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# Presentation: 109832

## Slide 1

## Administrative Notes
This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
Set all devices to “Silent” alert 
Event badges give access to STPC only – BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES
Telephones are provided in the Lobby 
Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
Drinks may be brought into facility put must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

- This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
- Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
- Set all devices to “Silent” alert
- Event badges give access to STPC only – **BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES**
- Telephones are provided in the Lobby
- Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
- Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
- Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
- Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
- Drinks may be brought into facility put must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

## Administrative Notes
This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
Set all devices to “Silent” alert 
Event badges give access to STPC only – BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES
Telephones are provided in the Lobby 
Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
Drinks may be brought into facility put must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

- This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
- Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
- Set all devices to “Silent” alert
- Event badges give access to STPC only – **BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES**
- Telephones are provided in the Lobby
- Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
- Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
- Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
- Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
- Drinks may be brought into facility put must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

## We Would Like to Thank Our Sponsors:
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## Polarized Jet Target Status and Plans 08/18/03A.Zelenski, Y.Makdisi

**Past two weeks in the jet Lab: **
- Studied the dissociator performance and atomic beam transmission at the collision point.
- Measured record beam intensities 12.4 x 1016 atoms /sec
- Measured the beam profile at the -5 cm, IP +5 cm to be     5, 5.5, 8 mm respectively w/o correction to slit size.
- The beam seems to be centered to within 1 mm.
- Re measure the magnet to assure adiabatic conditions and zero crossings at the desired locations.
- Prepare the BRP rf transitions, and support structures.

## Atomic beam profile at the collision point

- Atomic beam profile was measured with a 2.0 mm in diameter compression tube FWHM=5.0 mm
- 5 cm upstream the beam profile FWHM is about 4.5mm and 120 mm downstream FWHM is about 7.0 mm
- In assumption, that beam velocity is 2 ·105 cm/s,  the H - jet thickness at the collision point is about 2 ·1012 atoms/cm2.

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

##  The upcoming tasks

**The next two weeks:**
- Install the RF transitions in the ABS stage
- Install the magnet and the scattering chamber
- Install the BRP stage.
- Complete the wiring of the PLC and test system interlocks. Allows uninterrupted running the of the pumps and dissociator to test long term stability.
- The target completion date for hardware installation is the end of August.

## Work in the IR

- Electrical work continues. The hut is wired. The AC unit installed. The transformer is installed and wiring to the rack disconnect is in progress. Completion next week.
- Two 16 inch pipe penetrations into the IR for cables are in. Core drilling on the inside and sealing will be completed mid next week.
- The cable tray mounting to take two weeks. Start with the inside tray.
- The majority of the cables are in hand and cable pulling will be scheduled soon after.
- The tunnel entrance doors modifications are complete.
- The IR crane design is settled. Procurement to follow.
- Still working on the magnet cooling options (50 kW).

## Timeline and plan

**September 2003**
- Run the jet in the lab.
- Measure the jet intensity and beam polarization
- Run the jet under system control and interlock
- Prepare the jet assembly for the move to the RHIC ring.
- Finalize moving plan with the riggers.
- Complete the preparations in the IR. The crane, the tracks, and cable trimming.
**October 2003**
- Move the jet to the IR.
- Assess how long it takes to get the jet up and running
- Run the jet and study performance with remote control.
- Move the jet back to the lab at the end of the month.
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## Update on Congenital Eye Malformations Pediatric Subcommittee of the Anti-infective Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting June 9, 2004

**Solomon Iyasu, MD, MPH****Medical Team Leader**
**Division of Pediatric Drug Development****Center for Drug Evaluation and Research **
**Food and Drug Administration**

## Acknowledgment

**Kathleen Phelan**
**DDRE, Office of Drug Safety**** **
**	**** ****	****	****	****	**

## Background

**Feb 2-3, 2004 Pediatric Advisory Subcommittee Meeting**
**Reported one case  of eye malformation during the one-year post-exclusivity AE review for citalopram  (Congenital ptosis, eye muscle paresis, nystagmus)**
**Today’s update:**
**Review of all reports of  congenital eye malformations for citalopram and its enantoimer, escitalopram since market approval  (1998)**
**Review of AEs for other newer antidepressants**

## Background

**WHO Upsala Monitoring Center Drug Safety Bulletin (March, 2002):**
**3 case reports of Congenital Eye Malformations**
**Optic nerve hypoplasia (2), **
**Eye malformation NOS (1)**
**Suspect drug: Citalopram maternal exposure during the first trimester**

## Relevant  Product Labeling

**Citalopram: Pregnancy Category C**
**Animal studies show teratogenic effects at maternally toxic dose in rats.****	**
**Fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, venlafaxine (all pregnancy category C)**

## Relevant  Product Labeling

**Bupropion: Pregnancy Category B**
**Desipramine: No Pregnancy Category included in labeling; statement under “Warnings” about use in pregnancy**

## AERS Search

**ODS searched AERS database for reports of  “eye disorders, congenital” in relation to  citalopram, escitalopram and other newer antidepressants**

## AERS Search Results for Citalopram

**5 unduplicated pediatric eye malformations (1 US, 4 international)**
**Congenital optic nerve hypoplasia (other meds: cefuroxime, nitrofurantoin for UTI about the 5****th**** month of pregnancy) **
**Non-specific eye malformation (multiple meds)**
**Congenital ptosis and nystagmus (no other meds reported)**
**Bilateral retinal coloboma, right hydronephrosis, respiratory distress syndrome, collapsed lung (other meds: multivitamins)**
**Downward deviation of gaze**** without paralysis (no other meds reported)**
**No reports with escitalopram use**
**1 case of congenital optic nerve hypoplasia reported in the WHO bulletin was not found in AERS**

