Risk of CJD and vCJD

- Dorothy Scott, M.D.
- Division of Hematology, Office of Blood Evaluation and Research
- CBER/FDA
- June 27, 2002

## Geographic Donor Deferrals and Blood/Plasma Supply

- Precedent:  largest prior deferral approximately 5%
- Recommended deferrals: estimated effects
- Remove 90% of risk (donor-days exposure to BSE)
- Result in average 5% donor loss (REDS study)
- Most affected geographic areas
- New York Blood Center up to 35% donor loss
- Coastal cities – up to 10% donor loss

## Chronology 

**TSEAC recommends new vCJD geographic donor deferrals 6/29/01**
**FDA incorporates TSEAC recommendations into draft guidance published 8/27/01**
**FDA issues final guidance after comment period 1/09/02**
**Implementation FDA-recommended deferrals 5/31/02 (Phase I), and 10/31/02 (Phase II)**

## Efforts to Attenuate Supply Impact of New Donor Deferrals 

**Phased- in deferrals for Blood and Blood Components other than Source Plasma**
**Exception from pan-European geographic donor deferral for donors of Source Plasma for plasma derivatives**
**Pilot programs recommended for deferrals more stringent than FDA-recommended**
**TSEAC: additional proposal for national  recruitment campaign, and system to monitor adequacy of blood supply**

## FDA Final Guidance: Donor Deferrals Phase I Implementation 5/31/01 

**U.K. **_**>**_** 3 months, 1980- 1996**
**2.  France **_**>**_** 5 years, 1980- present**
**3.  U.S. military bases, **_**>**_** 6 months 1980- 1990 N. of Alps; 1980- 1996 S. of Alps **
**4. Recipients of transfusion in U.K.**

## FDA Draft Guidance: Donor Deferrals Phase IIImplementation 10/31/02

**Deferral **_**Blood**_** donors who have lived in Europe**
_**>**_** 5 years 1980 - present**
- Donors of Source Plasma for plasma derivatives
*remain eligible*

## Donor Deferrals

| Deferral and Time Implemented | FDA (5/02, 10/02 | ARC      10/01 | DOD      10/01 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| U.K. | 3m 1980-’96 | 3m 1980-on | 3m 1980-’96 |
| Mil.base | 6m 1980-’96 | 6m 1980-on | 6m 1980-’96* |
| France | 5 years 1980-on | 6m 1980-on | 5 years 1980-on |
| Europe | 5 years 1980-on | 6 m 1980-on | 5 years 1980-on |
| Transf. U.K. | 1980-on | 1980-on | 1980-on |

|  |
| --- |

## Blood Supply Updates

- Department of Health and Human Services
- Steve Nightingale, M.D., Executive Secretary Advisory Committee Blood Safety and Availability
- New York Blood Center
- R. Jones, M.D., President
- American Red Cross
- P. Page, M.D., Senior Medical Officer
- America’s Blood Centers
- C. Bianco, M.D., Senior Vice President
- Department of Defense
- R. Alford, Major, USAF, BSC
- American Association of Blood Banks
- K. Gregory, Director, Regulatory Affairs
# Presentation: 010688

## SHORING UP THE ACADEMIC PIPELINEFive Policies States Need to Improve Secondary and Postsecondary Success Rates

- Preparing America’s Future Regional High School Summit
- St. Louis, Missouri
- April 23-24, 2004

**Archived Information**

## The Governors’ Perspective

- State economic competitiveness
- More Governors see the need for broad college readiness
- Education is a pipeline
- Focus on places that are “leaking”
- States lose youth in high school, the college transition, and in college

## The Ready for Tomorrow Check-List

- Set a stretch goal
- Develop and use one K-16 data system
- Align K-12 and higher education
- Promote a range of learning options
- Tackle low-performing high schools first

## Does Your State Have a Goal?

- States need a numerical target for expanding high school and college completion rates.
- “Double the Numbers”
- The importance of raising expectations and sharing accountability for postsecondary success

## Does Your State Track Students Through the Pipeline?

- States need one data system with a unique identifier tracking youth through K-12 and postsecondary education
- Track dropouts
- Make student performance data more user-friendly and valuable
- Allocate resources to “gaps”

## Does Your State Send Consistent, Clear Signals?

- Standards, assessments, and curricula need to reflect the requirements of employers and colleges
- Financial aid requirements need to reinforce academic expectations
- States need the capacity for K-16 policy coordination

## Does Your State Promote Learning Options?

- States need to create new high school models to complement comprehensive schools
- Good charter legislation
- Finance
- Expand existing programs that improve the secondary-postsecondary transition
- Flexible funding
- Outreach and targeting
- Credit transferability

## Does Your State Have an Aggressive Strategy to Improve Low-Performing High Schools?

- Specific statewide plans for high schools should identify and differentiate schools and specify actions
- Recruitment and retention policies and resources need to focus on hard-to-staff high schools
- Corrective actions for high schools

## Does Your State Recognize the Urgency?

- Changes in the economy and retirement of baby boomers will cause a deficit of 14 million workers with postsecondary education.
- Changes in demographics mean all states will look like Texas in 50 years.
- Without increases in education attainment, every state will be poorer.

