BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 924656

## Jobs Study of the Institute for Postal Studies

- Spring 2004
- Robert Reisner
- Transformation Strategy

## How Did We Get Here Today?

- Institute for Postal Studies (ISP) investment in postal reform research
- Request by Congressional Staff in March 2004 for Analysis of Jobs Impact
- Transformation Strategy and SLS Consulting
- USPS Senior Management wanted to share this application of the Mailing Industry Task Force (MITF) and ISP Work

## Implications of Gridlock

- Nine Years of Debate over Postal Reform
- Debate over Retirement/CSRS
- What will impact on prices and competition be?
- Volume decline?

- Congress

- USPS

***If volume declines, how far behind will job loss follow?***

## President’s Commission View:The StakesFirst Class Decline/Standard Growth

- 2002       2007      2012     2017

- Billions pcs

## The Commission’s ForecastAppears Outdated 6 Months Later

- Continuous Decline

- The High Point

***If you lose mail is it gone***
***forever?***

## The Purpose of the Study

- Concern with Future Volume
- Where are the jobs?
- Impact on Jobs

## MITF’s 9 Million Jobs

| 6 |  | Postal/Package Stakeholders |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 4.6 | Mailing Services |
|  | .8 | USPS |
|  | .6 | Competitors |
| 2.2 |  | Mail Intensive Customer Segments |
|  | .3 | Mail Order |
|  | .9 | Publishing |
|  | 1. | Printing |
| .7 |  | Associated Stakeh. – Adv. Non- DM |
| 8.9 |  | Total |

## Specifying Where the Jobs AreUnderstand the Impact of Volume Decline

- MITF
- Estimate

- Update and
- Build Database

- Jobs
- Elasticities

- Data from
- USPS
- MITF, DMA

- Census
- Data,
- Update to
- 108th Cong.

***Some industries***
***Will be more sensitive than others***
***To potential future volume declines***

## Jobs Impacts & USPS Reform

- Impacts will not be 1 to 1.  But a 20% decline will affect 1.5 million jobs
- Impacts vary widely District to District – Even replacement of jobs creates winners and losers
- Over time technology may realign the economy
- Impacts will cause economic dislocation, especial if they are rapid
- 9 times as many jobs are in the private sector
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## COACHING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

- George Washington University
- April 1, 2005
- G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach
- Federal Consulting Group

## WHY DO MANAGERS SEEK OUT A COACH?

- To help develop future leadership
- To address performance issues
- To help staff adapt to change
- To create high performing organizations

## WHY DO MANAGERS SEEK OUT A COACH?

- To create better results faster
- To help improve coaching skills
- To build teamwork within a management team
- To retain high potential employees

## APPLICATIONS OF COACHING

- INDIVIDUAL COACHING FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- TEAM COACHING
- FEEDBACK COACHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 360 SURVEY
- INDIVIDUAL COACHING IN SUPPORT OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

## EXAMPLES OF COACHING APPLICATIONS

- USDA NASS: Coaching the Administrator and select members of his Senior Executive Team
- EPA OES: Coaching manager and her management team
- INTEL COMMUNITY: Feedback coaching in conjunction with OPM Leadership 360 survey: Executives down to managers

## EXAMPLES OF COACHING APPLICATIONS

- CNCS: Feedback coaching with 360; HQ Executives and managers plus all State Office Directors
- INTEL COMMUNITY: Individual coaching for each member of leadership development cohort
- HHS OGC: Limited number of individual coaching sessions with 360 feedback and MBTI

## TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT

- Coaching is becoming a preferred tool in developing future executives
- Focus shifting to development of leader coaches
- Coaching is an integral part of SES Candidate Development programs
- Coaching certification becoming more important and a requirement by some agencies

## TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT

- Coaching and OD consulting skills are becoming important competencies
- Coaching and mediation skills are becoming more important for leaders
- Coaching is an important complement to mentoring
- Coaching is being used to help create organizational alignment and communities of learning

## TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT

- More internal coaches appearing in agencies; e.g. IRS. OCC,  and some Intel Community organizations
- Coaching capability is being seen more and more as an important competence of future leaders
- Some senior executives are getting trained as executive coaches as they transition to retirement and setup practice

## CONTACT INFORMATION:

- G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach
- 	Department of Treasury
- 	Federal Consulting Group
- 	(202) 906-6206
- 	email _[lee.salmon@ots.treas.gov](mailto:lee.salmon@ots.treas.gov)_
- 	Website _[www.fcg.gov](http://www.fcg.gov/)_
# Presentation: 717866

## Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST) Research and Development Plan: Improving the Safety and Efficiency of the Surface Transportation System

***Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST) Research and Development Plan:****** Improving the Safety and Efficiency of the Surface Transportation System***

- Paul Pisano
- Mike Campbell
- WG/WIST Cochairs
- June 6, 7, 13, and 14, 2006

- Wrap-up and Next Steps

## Wrap-up

- Summary
- Key points
- Suggestions on direction ahead
- Suggestions on additional contacts to be made
- Offers of help for the WG/WIST

## Next Steps

- Moving On
- Finish collecting and cross-feeding ongoing R&D activities
- Update on a periodic basis
- Finish collecting and developing the weather-related impact data to help guide WIST R&D needs prioritization
- Develop WIST R&D prioritized listing(s)
- Develop WIST R&D Plan
- Conduct a national WIST conference in early 2007
# Presentation: 871392

## Considerations on each center calculating own bias estimates as part of NAEFS

**NAEFS workshop Oct 6-8 2008, NCEP **
**Lewis Poulin, MSC-CMC**
**Implementation. and Operational services**
**lewis.poulin@ec.gc.ca**

## ReviewHow CMC calculates bias w.r.t. analysis

- When CMC analysis is ready at a valid time T [0,6,12,18]
- for each member;do
- for each fhr valid at T;do
- for each variable;do
- Today = Prev_fcst_variable_valid@T minus Analysed_Variable@T
- Current Bias = (Today Bias * 0.02) + Previous_Bias@ valid@fhr*0.98
- done
- done
- done
- (1) Prog Dbase w.r.t. analysis = New Prog - Current Bias
- Note: CMC does this for all members, all time steps