## AERS Search of Other Anti-depressants

**Bupropion: lacrimal duct obstruction (1), eyelid malformation (1)**
**Fluoxetine: optic nerve anomaly (1), congenital lacrimal passage anomaly (1)**
**Paroxetine: retinopathy (1), congenital cataract (1)**
**Sertraline: eye deformity (1), anomaly of orbit (1), lacrimal passage anomaly(1)**
**Desipramine, fluvoxamine, venlafaxine: No case reports**

## Comments

**Reported AEs of  congenital eye malformations do not constitute a recognizable pattern attributable to use of  citalopram or other antidepressants during pregnancy**
**Monitoring of AERS for pediatric reports of eye malformations will continue**
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## Implementing the Crystal Peak Technology

- David A. Townsend, P.E.
- V.P. Environmental Affairs
- Premium Standard Farms

- EPA Regional Science Workshop on Animal Feeding Operations
- December 6-9, 2004
- College Park, MD

## Hog Manure???

## Fertilizer Quality

- 12-8-8 NPK +-
- 30 – 40% slow release N
- 10% Sulfur, some Iron
- Low Salinity
- No Heavy Metal Issues
- No Odor

## The Liquid NPK Value

- 12-8-8 NPK final product
- Solids are about 4-6-1
- Soluble nutrients make up majority of the NPK
- Crystal Peak’s focus is on soluble NPK recovery

## Slide 12

## Crystal Peak Process

- Internal Recirculation Process to allow flushing barns
- Central wet plant – digestion, dewatering
- Drying plant – granulation, drying, product storage, air pollution control
- Brine and water recovery – freeze/thaw process (evaporation under development)

## Crystal Peak Advantages

- Reduce Odor
- Reduce Air Emissions
- Minimize or Eliminate Irrigation
- Eliminate Lagoons
- Minimize Spill Risk
- Eliminate Phosphorus Issue

## Valley View CPF Plant

- 107,000 average finishing inventory
- Production of 8,674 tons per year 12-8-8 fertilizer
- Product will be charred to remove odor and pathogens
- Earthwork complete complete
- Freeze-thaw start-up this winter
- Digester/dryer start-up this winter
- Product delivery Spring 05

## Fertilizer Marketing

- Contract with Simplot to take all of production
- Simplot’s primary market for product is professional turf, horticulture and consumer markets
- These markets require an odor free product (charred).
- Simplot will ship by bulk rail and they package for turf and retail distribution.

## CPF Costs

- Capital cost of $9.6 million project to produce charred product
- Average cost of production exceeds commodity value of the product
- Valley View plant will breakeven over 10 years at current product pricing
- Need to prove technology, product marketing and improve economics before building next plant

## Risk Management

- Capital cost capped with GMP
- Process is new, but components are all in used elsewhere:
- Slurry pumping
- Digester biogas production
- Freeze-thaw
- Rotary Dryer
- Product Marketing – Had to sell product before building plant

## More Information

- http://www.crystalpeakenvironmental.com
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## UESC Project Data Update

- Federal Utility Partnership Working Group
- April 22, 2004

## UESC Data Collection Overview

- Total  Capital Investment for Awarded Projects to date: **$1.27 Billion**
- Total Estimated Annual Cost Savings: **$189M **
- Fiscal Year 2003 Total: **$151 Million**
- Fiscal Year 2004 to Date: **$5 Million**

***Data for this presentation was last edited on April 1, 2004 and is subject to change***

## Rate of UESC Investment

## Fiscal Year Investment Totals

## Agency UESC Investments

## Contracting MechanismCapital Cost for Awarded Projects

**Represents awarded projects only**

**Notes:**
Drop in FY2002:
Utilities are saying:
Utilities turning back to core business
Project lead time too long
Educating new customers cumbersome

Feds are saying:
Privatization focus
High turn over in staff
Low payback requirement

## Future Data Analysis

-  *** What can we learn from the data? ***
- Technology specific *Btu savings/$ invested*
- Understand trends in project effectiveness
- Estimate overall savings
- Understand trends in types of projects done over time and by region
- Understand potential for future project activity
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## Week in Review: 04/21/03 –04/28/03

**  ****Keith Gollwitzer – FNAL**

- Store and Operations Summary
- Standard Plots

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Store Summary

| Store | Initial
Lum.
(E30) | Deliv’d
Lum. (nb-1) | Termination | Duration
(hr) | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2445 | 34.5 | 1326 | Intentional | 18.4 | 150mA Stack
Started store previous week |
| 2447 | 38.25 | 1434 | Intentional | 18.0 | 150mA Stack |
| 2485 | 19.1 | ~400 | Intentional | 8.0 | 225mA Stack; extracted 110mA |
| 2487 | 31.6 | 776 | Abort | 10.0 | 155mA Stack, C:BQ7 tripped |
| 2490 | 33.8 | 1048 | Abort | 13.7 | 130mA Stack , C:BQ7 tripped
Part of store counted for this week |

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Summary of Problems

- TeV
- Abort**s** due to power supply failure
- Ramp card tables empty
- Ramps not play or play all ramps
- C0 shunt trip, F17K2 coolant
- Proton Source
- LRF3 needs to nap
- MI/RR/Pbar/Other
- Some MI RF stations
- MI LLRF reboots
- Pbar Debuncher injection kicker time jitter
- Investigate RR lifetime issues; believed to be contamination affecting the vacuum

