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Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: intelligence testing quote
From: K.Chamberlain@massey.ac.nz (K.P. Chamberlain)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 20:52:11 GMT
Followup-To: sci.psychology
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Keywords: help
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About fifteen years ago I came across the following quote, but have lost
the exact wording and reference.  It went something like this:

"This business of intelligence testing reminds me of the way they used
to weigh hogs in Texas.  They placed a plank over a large rock and sat
the hog on one end.  Next they searched around for another rock that
would exactly balance the weight of the hog.  Then they all stood around
and guessed the weight of the rock."

I think it might have been attributed to John Dewey.  Does anyone have
the correct quote and attribution?

Thanks in advance

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Kerry Chamberlain  		  Department of Psychology, Massey University,
K.Chamberlain@massey.ac.nz 			Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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From: dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Do We Dream In Reverse?
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:33:26 GMT
Organization: Intermetrics Inc., Washington Division, USA

In article <1992Aug26.100016.511@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
phys169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:

   Is it true that two events heard or felt while dreaming are built
   into the dream in the *reverse* order in which they were sensed?

I am not sure what you are asking.  Stephen LaBerge at Stanford (now
at the Lucidity Institute) has published results showing that the
progression of events in lucid dreams is the same as the progression
of the equivalent events in reality.

I know of no result that states that an external event must be
incorporated into a dream at the instant of its happening.

   I heard this many years ago as an observation, and can say that, at
   least once, this was true for me.  Two external noises were clearly
   represented in my dream, but the order in which they occurred in
   the dream was the opposite of what was obviously their sequence in
   real life.

I suspect that this is simply what you desribed; a single event, and
not necessarily extendable to the population (or even your own dreams)
as a whole.

					Dave Barton
					dlb@hudson.wash.inmet.com
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From: zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,sci.math
Subject: Re: God's and Godel's marrying ages.
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:57:38 GMT
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

We don't want it either (Note THIS follow-up)

:)


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| Eric Zorrilla - Dept. of Psychology  | zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu     |
| University of Pennsylvania           | 3815 Walnut, Philadelphia, PA 19104  |
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Newsgroups: sci.engr
From: adam@cg.emr.ca (Erick Adam)
Subject: Re: Engineering Books for Sale (A small pro
Reply-To: adam@cg.emr.ca
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:51:45 GMT

In article 3234@ctr.columbia.edu, anselmo@cumesb.mech.columbia.edu (Andrew P. Anselmo) writes:
>Uh, isn't using the net for commercial purposes illegal?

I would consider selling school books as a service (I don't think a 
service is illegal); just look at the prices of new books -> those prices 
are illegal, it's almost robery.

>You'd probably get a better response by posting a few flyers around
>campus.  Even if I did need the books, what would I do?  Ship them to
>New York, sight unseen?
  
Good advice !!!

>Hope you don't get flamed on this small breach of netiquitte.

I don't who I would flame ? Samer who is trying to help struggling student  or 
you and I for wasting bandwidth.


> Andrew Anselmo / Department of Mechanical Engineering / Columbia University   
>   236A SW Mudd Building 212-854-2965 / anselmo@cumesb.mech.columbia.edu 

Erick Adam 
Geological Survey of Canada
Ottawa Ontario
adam@cg.emr.ca




Newsgroups: sci.engr
From: skenny@pico.engr.mun.ca (Shawn Kenny)
Subject: Underwater Explosions
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 11:50:03 GMT

I can't seem to mail to you directly as the delivery system is unknown.
Could you send me your email address.

Thanks, Shawn.
--
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skenny@pico.engr.mun.ca
St. John's, NF, CANADA
"Have a touton or do without'n !"
From: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Subject: info on CFD programs
Newsgroups: sci.engr
Reply-To: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:18:04 GMT


Hi,

I'm looking into some CFD (computational fluid dynamics) programs to use as
benchmark programs for my cache design. The problem is, I have no idea what
these programs do and what equations they implement. 