## ReviewHow CMC calculates reanalysis bias

- When ncep re analysis is ready for a time T [0,6,12,18]
- for each variable;do
- Today REBias = Analysed variable minus Re-Analysed_Variable
- (2) Current REBias = (Today REBias * 0.02) + Previous_Bias*0.98
- done
- Note: No prog files involved, calculation is done between analysis and re-analysis
- Then Prog w.r.t. Re-analysis = (1) – Current REBias (2)

## How NCEP calculates bias w.r.t. analysis

- for each fhr;do
- for each variable;do
- Today = Prev_fcst_variable_valid@fhr minus Analysed_Variable
- Current Bias = (Today Bias * 0.02) + Previous_Bias@ valid@fhr*0.98
- done
- done
- Note: No looping on members

## Importance of Review? 

- Impact on data volumes when decisions are made about sharing bias estimates versus prog data
- See next slide

## Note: CMC file sizes much larger

- Later in project because CMC bias estimate
- Files are more numerous than NCEP’s

## Outlook of other issues for when each center bias adjusts own data

- Which variables to bias adjust and then share?
- HGT, TMP, UGRD, VGRD, 200, 250, 500, 700, 850, 925, 100
- MSLP, PRES_SFC
- Format: GRIB2 – this will require testing, coordinating
- Testing in GRIB2 takes time..
- Are there any timing issues? Impacts on operational NAEFS timelines?
- Strategy of sharing data?
- Share bias data first/early, then later share prog data?
- Is dedicated link really required if datasets are shared seperately
- Other
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## A Tornado Is . . . 

- A powerful, circular windstorm that may be accompanied by winds in excess of 250 miles per hour.

## Risks Posed by Tornadoes

- Tornadoes can:
- Rip trees apart.
- Destroy buildings.
- Uproot structures and objects.
- Send debris and glass flying.
- Overturn cars and mobile homes.

## Fujita Wind-Damage Scale

- Measures tornado strength
- Six levels:
- F0:  Light damage
- F1:  Moderate damage
- F2:  Considerable damage
- F3:  Severe damage
- F4:  Devastating damage
- F5:  Incredible damage

## Tornado Preparedness

- Know the risk.
- Identify a “safe” room.
- Learn the community’s warning system.
- Conduct family tornado drills.

## Tornado Clues

- High winds
- Very large hail

## During a Tornado . . .

- Keep windows and doors closed.
- Go to the “safe” room.
- Listen to EAS or NOAA Weather Radio.
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## CD4 GLP ProtocolsClinical Standard Operating Procedures for CD4 Enumeration by Flow Cytometry Using the BD FACSCount System

**Burt Houtz, CLS**
**Technical Adviser, Flow Cytometry Applications**
**BD Biosciences**

**Notes:**
This Get With The Flow seminar is presented by the Customer Education Services department.

## Laboratory Safety

- Biohazard Safety
- General Policies
- Approvals
- Waste disposal
- Accident reporting and follow-up
- Safety committee

## Specimen Processing

- General Policies
- Approval
- Periodic review
- Specimen Collection
- Phlebotomy
- Training
- Documentation
- Specimen Handling and Transport
- Specimen Requisition, Receipt and Assessment
- Specimen Processing and Storage

## Specimen Identification Log

- Proper Identification
- Condition of the Specimen
- Date and Time
- Collection
- Receipt
- Source
- Lab location

## Immunofluorescent Labeling

- Preparing Controls
- Preparing Samples
- Vortexing
- Pipetting
- Incubation Times

## FACSCount Quality Control

- Startup Procedure
- Priming the System
- Entering Control and Reagent Information
- Running Controls

## FACSCount Quality Control Report

- Control Run Result
- Pass/Fail
- CD3 Range
- CD4 Range
- Process Control Reporting

## FACSCount Analysis of Specimens

- Startup Procedure
- Priming the System
- Entering Patient and Reagent Information
- Running Patient Samples
- Cleaning Procedure
- Shutdown Procedure

## Laboratory Reporting of CD4 Test Results

- Laboratory Worksheet
- Recording Patient Test Results

## FACSCount Maintenance

- Daily
- Cleaning
- Monthly
- Drain / Fill Cycle
- Annually
- System Fluid Filter Change

## FACSCount Maintenance Record

- Recording Data
- About Service Visits

## CD4 Enumeration Quality Assurance

- Quality Control Procedures
- Internal Controls
- Evaluate Patient Data
- T-Sum
- CD3 Consistency Check
- Positive Reagent Control
- Specimen Integrity
- Reagent Quality Control

## CD4 Enumeration Quality Assurance

- Reference Ranges
- Proficiency Testing
- Clerical Processing
- Quality Improvement
- Use of the Reagent Log

## Data Reporting of CD4 Test Results

- Supervisory Review
- Interpret in the Proper Context
- Provide Appropriate Information
- Provide Legible Results
- Retain Files for a Sufficient Length of Time
- Notify the Physician If Results Are Below a Critical Level
- Specify a Turnaround Time
- Control Patient Data

## Proficiency Testing

- Formal Programs
- CAP
- NEQAS
- Peer Review Processes
- Country-Based Organizations
- Specimen Concerns

## Proficiency Testing

** **

** **

** **

## Clinical Training

- What is it?
- Why it is Important
- Know the Audience (if you can!)
- Lesson Plan
- Feedback
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## L

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**T**

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**R**

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**F**

**YOUR ONE-STOP **
**TRAVEL INFO SHOP**

## OVERVIEW

**OVERVIEW**

- Screen Shots of FORETELL

- Decision Support Update

- MM5 Model Update

## What is FORETELL?

**What is FORETELL?**

**More detailed resolution and greater time accuracy than most other sources**

**Mid-western state cooperative project**

**Detailed forecast conditions up to 24 hours**

## Types of Weather Information Available from FORETELL

**Precipitation (type and intensity)**
**Temperature (air and dew point)**
**Cloud cover**
**Wind (speed and direction)**
**Forecasted radar**
**Barometric Pressure**
**24 hour Precipitation Accumulation**
**Combined precipitation and temperature**

