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## Intelligent Agents and Agent Communications Languages for OperationsReticular Systems, Inc.San Diego, CA 

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
**Toolset supports all phases of agent development including project management, system analysis, design, debug and test.**
**Coded in Java and produces Java-based Agents.**
**Supports development of multi-agent systems communicating in KQML.**
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
**Successful Product Beta Test.**
**AgentBuilder product introduced in early July 1998 and sales for several weeks total $10K.**
**Presently being used for internet and electronic commerce applications as well as University research tool.**

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

**GOVERNMENT SCIENCE/APPLICATIONS**
**AgentBuilder being applied to NASA Shuttle IMU Management at JSC.**
**Technology being evaluated for improved Mission Operations Applications.**
**Applications by government for internet/intranet information mining and management.**

**Goddard Space Flight Center**
** **1995 Phase II, SS5-016, 7/22/98

**INNOVATION**

- Points of Contact:
- 	-  NASA - Walt Truszkowski; 301-286-8821
- 	-  Reticular Systems, Inc. - Dan Ballard; 619-279-9723

**AgentBuilder- an integrated toolset that **
**makes it quick and easy to build intelligent**
**agent-based software**

***AgentBuilder***
# Presentation: 518360

## Slide 1

## February 18, 1930

- _February 18, 1930_
- Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. It was
- the first planet discovered by an American.
- Tombaugh was hired to search for proof of theories of another planet beyond Uranus.

**Clyde Tombaugh**

- Photo from NASA

## 1950s

- _1950s_
- Gerard Kuiper suggested that Pluto isn't alone, but is the brightest of a collection of objects orbiting beyond Neptune. The Kuiper Belt is named after him.

**Gerard Kuiper**

- Photo from NASA

## 1965

- _1965_
- Pluto's 3:2 orbit resonance with Neptune discovered.

## 1976

- _1976_
- Discovery of methane on Pluto.

## July 1978

- _July 1978_
- Charon discovered by Jim Christy of U.S. Naval Observatory. It is in synchronous orbit with Pluto, about 19,400 kilometers (12,050 miles) away. It completes its orbit every 6.4 Earth days.

## 1979-1999

- _1979-1999_
- Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune, because of its elliptical, off-centered orbit of the Sun. It ranges from 4.4 billion kilometers away from the Sun (2.8 billion miles), to 7.4 billion kilometers (4.6 billion miles) (a mean distance of 5.9 billion kilometers).

## 1980

- _1980_
- Stellar occultation - observing a star as a planet passes before it - reveals Charon's diameter to be nearly 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles).

## 1980s

- _1980s_
- Scientists determined that only something like the Kuiper Belt could explain short-term comets orbiting so close to our solar system.

- Photo from NASA

**The comet LINEAR**

## 1986

- _1986_
- First reliable radii for Pluto and Charon determined.

## 1987

- _1987_
- Water and ice discovered on Charon's surface.

## 1988

- _1988_
- Scientists discover Pluto's orbit to be chaotic; stellar occultation reveals Pluto's atmosphere and telescopic evidence of polar caps.

- Photo from NASA

**Pluto, left, and Charon, right**

## 1992

- _1992_
- Nitrogen and carbon monoxide ices found on Pluto.

## 1992

- _1992_
- Astronomers at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii discovered first Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), 10 times smaller than Pluto and 10,000 times fainter.

- Photo from Southwest Research Institute

**Mauna Kea Observatory**

## 1993

- _1993_
- Astronomers find 4 more KBOs.

## 1994

- _1994_
- Astronomers find 10 more KBOs. Today, there are 1,000 "known" KBOs.

## May 2005

- _May 2005_
- Principal Investigator Alan Stern and Project Scientist Hal Weaver lead team to discovering two more moons orbiting Pluto. They are 43,450 kilometers (27,000 miles) away from Pluto.

**Alan Stern above, Hal Weaver below**

- Photo from Southwest Research Institute

- Photo from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

## February 15, 2006

- _February 15, 2006_
- Hubble Space Telescope confirms presence of two additional moons orbiting Pluto.

- Photo from NASA

**Pluto left, Charon below and two newly found moons to the right**
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## sideoats gramaBouteloua  curtipendula  (Michx.) Torr.Other common names;  tall grama, avenilla, banderilla, banderita.

**Culturally:**
- The grass was bundled, dried and made into brooms or hairbrushes.
- Moist grass was laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping while cooking.
- Kiowa warriors, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, wore the seed stalk in their hair because the grass stalk resembles a feathered lance.
- This is the state grass of Texas.

- Photo courtesy of: ©Larry Allain. _[USGS](http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/)__[ NWRC](http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/)_. This copyrighted image may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose. For commercial use please contact _[Larry](mailto:larry_allain@usgs.gov)__[ Allain](mailto:larry_allain@usgs.gov)_.   Please credit the artist, original publication if applicable, and the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. The following format is suggested and will be appreciated:  **Larry Allain** @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

- Slide developed by Pat Broyles, Soil Conservationist, Manhattan, KS. PMC.  USDA is an equal opportunity employer.
# Presentation: 767158

## The ILCTA_MDB Horizontal Test Stand for SRF Cavities

- Andy Hocker
- FNAL-TD
- AEM, 25-JUN-2007

## Horizontal Testing --- Context

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## MDB: Lay of the Land

- Horizontal test area for ILC

- RF Hut

- Vertical Test area for HINS

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## HTS Cave and RF Hut

- Horizontal Test Cryostat (HTC)

- LHe/LN2 feed can

- RF waveguide (1.3 and 3.9 GHz)