## “By marrying the goals of excellence, equity and efficiency for our nation’s secondary and postsecondary systems, governors and other state policymakers will help determine whether states will be vibrant, prosperous places to live.”NGA and JFF’s opinion editorial in Education Week, March 24, 2004

- Preparing America’s Future Regional High School Summit
- St. Louis, Missouri
- April 23-24, 2004
# Presentation: 186986

## Caring for Those who Care for Others

- Northwest Regional Council/Area Agency on Aging
- Victoria Doerper, Executive Director
- www.nwrcwa.org

## Northwest Regional CouncilIsland, San Juan, Skagit & Whatcom Counties

- Northwest Corner of Washington State
- Council of four County Governments
- Two  Counties only Composed of Islands
- 355,500 people; 17% are  60+
- Six American Indian Tribes
- Few Mosquitoes, lots of Whales
- Strong history of Caregiver Advocacy and Support

## Process

**Look to the Community**
- Area Plan community input
- Caregiver Support Taskforce
**Create Variety and Experiment**
- Mix of quick and easy with more complex efforts
- Support for new and almost-burned out caregivers
- Remember minority and hard-to-reach caregivers
**Build on Current Resources and Strengths**
- Information and Assistance
- Local community efforts

## Process

**Look for Bridges that Need Building**
- Opportunity to build key community relationships
- Provide future structure for more than caregiver support
**Match Community Approaches to Core  Components**
- Information, assistance
- Counseling, training, support groups
- Respite
- Supplemental services
**Identify and Fill Gaps**
- Tribal Kinship Care	–Community of Faith Outreach

## Products

| Information & Assistance
Community of Faith Outreach
Caregiver Kits
Caregiver Resource Libraries
Caregiver Resource Coordinators
Caregiver Conference | Counseling and Support 
Tribal Kinship Care
Caregiver Consultants
Tribal and Latino Outreach
Support Group Training & 	Sponsorship |
| --- | --- |
| Respite Care
In- and Out-of-Home
Adult Day Services
Overnight Care
Dementia-specific Respite Care | Supplemental Services
Translation of Caregiver 	Materials
Website Enhancement
 |

## Perspectives

**“****Well, it seemed like a good idea.”**
- Not everything works out!
- Needs do not equal wants.
- Caregivers will teach you what you need to know.
**Variety is good!**
- Different strokes for different folks.
- Stages of Caregiving—Early, Middle, Late-stage
- Specialized Support (Male Caregivers, Caregivers with disabilities)
- Disease-specific Support (Alzheimer’s, AIDS)

## Perspectives

**“****Who, Me? I’m Not a Caregiver!”**
- “I just call from out-of-state to check on Dad.”
- “I just take Mom to the doctor and shopping.”
- Package the message to be heard and accepted.
**Stick with Your Partners!**
- It takes time to build trust and understand cultural imperatives.
- Caregiving dynamics are complex. Take your time to understand.
- Include caregivers in planning and review efforts.

## Perspectives

**It’s worth your trouble.**
- It’s the new frontier of community contribution.
- You too will be a caregiver some day. (If you aren’t already!)
**Walk Your Talk.**
- Your employees, volunteers, and advisory board are caregivers too.
- Develop “caregiver friendly” personnel policies.
- Listen, educate, and support.
# Presentation: 698028

##  Preserving State GovernmentDigital Information

- Minnesota Historical Society
- NDIIPP Meeting
- July 2008

## Project Objectives

- Identify, capture, preserve, and provide access to “at risk” digital content from state legislatures
- Develop products to help other states assess capacity and adapt model
- Test the model in Minnesota
- Promote results through outreach and education

## Project Partners

- Project led by Minnesota Historical Society
- MN Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- MN Legislative Reference Library
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- California Digital Library
- CA State Archives, State Library, Legislative Counsel
- Other states: Illinois, Kansas, Vermont, Mississippi, Tennessee

## Collaboration

- Partner states:  CA, KS, IL, VT, MS, TN
- Visits to each partner state to learn about their particular concerns
- Evaluation of gap between goals and capacity
- Meetings with interested groups and organizations

## Partners: Analyzing Variables

- Audiences
- Mission
- Priorities
- Initiatives
- Capacity
- Resources

## Issues Research

- Authentication of digital content
- Accessibility requirements for online content
- Preservation options
- Options for retrospective digitization
- Records retention schedules
- Survey of current legislative information services/sites

## Technology Research

- XML
- APIs
- RDF
- Topic Maps
- Google’s Sitemap Protocol
- Spectrum of options from simple to complex based on infrastructure and technical skill requirements, cost, etc. – What is practical and appropriate?

## Products in Development

- White Papers:
- Authentication
- Access options (technologies)
- Retrospective digitization
- Records retention schedules for legislative content
-  Preservation options
- XML Schema
- “Lowest common denominator” metadata

## Next Steps

- Analyze results of first state partner meetings
- Continue issues research
- Evaluate of access technologies
- Develop cost-benefit analysis
- Start on Minnesota access pilot
- Hold all-partner meeting, St. Paul, 2009
- Revisit partner states, mid-2009

## For More Information

- Project Web Site:
- 		www.mnhs.org/legislativerecords
- Project Staff:
- 		Robert Horton			Jennifer Jones
- 		Project Director			Project Manager
- 		651.259.3240				651.259.3246
- 		robert.horton@mnhs.org		jennifer.jones@mnhs.org
# Presentation: 518364

## A Neptune Vision Mission Using Nuclear Electric Propulsion

**Enabling Technology Development**
**Orbiter**
**Improved electric propulsion capability**
**Mission design to support multiple Probes, Landers**
**Probes**
**TPS and test facilities for 25 kmk/sec Neptune entry**
**Pressure vessel design for long duration, deep mission**
**Highly integrated instrument/pressure vessel design for probe miniaturization**
**Landers**
**Thermal design for Triton surface operations (35 ****oK)**
**Efficient, low mass propulsion for soft landing**