## PRECIPITATION

**User Defined**
**Zoom**

## PRECIPITATION

## TEMPERATURE

**TEMPERATURE**

## DEWPOINT TEMP

**DEWPOINT TEMP**

## CLOUDS

**CLOUDS**

## FORECASTED RADAR

**FORECASTED RADAR**

## PRECIP ACCUMULATION

## FROZEN ACCUMULATION

**FROZEN ACCUMULATION**

**Model Run Frozen**
**Accumulation**

## WINDS

**WINDS**

## GRAPHING DATA

**GRAPHING DATA**

## ANIMATING DATA

## How does FORETELL work?

**National Weather Service (NWS) data**
**Using LAPS Analysis**
**LDM**
**MM5 Weather Model (10KM Grid)**
**Developed by John Snook**
**CORRA running MM5 models across country**
**Incorporates surface station observations**

## MM5 Model

**Update to New MM5 Version Completed**
**Updating to Version 3**
**Benefits:**
**20% Faster**
**Can now forecast 30 hours ahead**
**expecting improved surface temperatures**
**expecting improved precipitation measures**

## USERS ALSO NEEDROAD SURFACE CONDITION INFO

**USERS ALSO NEED****ROAD SURFACE ****CONDITION INFO**

## ROAD CONDITIONS

**Ice Prediction Model currently used by FORETELL**

**Drifting Snow Model added this winter**

## Components Used ...

**Components Used ...**

## ROAD CONDITIONS

**ROAD CONDITIONS**

## ROAD PAVEMENT TEMP

**ROAD PAVEMENT TEMP**

## DEWPOINT at ROAD

**DEWPOINT at ROAD**

## FORETELL Decision Support

**	**

**Support Operators with a:**
**-****	****Route by Route display of most **
**	****critical parameter for them to **
**	****monitor**
**-****	****Interpret data using CRREL **
**	****models and experience**

## FORETELL Decision Support

**	**

**Flags Which Roads are Impacted by**
**	****- Frost**
**	****- Snow Drifting**
**	****- Ice (reduced traction)**
**	****- Snow Accumulation**

## Details of Most Critical Conditions

**	**

**Frost :**
**	****- Likelihood of Frost Occurring**
**Reduced Traction:**
**	****- How Driveable is the Road**
**Snow (drift and accumulation):**
**	****- Amount expected**
**	****- Time expected**

## FORETELL OFFICIALRIBBON CUTTINGDECEMBER 9, 2000 AASHTO Mtg In Indianapolis

**FORETELL OFFICIAL****RIBBON CUTTING****DECEMBER 9, 2000 ****AASHTO Mtg In Indianapolis**
# Presentation: 816233

##   Twanging the Sun’s Guitar:                          Hot Loop Oscillations

- SUMER discovery: strong Doppler oscillations (±300 km/s) in hot loops above active regions
- Typical periods: 10-20 min, with comparable decay time scales
- Only seen in hot flare lines (> 6 MK, e.g. Fe XVII, Fe XIX, Fe XXI)
- Nature of oscillation modes still unclear
- Prospect of probing coronal structure by *“coronal seismology”*

**Fe XIX**

**EIT:       Fe XII    195 ****Å**
**SUMER: Fe XIX 1118 Å**
# Presentation: 881545

## Study of Angular Momentum Transport due to Magnetic Fluctuations by the Dynamo Probe Head

**NSTX Research Forum ****November 2003**

**Hantao Ji **

**Collaborators: ****	****J. Boedo, G. Tynan (UCSD) **** ****	****	****	****H. Kugel, T.S. Hahm (PPPL)****	****	****	****T. Carter (UCLA)**

## Introduction

**Significant angular momentum measured at NSTX.**
**Understanding transport mechanism(s) of angular momentum may provide important clues for ion dynamics in a small aspect ratio and is possibly related to the high ion temperature. **
**Two models proposed for the momentum transport:**
**Reynolds stress --- can be purely electrostatic**
**Magnetic Reynolds stress --- fully electromagnetic, could be more relevant to high-beta plasmas**
**The dynamo probe head will provide crucial information on these models by directly measuring the candidate terms due to fluctuations. **

## Conceptual Design of The Probe(Consisting of 3 Triple Probes and 3 Magnetic Probes)

## Measured and Deduced Quantities

**Measured Fluctuations:**
**                   ****at 2 poloidal and 2 radial locations**
**                     ****at one location**
**Deduced Fluctuations**
**The terms needs to determine momentum transport are**

- Reynolds stress
- (available already)

- magnetic Reynolds stress
- (new measurements)

## Finish manufacturing and installation (J. Boedo, H. Ji)
Onsite conditioning and system-debugging (J. Boedo, H. Ji, H. Kugel) 
Preliminary tests (H. Ji, J. Boedo)
Initial measurements (H. Ji, J. Boedo, G. Tynan, T. Carter)

- Onsite conditioning and system-debugging (J. Boedo, H. Ji, H. Kugel)
- Preliminary tests (H. Ji, J. Boedo)
- Initial measurements (H. Ji, J. Boedo, G. Tynan, T. Carter)

**Proposed Activities in FY04**

***Collaborative research among 2 universities and PPPL***
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## 345.7 GB Transfer ANL->NERSC

- Transfer between ANL(dg0n1.mcs.anl.gov) & NERSC (swift.nersc.gov)
- Total 1260 files, B04.16.atm collection (1200x287.86MB) + 60 files from uvcloud_csm collection (3.68MB each). Started 01/20/02 at 10:14 am
- There were 5 files transferring simultaneously all the time
- Since NERSC’s server did not support restart markers and DCAU, we could not obtain performance data, modify the TCP buffer size, or change the number of TCP streams.
- 25 minutes after transfer was started – NFS went down )-; Everything got killed since its been started from the remote machine
- The next day RFT was restarted (23 hours later, at 9:31am 1/21/02) – and the transfer continued (restarted where it left off)
- One more NFS outage for 20 minutes (1/21/02, 3:20pm). This time both the server and the client survived the crash and resumed the transfer on its own after NFS came back.
- Some problems with dg0n1.mcs.anl.gov : the finished ftpd processes were still running and taking most of the swap space (256MB!). After they were killed explicitly by root – the transfers didn’t resume. They could’ve been resumed only one-by-one by hand (from the GUI)
- 1257 were transferred total. 3 never started, 7 – partially transferred (were cancelled by me)