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Maintenance & Studies

- TeV Orbit Smoothing & tune-up (Martens’ talk)
- Pbar Debuncher momentum system measurements
- Pbar Li Lens heating study
- Reverse protons out of Pbar Debuncher up AP2
- MI8 beam line lattice measurements
- MI Slip Stacking: feed forward test of 1 RF station
- MI Feed forward beam loading compensation on ramp
- MI 2.5MHz acceleration studies
- MI magnet hysteresis studies
- RR calibration of Schottkey
- RR emittance growth
- SY120: Ramped P3 line not affect TeV 150GeV orbit

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Log Scales

- Beam Intensity

- IP619

- IP618,620,620B

- IP621,623,617

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Feedforward Beam Loading Compensation up the Ramp

- Without BLC

- With BLC

- Detected Phase Error

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## ~3.5 pb-1 

- Studies

- Access

- Start-up

- Missing SDA data

- ~3.5 pb-1

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Slide 8

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Integrated Luminosity & Goals

- 	Goal curves were defined in Oct 02

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Slide 10

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03

## Summary

- The week
- 50 store hours
- Bad Start-up coming off of studies and access
- Antiproton Stack record of 236mA
- Goal for this week
- Stack and Store
- Stable running
- A few End of Store or between store TeV studies

- K. Gollwitzer - FNAL

- All Experimenters' Mtg - 28 Apr 03
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## You must be registered with the central contractor registry (CCR) before you can submit a grant application through grants.Gov
Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number is required as part of the CCR registration process.
The DUNS number is a unique nine-character identification number provided by the commercial company Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).
The process to request a DUNS number takes about 10 minutes and is FREE of charge.  
Just call D&B at 866-705-5711 or for persons with a hearing impairment,  the TTY number is 866-814-7818.
You may register for the CCR by calling the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2433 or you may register online at www.ccr.gov
To make the process easier we suggest that you download CCR’s Registration Worksheet and complete it prior to registering .
It is important to note, however, that the entire process, including the steps that need to be taken by CCR, takes about 5 days.

- You must be registered with the central contractor registry (CCR) before you can submit a grant application through grants.Gov
- Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number is required as part of the CCR registration process.
- The DUNS number is a unique nine-character identification number provided by the commercial company Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).
- The process to request a DUNS number takes about 10 minutes and is FREE of charge.
- Just call D&B at 866-705-5711 or for persons with a hearing impairment,  the TTY number is 866-814-7818.
- You may register for the CCR by calling the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2433 or you may register online at _[www.ccr.gov](http://www.ccr.gov/)_
- To make the process easier we suggest that you download CCR’s Registration Worksheet and complete it prior to registering .
- It is important to note, however, that the entire process, including the steps that need to be taken by CCR, takes about 5 days.
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## University of Nebraska MRSEC David J. Sellmyer DMR-0213808 Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

- Liou Group
- Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) are a key spintronics device for emerging sensor applications in data-storage technology. These devices have 70% magnetoresistance (MR) at room temperature, and 107% MR at 13K. The layer structure of the MTJ is
- 80Ru-40CoFeB-50RuTa-40CoFeB-15Al2O3-50CoFeB-9Ru-54FeCo-350CrMnPt (in Å). By studying the temperature and voltage dependence of the MR, we show that the barrier quality is a key factor in the tunneling process. This work is collaborative with the *NVE Corporation*.
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##  Scour Evaluation Program    National Status Report

***     *****Eastern/Southern Resource Centers**
**        ****Hydraulic Engineers Conference**
- July 18, 2000
- Jorge E. Pagán-Ortiz
- (e-mail: _[jorge.pagan@fhwa.dot.gov](mailto:jorge.pagan@fhwa.dot.gov)_)
- Federal Highway Administration
- Office of Bridge Technology
- Washington, D.C.

## Current Status (04/15/00)

- Bridges over waterways:   481,446
- Screened by Categories:   481,367  (100% )
- Low risk:                                  331,969  (68.9%)
- Unknown foundations:                91,094  (18.9%)
- Tidal:                                              920  ( 0.2%)
- Scour susceptible:                       32,553  ( 6.8%)
- Scour critical:                             24,831  (  5.2%)
- Not Screened:                               79     ---

##    Scour Evaluation Status

## Scour Evaluation Summary

- Evaluations Completed: 356,800   (91.6%)
- Evaluations Needed:     _  32,632   __(  8.4%)_
- Evaluations Total:         389,432  (100.0%)

##  Status of Eastern/Southern    Resource Center DOTs 

- Most of the State DOTs have completed at least 90% of the evaluations.
- However, if we add the “Unknown Foundations” category, there would be a few State DOTs at 90% completion (DC, DE, KY, NH, NY, OK, RI and VA).
- Nationally, 17 State DOTs would be at 90% completion.

##     Unknown Foundations	

- Evaluations should be conducted if the engineer has been able to identify the type and/or depth of bridge foundation.
- Team effort between FHWA field offices and FHWA customers to decide course of action.

##      Course of Action for   Unknown Foundations

- Do nothing?
- Code bridge as “3” for item 113 (scour critical)?
- Monitoring?
- Rock riprap placement?
- Replace bridge?
- New technology needed?