**Science Objectives (**_**O**_**rbiter, **_**P**_**robes, **_**L**_**anders)**
**Origin and Evolution of Ice Giants. [P, O]**
**Planetary Processes [P, O]**
**Triton Atmosphere and Surface Science [O, L]**
**Rings [O]**
**Magnetospheric and Plasma Processes [O]**
**Icy Satellites Science  [O]**
**Mission Description**
**Leverage NEPP technology**
**Mission to Neptune**
**Low thrust earth departure**
**16 year transit time from Earth to Neptune**
**Possible gravity assist from Jupiter flyby to shortens transit time**
**Mission at Neptune / Triton**
**3 Probes targeted to different latitudes**
**Release 1****st ****probe as Orbiter approaches Neptune, prior to orbit insertion**
**Probe descent to 200 bars/~ 5 hours**
**1st Triton Lander following 1st probe mission**
**Probes 2.3+Lander 2 missions over 3 year period**
**2 Landers to Triton geysers per Orbiter imaging**
**Measurement Strategy**
**Orbiter – long term Neptune science and context for Probe and Lander missions**
**Probes – in-situ, deep atmospheric element, wind and electrical activity measurements at 3 latitudes**
**Landers – atmospheric elements during descent, surface science including geyser science at 2 locations**
# Presentation: 707007

## ACIP/Environmental Conference Objectives

- Airports One-Day Specialty Conference

- Cameron Bryan, Manager, Airports Planning and Programming

- November 8, 2005

## Conference Objectives

**What is that goal?**
- To ensure that the federal dollar is spent in the most efficient manner

**Why are we here?**
- To discuss initiatives that will help us meet a common goal

**What can we do to help meet that goal?**
- Award grants based on construction bids

## Conference Objectives

**How can bid-based grants help ensure the efficient use of the federal dollar?**
- Grant based on real costs reduces risks
- Construction can begin immediately allowing needed infrastructure to come on-line in a timely manner
- Financial drawdowns can occur thus reducing the amount of funding sitting idle in the US Treasury (*see bar chart*)

## UDO – Good Work

- ASW - 74%

**Notes:**
With regard to faster conversion of trust fund dollars into aviation improvements and local jobs.

For grants issued in FY-05 we have already disbursed 26% of the funds. (74% remaining in the grant).

In FY-05 we were ahead of the national average of 20% disbursed – 80% remaining.

We’d like to get to at least 30% of the funds disbursed during the grant year and 65% of the funds disbursed for grants issued the previous year (2004 in this example).

To meet these targets we have a philosophy of:
	Issuing grants based on bids where sponsors are prepared to issue NTP’s
	Using the funds where sponsors are ready and able to start the work
	Advance programming to get bids in the spring which requires Airspace, ALP updates and Environmental actions to be completed and sponsors committed to the plan.

Nationally, we have only about $5.9 B of AIP funds not disbursed.  Less than two years of funding!

Success of our program can translate to maintaining our current funding level, if not increased funding to incorporate expanded program scope.

## Conference Objectives

**Okay, so how does capital planning tie-in?**
- Good capital planning enables your project to be in a position to accept a grant based on bids

**Recap**
- Goal:  Spend money efficiently
- Activity:  Award grants based on bids
- Initiative:  Good sound capital planning

## Objectives

**To highlight the importance of good capital planning**
**To highlight and tie-in the importance of the environmental process to good capital planning**
**To share processes and expectations for developing a capital plan**
**To continue the dialogue between our offices **

## Slide 7
# Presentation: 700877

## Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs Filing Trend

***Total SARs: 2,278***

**Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs Filing Trend**
**State of Louisiana**
**For the Period August 1, 1996 through December 31, 2007**

## Suspicious Activities Reported by Casinos & Card Clubs

- Note: The pie chart represents the top nine characterizations plus additional characterizations in total.
- An individual SAR-C may cite more than one suspicious activity.  Hence, the number of activities detailed here
- exceeds the total number of SARs.

**Suspicious Activities Reported by Casinos & Card Clubs**
**State of Louisiana**
**For the Period August 1, 1996 through December 31, 2007**

## Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs Filing Trendby Type of Gaming EstablishmentState of LouisianaFor the Period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2007

## Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs

**Geographic Reporting Locations**
**State of Louisiana**
**For the Period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007**

**Note: Statistics based on Casino Address**

- Shreveport

- Kinder
# Presentation: 445561

## What we'll discuss

- Recent advances in methods for total mercury
- Mercury speciation
- Arsenic speciation

## Conventional total Hg analysis(cold vapor AAS)

- digest with aqua regia

- digest with aqua regia

- oxidize with potassium permanganate

- oxidize with potassium permanganate

- add sodium chloride/hydroxylamine sulfate

- add sodium chloride/hydroxylamine sulfate

- reduce Hg

- reduce Hg

-  2+

- with stannous sulfate

- with stannous sulfate

- measure evolved Hg by AAS at 253.7 nm

- measure evolved Hg by AAS at 253.7 nm

- Conventional total Hg analysis(cold vapor AAS)

## Drawbacks of CV-AAS total Hg method

- digestion requires 40 minutes/sample
-  mitigated by parallel processing
- contamination risk from reagents and processing
- interferences from sulfide, chloride, organics
- disposal of laboratory waste
- ....there is a better way

## Slide 5

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## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## dimethylmercury, methylmercury

- neurotoxic, bioaccumulate

- neurotoxic, bioaccumulate

- Hg

- Hg

-  2+

- soluble salts

- soluble salts

- toxic, bioavailable, methylated/reduced

- toxic, bioavailable, methylated/reduced

- Hg

- Hg

-  0

- volatile, toxic

- volatile, toxic

- HgS

- HgS

- stable in anaerobic sediments

- stable in anaerobic sediments

## Sample

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## Slide 21
# Presentation: 712510

## Predicting the Stable Dose of Warfarin

**Clinical Data**
- Age
- Gender
- Cardiac Valve Replacement
- Body Surface Area
**Biomarker CYP 2C9**
**Biomarker VKORC1**

## Predicting the Stable Dose of Warfarin

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Predicting the Stable Dose of Warfarin

## CYP2C9

**CYP2C9**

**VKORC-1**

## VKORC1:  Modeled Variance

|  | 

Model with VKORC1 | 

Model without VKORC1
 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 
N= | 
354 | 
354 |
| 
Adjusted R2 | 
.5594 | 
.3346 |

## Predicting the Stable Dose of Warfarin

## Conclusions

- Using dosing algorithms for warfarin that include age, CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genotypes should more accurately predict stable therapeutic dose and reduce complications.
- Genotyping can be done with clinically relevant turn-around times.