## RFT: Transfer ANL->ISI

- Total number of files transferred : 70
- Each file was 287.86 MB (B04.16.atm collection)
- Took about 4 hours to transfer (+- couple of minutes)
- 2 files transferred concurrently all the time
- At various times I modified the number of TCP streams (at runtime) and saw increased performance
- No network or other problems affected the transfer
# Presentation: 882403

## HIFLUGCS and the Luminosity-Mass RelationT. H. Reiprich (University of Virginia)www.reiprich.net

- Systematics Important,
*L**X*-*M* Relation Important,
- Cooling Flows and Mergers Important,
- Solve Problems with Chandra & XMM-Newton Observations of *HIFLUGCS*.

## Reiprich  (2003)

## Importance of LX-M Relation

- Reiprich & Böhringer (2002)

## Best fit values from HIFLUGCS “mass” function,

- Best fit values from *HIFLUGCS* “mass” function,
- applying different best fit *L**X*-*M* relations.

## Best fit values from HIFLUGCS “mass” function,

- Best fit values from *HIFLUGCS* “mass” function,
- applying different best fit *L**X*-*M* relations.

## Cooling Cores and LX-M Relation

- : *M/M* ≥ 2*10-13/yr
- : 0 < *M/M* < 2*10-13/yr
- : no c.f.

- Inferred from surface
- brightness deprojection
- of clusters from
- extended *HIFLUGCS.*
- Chen, Reiprich, &
- Böhringer (in prep.)

- CCCs cause systematic
- shift and increase
- in dispersion.

## Importance of Mergers

- Randall, Sarazin, & Ricker (2002)

## HIFLUGCSFollow-up

- Chandra examples.

- XMM-Newton examples.

## Scripts by Greg Sivakoff (UVa)

## Slide 10

## Abell 1644

- RASS

- XMM-Newton

- Treated as single cluster in REFLEX and *HIFLUGCS*.

## T map

- _T map_

- Reiprich et al. (astro-ph/0308282)

## HR mapMOS1-MOS2-pn,0.3-2 / 2-10 keV,bkg/exp/vig corr.,adapt. smoothed,flipped.Dark = cool /metal rich.Bright = hot.

## T mapOff-axis merger, hydrodynamical simulation(E. Tittley).Remarkably similar.

## HR mapMOS1-MOS2-pn,0.3-2 / 2-10 keV,bkg/exp/vig corr.,adapt. smoothed,flipped.Dark = cool /metal rich.Bright = hot.

- All that with only
- 12ks of good data.

## Could Detected Double Clusters Bias the LX-M Relation?

- 83 single clusters
- with no sub-
- structure excluded.

-  Normalization
- and slope almost
- identical to 106 cls.

-  Other effects
- may be more
- important, e.g., ...

## ... Sample Selection.

- Reiprich (2001)

## Conclusions

- Systematics Important,
*L**X*-*M* Relation Important,
- Cooling Flows and Mergers Important,
- Solve Problems with Chandra & XMM-Newton Observations of *HIFLUGCS*.

## This is the End.
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## BACTERIOLOGICAL BASIS OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

- About 100 species of mycobacteria exist
- lab classification: Runyon groups
- slowly growing photochromogens
- slowly growing scotochromogens
- slowly growing non-chromogens
- rapid growers
- M. tuberculosis complex: tuberculosis, bovis, africanum, microti

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

**Clinical classification: **
**human pathogens**
**animal pathogens**
**saprophytes**
**Not strict because of opportunistic pathogens**
**classical types versus "atypical"**
**with AIDS : no species can be excluded**
**repeated isolation, or from sterile sites**

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

- Main pathogens in TB high prevalence
- PTB almost always caused by M. tuberculosis
- even in AIDS patients
- also M. bovis rare in PTB
- Other mycobacteria more frequent in EP disease
- Sputum smear when TB is highly prevalent
- AFB-positive = TB
- not true for urine, stool..!!
- Contaminants more of a problem in cultures
- identification always (resistance++)
- 		sufficient: M. tuberculosis complex or not

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

- Important characteristics of M. tuberculosis
- cell-wall composition: mycolic acids
- AFB or AAFB
- all mycobacteria are AFB (and the reverse?)
- not recommended to differentiate in smear
- also reason for slow clearing of dead bacilli?
- e.g. sputum conversion: sm+ / cult. neg.
- resistance to acids, alcali, detergents
- long generation time
- precautions against contamination of cultures
- main drawback of cultures: delay

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

- Important characteristics (2)
- Antigenic cross-reactivity
- "premunition" inter-species?
- problem for serological diagnosis
- Oxygen dependence
- lung tops preference
- persisters in unfavorable environment
- Naturally resistant to most ordinary antibiotics
- partly growing intracellularly (macrophages)
- 			e.g. streptomycin and acidity
- 			cell-wall penetration
- enzymes, e.g. penicillins, pyrazinamide

## TB BACTERIOLOGY

**Important characteristics (3)**
**rapid acquisition of induced resistance**
**fastest for the strongest drugs!!**
**low toxicity (and virulence)**
**tissue necrosis: due to immune reaction**
**"chronics", living in symbiosis**
# Presentation: 004633

## APEX Schedule          April 25 2006

**8am**

**injection**

**Rotator on at injection**
**MacKay**

-  **10pm**

**2am**

**Orbit **
**response **
** ****matrix**
**Satogata**
**Niedziela**

**Beam-beam limit with one collision**
**Montag**
**Beebe-Wang**
**Ptitsyn**

**1am**

**Beam Based Alignment**
**Niedziela**
**Satogata**

**Start**
**Machine **
**Development**
** ****(rotator change **
**for PHENIX)**

**5am**

**Ramps**

- Turned on rotators at injection at
- ~1/2 current
*Potential: shorter rotator ramp*
*Drawbacks: new ramp, effect on polarization*