##        Current Activities

- Updating HEC’s 18, 20 & 23
- Completion target date: January 2001
- Updating HIRE
- Completion target date: Spring 2001
- Revisions to NHI Course 13046
- Completion target date: Spring 2001
- NCHRP:
- Unknown Foundations, NCHRP 21-5(2)
- Methodology for Predicting Channel Migration, NCHRP 24-16
- Development of Portable Scour Monitoring Equipment, NCHRP 21-7

##        Future Activities

- Develop New NHI Course on Countermeasures
- Sediment Transport Modeling
- NCHRP:
- Project 24-7(2), *“Bridge Pier Scour Countermeasures”*
- NCHRP Project 24-18, *”Large-Scale Abutment Scour Protection”*

##          Tidal Hydraulics

- Pooled-Fund Study
- Led by South Carolina DOT
- Includes most coastal states
- 1-D Workshop held in South Carolina on June 2000
- FHWA partnering with Pooled-fund State DOTs to develop an NHI Course on bridge tidal hydraulics.

## Revisions to the Coding Guide

- Update descriptions and rating factors for:
- Item 60
- Item 113
- Target date for revisions is September 2001
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## WAGE 

- DECISIONS

## WAGE DECISION

- Stipulates the wage requirements for construction trades
- Must be incorporated in prime contract
- Required for all subcontracts
- Incorporate, do not include by “attachment”
- Must be posted at the job site

## A Wage Decision

**identifies the prevailing hourly wage requirements**
**for all laborers and mechanics **
**performing work on a covered project.**

## Wage Decision Basics

- The wage decision will identify
- Work classifications
- Basic hourly rate of pay
- Fringe benefits

## Plumber

- Carpenter

- Electrician

- Ironworker

- Backhoe Operator

-   $22.50 Base Rate
-  +  4.25 Fringe Benefit

- $14.75

- $18.65 Base
- + 3.50 FB

- $26.90 Base +5.00  FB

- $12.45

## DETERMINATION OF DAVIS-BACON  WAGE DECISIONS

- Established by survey of contractors
- Established by geographic area
- Establishes the “prevailing” wage rate
- May be modified from time to time

## CHARACTER OF CONSTRUCTION

- Construction projects are broadly classified:
**Building** - housing >4 stories;  commercial facilities
**Highway** - roads, sidewalks
**Residential** - housing 1-4 stories
**Heavy** - “catch-all” category

## WAGE DECISION “LOCK-IN”

- _Generally_, once “locked in” a wage decision cannot be modified during the life of the contract

- “Lock-in” usually occurs at contract award, with a few exceptions

## WAGE DECISION “LOCK-IN”Competitively Bid Contracts

- Lock-in at bid opening *provided* contract is awarded or construction has started within 90 days
- Must update wage decision if contract is awarded more than 90 days after bid opening

## WAGE DECISION “LOCK-IN”Negotiated Contracts

- Date the negotiated bid is accepted
- Lock-in *provided* contract is awarded or construction has started within 90 days
- Must update wage decision if contract is awarded more than 90 days after bid opening

## WAGE DECISION COMPONENTS

- Wage decision number
- Modification date
- State, county information
- Wage decision type
- Trade classifications
- Base Wage, and
- Fringe Benefits

## FRINGE BENEFITSEmployer Contributions to:

- Health insurance
- Retirement
- Life insurance
- Apprenticeship and training

## <- WD Number

**<- WD Number**

**<- Construction Type**

**<- Counties**

**Mod Number & Publish Date**

**<- Description**

## CLASSIFICATION

**CLASSIFICATION**

**RATE**

**FRINGES**

## CALCULATE FRINGE BENEFITSExample

- Base Rate = $31.94

- Fringe      = 3% + $11.86

- _3% of $31.94 = __$0.96     _

- Add:                $31.94
-                        $11.86
-                    + $  0.96
-                   _________
-                  =   $44.76

## WAGE DECISION SOURCES

- Free through the GPO:
- _Http://www .Access.gpo/davisbacon/_  or
- www.wdol.gov
# Presentation: 484529

## Shocks in Ion Sputtering Sharpen Steep Surface Topographic Features

- predicted
- surface
- height

- lateral position

- Ion sputtering from Focused Ion Beams is used for micromachining tall, steep features.  A new regime of ion sputtering has been discovered for sufficiently steep slopes.  **High slopes propagate over large distances without dissipating the steepest features.**
**	**A pattern can be fabricated at a large length scale and, through uniform ion irradiation, **reduced to a smaller length scale while preserving, or even sharpening, the sharpest features.**
- H.H. Chen, O.A. Urquidez, S. Ichim, L.H. Rodriguez, M.P. Brenner, and M.J. Aziz, *Science* 310, 294 (2005).

***Shocks in Ion Sputtering Sharpen Steep Surface Topographic Features***

- M. J. Aziz and M. P. Brenner, Harvard University
- Work performed at Center for Nanoscale Systems -Harvard