- High power pulsed RF system (operated w/ CC2 for > 1 yr)

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## Typical HTS test cycle

- Install cavity in HTC
- Warm, off-resonance coupler conditioning (high pulsed power processing)
- Cooldown to 1.8 K
- On-resonance conditioning of coupler/cavity
- Map out Q0 vs Eacc curve
- Test new widgets, etc.
- Warmup
- Remove cavity
- Goal: ~10 day turnaround

- Geophones (ILC CM vibration R&D)

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## C22 prep (“dressing”)

- Installation of cold part of input coupler at CAF-MP9 clean room

- Cavity tuner installation

- Ready to install in HTC

- Installation of warm part of input coupler

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## First measurement at HTS

- Room-temperature measurement of fundamental passband modes

- Zoom of “pi-mode” (accelerating mode)

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007

## Status and plans

- Struggling with cavity cooldown
**Identified a leaky liquid level probe as culprit, repairing this week, go for cooldown again **
- Finishing up RF distribution/interlock checkout
**Installing WG shutters to allow for multi-cave (HTS and CC2) configuration**
**Finishing up safety paperwork, final walk-through soon**
- After RF checkout, begin commissioning
**Execute HTS test cycle (~1 month)**
- Declare open for business
**First customer: FNAL third-harmonic (3.9 GHz) cavity for DESY’s FLASH facility**
**1.3 GHz cavities for first US-built ILC CM as schedule allows**

- AEM

- A. Hocker, 25-JUN-2007
# Presentation: 507891

## Research Elements of US DOT’sITS Tier I Initiatives

- ITS America Annual Meeting
- Phoenix, AZ
- May 4, 2005

**Welcome to Session 64**

## Tier I Major Initiatives

- Problem-driven and results oriented.
- Directly support USDOT’s goals of safety, mobility, and global connectivity.
- Multimodal.
- Engage the private sector while also having a clear public sector role.
- Opportunities to push the frontier in application of ITS.
- Significant research and development component, as well as a testing and evaluation component.

## New Tier I Initiatives 

**Integrated Vehicle-**
**Based Safety Systems**
**Cooperative **
**Intersection **
**Collision Avoidance **
**Systems**** **
**Next Generation 911**

**Safety**

**Integrated Corridor**
**Management Systems**
**Mobility Services for **
**All Americans**
**Clarus **
**Emergency **
**Transportation**
**Operations**

**Mobility**

**Universal Electronic**
**Freight Manifest**

**Global Connectivity**

**Crosscutting**
**Vehicle Infrastructure**
**Integration**

**Notes:**
Next Generation 911 
E911 calls from any communication or networked device
Partnering with public safety agencies and telecon industry
Defining a system architecture and developing a transition plan
Mobility Services for all Americans
Increase mobility and accessibility for the transportation disadvantaged and the general public through transportation service coordination
Create a replicable/scalable traveler management coordination center
Clarus
Reduce the impact of adverse weather for all road users and operators by creating a nationwide road weather observation network and forecasting system
Emergency Transportation Operations
Develop tools, guidance and standards to support faster and better prepared response to major incidents, shorten incident duration, and more rapidly restore normal travel conditions

Universal Electronic Freight Manifest
Improve operational efficiency, productivity, and security through the use of a common electronic freight manifest and message posrtal that enables access to shipment information to all supply chain partners in real time. 
Focusing on air freight supply chain.

## Where we are today

- Level of activity is high; projects are moving forward rapidly
- Major initiatives provide opportunities to push the frontier of ITS
- Exciting time to get involved
- Look for opportunities to participate, especially the private sector
- Stakeholder communication, involvement, and feedback is absolutely critical
- Focus is on solutions and products, not reports -- the intent is to advance deployment of ITS

##  Agenda for Session 64

**Safety:**
- Research Elements of Cooperative Intersection Collision Systems – Mike Schagrin, ITS Joint Program Office
- Research Elements of Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems – Jack Ference, NHTSA Office of Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems
**Mobility:**
- Research Elements of Integrated Corridor Management Systems – Dale Thompson, FHWA Office of Operations R&D
- Next Generation Traffic Management Systems Enabled by VII – Bob Ferlis, FHWA Office of Operations R&D
# Presentation: 388209

## C-enhanced stars from the HERES survey

**Sara Lucatello-INAF OAPD**

- First stars III, Santa Fe Jul 17th 2007

## HERES CEMP stars: kinds

**94 C-rich stars**
**CEMP-s**
**[Ba/Eu]>0.5**
**CEMP-r+s**
**0.0<[Ba/Eu]<0.5**
**CEMP-no**
**[Ba/Fe]<0**

## CEMP kinds

**CEMP kinds**

**94 C-rich stars**
**CEMP-s**
**[Ba/Eu]>0.5**
**CEMP-r+s**
**0.0<[Ba/Eu]<0.5**
**CEMP-no**
**[Ba/Fe]<0**

## The metallicity distribution

**The metallicity distribution**

## C-and N

## C and N abundances

**C and N abundances**

##       CEMP-no possible origins

- Self enrichment (Fujimoto case II) but metallicity too high
- Mass transfer from low mass early AGB star before s-process
- Born from C enriched material (e.g Ryan et al 2006)
- Radial velocity monitoring crucial

##        CEMP-r+s possible origins

- Star belongs to a binary which formed from r-enriched gas, s-process from AGB
- Binary with massive AGB which explodes as type 1.5SNe (Zjlstra 2004, Wanajo 2005)
- Binary system with AGB and AIC (e.g. Wanajo 2005)
- AGB transfer only (Johnson & Bolte 2004)