## Beam-beam effect –1 collision

- Montag,

- Filled bunches with
- different intensities
- 1 collision point
- (IP8)

- Counterintuitive results: lifetime increases with intensity of
- colliding bunch
- No gated tune measurements – will do it again when gated
-  BBQ becomes available

## Orbit Response Matrix

- Simultaneous measurements of blue/yellow at store (~2h)
- Used leftover beam from 6-bunch beam-beam ramp (uncogged!)
- Use new perl scripts to try improve measurement robustness
- Corrector changes: 20 urad,  or about **1mm orbit changes**
- Beam intensity through store was (mostly) unaffected

- Satogata, Niedziela

## Typical yellow difference orbits (yo1-th6)

- Difference orbits good to 10um or better

## Analysis and Planning

- Acquired about **1/2 of correctors in each ring in 2 hours**
- Multiple strengths per corrector (too aggressive)
- Orbit data acquisition dominates running time
- Belt and suspenders, should eliminate from script and use logged orbits in the future (less study time, more analysis time)
- New script is definitely more robust, but not faster
**Enough data to analyze for optics in those store conditions**
- Orbit data looks good enough to use in Matlab ORM analysis
- ~1h necessary to evaluate how optics change before/after PHENIX rotator reconfiguration
- Orbit drift/10Hz effects should be evaluated
- ~50um/~1mm: systematic or random may come out of analysis

## APEX Schedule          May 3 2006

**10pm**

**Injection**

**11pm**

-  **11am**

**2pm**

***Electron***
***detectors***
***Drees***
***Jimenez***

**5pm**

**Snake**
**resonance**
**Bai**

***Beam-beam***
***1 collision ***
***      ******Montag***

**Long range**
**Beam beam**
**Fischer**
**Luccio**

**Store: high bunch intensity**

**Beam Based Alignment**
**Niedziela**

**Back**
**2**
**Physics**

**4pm**

**Ramps pp31**

- unpolarized source

- polarized source

**6pm**

**2/3 resonance**
**Luo, Bengtsson**
**Calaga, Satogata,**
**Bai**
# Presentation: 782226

## NYU Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Follow-up Program 

- Evan P. Nadler, MD
- Director of Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
- New York University School of Medicine

## Lap-Band Results

- First case in 2001
- Ages 13-19
- N=58
- %EWL~50% at 1 and 2 year f/u.
- 2 patients with slips, 2 with hiatal hernias, 1 with appy

## How Did We Get There?

- Keys to Success
- Patient Selection
- Strict F/U Program
- Compliance

## Patient Selection

- All patients must attend prior to meeting with the surgeon:
- Group Information session
- Clinical psychology evaluation
- Nutritional evaluation

## Patient Selection

- Pre-op testing:
- EKG/CXR
- Bone densitometry
- US Gallbladder
- Nutritional lab work
- F/U nutritional evaluation
- PFT/Sleep study (if indicated)

## Follow-up Program

- Patients are seen 1-2 week, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and every 6 months thereafter.
- Subjects are weighed and given a physical examination at each visit.
- Parents and subjects will meet with the nutritionist at these same visits.
- Psych visit every 6 months.

## Follow-up Program

- Weight loss starts around 3 months post-op.
- Goal is 1-2 lbs per week.
- If they lose weight too quickly; develop symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, vomiting or overeating; or develop a condition or illness requiring them to eat more, they will be evaluated for removal of fluid from the band.  If they lose weight too slowly or overeat, they will be evaluated for addition of fluid to the band.

## Compliance

| OR
 | 6M | 12M | 18M | 2Y | 3Y |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 58 | 29/38
(76%) | 18/23
(78%) | 6/7
(86%) | 5/5
(100%) | (4/4)
(100%) |

## Other Data

- Band has been shown to be effective in super obese.
- Obes Surg. 2005 Jun-Jul;15(6):858-63.
- Preliminary data from low BMI study are encouraging.
- Reduction in morbidity is comparable to GBP.

## THANK YOU.

- QUESTIONS?
# Presentation: 041321

## Hurricane RitaA Comparison of Winds and Storm Surge

- Montra Lockwood
- Service Hydrologist
- National Weather Service
- WFO Lake Charles, Louisiana

***Map Legend***

***Southeast Texas***

***Southwest Louisiana***

***South Central Louisiana***

## North to northeast winds prevailed becoming widespread at tropical storm force about 10 to 12 hours before landfall
Winds reached hurricane force along the coast about 2 to 3 hours before landfall
Water levels generally steady or decreasing
At Sabine Pass, water levels began rising about 6 hours before landfall

Northerly winds continued, with hurricane force winds spreading inland
Winds peaked within a few hours of landfall

Water levels began rising at inland gages
Winds quickly shifted west then southwest 3 to 4 hours after landfall, and decreased to tropical storm force
Water levels showed a general rise at most locations, but less dramatically than at locations east of landfall

**Winds reached hurricane force along the coast about 2 to 3 hours before landfall**
**Water levels generally steady or decreasing**
**At Sabine Pass, water levels began rising about 6 hours before landfall**
**Northerly winds continued, with hurricane force winds spreading inland**
**Winds peaked within a few hours of landfall**
**Water levels began rising at inland gages**
**Winds quickly shifted west then southwest 3 to 4 hours after landfall, and decreased to tropical storm force**
**Water levels showed a general rise at most locations, but less dramatically than at locations east of landfall**

**Northeast winds prevailed becoming widespread at tropical storm force nearly 12 hours before landfall**
**Winds reached hurricane force along the coast about 9 hours before landfall**
**Water levels generally steady or decreasing**
**At Cameron, water levels began rising about 6 to 7 hours before landfall**
**Winds shifted east then southeast, with hurricane force winds spreading inland**
**Winds peaked within a few hours of landfall**
**Water levels began rising in response to the storm surge moving inland**
**Southeast winds continued at hurricane force for a few hours, gradually decreasing but remaining at tropical storm force for up to 12 hours after landfall**
**Water levels continued rising, cresting about 10 to12 hours after landfall**