**Notes:**
Methods of micro and nanofabrication of three-dimensional (3D) structures are of increasing interest due to their importance for the creation of compact 3D devices and their assembly into functional 3D systems.  Examples include micro-electromechanical systems, 3D integration of electronic microprocessors, 3D information storage, and photonic band gap waveguides. Through theory and experiment, we have discovered a new regime of ion beam sputtering that occurs for sufficiently steep slopes. High slopes propagate over large distances without dissipating the steepest features. Both the propagation velocity and the dynamically selected slope are universal, independent of the details of the initial shape of the surface.  The SEM image at the top left shows a pit with steep side walls that has been micromachined into silicon using a Focused Ion Beam, and to the right the same pit, with sides that have not smeared out, after uniform ion irradiation of the entire wafer.  The middle figure shows predictions of a new theory of sputter morphology evolution that is valid for arbitrarily large slopes when the curvature is small.  Under uniform ion irradiation the pit wall, initially at t=0, propagates laterally and, for this particular set of conditions, evolves to maintain a uniform slope that is steeper than the original slope.  (The theory also predicts that sufficiently shallow slopes dissipate ,which is the conventionally observed behavior.) The mathematical structure of the solutions is the same as that previously observed for shock fronts in thin-film fluid flows.  The experimental sequence at the bottom, obtained with a confocal optical profilometer, shows striking confirmation of the predictions of the theory.  The arrows are for illustrative purposes and do not signify a quantitative one-to-one correspondence between theoretical and experimental profiles.  An important implication of the transition from dissipative behavior to propagative behavior at high slopes is that a structure (e.g. line or dot) can be fabricated at a large length scale and, with uniform ion irradiation, reduced to a smaller length scale while preserving, or even sharpening, the steepest features.
# Presentation: 547543

##     LIDAR ADAPTIVE TARGETING OSSE  (Goddard and Simpson Weather Associates) 

-     LIDAR ADAPTIVE TARGETING OSSE  (Goddard and Simpson Weather Associates)

- This experiment was designed to assess the impact of assimilating winds measured using a limited-duty hybrid lidar targeting in the vicinity of a major tropical cyclone track in the Atlantic Ocean.

- The three maps show examples, at a single assimilation time, of the location of the targeted lidar measurements relative to the hurricane.  The line plot shows the average across-track position error of the hurricane in the Control and the three targeting forecasts.  The experiment with winds assimilated directly over the center of the hurricane shows the greatest improvement.  The east-most orbit shows the least impact, likely due to the greater cloud cover east of the storm resulting in reduced profiles.  The future plan is to run this type of experiment on all tropical cyclones existing in the nature run and assimilate using the GEOS-5 DAS.

-  Control experiment:   included conventional+QSCAT+TOVS observations
-  3 lidar experiments:  same as Control + lidar observations in various orbits relative to hurricane
-  50 days of FVSSI assimilation and 26 five-day forecasts generated
-  Observations simulated from Goddard’s 0.5 deg FVGCM nature run in Sep-Oct 1999
-  Three lidar targeted views simulated (orbit directly over hurricane, east orbit, and west orbit)
# Presentation: 047900

## Slide 1

## Standing for Credibility

- ILSI North America seeks to improve public health and safety throughout the world.

## Standing for Credibility

- ILSI North America provides a neutral forum for discussing scientific issues that impact public health.

## Standing for Credibility

- 3M Microbiology
- Ajinomoto USA
- Archer Daniels Midland
- BASF Corporation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cadbury Schweppes
- Campbell Soup
- Cargill, Incorporated
- CNS, Inc.
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Colgate-Palmolive
- ConAgra Foods
- Corn Products International
- Danisco USA
- DuPont
- General Mills
- Gerber Food Products

- GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare
- H.J. Heinz
- Hershey Foods Corporation
- International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kellogg/Keebler
- Kraft Foods, Inc.
- Masterfoods USA
- McCormick & Company, Inc.
- McNeil Nutritionals
- Mead Johnson Nutritionals
- Monsanto Company
- National Starch
- Nestle USA, Inc.
- Novozymes

- The NutraSweet Company
- Nutrinova, Inc.
- Ocean Spray Cranberries
- The Pepsi-Cola Company
- Pfizer Inc
- The Procter & Gamble Co.
- Red Bull GmBH
- Renessen
- Roche Vitamins, Inc.
- Ross Products/Abbott Labs
- Sethness Products
- Tate & Lyle
- Unilever Bestfoods NA
- Unilever Research USA
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

## Standing for CredibilitySome Key Collaborators

- American Association of Cereal Chemists
- American Dietetic Association
- American Oil Chemistry Society
- American Society for Nutritional Sciences
- American Health Foundation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- European Union Joint Research Centre
- Gerentological Society of America
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Health Canada
- International Association for Food Protection
- Institute of Food Technologists

- International Food Information Council
- Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives
- Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- National Institutes of Health
- National Academy of Science
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- World Sugars Research Organization
- World Health Organization
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## Ca Tissue Core- UE ReviewFeb 15 2008

**caTissue Team**

## caTissue- Homepage

**Notes:**
caTissue Team: 
 - Reorganized with new icon and new central image
 - No change in terms of user provisioning workflows

Linda: Very pretty
Gunther: Very well organized and less clutter than earlier

- Clear Tree representation for showing relationship between “Participant” and “Specimens”

- Visual separation grouping of most common actions

**Notes:**
High level changes:
Tree UI changed
Left hand side blue panel replaced with top menu
Over all UI revamped for visual appeal

Tree Representation: clear tree representation; ‘Participant’ and ‘Specimen’ relationship always visible. (Suggested: Always showcase in maximize view)

Linda:
Blue panel moved up: fine with the idea  of having a blank tree, show 20 matches
Ability to type the specimen label will be great
No specific complaints heard from Linda from individual forms
Another specimen instead of More specimen

Gunther:
On selecting a CP, the tree should be empty
As user starts typing the participant fname, lname, DId, the tree will showing the matching patients
If there are more than 20 participants that match, then system should show  only 20 with a message saying there are more participants that not displayed.

- Updating **2114** Specimen Details......