##                      Conclusions

- CEMP-no stars are found at any ev. status but not at [Fe/H]>-2
- CEMP-r+s same atm param, metallicity and CN distribution as CEMP-s
- Growing CEMP samples are providing pointers to the understanding of the formation scenario
- Radial velocity monitoring is the key
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## Physics Department Meeting

**January 24, 2008**

**  ****Department news: Brief updates**
**  ****Safety items**
** ****Ron Gill, Doon Gibbs**
**  ****Budget update**
**  ****Steve Vigdor**
** ****Q & A**

## Welcome to our new Department members

**Electronic Detector Group:  ****Zhe Wang, Lisa Whitehead**
**High Energy Theory Group:  ****Jennifer Kile, Christian Sturm**
**Nuclear Theory Group:  ****Gregory Soyez**
**Omega Group:  ****Stephanie Majewski, Fanglei Lin, Michael Begel**
**Physics Applications Software Group:  ****Jose Caballero Bejar**
**RHIC/ATLAS Computing:  ****Tristan Ziska, James Pryor**
**RBRC Spin Group:****  Stefan Bathe, Ralf Seidl**
**Chair’s Office:  ****Winnie Yu**

## Congratulations to our three new APS Fellows

**Congratulations to our three new APS Fellows**

- Steve Kettell

- Ed O’Brien

- Raju Venugopalan

## Changing of the Guard in the PHENIX Group

**Changing of the Guard in the PHENIX Group**

- Thanks and congratulations to Mike Tannenbaum and Craig Woody

- Best wishes to new Group Leader Dave Morrison

## Space  (the final frontier)

**Space**  (the final frontier)

-   The **Lab Space Task Force**, headed by Craig Woody, has completed a survey of all the Physics Department labs.  We are making plans to renovate and upgrade many labs, and to decommission some others.

- There are long term plans taking shape for major renovation of building 510.

- High on our priorities:
-   Refurbish the Large Seminar room
-   Repair our dismal front entrance

**RACF Expansion**

## Use of Laboratory-issued computers

**  **There are some important “don’ts”

**Physics Department Environment, Safety, Security, Health**

**ESSH annual Self Evaluation**
**Management Review held January 2**

**Some comments by Ron Gill, Doon Gibbs**

**Common goal of the Department and the Lab:**
**No One Should Get Hurt**

## On the Budget Front...

**On the Budget Front...**

**Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill in December**
**Once again, science suffered unexpected cuts.**

**But we are funded...     **

**We are down, but it could be much worse...**
-   Across the national program there are some substantial, targeted hits.
-   The agency allocations indicate general support for our plans.
-   Nonetheless, we may need to get into an “austerity” mode again this year.

**Physics Dept. funds**
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## Web Analytics: 

- Measuring the Value & Effectiveness of Your Website

- 49,000 years ago, a 30 to 50 meter diameter asteroid impacted northern Arizona. The resulting massive explosion excavated 175 million tons of rock, forming a crater nearly a mile wide and 570 feet deep. While the Meteor Crater* impact event was too small to cause global environmental effects, its regional damage would have been significant.
*Text and image courtesy of NASA/UA Space Imagery Center's Impact Cratering Series.*

**Notes:**
175 million tons = 1900+ Nimitz Aircraft Carriers

30-50m = 100 – 160 feet or a 10-15 story building
40km or ~25 miles = a diameter of about the size of the capital beltway

## Web Analytics: 

**Cost**

**Time**

**Scope**

- Quality

- Web Analytics:
- Measuring the Value & Effectiveness of Your Website

- _Impact!_ In terms of the triple constraint.

- Faster..., Cheaper..., Bigger...,  Better..., *(what’s missing?)*

**Notes:**
Adapted from the traditional triple constraints of project management and an MS version.

## Web Analytics: 

- Measuring the Value & Effectiveness of Your Website

- 49,000 years ago, a 30 to 50 meter diameter asteroid impacted northern Arizona. The resulting massive explosion excavated 175 million tons of rock, forming a crater nearly a mile wide and 570 feet deep. While the Meteor Crater* impact event was too small to cause global environmental effects, its regional damage would have been significant.
*Text and image courtesy of NASA/UA Space Imagery Center's Impact Cratering Series.*

**Notes:**
~49000 years ago homosapiens began to behave differently – creating jewelry and art.  Started migrating out of Africa. 

30-50m = 100 – 160 feet or a 10-15 story building

175 million tons = 1900+ Nimitz Aircraft Carriers

40km or ~25 miles = a diameter of about the size of the capital beltway
# Presentation: 160770

## Beam-Beam Compensation with Electron Lenses: Tentative Plans

*V.Shiltsev*
- LARP Meeting Jan 17, 2007

## Next Steps:  

- Fix HV Marx generator (IGBTs die due to radiation, let them cool off, add more schielding) *
- Attempt DC beam compensation – for all the bunches
- Try TEL2 during scraping (attempt to reduce 4% loss)
- Try TEL2 on several (3,6,12) bunches
- Finish hardware improvements:
- High power collector,  gridded e-gun, MCP e-gun, TEL1 upgrade
- Formulate proposal of e-lenses for the LHC, present at the LARP collab. meeting, BBcomp workshop at SLAC, PAC’07

- LARP Mtg - Jan 17, 2007

## Beam Studies:  

- DC beam studies (Jan-Feb?):
- TEL2 on early in store/all the time BoS
- TEL2 effect vs QYLB effect BoS/DSS
- TEL2 tuneup for different B_gun/B_main (between stores)
- TEL2 effect vs e-beam size (B_gun) EoSBoSDSS
- Further commissioning and understanding of DTM DSS
- TEL2 tune shift measurements by DTL, effect on amplitudes and widths DSS
- TEL2 DC during scraping BoS
- TEL1 pulsed studies (Feb-Mar?):
- TEL1 Tune up and futher current stabilization attempts (between stores)
- Making TEL2 working for cleaning EoS
- TEL1 Effect on P1 vs P13, P25 EoS/BoS
- Keep for long time during stores DSS
- Measure tune shifts due to TEL1 with DTL vs current EoS/DSS
- TEL2 in pulsed mode – recommissioning (Mar?)
- TEL2 on P12,24,36 and TEL on P1,13,25 together (Apr-May?)