**Northeast to east winds inland increasing to tropical storm force,  east to southeast winds along coast increasing to hurricane force about 8 to 9 hours before landfall**
**Water levels generally steady then begin rising about 5 to 6 hours before landfall**
**Southeast winds near hurricane force along the coast, tropical storm force inland**
**Water levels rising steadily**
**Southeast winds at tropical storm force continued for several hours, gradually turning south and decreasing gradually**
**Water levels continued rising, cresting about 12 hours after landfall**

**Before **
**Landfall**

**Landfall**

**After **
**Landfall**
# Presentation: 370602

## Developing Computational Fluency in Addition and Subtraction

- Archived Information
- Kathy Ernst

## An appropriate motto for a Japanese teacher would be, “structured problem solving.”

**In the United States, the motto is, “learning terms and practicing procedures.”**

- James W. Stigler and James Hiebert, The Teaching Gap: Best ideas from the World’s Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom (New York, NT: The Free Press, 1999

## OVERHEAD #3

**When children *****invent***** procedures, they **
**construct *****understanding***** of mathematics.**

## A Good Problem  Solver  Is...

**CURIOUS.....Wonder about things, ask questions, explore to find out more!**
**FLEXIBLE.....Look for different ways to solve a problem.**
**PERSISTENT.....Don't give up easily. Take time to think and keep on trying.**
**A RISK TAKER.....Try new or challenging things. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes—they are learning opportunities!**
**REFLECTIVE.....Take time to think about what you're doing, why you're doing it, whether it makes sense, and how you can do it better.**
- 				 Kathy Ernst,  P.O. Box 2232, West Brattleboro, VT  05303    (802) 257-9591

## Guidelines  for  Problem-Solving

**Help each other do your best thinking.**
**Give help or a hint *****only***** if the learner wants it. (Would you like help; a hint?)**
**Help the learner discover solutions and mistakes. (How did you get that? Show me how you figured it out.)**
**If you disagree with someone's solution or method, ask him how he got it. If you still disagree, tell him why. Politely explain your own thinking.**
- 			              Kathy Ernst, P.O. Box 2232, West Brattleboro, VT  05303  (802) 257-9591

## Computational  Fluency

- Susan Jo Russell, *Relearning to Teach Arithmetic:  Addition and Subtraction*.  (Parsippany, NJ: Dale Seymour Publications, 1999).

**EFFICIENCY**
**ACCURACY**
**FLEXIBILITY**

## On Saturday, I walked in the park and saw 39 tulips blooming. On Sunday I saw 54 more tulips blooming. How many tulips did I see in bloom? 

After the rainstorm, I saw 100 earthworms on the sidewalk. At recess, I saw only 67 worms. How many worms disappeared?

**After the rainstorm, I saw 100 earthworms on the sidewalk. At recess, I saw only 67 worms. How many worms disappeared?**

- Kathy Ernst   P.O. Box 2232, West Brattleboro, VT  05303  (802) 257-9591   _[katernst](mailto:katernst@sover.net)__[@](mailto:katernst@sover.net)__[sover](mailto:katernst@sover.net)__[.net](mailto:katernst@sover.net)_

## I was on the 28th floor of a very tall building in New York City. I went on the elevator and got out at the 72nd floor. How many floors did I travel on the elevator?
# Presentation: 832702

## Lower Storage

- Summary of activity on 2/7/2005

- GDM Project Presentation

## Project  Drivers  & Scope

- GDM Project Presentation

## Project  Milestones

- High Priority
- Day to day support. This is supported in the framework of general Enstore system, have no specific requirements
- Ongoing
- day to day support
- Pnfs scans, cleanups, problem resolutions. Scanned d0 Pnfs area. 890 files were missing some metadata. Most of them were old and we believe they are not on tapes. 23 of these were recovered, 2 were M2, we do not have M2 tapes anymore.
- Answering user’s and administrator’s questions, resolving problems
- System updates and upgrades
- FTT support. Cut v2_22 with stats db and extended firmware field.
- ENCP Fixes, mods for encp, sdss get, product configuration changes requested by users. Fixed entv of memory leaks, better optimization. Worked on optimization of sdsscp/get along with mover code to fix bugs and improve transfer rates for small files. Next encp cut will be in Feb. 2005

- GDM Project Presentation

## Project  Milestones (continued)

- Small Projects.
- Improvements of system security. Make valid hosts configurable. Finished 01/05
- Addition of options to file, volume, info servers, modification of some library manager options. Finished 01/05
- Helped Vanderbilt University to learn / install Enstore at their site. Finished 09/04. Helping them to resolve problems. Ongoing
- Enstore code cleanup. Ongoing
- Preparing for OS, Python upgrades.
- Participation in the preparation for Pnfs db conversion
- Tape Migration Support
-  Migrated 4557 CDF 9940A tapes to 9940B. Finished 12/04
- Migrated 1240 eagle tapes to 9940B. Finished 12/04
- Migration of 9940A tapes to 9940B tapes. Ongoing. Working out plan.

- GDM Project Presentation

## Project  Milestones (continued)

- Distributed tape operations
- Federation plan has been discussed internally. Preparing to present it to the stakeholders. Investigating and experimenting with combined file DB. Researching on tools for web administrator system access. Ongoing.
- Multiple copy. Materials for discussion prepared.
- New Pnfs servers. Ongoing. Preparing with meeting with stakeholders.
- Open Science Grid Data
- No activity so far
- Next generation tape
- Participation in tape strategy. Ongoing
- Second generation monitoring
- Generate plots, add web pages upon request. Ongoing
- New approach to data presentation on demand. On hold.
- Not covered in GDM list
- Data storage for the University of Wisconsin Genome Project. Discussion.

- GDM Project Presentation

## Effort Profile

- 3 people work on Enstore project.
- Support and maintenance requires 2 FTE.
- Other main activity is concentrated on distributed tape operations. 1.5 FTE works now on the project. Requires 2 FTE. Hope for a new hire.