## Issues

**Better definition of genotypes for non-Caucasian ethnic.**
**Standardization of Clinical Diagnostic Panel and Timeliness of Assay**
**Cost – Benefit analysis needed**

## Next Steps

**Prospective trial to predict stable dose, examine complications (surrogate markers) and examine cost-benefit needed ASAP.**
**Soon (if not already) may not be considered ethical to do a study that has a cohort in which genotyping prior to dosing is omitted.**
# Presentation: 917305

## FY 2004 Budget Update

- Joe Martirone, ACX-30October 27, 2003

## Current Status FY 2004 

- We remain under a continuing resolution (CR), currently through 10/31/03.
- H.J. Res. 73 would extend the continuing resolution through 11/7/03.
- The FAA reauthorization bill has not been passed.

## Federal Aviation AdministrationFiscal Year 2004 Budget

**Congressional Action**
**(dollars in thousands)**

## Results of Committee 

- Action – Major F&E Program Cuts

## Appropriation Status 

- ARA Operations – both the House and Senate have recommended funding at the requested level.
- Requested level is before any assessments.
- Status of Tech Center RE&D and F&E line items:

## FAA WJH Technical CenterR,E&D and F&E Line Items Fiscal Year 2004 Congressional Action

**(dollars in thousands)**

- *  S.AMDT.1957 increases senate mark to $14m total.

## Activity 6, PCB&T Appropriation

- FY 2004 outlook for Activity 6:
- Agency hiring freeze and spending restrictions continue.
- On-board employment will be the basis for the allocation.
- Current vacancies will not be filled; ACT 9/30/03 vacancies: 11.
- Travel will be reduced to a lower level than FY 2003.

## OVERVIEW - ALL APPROPRIATIONSARA LINE OF BUSINESSFY-03 TOTAL OBLIGATIONS  as of September 30, 2003

## FTP POSITIONS - ALL APPROPRIATIONSARA LINE OF BUSINESSFY-03 ON-BOARD as of September 30, 2003

## OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONARA LINE OF BUSINESSFY-03 TOTAL OPS OBLIGATIONS  as of September 30, 2003

## FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATIONARA LINE OF BUSINESSFY-03 TOTAL F&E OBLIGATIONS  as of September 30, 2003

## FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATIONFY-03 TOTAL ARA LOB F&E OBLIGATIONSFUNDING BY ACTIVITY as of September 30, 2003

## RESEARCH, ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENTARA LINE OF BUSINESSFY-03 TOTAL R,E&D OBLIGATIONS  as of September 30, 2003
# Presentation: 224411

## Your Benefits

- Reduce your risk & expand sales
- Offer export financing to your customers
- Allow your customers to extend credit terms to foreign buyers
- Compete effectively for new customers

## Covered Risks

_**Commercial Risks**_
- Insolvency
- Bankruptcy
- Protracted default
_**Political Risks**_
- War, revolution, insurrection
- Cancellation of an import
- Transfer Risk

## Risks Not Covered

-   Disputes, unless and until they are resolved

-   Cancellation of a sales contract

-   Devaluation of a currency as a *political *risk

- 	*If a default occurs, and the buyer asserts that it was due 	  to a government devaluation of the currency, we will view 	  that as a **commercial loss **as opposed to a political loss.

##  Terms and Policies

**  **_**Short-Term**_
-      (up to 180 or 360 day terms)
**  **_**Medium-Term**_** **** **
-      (for capital equipment sales with 7 year terms)
**  **_**Single-Buyer**_ or _**Multi-Buyer basis**_

**     **

##  Multi-Buyer Policy

- 95% commercial **and** 100% political
- No deductible (for small business)
- Special small business rate schedule applies (No Minimum Premium!)
- Pre-approved revolving credit limits for **every buyer**** **based on credit & financial information
- Monthly shipment/premium reporting

## Single-Buyer Policies

- Insures single or multiple shipments to ONE buyer under one Purchase Order or contract during a 12 month period
- Risk-based premium rates, _no_ deductible
- Varied minimum premiums apply, depending on buyer classification
- $1000 minimum premium
# Presentation: 661014

## The Effect of Vertical Resolution on Zonal Wind Stress in AMIP Runs

- Glenn.White@noaa.gov

## An evaluation of 
monthly means 
from Suru Saha’s AMIP runs with observed SST 
1979-2001 PRX
28 versus 64 levels
 Validation 
NCEP Reanalyses 
CDAS, NCEP2
FSU Stresses 1978-2000
SOC flux climatology 1980-93

***monthly means ***
***from ******Suru Saha’s AMIP runs ******with observed SST ***
- 1979-2001 PRX
***28 versus 64 levels***
-  **Validation **
- NCEP Reanalyses
- CDAS, NCEP2
- FSU Stresses 1978-2000
- SOC flux climatology 1980-93