- LARP Mtg - Jan 17, 2007

## Theory/Simulations needed:  

- Who? :
- Theory of effects on protons – Yu.Alexahin
- Simulations of TEL2 on protons – Seva under A.Valishev’s supervision
- Simulations of elenses for LHC – U.Dorda under F.Zimmermann supervs’n
- Main questions:
- Explain 2x lifetime improvement in TEL2 experiments
- Evaluate effect of nonlinear forces (limited e-beam size)
- Evaluate need for TELs at new WP near 1⁄2 integer
- Will TEL help RHIC?
- ELenses for LHC cleaning and HO BBComp – evaluate gains, specs, etc

- LARP Mtg - Jan 17, 2007
# Presentation: 051939

## Streamlining IFPS Operations at WFO CRP

- Mike Buchanan
- IFPS Focal Point
- WFO Corpus Christi, TX

## Short-term vs. Long-term

- Get away from using smart tools and procedures that modify 7 or 8 days worth of grids.
- Needed to modify most smart tools and procedures to accommodate the concept of short-term/long-term.
- Make it so that it is easy to use for the forecasters.

## Short-term vs. Long-term (continued)

## Weather Element Groups

- The 20 (or so) weather elements can be rather unwieldy at times.
- More efficient to operate on related weather elements at one time.
- Several additional weather element groups were therefore created.

## Groups

## IFP Data

- Once a group is loaded, then it makes it much easier to view the IFP model data.
- Viewing the IFP model data FIRST makes more sense than blindly populating with the models.
- The forecaster can pick/choose a model or models to possibly incorporate into the Fcst database.

## Slide 7

## Master Procedure

- Organize all the operational procedures into one all-encompassing procedure.
- Can generate many grids quickly and efficiently.
- Saves time from running procedures individually.
- Uses the self.callProcedure method.

## Master Procedure (cont’d)

## WaveHeight Smart Tool

- The tool is based upon the wind and wave (wind wave) nomogram.
- Higher waves are generated for certain wind directions that produce longer fetch (i.e., NE wind for our waters).
- Does not account for large or lingering swells.
- Canned WaveHeight grids are needed for certain scenarios (Strong cold front, tropical cyclone).
- This will give the forecasters greater flexibility than just the WaveHeight smart tool.

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## QPF Smart Tool

- This tool generates QPF based upon Wx and PoP (PoP3hr) grids.
- The user can use the default settings or can set the min/max qpf amounts that will be used.
- Meteorological consistency with the QPF, Wx and PoP (PoP3hr) grids is achieved.

## Slide 15

## Slide 16

## Slide 17

## Slide 18

## Slide 19

## Slide 20

## Slide 21
# Presentation: 127535

## L3 tracking - muons!Daniel WhitesonLBL

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## Single muon trigger

- Triggers mu1ptx{a,b,c,w}txx are
-  prescaled by 20  and are very impure (~5%)
- An improvement in rejection could increase
- the physics bandwidth for real
- muons (find more *W*’s!)

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## Can we find muon tracks?

- GTR

- L3Global
- Tracker

- Propagate tracks to the muon A-layer, look for match
- in dr = local distance in plane of A-layer

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## Track spectrum - run 147475

- We need to look
- at the Pt spectrum
- of the leading tracks

- Events with
- no track
- found

- Rejection Factor
-  = 1/(1-%remaining)

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## Efficiency & Rejection

- Rejection
- Factor
- from
- leading
- track

- Event
- Efficiency
- on sample
- of tight
- offline 
- with pt>3.0

- At 50% efficiency,
- rejection of ~20

- CFT
- Tracking
- with
- 8 hits
- required

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## Parameter Comparison

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002

## L3-GTR track matching

- Using offline
- geometry
- database

- Number of
- SMT hits jumps!

- Daniel Whiteson

- March 13, 2002
# Presentation: 703838

## 297 Machines Deployed as of August 9, 2002
Southeast Area		115
Southwest Area		  90
Eastern Area		  79
Capital Metro Area	  12
Great Lakes		     1   

**Southeast Area****	****	****115**
**Southwest Area****	****	****  90**
**Eastern Area****	****	****  79**
**Capital Metro Area****	****  12**
**Great Lakes****	****	****     1   **

## Mail Test Results
   week of August 2, 2002
93.5% Letter Mail Passed
93% Flat Mail Passed
99% No Presort Problems
99.2% with Correct Postage

**   ****week of August 2, 2002**
**93.5% Letter Mail Passed**
**93% Flat Mail Passed**
**99% No Presort Problems**
**99.2% with Correct Postage**
# Presentation: 398642

## Forest structure and biodiversity on a steep geophysical gradient:  the cloud forest lee margin

**Forest structure and biodiversity on a steep geophysical gradient:  the cloud forest lee margin**
- Robert O. Lawton, Ronald M. Welch, Salvi Asefi, Deepak K. Ray, Udaysankar S. Nair,  Kerry N. Rabenold & William A. Haber

- INTRODUCTION
- Tropical montane cloud forests are central elements of the complex of montane environments that lie at the core of most tropical biodiversity hotspots.  Cloud forests, defined by frequent, prolonged and predictable immersion in cloud, are centers of endemism for many taxa.  Although lowland rain forests are richer in species at spatial scales less than 0.1km2, cloud forests and associated formations are as species rich at scales of 10km2 and above.  This contrast between the spatial organization of biodiversity in lowland and montane regions is poorly understood, but must be addressed in any theory explaining global gradients in biodiversity and ecosystem structure.  This project is designed to address, in the well-known montane forests of Monteverde, in the Cordillera de Tilarán of Costa Rica, interrelationships among the critical components of this problem:  (1) the geophysical gradient at the cloud forest margin, (2) the pattern of tree and bird species distribution, and (3) the physical structure of the forest.