Could someone point me to some reference books and stuff so I can find out
more on these programs. They are: unriems50, crale10 and line26. 

I doubt many people would be interested in this stuff, so please email me at:

	jtien@balboa.eng.uci.edu

Thanks very much,

Joe Tien


Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed,connect.audit
From: ort@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (Randy Thomas)
Subject: Re: How do you measure BP from the finger pulse?
Reply-To: ort@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (Randy Thomas)
Organization: U of Florida Engineering Comuputing Services
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 22:04:05 GMT

In article <JUKKA.92Aug26093324@el1.oulu.fi> jukka@el1.oulu.fi (Jukka A. Lahti) writes:
>
>In article <BtI1q0.CFo@ibmpcug.co.uk> object@ibmpcug.co.uk (Ken Tough) writes:
>
>>   The CASIO blood pressure meter (sphygmanomometer?) works as follows
>>   (or so I've surmised given its leaflet):
>>
>>   It measures both the blood pulse in the fingertip via infrared reflection,
>>   and the electrical cardiac response via an electrode.  
>>
>
>I have not seen the CASIO meter, but I assume it looks more or less
>like a wrist watch. So my question is, how does it messure the
>electrical cardiac signal with only one electrode ? I thought at least
>two electrodes would be needed, preferably some distance apart (e.g.
>in different limbs).
>

From what I have seen of the Casio, I think it does use 2 electrodes:
one on the finger tip when you touch the watch and one on the wrist
of the hand that the watch is on.  I think this is how it works.  If it
uses only 1 on the finger tip, I'd REALLY like to know how.



--
Randy Thomas
ort@eng.ufl.edu
Computer & Information Engineering Sciences
University of Florida
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
From: object@ibmpcug.co.uk (Ken Tough)
Subject: Re: How do you measure BP from the finger pulse?
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author
	alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:04:39 GMT

In article <JUKKA.92Aug26093324@el1.oulu.fi> jukka@el1.oulu.fi (Jukka A. Lahti) writes:
>
>In article <BtI1q0.CFo@ibmpcug.co.uk> object@ibmpcug.co.uk (Ken Tough) writes:
>
>>   The CASIO blood pressure meter (sphygmanomometer?) works as follows
>>   (or so I've surmised given its leaflet):
>>
>>   It measures both the blood pulse in the fingertip via infrared reflection,
>>   and the electrical cardiac response via an electrode.  
>>
>
>I have not seen the CASIO meter, but I assume it looks more or less
>like a wrist watch. So my question is, how does it messure the
>electrical cardiac signal with only one electrode ? I thought at least
>two electrodes would be needed, preferably some distance apart (e.g.
>in different limbs).

An excellent question, I must admit.  Had me thinking for a second.

The watch has two sensors over which you place your second and
third fingers (I think).  One of these is clearly an opto, the
other a (rather poor) electrode.

The other electrode must thus be on your other limb, at the
back of the watch.  (They don't specify you must be wearing
the watch, but I'll bet that is the case [no pun intended :-])

They must figure it would be difficult for you to use a finger
which is on the same hand/wrist as the watch.   (This would mean
another drawback is unsuitability for unidexters;-).


Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
From: bobburr@hardy.u.washington.edu (Robert Burr MSEE PhD)
Subject: re:wavelet applications
Reply-To: bobburr@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:17:54 GMT


sassjo@aix.rpi.edu enquired about applications of wavelet theory in 
bioengineering, for example in ECG.  Wavelet theory has many potential
applications in processing biological signals, particularly in situations
where we are interested in tracking a non-stationary spectrum of a signal.
Wavelet theory becomes almost indispensible when the spectrum changes relatively
quickly.

My co-worker Siva Narajanan (sivabala@u.washington.edu) is studying
application of wavelets to 24 hour records of heart interbeat interval.  