## SOC 1980-83

**SOC 1980-83**

**Zonal mean**
**Ocean**

## 5S-5N 1980-93

**5S-5N 1980-93**

**SOC**

## 5S-5N

**5S-5N**

**Pacific FSU**

**1980-93 SOC**

**Time-mean**
**U****s**

## Pacific FSU

**Pacific FSU**

**1979-2000**

**Time-mean zonal wind stress**

## SOC

**Annual Cycle**

**1980-93**

**Pacific**

**SOC**

**FSU**

## CDAS

**CDAS**

**NCEP2**

## 28 levels

**28 levels**

**64 levels**

## 28 levels-NCEP2

**28 levels-NCEP2**

**64-NCEP2**

## 64-28 levels

**64-28 levels**

**CDAS-NCEP2**

## Time-mean zonal wind stress 1980-93 SOC

**Time-mean zonal wind stress 1980-93 SOC**

**Magnitude of systematic difference**

## CDAS

**CDAS**

**NCEP2**

## CDAS-SOC

**CDAS-SOC**

**NCEP2-SOC**

## 28 levels

**28 levels**

**64 levels**

## 28 levels minus SOC

**28 levels minus SOC**

**64-SOC**

## Tropical Pacific

**Systematic difference from FSU 1980-93 Mean**

**Tropical Pacific**

## FSU

**JJA 1980-93 Time mean zonal wind stress**

**FSU**

**28**

**64**

## JJA 1980-93 Time mean zonal wind stress

**JJA 1980-93 Time mean zonal wind stress**

**SOC**

**CDAS**

**NCEP2**

## 28-FSU

**28-FSU**

**64-FSU**

**64-28**

**JJA 1980-93 Time mean zonal wind stress**

## FSU-SOC

**FSU-SOC**

**FSU-NCEP2**

**CDAS-NCEP2**

**JJA 1980-93 Time mean zonal wind stress**

## Anomaly correlation with NCEP2

**Anomaly correlation with NCEP2**

**28**

**64**

**CDAS**

## Monthly anomalies 1979-2000

- The reanalyses correlate better in time with FSU stresses than the AMIP runs, after the time-mean annual cycles are removed.

**Monthly anomalies 1979-2000**

**Pacific**

## Anomaly correlation with FSU--Pacific

**Anomaly correlation with FSU--Pacific**

**CDAS**

**NCEP2**

**28 levels**

**64 levels**

## Merid. Wind Stress

- CDAS

- NCEP2

- 28 levels

- 64 levels

**Anomaly correlation with FSU merid. Wind stress**

- 1979-2000

## Difference in anomaly correlation with FSU

- 28 – NCEP2

- 64-NCEP2

- 64-28

## FSU

**FSU**

**Standard deviation of monthly anomalies**

**28 levels**

**64 levels**

**1979-2000**

## 28-FSU

**28-FSU**

**64-FSU**

**64-28**

**Difference in standard deviation**

## Standard deviation of monthly anomalies

**Standard deviation of monthly anomalies**

**1979-2000**

**CDAS**

**NCEP2**

## 1979-2000

**CDAS-FSU**

**NCEP2-FSU**

**CDAS-NCEP2**

**1979-2000**

## 64 levels do not produce better zonal wind stress than 28 levels.

**Reanalyses display more agreement with SOC, FSU than AMIP runs.**
**64 level AMIP run too strong easterly stress in JJA, too strong westerly stress in JFM.**
# Presentation: 450004

## EZ/EC TrainingSt Louis, MOJune 2001

**EZ/EC Training****St Louis, MO****June 2001**

## SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENTpresented byTim O’ConnellCooperative Development SpecialistHawaii State Office

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**Member Leadership**_
**leadership must come from within the group.**
_**Member Commitment**_
**must have a broad base of support among its members. **

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**Clearly identified mission**_
**A cooperative should be formed to achieve specific goals, and to accomplish a mission that has been clearly identified and accepted by its members.**
_**Adequate planning**_
**After a mission and goals have been identified and accepted, detailed plans must be developed for achieving the goals and accomplishing the mission. **

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**Identify and Minimize Risks**_
**New ventures are inherently risky. Risk cannot be eliminated entirely, but it can be minimized to some extent, once identified.**
_**Demonstrated profitability**_
**Realistic projections of volume, prices, costs of operation and returns to members is essential if people are to commit to a cooperative effort.  Unrealistic projections lead to disenchantment and abandonment of effort.**

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**Adequate Money**_
**It almost always costs more than anticipated to get a new business up and running.**
_**Follow good business practices.**_
**Continued success requires sound business decisions.  Maintaining membership records, preparing operating budgets, financial reports, planning, and the annual audit are but a few of the business responsibilities of a cooperative.**

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**Use advisors and consultants**_
**It is essential to assemble a team of competent advisors and consultants.**
_**Management**_
**Choosing a manager, establishing goals, and supervising are some of the most important functions of a Board of Directors.**

## RULES FOR SUCCESS

_**FOLLOW COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES**_

## EXAMPLES

**Hamakua/North Hilo Agricultural Cooperative--Hawaii Island**
**Waialua Farmers Cooperative--Oahu**
**Honomalino Irrigation Cooperative--Hawaii Island**
**Palelehua Ohana Farmers Cooperative--Hawaii Island**
**Puna-Hawaii King Papaya Cooperative--Hawaii Island**

## ISSUES

**Full-time farmers -v- part-time farmers**
**Hope -v- reality**
**“****Real” understanding of cooperatives, business, entrepreneurism**
**Time to develop a business--staying power**
**Leadership development**
# Presentation: 724912

## 	
	438.6  Alterations of sensation

	438.7  Disturbance of vision
		438.71  Alterations of visual fields
		438.72  Abnormal extraocular movements
		438.79  Other visual disturbance

	438.8  Other late effects of cerebrovascular disease
		438.81  Apraxia
		438.82  Dysphagia
		438.83  Ataxia
		438.84  Vertigo
		438.89  Other late effects of cerebrovascular disease
			   Use additional code to identify the late effect

- <date/time>

**	**
**	****438.6  Alterations of sensation**
**	****438.7  Disturbance of vision**
**	****	****438.71  Alterations of visual fields**
**	****	****438.72  Abnormal extraocular movements**
**	****	****438.79  Other visual disturbance**
**	****438.8  Other late effects of cerebrovascular disease**
**	****	****438.81  Apraxia**
**	****	****438.82  Dysphagia**
**	****	****438.83  Ataxia**
**	****	****438.84  Vertigo**
**	****	****438.89  Other late effects of cerebrovascular disease**
- 			   Use additional code to identify the late effect
# Presentation: 363839