- We use GOES and MODIS imagery, regional atmospheric modeling, and ground observation to establish diurnal and seasonal patterns of cloud immersion.

- Persea spp.

- Ocotea spp.

- Beilsmiedia spp.

- Persea spp.

- Ocotea spp.

- Ground-based observations, remote sensing using GOES and MODIS, and atmospheric modeling are used to characterize the spatiotemporal distribution of orographic clouds
# Presentation: 558139

## Plan View STAR IR and adjacent tunnel

- (rays from Q3 to a 2 meter offset line @ the IP)

- Q3

- Q3

- 7 o’clock

- 5 o’clock

## 7 o’clock sector, inside (yellow) ring

- Q3

- D0

- Q1

## 7 o’clock sector, inside (yellow) ring

- D0

- DX

## 7 o’clock sector, inside (yellow) ring

- D0

- DX

- 2-1 beam pipe transition

- ZDC

## 7 o’clock sector, outside (blue) ring

- Q3

## 7 o’clock sector, outside (blue) ring

- DX

## 5 o’clock sector, inside (blue) ring

- Q3

- D0

## 5 o’clock sector, inside (blue) ring

- D0

- DX

## 5 o’clock sector, outside (yellow) ring

- DX

## 4 o’clock sector, inside (blue) ring

- DX

## PHENIX 7 o’clock sector, inside (yellow) ring

- DX

- D0
# Presentation: 514176

## Recent Observations of Enceladus by the Cassini Magnetometer  

- <date/time>

- Recent Observations of Enceladus by the Cassini Magnetometer

- Marcia Burton
- Cassini Magnetometer Investigation Scientist
- on behalf of the MAG team

## Slide 2

## Example of ion cyclotron waves identified in magnetometer data
Oscillations in the magnetic field that occur when neutrals become ionized and are “picked up” by the magnetic field
Seen throughout the inner magnetosphere but with unusual intensity near Enceladus

- Oscillations in the magnetic field that occur when neutrals become ionized and are “picked up” by the magnetic field
- Seen throughout the inner magnetosphere but with unusual intensity near Enceladus

## Power spectra of magnetic field data
Frequency of ion cyclotron waves can be used to determine ion species 

- Frequency of ion cyclotron waves can be used to determine ion species

## Ion cyclotron waves observed near Enceladus indicate water product ions (O+, OH+, H20+ )
Frequency varies in proportion to the background magnetic field strength
Characteristics of waves are used to calculate the production rate of ions (125 kg/second to produce the waves seen) 

- Frequency varies in proportion to the background magnetic field strength
- Characteristics of waves are used to calculate the production rate of ions (125 kg/second to produce the waves seen)

## Enceladus Interaction Coordinate System
		x- direction of satellite motion
		y- toward Saturn
		z- aligned with Saturn’s rotation axis

- 		x- direction of satellite motion
- 		y- toward Saturn
- 		z- aligned with Saturn’s rotation axis

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Although ion cyclotron waves are observed throughout the inner magnetosphere, they are most intense near Enceladus
 There seems to be a magnetic signature detected close to Enceladus
An even closer flyby is essential in understanding the magnetic signature 
A recently agreed upon change to the Cassini trajectory will bring the spacecraft to within ~200 km altitude in July of this year

- Although ion cyclotron waves are observed throughout the inner magnetosphere, they are most intense near Enceladus
-  There seems to be a magnetic signature detected close to Enceladus
- An even closer flyby is essential in understanding the magnetic signature
- A recently agreed upon change to the Cassini trajectory will bring the spacecraft to within ~200 km altitude in July of this year

- Summary

- Click for an audio of ion cyclotron waves
# Presentation: 527065

## $

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**“****An outstanding exhibit! You’ve managed to get the message out with****much humor****and scarcely any****vitriol.”****Texas Tech**

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**“****Your Show Me ****the Money page****and quiz are****GREAT!!!.”****University of Utah**

**Acknowledged by the****Engineering library at Cornell University as the inspiration for their current online exhibit!**
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# Presentation: 750756

## 38th Argos Operations Committee Meeting

**Monterey, USA**
**June 30****th**** to July 2****nd****, 2004**

**Program review**

## CLS Argos does not assign specific frequency channels to Argos platforms. 

- CLS Argos does not assign specific frequency channels to Argos platforms.
- For better transmission performances, it is strongly recommended to use the entire “Argos 2” bandwidth from 401.620 MHz to 410.680 MHz while keeping out of  the “Argos 1” central part of the band (401.646 MHz to 401.654 MHz).
- For further information and  to know the best transmission strategy (duty cycle, repetition rate and frequency choice) before deploying platforms in a particular geographic area, do not hesitate to contact your useroffice.
# Presentation: 004594