- GDM Project Presentation

## Risks

- I do not see or foresee any technical risks. The system is stable. We test new technologies before making decision to use them.
- Schedule Risk – understaffing. In a process of hiring a new developer.

- GDM Project Presentation
# Presentation: 697701

## Fred Thompson

- Program Manager, IT Workforce Improvement
- U.S. Department of the Treasury

## The Role of Compensation

- Provide a Competitive Recruitment Salary
- Provide Incentives for Retention and Advancement

## Recruiting IT Professionals

- The Market is Hot
- The Skill Set is Changing
- The Federal IT Workforce has been Stable, But...

## IT Job Growth Has Been Strong During the Past Decade

***IT Job Growth Has Been Strong During the Past Decade***
_**1987-1997**_

_**177%**__** Employment Growth**_** for Systems Analysts, Computer Engineers and Computer Scientist Jobs**
**VS.**
_**12%**__** Employment Growth**_** for All Jobs!**

## America Will Need 1.3 Million New Core IT Workers by 2006

**1,501**

**1,257**

**244**

**1,134**

**0**

**500**

**1,000**

**1,500**

**2,000**

**2,500**

**3,000**

**1996**

**2006**

- (in thousands)

**New jobs**

**Net replacements**

**1996 base year**

**employment**

- }

**Job**

**Openings**

**Due to**

**Growth **

**and **

**Net **

**Replacements**

***America Will Need 1.3 Million ******New Core IT Workers by 2006***

## The Market is HotFour Fastest Growing Jobs in the U.S.1998 - 2008

## The Skill Set is Changing

- Fewer Unique Custom Applications
- More HW/SW Platform Consistency
- Allegiance to Technical Specialty vs. Employer
- Equals =
- Greater Opportunity for Movement

## A Challenge to Federal IT Workforce Stability

**Notes:**
The Federal situation differs significantly from the national picture.  We have a very experienced workforce which is nearing retirement age in large numbers.  Whereas the bulk of growth in IT jobs nationally is in response to a growing industry, there is a substantial (almost 50%) replacement need for IT workers in the Federal government.  

Treasury mirrors this national picture with some bureaus having even a more skewed workforce.  The stability of our current workforce (6-9% attrition) coupled with overall Federal employment cutbacks has masked the impact of increased difficulty in recruiting and retaining IT professionals.

The new job estimate is probably low, so the challenge to find and retain a highly competent workforce may be greater than this chart portrays.

## Creating an Effective Federal IT Compensation Strategy

- Federal CIO Council Partnership with the Office of Personnel Management
- Longer Range Strategies

## CIO Council-OPM Partnership

- April 1999 IT Workforce Challenge Meeting
- IT Workforce Committee-OPM Team Cooperation
- Committee Participation in SME Groups

## Tuning the System

- Parenthetical Titles
- Competency Linkages
- New Job Qualifications Standards
- OPM Special Rates Study
- New Job Classification Standards

## Longer Range Strategies

- Consider a New IT Pay Plan
- Federal CIO Council Proposal for Independent Review
- Occupation-Based System
- Broader Pay Categories
# Presentation: 275163

## Ancillary Analyses

- Nathalie Simon
- National Center for Environmental Economics
- Office of Policy Economics and Innovation

## Estimation of Health (Dis)Benefits of Reduced UV filtration

- Atmospheric ozone filters harmful solar ultraviolet radiation (UV-B)
- 90% of ozone is located in stratosphere, 10% is located in troposphere
- Although only a portion of ground level ozone can be attributed to anthropogenic sources, it is reasonable to assume that reducing ground level ozone would:
- Reduce the UV-B filtration provided
- Lead to increases in UV radiation induced health effects (e.g., melanoma and non melanoma skin cancer, cataracts, etc.)
- We are working with ICF to assess the human health effects of reduced UV filtration associated with alternative policies in the Ozone NAAQS

## Atmospheric Health Effects Framework (AHEF)

- Model developed and maintained by ICF to evaluate certain human health impacts associated with reduced emissions of ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol and associated amendments.
- Generally used to address changes in stratospheric portion of the ozone column where changes in ozone concentration are more directly correlated to changes in surface UV
- Model is flexible enough to be adapted to model UV changes based on scenarios related to changes in tropospheric ozone.
- Will use CMAQ data as inputs.

## Status of UV-B Analysis

- Work plan has only just been approved  work is only now getting underway.
- In the next few weeks, we will be working with ICF and OAQPS to develop a detailed methodology.

## Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

- Required by OMB’s Circular A-4 for all economically significant rules where the primary benefit is human health.
- CEA for health effects associated with reductions in ozone was not included in Proposed Ozone NAAQS (CEA for PM benefits was included)
- Missing key components of analysis – specifically, lacking estimates of associated life years lost.
- Will be working with Abt Associates to develop a CEA for the final Ozone NAAQS using approach similar to that developed for PM
- WA should be in place shortly.
# Presentation: 772325

## Using Enhanced Information Tools to Support Customers

**Harvey Michaels, CEO**
**Nexus Energy Software**
**BPA Energizing the Northwest Symposium**
**September 29, 2004**

## What’s the problem with the energy bill?... 

**Bill frustration and confusion results in:**
**lower customer satisfaction and higher customer service costs.*****  ******	******	******15 – 20% of all customers make billing-related calls each year.***
**Poorly managed customer energy decisions resulting in underinvestment in energy efficiency**
**Higher environmental costs; less energy security.**
**Less reliability and/or greater than necessary power generation, t&d expenditures**

- Payment

- Value

***UNMANAGEABLE VOLATILITY:******  ******	******       ******	******               *****customers are more frustrated with their energy bills ****	*****than any other bill.***

**Customers:**
**Do not relate value to cost.**
**View the bill as a tax, uncontrollable.**

## Increasingly, Web tools help customers choose how to use energy with knowledge of the cost implications of their choices. 	