## Crash of Skydive Quantum Leapde Havilland DHC-6-100, N203E Sullivan, Missouri, July 29, 2006 

## History of Flight

- July 29, 2006, about 1345
- de Havilland DHC-6-100
- Skydive Quantum Leap
- Sullivan Regional Airport
- Pilot and five parachutists sustained fatal injuries
- Two parachutists seriously injured

## History of Flight

- Part 91
- Revenue parachute operation
- Day visual meteorological conditions

## History of Flight

**History of Flight**

## History of Flight

## History of Flight

## The Accident

- Airplane could maintain positive single-engine climb rate
- Pilot did not
- Bank into operating engine
- Maintain airspeed
- Pilot did not use all available runway
- Left with fewer options

## The Accident

- Right engine’s compressor turbine blades consistent with overload
- Engines exceeded manufacturer’s recommended 3,600 hour TBO
- Right engine 6,493 hours
- Left engine 5,829 hours

## Safety Issue

- Inadequate performance of single-point restraints for parachutists

## Parties to the Investigation

- Federal Aviation Administration
- Hartzell Propeller
- Honeywell
- Woodward Governor Company

## Accredited Representative

- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Pratt & Whitney Canada
- Viking Air Limited

## Slide 12
# Presentation: 070774

## Government-to-Citizen Email Metrics

- December 10, 2007

## Introduction and Agenda

**Introduction**
- Background
- E-retailers and e-marketers
- Metrics obsessed (generate $)
- Collecting, evaluating, and interpreting results
- Government senders
**Agenda**
- Subscription sign-up
- Email metrics
- Federal government data
- Discussion / questions

## E-Marketing Funnel

## Government Electronic Communication

## Email Goals and Metrics Comparison

## Federal Agency Communication Benchmarks

-  6.43 Messages per month sent to each subscriber
-  10.42% Average monthly email increase (2007)
-  Most popular subscriber domains: Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, and MSN
- _[Current Activity](http://zildjian.office.gdi:8081/GDDashBoard/main.html)_

## Subscriber Registration

- Find content of interest
- Choose to subscribe
- Email address
- Other options
- Emails for updates or announcements
- Certified email

## Reports Today

## 2008 Reporting Future

## Discussion / Questions: Topics

- Metrics
- New metrics
- Delivery, opens, clicks
- Subscribers, subscriptions, topics
- Privacy
- Reports
- Look and feel, technology
- Best practices
- Deliverability
- Accuracy

## Thank You

**Contact Information**
- Brett BerntsenProduct ManagerGovDelivery, Inc.St. Paul, MN_[brett@govdelivery.com](mailto:brett@govdelivery.com)_651-757-4110
# Presentation: 014175

## A microwave resonant cavity for simultaneous electron and nuclear resonance in GaAs John S. Colton, Brigham Young University*, DMR 0456074

- Our group has constructed a novel resonant cavity for microwave experiments around around 10 GHz. The cavity has the following features:
-  A quasi-TE011 mode, to concentrate B-field at sample
-  A resonant frequency of ~10GHz, to allow for probing of g-factors down to g0.1 (such in as alloyed or QW samples) within a 7T magnet
-  High-dielectric resonators, to allow the cavity to fit in a 1” bore
-  Optical access for exciting/probing spins
-  NMR coils for simultaneous control of nuclear spins
-  Interchangeable dielectrics, to allow five resonant freqs. between 8 and 12 GHz
- This cavity will allow the study of spin lifetimes through resonance techniques, and the investigation of nuclear effects on the electron spins.

******* Formerly of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse**

**Notes:**
Spin resonance is a well-established technique for probing spin properties of electrons in semiconductors. In order to resonate the electrons at the desired magnetic fields, a resonant frequency of ~10 GHz was chosen for this design.  The cavity design is shown on the lower right; the cavity itself (with the parts from the inside removed) is shown in the upper right.

The lower left graph describes a set of test experiments with an InP:Zn reference sample, that had been well-studied previously. The characteristic three ESR peaks are shown; the position of the peaks depends on the resonant frequency. Through the interchangeable dielectric frequency feature, we were able to get those three electron resonances at five difference frequencies between 8.5 and 12 GHz.

The lower middle graph shows the optically detected electron-nuclear double resonance (ODENDOR) of a lightly-doped n-GaAs sample. In this experiment, the electrons were resonated, then changes in the electron resonance signal were measured as the nuclei were passed through resonance. 

## Spin Lifetime Measurements in n-type GaAs John S. Colton, Brigham Young University,* DMR 0456074

- This research in spin properties of electrons in semiconductors, headed by Dr. Colton, also serves a an undergraduate research opportunity for undergraduate students. Eight undergraduate students have been involved with this project since 2005: Susie Allemann, Andrew Gierke, Mike Heeb, Joseph Lanska, Lindsey Oestreich, Paul Schroeder, Andy Stokes, and Lee Wienkes. A webpage containing information about the research has been established, and can be found here:
- http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/colton/research.htm

**Spin Lifetime Measurements in *****n*****-type GaAs **John S. Colton, Brigham Young University,* DMR 0456074

**The Lab:  **Information about our laboratory set-up and equipment can be found here:http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/colton/lab.htm

- * **Formerly of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse**
# Presentation: 154977

## Core Oscillations and Instabilities in Core-Collapse Supernovae

*Core Oscillations and Instabilities in Core-Collapse Supernovae*

- by
- Jeremiah Murphy
- (University of Arizona)
- in collaboration with
- Adam Burrows, Ivan Hubeny, Luc Dessart,
-  Christian Ott, and Eli Livne