## Section 13

_***Section 13***_
***Atmospheric Corrector***

*** ******. . . Dennis Reuter***
*EO-1 LEISA Atmospheric Corrector*

## Summary of Changes Since Red Team Review

***Summary of Changes Since Red Team Review***

***No modifications to instrument***
***AC remained on spacecraft***
***Several disconnects and reconnects (optics module cable, WARP cable)***
***Some modifications to spacecraft software (RTS mods)   ***
***Additional 14 hours failure-free operation***
***302 hours of operation ***
***101 failure-free hours since mounting on spacecraft***
***Two PRs generated in T/V II***

## PRs Generated in T/V II

***PRs Generated in T/V II***

***EO1-WOA-1099***
***Event# 20, PR# 12***
*Apparent loss of telemetry packets*
*Previously know difference in packet counter between AC and spacecraft C&DH system*
*No action required -- operational workaround  *
***Event# 20, PR# 18***
*Actual loss of telemetry packet*
*Caused by S-Band telemetry noise*
*NO AC action required -- determined to be an S-Band problem*

## Verification Matrix

***Verification Matrix***

## Verification Matrix

***Verification Matrix***

## Final Status

***Final Status***

***No open issues***
***No Redbook candidates***
***Instrument is fully ready to fly and return valuable scientific data ***
# Presentation: 357534

## Boeing 747SP CWT

-  Inerting Efficiency

- William M CavageProject Manager - Fuel Tank Inerting FAA AAR-440, Fire Safety R&D Branch

## Vertical Mixing / Temperature Effects

- Inerting Efficiency Different from Test to Test
- Measured Strong “Vertical Effects” in one Full Length Bay
- Bottom of Bay [O2] Lags Behind Top of Bay on Quiescent Tests
- Complicated by the Fact that Sample System only Samples from Top
- Preliminary Data Shows Effect is Not NEA Temperature Dependant but is Effected by the NEA Temperature

## 747SP Inerting Data with Different Vertical Mixing 

## Inerting Efficiency

- Due to Sample Lag Don’t have a Good Picture of Inerting in the Tank During Test
- Sample Biased Due to Location of Sample Ports
- Know Beginning Point (20.9) and End Point After Run ACMs
- Want to Approximate the Progression of Tank Oxygen Concentration During the Testing
- Use Generic Inerting Equation to Develop Efficiency Factor K
- Solve for K and Redimensionalize to Get a Curve for Each Test Result
- Have Multiple Tests with Different Mixing

## 747SP Calculated Inerting Curves with Different Vertical Mixing 

## Summary

- Although the Bay-to-Bay Distribution of NEA Was Predictable and Repeatable, Inerting Efficiency Varied from Test to Test due to Problems with Vertical Mixing
- When Vertical Mixing is Stimulated, Inerting of a Compartmentalized Tank with a Localized Deposit is very Repeatable
- Care will Need to be Taken During Deposit System Design to Ensure Good Vertical Mixing in Deposit Locations
# Presentation: 094224

## Quality Indicators Mapping Tool

## What is the Quality Indicators Mapping Tool (QIMT)?

- The QIMT is a new QI software application designed to help organizations to:
-  better understand geographical patterns of hospital admission rates
-  allocate resources more effectively by calculating potential cost savings if admission rates are reduced

## Main Functions of the QIMT

- Simple creation of maps
- Calculation of cost savings
- Ability to place additional information about local populations onto maps

## How the QIMT works

- User provides a dataset (single-year dataset of hospital discharge records)
- QIMT runs user dataset against selected QIs
- QIMT produces maps for each indicator and a summary data file

## Quality Indicators used in the QIMT

- Not all QIs or QI modules are available
- The QIMT uses...
- All Prevention Quality Indicators (14)
- All Area-Level Pediatric Quality Indicators (5)

## Prevention Quality Indicators

- Diabetes, short-term complications (PQI 1)
- Perforated appendicitis (PQI 2)
- Diabetes, long-term complications (PQI 3)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PQI 5)
- Hypertension (PQI 7)
- Congestive heart failure (PQI 8)
- Low birth weight (PQI 9)

- Dehydration (PQI 10)
- Bacterial pneumonia (PQI 11)
- Urinary infections (PQI 12)
- Angina without procedure (PQI 13)
- Uncontrolled diabetes (PQI 14)
- Adult asthma (PQI 15)
- Lower extremity amputations among patients with diabetes (PQI 16)

## Pediatric Quality Indicators

- Area-Level Indicators
- Asthma Admission Rate (PDI 14)
- Diabetes Short-Term Complication Rate (PDI 15)
- Gastroenteritis Admission Rate (PDI 16)
- Perforated Appendix Admission Rate (PDI 17)
- Urinary Tract Infection Admission Rate (PDI 18)

## Sample Map

**Sample Map**

## If you want to use the QIMT...

- Visit the Innovations Café to see our demo
- or...
- Wait for the official release – October 31
- 	(_[http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/](http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/)__) _

*If you have questions or want more information, contact *
*Melanie Chansky at *
# Presentation: 817913

## Session GA-08

**Financial Partners Systems (hands-on)**
- Carolyn Washington
- Ben Chiu
- Valerie Sherrer
- U.S. Department of Education

## Commonly asked questions:

- What is Financial Partners Datamart?
- How do I log into FP Datamart?
- What information can I view in FP Datamart?
- How do I run a report?
- How can I share a report?
- How do I obtain access to FP Datamart?

## What is Financial Partners Datamart?

- Data from several FSA systems are consolidated into the FP Data Mart to provide multi-dimensional analysis capabilities.
- FPDM provides executive/summary information and decision support capabilities around several key business functions that include Risk Management, Customer Relationship Management, Compliance Management, and Portfolio Management.
- Accessible over the web.