- Clear Tree representation for showing relationship between “Participant” and “Specimens”

- Usable tab structure; will visually showcase active and inactive tabs (functions)

**Notes:**
Alerts and Message:- using alerts to inform status of specimen/participant’s updates. 
Tab (Active- Inactive):- Use of active and Inactive tabs will avoid users unnecessary clicks as well as pop ups.

**2114**

- Clear Conformation Messages

**Notes:**
Linda:
 - Nice to make the confirmation little bit more noticeable
 - 

- Highlighting Error messages as well as fields

## Thank You.

**Thank You.**

**Notes:**
Overall:
 - looks nice, better differentiation on which tab, our bankers are using the tree view
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## CUBIT Advanced Users Tutorial

- Special Meshing Algorithms

## Topics

- Meshing Primitives
- Special Meshing Algorithms
- HexTet
- Triangle Meshing
- Tetrahedral Meshing

## Meshing Primitives

- What is a Primitive?
- A multiblock structured quad or hex mesh for which the blocking scheme is pre-determined.
- Advantages of Primitives:
- good quality on canonical geometries
- symmetric meshes
- some have grading control
- Disadvantages of Primitives:
- restrictive interval constraints (not flexible enough for assemblies)
- quality deteriorates on non-canonical geometries

## Meshing Primitives

- Generic Syntax:
**surface <id_range> scheme {triangle |****	****pentagon | circle | hole }**
**volume <id_range> scheme {tetrahedron****	****| polyhedron | sphere }**

## Scheme Pentagon

- Set curve intervals

## Scheme Polyhedron

- Volume and surface scheme
- good for convex shapes
- for each volume of an assembly
- each vertex must have exactly three edges
- surfaces must be meshed with “poly”
- interval assignment works

## Polyhedron Example/Demo

- #gr30aex05.jou
- import acis 'gr30aex05.sat'
- set Merge Test InternalSurf off
- merge all
- volume all scheme poly
- volume all interval 2
- mesh volume all
- delete mesh
- curve 26 interval 6
- curve 28 interval 4
- mesh volume 1
- draw hex in volume 1
- # rotate view to see
- # internal structure

## Summary of Primitives

## Exercise

- Create a quarter sphere
**sphere radius 10 xpositive ypositive**
- Mesh with:
- Size 1
- A primitive scheme discussed today

## Mixed Element Mesh

- Scheme HexTet
**Volume <volume_id_range> Scheme HexTet**
- Other HexTet Commands
**Draw Void <void_id> Volume <volume_id> [add]**
**Set HexTet Transition_type {two_triangles|four_triangles|pyramid|geode}**
**Set Void Cleanup Distance_factor {<factor>|on|off}**

## HexTet Example

- CUBIT> set hextet transition geode
- CUBIT> set void cleanup distance_factor 1.0
- CUBIT> mesh volume 1

## Tri Mesh Refinement

- Tri schemes qtri, triadvance, tridelauney, trimesh
- Refine Command
**Refine Surface <id> [Tri <id_range>] ****[Quality <double>] [Size <double>]**

- CUBIT> refine surf 5 qual .8
- CUBIT> smoo surf 5

## Tetmesh Exercise

- Hex meshing requires webcuts; tet meshing does not.

## Tetmesh Exercise

- Import “adv-tet.sat”
- Remember to merge
- Set volume scheme to “tetmesh”
- Set an appropriate element size
- Pay attention to the small cylinders
- Mesh and check quality

## Other Hex Schemes

- Volume Schemes
- Dice
- Hex-to-Void
- Plaster
- Whisker-weave
- Research orientation
- Not ready for production meshing
- Experiment with them
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## American Community Survey:Looking Ahead to Data ProductsReleased in 2008

- October, 2007
- Nancy Torrieri
- American Community Survey Office

## Outreach and Planning for Multiyear Estimates

*Federal Register* Notice
- Presenting at Conferences and Meetings
- Engaging Stakeholders
- Workshop to review *Federal Register* comments
- Workshop to review educational materials

## Data Release Strategy

- Finalize data products and data release schedule early
- Identify resources and requirements
- Seek input on plans
- Develop a comprehensive educational campaign
- Provide for stakeholder input
- Result in a suite of educational materials

## Federal Register Notice August 28, 2007

- Types of estimates
- Product types by subject
- Release approach

## Slide 5

## Federal Register Notice 

- Formal comment period closed Sept. 27
- Additional comments welcome
- We will summarize and synthesize into major themes

## Engaging Stakeholders 

- November 2007 Workshop
- Invited participants representing various data user communities
- Will receive in advance issue papers and summarized comments on *Federal Register* Notice
- Materials also will be shared with Advisory Committees, FSCPEs, CICs, and SDCs on same schedule
- Outcome of workshop:  develop requirements  and specifications for products that include stakeholder recommendations

## Education Campaign 

- Assess stakeholder needs for education
- Work with stakeholders to address issues related to data user education
- Develop handbooks and related materials
- May 2008 workshop
- Review prototype data user materials
- Determine revisions and refinements required

## Next Summer

- July 2008
- Materials are finalized
- August/September 2008
- Dissemination of education materials concurrent with the beginning of the 2007 ACS data release

## Contact Information

- _nancy.k.torrieri@census.gov_
- 301-763-3602
- American Community Survey Office
- U.S. Census Bureau
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## Sequencer device support