## At the same time, tools create online web subscribers:25% plus ongoing participation likely in time.

**Target Sources of profiles and opt-ins for e-mail **
**Move-in or service connect calls (10%’yr)**
**bill inquiry calls (20%/yr)**
**Mailings (10%+)**
**Utility Web Self-Service Centers (3%) **
**Maintain communications with on-going guidance through with emails linked to Web.**
**Click-back rates often over 50%!**
***Customer inputs and bills generate an hourly simulation model of the home or business, usable for all forms of customer support***

## Support to target customers for dynamic pricing, answering questions based on a customer model:

**Will the customer benefit?**
**Will the system benefit?**

## Another way to counter consumer confusion with energy bills:      Change the Bill

**How much do I owe & when do I owe it?**

**Why is my bill different than before?**

**What do my appliances cost to run?**
**How can I control my costs?**

**How do I compare?  **

**When do I use energy?  Am I on the right rate?**

**Another way to counter consumer confusion with energy bills:      *****Change the Bill***

## Ultimate Goal: Information and analytic tools transform how customers and utilities manage energy.

**Approach: **
***Integrate real-time measurement of network conditions with provision of accurate information and pricing signals to customers.***
**Result: **
***Utilities become more efficient and profitable,***
***Service more reliable and responsive to customers,                                  ***
***While reducing facilities and natural resources required to meet demand.***** **

**Harvey Michaels, CEO**
**Nexus Energy Software**
- _[hmichaels@nexusenergy.com](mailto:hmichaels@nexusenergy.com)_
**781-694-3301**
# Presentation: 672519

## Mary Ann Woodson
National Credit Union Administration
Office of the Chief Financial Officer

**National Credit Union Administration**
**Office of the Chief Financial Officer**

- NCUSIF Year-end StatisticsDecember 31, 2007

## GROSS INCOMEDecember 06 – December 07

**GROSS INCOME****December 06 – December 07**

**    ****|  06   |                                                        07                                                         |**

## GROSS INCOMEFY 98 – FY 07

**GROSS INCOME****FY 98 – FY 07**

## OPERATING EXPENSES December 06 – December 07

**OPERATING EXPENSES**** December 06 – December 07**

**    ****|   06  |                                                          07                                                        | **

## OPERATING EXPENSESFY 98 – FY 07

**OPERATING EXPENSES****FY 98 – FY 07**

## INSURANCE LOSS EXPENSE December 06 – December 07

**INSURANCE LOSS EXPENSE**** December 06 – December 07**

** ****|   06   |                                                        07                                                           |**

**     ****Dec     Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug       Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec**

## INSURANCE LOSS EXPENSE  FY 98 - FY 07

**Insurance Loss Expense (Millions)**

**Losses Per $1,000**

** ****98       99       00       01       02       03      04       05       06       07**

## Net IncomeFY 98 – FY 07

**Net Income****FY 98 – FY 07**

## REVENUE AND EXPENSE December 31, 2007

## TREASURY YIELD CURVE

**4 WEEKS AGO**

**DECEMBER 31, 2007**

**ONE YEAR  AGO**

**Percent**

## YIELD COMPARISONS

**DECEMBER 31, 2007**

**4.45%**

**4.36%**

**  ****3.36%**

**Percent**

## MATURITY SCHEDULEDECEMBER 31, 2007

## NCUSIF EQUITY RATIOFY 98 – FY 07

**NCUSIF EQUITY RATIO****FY 98 – FY 07**

## NCUSIF EQUITY RATIOProjected FY 08

**NCUSIF EQUITY RATIO****Projected FY 08**

## Share Growth to Insured Shares and Deposits

**Insured Shares (Billions)**

**Percent Change**

**Dec**

## Number of Problem Credit Unions CAMEL Code 4/5 Credit UnionsFY 98 – FY 07

**Number of Problem Credit Unions ****CAMEL Code 4/5 Credit Unions****FY 98 – FY 07**

## Percent of CAMEL Code 4/5Shares to Total Insured SharesFY 98 – FY 07

**Percent of CAMEL Code 4/5****Shares to Total Insured Shares****FY 98 – FY 07**

## Number of Credit Union FailuresFY 98 – FY 07

**Number of Credit Union Failures****FY 98 – FY 07**

## This presentation is available

**to the public at:**
- _[www.ncua.gov](http://www.ncua.gov/)_
**Reports, Plans and Statistics**
**NCUSIF Statements**

***By clicking***

***and clicking***
# Presentation: 793663

## URN resolution via Z39.50August 1999 Z39.50 Tutorial, Stockholm

- Juha Hakala
- Helsinki University Library
- juha.hakala@helsinki.fi

## Contents

- Status of the URN initiative
- URN resolution via Z39.50
- aim
- techniques
- issues
- Status: early planning stage; long way to the implementations!

## Status of the URN work

- Existing Internet standards:
- URN syntax (RFC 2141, May 1997)
- URN resolution with DNS & THTTP  (RFC 2168 & RFC 2169; experimental)
- URI resolution services (RFC 2483)
- URN to resource/URL/bib. description
- URN namespace definition (RFC 2611, June 1999)

## Status of the URN work (2)

- Standardization almost complete
- Missing pieces:
- URN resolution via Z39.50
- discussed within a small working group
- Replacement of experimental RFC 2168 with “normal” RFC/RFCs
- implementation experience always required by IETF before approval

## URN resolution via Z39.50

- Aim
- possibility to retrieve bibliographic data world-wide if URN is known
- no need to know what database contains the record - URN resolver discovery service knows this
- e.g. for urn:isbn:951*, connect to linko.helsinki.fi, port 2100, dbase linda
- Specification will be published as RFC

## URN resolution via Z39.50 (2)

- Techniques
- specify the description of Z3950 target info into DNS resource records
- choose the method for delivering the query from the origin to the target
- candidate 1: Z39.50r URL

## URN resolution - issues

- Technology is simple, politics is not
- who will maintain the resolution services
- ISSN - ISSN International Centre
- ISBN - national bibliographies
- who will pay?
- How to convince vendors to do it
- browser developers have been reluctant; ILS vendors may react in the same way