## What information can I view in FP Datamart?

- GA access is restricted to their respective data.
- GAs have access to:
- GA Analysis Reports
- GA Financial Reports
- GA 1189 and 1130
- ED FORM 2000
- GA SOA
- GA Scorecard information
- LARS Reports
- Lender Portfolio Analysis
- Lender Scorecard

## What information can I view in FP Datamart?

- Lender access is restricted to their respective data.
- Lenders have access to:
- GA Analysis Reports
- LARS Reports (special allowance, interest benefits, etc.)
- Lender Portfolio data
- Lender Scorecard information

## How do I log into FP Datamart?

- Go to _[www.fp.ed.gov](http://www.fp.ed.gov/)_.
- Click Financial Partners Datamart.
- Click I am a current user.

## Contact Information

- We appreciate your feedback and comments.  We can be reached at:
- _[Carolyn.Washington@ed.gov](mailto:Carolyn.Washington@ed.gov)_
- (202) 377-3530
- _[Ben.Chiu@ed.gov](mailto:Ben.Chiu@ed.gov)_
- (415) 486-5623
- _[Valerie.Sherrer@ed.gov](mailto:Valerie.Sherrer@ed.gov)_
- (202) 377-3547
# Presentation: 515715

## NPOESS SARSAT/ARGOS Meeting Review

- January 24 2003

## Meeting Discussions

- HRD/LRD Real Time Transmission
- Withdrawn at the intersessional meeting
- Carriage of Argos Instruments on NPOESS orbits including 2130.
- Withdrawn at the intersessional meeting
- NPOESS MOU Timeline
- To be discussed under H-1

## Meeting Discussions

- C. Gal (CNES) Reported on considered NPOESS ADCS mission enhancements
- Gaussian minimum shift key (GMSK) modulation system, 4.8 kbs platforms allows for 5 w low power transmitters
- Increase use of channel coding and corresponding link budget improvements
- Argos instrument is currently operating at 95% capacity, future instrument enhancements may add additional capacity by increasing the number of DRU employed.
- Future mission enhancements may increase the power consumption from the platform
- P. Lee (NG) commented that increased precision of the downlink frequency could possibly allow for occultation measurements to be made with the Argos system.  (around 460 MHz +/- 10 MHz is ideal)
- Next NPOESS Argos/SARSAT Meeting scheduled around September 2003, in California

## Action Items

- Argos AI 1.  Paul Lee to check Feasibility of adding Argos data set to LRD downlink.
- Argos AI 2. CNES and CLS to develop user requirement for Argos LRD downlink.
- Argos AI 3. NOAA/DSD to investigate procedure of submitting change request to the JARG/SUAG.
- Argos AI 4. Major Demidovich to produce IPO letter to TRW for LRD addition.
- Actions 1-4 Closed at Argos Intersessional meeting.

## Action AI 5 & 6

- Argos AI 5. NOAA to study antenna requirements of the Argos/SARSAT antenna to reconcile apparent differences in the TIROS, T.003, and NPOESS requirements.
- IPO and NASA resolved the antenna pattern issue
- Argos AI 6. CNES requested that IPO ask NASA about instrument shipping and handling liability.
- Open
# Presentation: 744161

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

***Total SARs: 573***

**Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs Filing Trend**
**U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico**
**For the Period August 1, 1996 through December 31, 2007**

## Suspicious Activities Reported by Casinos & Card Clubs

**Suspicious Activities Reported by Casinos & Card Clubs**
**U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico**
**For the Period August 1, 1996 through December 31, 2007**

- Note:  The pie chart does not include those categories of suspicious activity for which data queries returned no results (i.e., no filers reported these activities).
- 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 Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs Filing Trendby Type of Gaming EstablishmentU.S. Territory of Puerto RicoFor the Period January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2007

## Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos & Card Clubs

**Geographic Reporting Locations**
**U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico**
**For the Period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007**

**Note: Statistics based on Casino Address**
# Presentation: 786416

## What’s Next for Energy Codes?

- Jeffrey G. Ross-Bain, PE, LEED
- Smith Dalia Architects
- Atlanta, GA
- (404) 892-2443
- jross-bain@smithdalia.com

## Energy Use is a Major Global Issue

- Energy Related Issues
- Electrical Security (22% increase in electricity use by 2010*)
- Petroleum use up 35% since 1985
- National security
- Public health
- The nation’s energy resources at present cannot meet the expected demand.
- Energy consumption and sustainable use of resources is a topic of international importance.
- Developing countries
- Global climate change
- Natural resource depletion

**Source: Energy Information Administration*

## Industry and Government Address Energy Efficiency

- AEE: Energy efficiency is the largest single resource to reduce energy use.
- ASHRAE: Environmental Scan
- Most countries have some form of energy code
- Vigorous R&D currently underway by equipment and product manufacturers
- United States Department of Energy
- Energy Smart Schools
- ReBuild America
- Million Solar Roofs Initiative
- National Laboratories (LBNL, NREL, etc.)

## Current Energy Codes Address the Building Only

- Envelope
- HVAC systems
- Lighting systems
- Service water heating
- Power systems
- Motors

## Future Codes Issues ?

- Raising the bar / industry capacity to comply
- Code official training and enforcement
- Building orientation
- Daylighting
- Rainwater harvesting
- Material Selection
- Stormwater reuse
- Traffic / transportation issues
- Operation and Maintenance
- LEEDTM?