## Explosion Mechanism?

*Explosion Mechanism?*

## Core Collapse Confirmed

- Fe
- Core

- PNS

- IMB

- Kamiokande

- 1.4 M , R ~3000 km

-  R~ 40 km

- Tdyn ~ 150 ms

*Core Collapse Confirmed*

## The neutrino-mechanism

*The neutrino-mechanism*

- PNS
- (r~ 40 km)

- 1D Fails

## A New Asymmetric Instability

_**Within the last 4 years:**_
-  SASI (Standing Accretion
-   Shock Instability)
-  P ~ 35ms
-  Blondin et al. 2003 and
-          universally observed
-  See Foglizzo’s Talk
-  Significant departure from
-   spherical symmetry
-  Explosions? not robust

*A New Asymmetric Instability*

## One New Feature

*One New Feature*

- Burrows, Livne, Dessart, Ott, Murphy 2006
- ApJ, 640, 878

## A NewMechanism!

*A New**Mechanism!*

-  Aspherical accretion
-   excites core g-modes (P ~ 3ms)
-  Acoustic coupling
-  Acoustic power 100%
-   absorbed behind shock
-  Wait (0.5 - 1 s)...
**  **aspherical explosion

- Robust

## Remarkable...But!

*Remarkable...But!*

- Confirmation of New Mechanism?
- Does the neutrino mechanism truly fizzle?
- g-modes exist, but to what extent are they excited?
- Role of acoustic and neutrino power?

## New Code Shopping List

*New Code Shopping List*

- Multi-D Radiation Transport
- Multi-D Hydrodynamics
- Poisson’s equation for gravity
- General EOS
- New Accurate Techniques?
***All on Arbitrary-Unstructured Mesh***

## Arbitrary Grids 

*Arbitrary Grids *

-  Nothing New
-  Powerful technique

## What is New...

*What is New...*

- A New Algorithm for 2-D Transport for Astrophysical Simulations
- Hubeny & Burrows, 2006
- Multi-D Hydrodynamics: Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE)
- Poisson’s equation for gravity
- Accurate
- Support-Operator Method - Shashkov (LANL)
- General EOS
***All on Arbitrary-Unstructured Mesh***

- BETHE
**B**asic (2-Dimensional), **E**xplicit/Implicit, **T**ransport
- and **H**ydronamics **E**xplosion (Code)

## Unstructured Mesh: A Powerfuland Widely Applicable Tool

*Unstructured Mesh: A Powerful**and Widely Applicable Tool*

## Slide 13

## Concluding Remarks

*Concluding Remarks*

-  Is the Acoustic Mechanism Relevant?
-  BETHE: Radiation-Hydrodynamics on
-   Arbitrary Unstructured Grids
-  Application for Other Astrophysical Phenomena
# Presentation: 239039

## Comparison between Chromospheric and Coronal Chirality in Solar Filaments

- Comparison between Chromospheric and Coronal Chirality in Solar Filaments

- Masaoki. Hagino, Y. -J. Moon, Y. D. ParkKorea Astronomy & Space Science InstituteE-mail: hagino@kasi.re.kr

- STEREO/SOLAR-B Science Planning Workshop  Hawaii Nov 14-18, 2005

- _Motivation_Using Big Bear Solar Observatory Hα and TRACE EUV 171Å data of 60 active regions from 1998 to 2004, we determined filament chiralitiy signs and examined hemispheric tendency.

**Notes:**
Aloha
This is Masaoki Hagino from Korea Daejeon, but I’m Japanese.
I would like to talk this.
Our motivation is ・・・.

##  Chirality of Filaments(Martin et al. 1998 Solar phys, 182, 107; Chae. 2000 ApJ, 540, L115) 

- STEREO/SOLAR-B Science Planning Workshop  Hawaii Nov 14-18, 2005

- These channels go to right ward form an observer looking at the positive polarity side. Thus, the filament is dextral.

- A coronal filament (dark thread)  can be seen in absorption over the Hα filament. Two circles denote faint crossing threads. This filament has a crossing negative chirality.

## The hemispheric tendency of chirality

- STEREO/SOLAR-B Science Planning Workshop  Hawaii Nov 14-18, 2005

- Latitudinal distribution of chromospheric filaments. 68% of chromospheric filaments in the northern (southern) hemisphere are dextral (sinistral).

- Latitudinal distribution of coronal filaments. 73% of coronal filaments in the northern (southern)  hemisphere are negative (positive).

## Discussion

- Comparing between chromospheric and coronal chirality, about 60% of filaments in each hemisphere exhibit that dextral (sinistral) filament show negative (positive) chirality.

- STEREO/SOLAR-B Science Planning Workshop  Hawaii Nov 14-18, 2005
# Presentation: 336169

## Pediatric Trauma Program: 

**Pediatric Trauma Program: **
**pediatric trauma registry & information systems for epidemiology research, control and surveillance  of injuries in Agentina                  **

***Alberto E. Iñón MD, PhD, FACS***
***Buenos Aires-Argentina***

## Pediatric Trauma Registry

**First database about pediatric injuries**

**Starting from scratch**

**Pediatric Trauma Program**

- research

- teaching & training

- medical care

## Pediatric Trauma Program

**Chi square=9.51; p= 0.002, Odds Ratio= 2.6**

**Assessment on the impact of the program**

***Pediatric Trauma Program***

## Mortality rate & PTS  Comparison between two series - 1990/1994 - 1997/2000

**Argentina**

***Mortality rate & PTS *** **Comparison between two series - 1990/1994 - 1997/2000**

## Quartile distribution of circumstances related to age groups

***Quartile distribution of circumstances related to age groups***

**Age (years)**

## Case

***Case***

**Model:**** burn with ****[objet]**** when  ****[action]****  in ****[place]****. ****[specific definitions].**

**Ilustration:**** **_**burn with**_** ****boiling water**** **_**when**_** ****a pan fall**** ****over him**** **_**in**_** ****kitchen****. **
**Alone.**