- Kukhee Kim

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky

## Current SNC support

| version | seq tree | EPICS base release | notes | known problems |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1.9.5 | seq-1.9.5.tar.gz | R3.13.x  |   | task deletion |
| 1.9.6-beta | seq-1.9.6-beta.tar.gz | R3.13.x  | notes by Ben F. |   |
| 2.0.2 | seq-2.0.2.tar.gz | R3.14.0beta1 | notes by MRK | Linux build |
| 2.0.4 | seq-2.0.4.tar.gz | R3.14.2  | see R3.14.2 | see R3.14.2 |

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky

## Sequencer Device Support

- Stringin support
- All values seen in seqShow
- Asynchronous update (Monitor)
- Updated by K. Kim from W. Lupton’s original code (of which he disavows knowledge)

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky

## Details

- .dbd filedevice(stringin, INST_IO,  devSiSeq, "Sequencer Internals")
- .db for examplerecord(stringin, "$(NAME)"){
-         field(SCAN, "$(SCAN)")
- 		field(DTYP, "$(DTYP)")
- 		field(DESC, "$(DESC)")
- 		field(INP, "@$(PARAM)")}

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky

## Partial template

- file ../../db/dbSeqExample.db
- {pattern {          NAME,                  DTYP,  DESC,                        PARAM,        SCAN }
- 	{ "ss1:timeElapsed", "Sequencer Internals",    "", "sncExample:ss1:timeElapsed", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{"ss1:nStates", "Sequencer Internals",    "",         "sncExample:ss1:nStates", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{"ss1:currentState", "Sequencer Internals",    "",   "sncExample:ss1:currentState", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{"nStateSets", "Sequencer Internals",    "",           "sncExample.nStateSets", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{ "nAssign", "Sequencer Internals",    "",              "sncExample.nAssign", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{ "nConnect", "Sequencer Internals",    "",            "sncExample.nConnect", "I/O Intr" }
- 	{  "nChans", "Sequencer Internals",    "",              "sncExample.nChans", "I/O Intr" }
- }

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky

## Status

- Supplied along with 2.04 (3.14.2)
- Also works with 2.02 (3.14.1)
- Mike Laznovsky is still the SNC support person
- Kukhee Kim did this as a diversion

- EPICS Collaboration Mtg           June 18-20, 2003

- K. Kim, M. Laznovsky
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## John and Clarence’s Top 12 Collaborative Leadership Tips

- 12. Focus on establishing solid trusting  relationships
- Assume good intent
- 10. Nothing beats time spent
- “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- Look for the good; let the rest die of neglect
- Sarcasm is the weapon of the weak
- 6.   People support what they help create

## John and Clarence’s Top 12 Collaborative Leadership Tips

- Always, always, always share credit
- A persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated
- Have fun:  you don’t have to be serious to be serious
- Don’t burn bridges
- 1.    Don’t Quit
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## Flow Chart

- Awards Processing
- For a Fiscal Year

- Attachment C

## Awards Types

- BPAI-APJ Productivity
- ESU-NTEU 245: Performance
- ESU-NTEU 245: Productivity & Quality
- Flat Goal Award
- NTEU 245: Mentoring
- NTEU 245: Productivity
- NTEU 245: Quality
**On-the-Spot Award**
- Pendency Reduction
- Productivity Gainsharing
- SAA (Patents)
- SIRA NTEU 243
- Business Unit Award
- SPE & TQAS Award
**Special Act Award**
- Trademark Examiner Performance Award
- Trademark Legal Instruments Examiner
- Trademark Managers Leadership
- Trademark Managers Pendency/Productivity
-  Trademark Managers Performance
- Trademark Managers Quality

- Attachment C

## First Step – Manager/Supervisor

- Manager/Supervisor Prepares Individual Award pursuant to procedure.
- Manager/Supervisor secures necessary signatures and double checks all entries for accuracy
- Prepared and Completed Award Form is sent to the HR Customer Service Center for intake

- Attachment C

## Second Step – Customer Service Center

- Customer Service Center Intakes Award Form affixing a date of receipt
- Customer Service Center Forwards Award Form to HR Awards Staff

- Attachment C

## Third Step – HR Awards Staff

- HR Awards Staff enters information from award form into tracking mechanism (spreadsheet or database)
- HR Awards Staff forwards awards forms with cover to HR Contractor for Actual Input

- Attachment C

## Fourth Step – Contractor Input

- Contractor Inputs Award Form
-  information into NFC

- Attachment C

## Anticipated Entry Volume	

- Quarterly Business Unit Awards – 10,500
- End of Year Ratings/Awards – 35,000
- Special Act Awards – 2,000
- Honorary Awards
- Bronze – 1000
- Career – 700
- On-the-Spot Awards – 1100
- Commerce Awards – 200

- Attachment C

## TIMELINES

- End of Year Performance: Input within 30 days of receipt
- All other Awards: Input in the pay period in which received, prior to NFC cut-off
- Otherwise, process for the next pay period

- Attachment C
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## Data Assimilation Education ForumPart II: Education Capabilities Panel

- Developing the Data Assimilation Skills to Meet Research, Development and Operational Needs

*January 21, 2008*
*Eugenia Kalnay*
*Distinguished University Professor**University of Maryland*

## How is data assimilation being taught in university meteorology programs and should a separate course be designed?

- At the University of Maryland we have a very successful program on Data Assimilation since 2001
-     http://www.weatherchaos.umd.edu/
- Interdisciplinary: 50% of students in Atmos and Oceanic Sci, the rest mostly Math and Physics.
- 12 Ph.D.s completed in Data Assimilation
- About 12 students with PhDs underway
- We developed theoretical methods (LETKF) and many teaching tools (e.g., the SPEEDY global model was adapted and coupled with 3D-Var, EnSRF, LETKF)

## In the future, will there be an adequate supply of trained data assimilation scientists in both a national and an international arena?