## Questions ?

**Questions ?**

- As energy concerns become more important to the lives of people, and as innovative companies, groups, and individuals search for ways to change standard practice it is inevitable that energy codes will change and adapt to the prevailing issues of the day.
- The one constant is change.
# Presentation: 344035

## WOCE Poster Competition

**Prize Committee**
- Nathan Bindoff
- Piers Chapman
- John Gould
- Peter Koltermann
- Peter Killworth
- Alison Macdonald

## And the Winners are...

- Geoffrey Gebbie, MIT
- An eddy-resolving state estimate of the ocean circulation during the Subduction Experiment using a North Atlantic regional model (ECCO)
- Hiroki Uehara, Tohoku University
- Role of mesoscale eddies on formation and transport of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water demonstrated with Argo floats
- Josh Willis, SIO
- Combining altimetric height with broadscale profile data: a technique for estimating subsurface variability

## V3 DVD Providers

**DIU**: Katherine Bouton, Jim Crease, Doug White, Burt Thompson, Ferris Webster
**Data Products Committee**: Penny Holliday, Brian King, Nathan Bindoff, David Legler, Reiner Schlitzer, Victor Zlotnicki, Piers Chapman, John Bullister, Yutaka Michida

## Floats: Chris Wooding and Phil Richardson
Current Meter: Dale Pillsbury, Joe Bottero, Mindy Berger
Pacific UOT: Warren White, Marguerette Schultz, Norm Hall
ADCP: Pat Caldwell, Norio Baba, Shin Tani
SSS: Alain Dessier, Loic Petit de la Villeon
Satellite SST and Altimeter Data (JPL): Victor Zlotnicki
Sea Level: Lesley Rickards, Bernie Kilonsky
Surface Meteorology: Shawn Smith, David Legler

**Current Meter**: Dale Pillsbury, Joe Bottero, Mindy Berger
**Pacific UOT**: Warren White, Marguerette Schultz, Norm Hall
**ADCP**: Pat Caldwell, Norio Baba, Shin Tani
**SSS**: Alain Dessier, Loic Petit de la Villeon
**Satellite SST and Altimeter Data (JPL)**: Victor Zlotnicki
**Sea Level**: Lesley Rickards, Bernie Kilonsky
**Surface Meteorology**: Shawn Smith, David Legler

- V3 DVD Providers

## Satellite winds: Sylvie Pouliquen, Jean Francois Piolle, Pierre Flament
Surface Drifters and PALACE Floats: Mayra Pazos, Bob Keeley
Atlantic UOT: Bob Molinari, Yeun-Ho Chong
Indian UOT: Rick Bailey, Ann Gronell, Gary Meyers
Global UOT: Charles Sun, Melanie Hamilton, Bob Keeley
WHPO: Terry Joyce, Jim Swift, Steve Diggs, Jerry Kappa, Danie Kinkade
NODC: Charles Sun, Kurt Schnebele, Lee Dantzler

**Surface Drifters and PALACE Floats**: Mayra Pazos, Bob Keeley
**Atlantic UOT**: Bob Molinari, Yeun-Ho Chong
**Indian UOT**: Rick Bailey, Ann Gronell, Gary Meyers
**Global UOT**: Charles Sun, Melanie Hamilton, Bob Keeley
**WHPO**: Terry Joyce, Jim Swift, Steve Diggs, Jerry Kappa, Danie Kinkade
**NODC**: Charles Sun, Kurt Schnebele, Lee Dantzler

- V3 DVD Providers
# Presentation: 799672

## Overflow in MAT Numeric Fields

- The Problem and a Proposed Solution
- Jed Graef
- IPM-Software

## The Problem

- MAT fields for Incomes, Assets, and Asset Incomes are limited to 6 digits.
- The fields that hold the totals for these financial items are also limited to 6 digits.
- Certifications are starting to appear with asset totals greater than 6 digits.

## Problem (Continued)

- Assets of $1,000,000 or greater can not be entered as a single asset record.
- Any asset total of $1,000,000 or greater can not be transmitted in a MAT file.
- These issues cause certifications to generate errors from TRACS or CA software.

## Proposed Solution	

- For data entry, split incomes and assets into multiple records whose total is the correct amount.
- A house with a value of $1,500,000 could be entered as three MAT10 Section 5 records at $500,000 each, for example.

## Solution (Continued)

- Vendors may either:
- Tell users to split the asset manually
- Have users enter the correct asset total and automatically split the asset when creating the MAT10, Section 5 records.
- The recommended way to split the asset is in 999,999 pieces with the last record holding the remainder necessary for the correct total.

## Solution (Continued)

- Fill any totals field that is $1,000,000 or more with 9’s ($999,999) in the MAT file.
- Do all certification calculations with the correct total amounts no matter what the value.  This ensures that TTP and assistance are calculated correctly.
- Print the correct totals on the 50059.  Do not enter 6 9’s in a total field.

## CA Processing

- Process the cert using correct totals and do not issue discrepancies for totals of all 9’s in the MAT file.
- Ignore TRACS errors related to the above issues.  These will be level 1 calculation discrepancies.  Pay on such certs.

## TRACS Processing

- Short Term
- Implement the same model as for CAs.
- If this is not possible, suppress level 1 errors associated with fields filled with all 9s where the TRACS calculated total is >= $1,000,000.
- Long Term
- With TRACS 202C, make the appropriate fields larger to eliminate the issue once and for all.

## Applicable MAT Field

- 29—Total Assets

## 202C Fields

- 30—Total Income from Assets
- 32—Imputed Income from Assets
- 33-36—Total Incomes
- 37—Non Asset Income
- 38—Asset Income
- 39—Annual Income Amount
- 56—Adjusted Income Amount