***ICD code: X12.0***

## Collaborative Trauma Program

## Simple actions on injury prevention

## Mortality rates related to motor vehicule accidents/ 100.000 inhabitants

**- Rafaela - Prov. Santa Fe (1998-2003)**

**Comparative 1998-99/2002-03. Razón rate: ****2.4  IC 95%: 1.25 - 4.6. z = 2.5521****	**** p = 0.0107**** **

## Rafaela 1993-2001

**Rafaela 1993-2001**
**Number of burned children admitted to Hospital. **

**p <0,01**

## State Injury Prevention Program

**State Injury Prevention Program**

***Advisers since 2000***

## Slide 12

## Conclusions

**Conclusions**
**We have created a systematized data collection system based upon circumstances of occurrence. From universal to individual. **
**This allowed us to easily adopted IC10.**
**Our data bases have a common epidemiological sheet that allow us to evaluate different projects.**
**From a simple registry we have built a high quality information  system, which could be used as a research tool and to asses results of our actions.**

## Argentina

*Thanks you*
# Presentation: 106113

## DATA MODELING BASICS

**Michael Hamsa**

## DATA MODELING CONCEPTS

- Data / data context
- Information model components
- Model types and progression

## DATA CONTEXT

- Data without “context” is merely data

**DATA**
**9   7   4   7   0**
**0   6   8   8   0**

## INFORMATION

- Data within a context is *information*

**ZIP CODE**
**A number assigned **
**to a specific geographic **
**area by the US Postal Service**
**9   7   4   7   0**
**0   6   8   8   0**

## INFORMATION PLUS STRUCTURE

- ...Definitions of the data and its structure
- are called “meta-data,” that is,
- data about data

***CODE******	******	******CITY******	******	******	******STATE***
**78613****	****	****CEDAR PARK****	****	****TEXAS**
**06880****	****	****WESTPORT****	****	****CONNECTICUT**
**94187****	****	****SAN FRANCISCO****	****CALIFORNIA**

## WHAT IS THIS?

**Data without context is meaningless!**

## DATA WITH CONTEXT

***CONTEXT*****...it’s a tax lot number!**

## INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

- The practice of giving *context*  to data
- Often referred to as “Data Management” or “Data Administration” within an organization

***“******Information Modeling” is a technique used ***
***to understand and document the definition and structure (i.e., the “context”) of data***

## THE “DATA MODEL”

- A *logical* data model is a specification of the data structures and business rules needed to support a business area
- A *physical* data model represents a solution to these requirements (e.g., a database structure)

## INFORMATION MODEL COMPONENTS

- Entity
- Attribute
- Relationship

## INFORMATION MODEL TYPES

**Entity Relationship Diagram**

**Key-based Model**

## ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM

- Major entities and relationships within a business area
- Attributes included only as examples
- “Many-to-many” relationships allowed
- Keys not included

## KEY-BASED MODEL

- All entities and primary keys
- third normal form
- Sample attributes
- Same scope as ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) but more detail
- Basis for “implementation level” models

## FULLY ATTRIBUTED MODEL

- All entities, attributes, relationships, and integrity rules
- Third normal form or higher
*...**lowest level of the logical design*

## TRANSFORM MODEL

- Fully attributed model transformed into a structure appropriate for
- estimated entity instance volumes
- expected access patterns
- targeted DBMS
- Tools available to take the logical design and “transform” it to the targeted DBMS

## INFORMATION MODELING SUMMARY

- Process begins with user / business needs assessment
- Working knowledge of information modeling techniques / methodologies required
- Tools facilitate modeling and database design

***LEARN BY DOING!!***
# Presentation: 233776

## Energy Efficient Residential Ceiling Fans: A Really Cool Idea!

- by:

- Noah Horowitz
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- (415) 777-0220
- nhorowitz@nrdc.org

## What’s a Ceiling Fan?

- Inefficient Motors
- Poor Blade Design
- Up to 5 Incandescent Lamps Giving Off Heat
- Annual Residential Ceiling Fan Sales:
**19 MILLION!**

## Energy Consumption

- Average Home Has 1.5 Fans (varies considerably by region)
- Typical Energy Usage:
- 346 kWh/yr. per fan
- or
- 519 kWh/yr. per home
- Energy Consumption About the Same as a New Efficient Refrigerator

## Energy Savings Potential

- Reduce Fan Energy Consumption by 60%
- Additional Savings Potential from Controls and Thermostat Adjustment
- National Potential Savings from New Fan Sales
- 3.9 billion kWh/yr.
- 3 million tons CO2/yr.

## Roadmap for Transforming the Market

- Perform Research on Usage
- Create Testing and Reporting Infrastructure
- Develop E-Star Specification
- Provide Design Assistance to Ceiling Fan Industry
- Develop Utility Programs for New Construction and Remodeling Markets

## Research

- Need Better Data on Hours of Operation of Fans and Lighting Systems
- Have a Few Utilities in Different Climactic Regions Sponsor Research

## Testing and Reporting

- Test Method Exists for Measuring Air Flow and Power Consumption
- Work with Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) to Create Reporting Infrastructure

## Energy Star Label

- Have Energy Star Program Develop Specification
- Obtain MOUs from Manufacturers
- Integrate into Other E-Star Promotional Programs

## Industry Assistance

- Offer Design Assistance via Seminars
- Lighting - Lighting Experts (eg. LBNL), Lighting Suppliers (lamps and ballasts),  and Fan Manufacturers
- Motors - Motor Manufacturers, Efficiency Experts (DOE, ACEEE, etc.), and Fan Manufacturers
- Requires Modest Financial Sponsorship (CEE(?))

## Utility Programs

- Promote E-Star Fans
- Integrate Into New Homes and Remodeling Programs
- Create Retail Strategy
- Consider Technology Procurement

## WHAT DO YOU THINK?