- Workshops on data assimilation, like the JCSDA-sponsored one we held at UMCP in July 2007, are an excellent way to attract young scientists to the field
- We had about 60 applicants from all over the world
- This is an international science, and we should recruit internationally for students and researchers
- We should extend the applications of data assimilation to the full Earth System
- For example we have projects using the LETKF in the global ocean, carbon cycle, Chesapeake Bay, and the Mars atmosphere.

## In terms of data availability, are the data you require for providing teaching tools easily available?

- We have found that the tools that we developed (e.g., the SPEEDY model with LETKF) are essential in accelerating the students’ understanding
- Realistic experiments can be carried out by students on their PC’s, and have led to several theses.
- However, we need access to an **operational** system that the students can use as a test facility.
- We also need access to computational resources and a modular infrastructure on a scale that cannot be developed by students
- The PSAS/GEOS4 was a good (but outdated) example of such a system. We need a current one.
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## Weather Briefing

- June 26 10:00 CDT

## Verification

- Yesterday’s Forecast

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Observations

## Link to Satellite Loop

- _[http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=](http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=ir)__[ir](http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=multiple&itype=ir)_

## Slide 7

- _[http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.](http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.php)__[php](http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southplains_loop.php)_

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## METARs 

**METARs**
- (9 am CDT)
**PNC**: **Ceiling:** 700 feet AGL
**Clouds:** broken clouds at 700 feet AGLovercast cloud deck at 1800 feet AGL
**OKC**: **Ceiling:** 500 feet AGL
**Clouds:** broken clouds at 500 feet AGLovercast cloud deck at 1500 feet AGL
**END**: **Ceiling:** 1200 feet AGL
**Clouds:** scattered clouds at 700 feet AGLbroken clouds at 1200 feet AGLovercast cloud deck at 1500 feet AGL

## Slide 17

## Forecasts

## Slide 19

## Slide 20

## Slide 21

## Slide 22

## Slide 23

## Slide 25

## Slide 26

- _[http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.](http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.php)__[php](http://science.arm.gov/clasic/forecasts.php)_

- _[http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf/sdg/](http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/wrf/sdg/)_

## Extended Outlook

## Slide 30

## Slide 31

## Slide 32

## Slide 33
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## e-Portals in Commerce

- e-Portals in Commerce (e-PIC) serves as the NIH source library
- e-PIC collects organizational information, while providing a platform for those organizations to showcase their products/services and experience
- e-PIC satisfies regulatory requirements for agencies to maintain sized source lists and ensures that small businesses are included

## e-Portals in Commerce

- e-PIC resides on a secure platform and serves as a gateway for vendor marketing, affording the vendor security and control of information
- e-PIC serves as networking gateway for all sizes and types of organizations
- e-PIC crosses geographic boundaries
- e-PIC houses an encyclopedic NAICS search engine
# Presentation: 527892

## LOTO: Lock Out Tag Out

**1 Minute**
**4 Safety**

**A ****RED**** lock with a DANGER DO NOT OPERATE  tag indicates that someone is working on equipment and can be hurt if energy is released.**
**If you are working in an area where a LOTO is in effect, you are considered to be an *****Affected Employee******. *****Make sure you understand the reason for the LOTO and how it might affect you**
**NEVER attempt to operate any equipment  that has been locked or tagged.**

**Other locks and tags may be used for other purposes such as equipment security or configuration management. **
**RED locks may not be used for any purpose other than LOTO**

**For more information, contact Keith Gershon, x4694**
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## History of Section 508

- Passed in 1986
- Substantially amended in 1998
- Access Board standards
- Enforcement, including lawsuits

## USDA Section 508 SeminarLegal and Civil Rights Implications

- Ken S. Nakata
- U.S. Department of Justice
- June 25, 2002

## 508(a)(1)

- Develop, procure, maintain, or use EIT
- Comparable access to and use of data and information provided by EIT
- Federal employees and members of public
- Undue burden
- alternative means

## Enforcement (508(f))

- EIT procured after June 21, 2001
- administrative complaints follow 504 federally-conducted regulations
- lawsuits permit 504-type rights and remedies

## What About Non-Procured EIT?

- 501 (federal employment)
- 504 (federal programs, services, and activities)

## 501, 504, and 508

- 501
- 	-federal employment
- 	-includes “reasonable accommodation”
- 504
- 	-federally conducted & federally funded
- 	-general nondiscrimination
- 508
- 	-federally conducted only
- 	-enforceable only for newly procured EIT

## Department of Justice Duties

- Defends agencies (not like ADA)
- Coordinates 504 (Executive Order 12250)
- Resolves interagency issues (OLC)
- Conducts survey and creates report:
- Initial survey of agency EIT (508(d)(1))
- Subsequent survey of agency compliance with 508

## Current 508 Report

- Review of current EIT
- Web (individual pages)
- Other EIT (agency-wide)
- Best practices
- Overview of 501, 504, and 508
- Complaint process
- Recommendations

## Next Survey

- Projected Dates:
- Sent out early 2003
- Close summer 2003
- Due August 2003
- Likely focus more on procurement, complaints, and available defenses

## Further Information

- www.section508.gov
- www.access-board.gov
- ken.s.nakata@usdoj.gov
- (202) 307-2232