At a recent conference, D. Morlet (a distinguished French female mathematician)
presented work about application of wavelet theory to detect abnormalities
in the QRS of the raw ECG itself.  She works with the very active Rubel
group in Lyon. (D. Morlet, Hopital Cardiovasculaire, Inserm U 121, 
BP Lyon Montchat, 69394 Lyon Codex 3, France).

Here are some recent papers that more or less are using wavelet approaches
to bioengineering problems:

Crowe-J-A.  Gibson-N-M.  Woolfson-M-S.  Somekh-M-G.
Wavelet transform as a potential tool for ECG analysis and
compression.
J-Biomed-Eng.  1992 May.  14(3).  P 268-72.

Weaver-J-B.  Xu-Y.  Healy-D-M.  Driscoll-J-R.
Wavelet-encoded MR imaging.
Magn-Reson-Med.  1992 Apr.  24(2).  P 275-87.

Przybyszewski-A-W.
An analysis of the oscillatory patterns in the central nervous system
with the wavelet method.
J-Neurosci-Methods.  1991 Jul.  38(2-3).  P 247-57.

Khadra-L.  Matalgah-M.  el-Asir-B.  Mawagdeh-S.
The wavelet transform and its applications to phonocardiogram signal
analysis.
Med-Inf-(Lond).  1991 Jul-Sep.  16(3).  P 271-7.

Weaver-J-B.  Xu-Y-S.  Healy-D-M-Jr.  Cromwell-L-D.
Filtering noise from images with wavelet transforms.
Magn-Reson-Med.  1991 Oct.  21(2).  P 288-95.

Peachey-N-S.  Alexander-K-R.  Derlacki-D-J.  Bobak-P.  Fishman-G-A.
Effects of light adaptation on the response characteristics of human
oscillatory potentials.
Electroenceph-Clin-Neurophysiol 1991 Jan 78 (1) pp 27-34

Li-X-X.  Yuan-N.
Measurement of the oscillatory potential of the electroretinogram in
the domains of frequency and time.
Doc-Ophthalmol.  1990 Nov.  76(1).  P 65-71.

Porat-M.  Zeevi-Y-Y.
Localized texture processing in vision: analysis and synthesis in the
Gaborian space.
IEEE-Trans-Biomed-Eng.  1989 Jan.  36(1).  P 115-29.

Moore-E-N.  Spear-J-F.
Electrophysiological studies on atrial fibrillation.
Heart-Vessels-Suppl.  1987.  2.  P 32-9.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Burr, MSEE, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Bioengineer
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
bobburr@u.washington.edu
From: shalan@engr.latech.edu (Shivram Halan)
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
Subject: Biomed jobs
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:48:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: engr.1992Sep4.204819.8075
Reply-To: shalan@engr.latech.edu
Organization: Louisiana Tech University


	I believe either IEEE (EMBS) or BMES has a data base of employers of biomedical engineers. I would appreciate it if anyone can give me information on this and how to subscribe and how much has to be paid. Please post or mail all information regarding this. 
Thank you,
shiv.
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
From: ksh@mayo.edu (Kerrie Holton)
Subject: student info on EMBS
Keywords: EMBS
Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 18:21:00 GMT

		STUDENTS!!



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education of Biomedical Engineering Students for the academic year 1992-93. As the largest pro-
fessional organization of Biomedical Engineers in the world, we recognize the important invest-
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FREE EMB MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION FOR GRADUATING STUDENTS



The first program provides a free academic year subscription (Sept.-June) to the EMB Magazine 
to students in their final year of undergraduate and graduate studies. The quarterly EMB Maga-
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as conference dates, and BME employment opportunities. The EMB Magazine gives students a 
glimpse of the world awaiting them after graduation.



		IEEE EMBS STUDENT CLUBS



The IEEE-EMBS Student Clubs are designed for universities which do not have a sufficient num-
ber of IEEE-EMBS student members to form an IEEE Student Branch Chapter. IEEE-EMBS 
offers funding to Student Clubs for special events, such as a student paper competition and the 
financial support for seminar speakers sponsored by the Club. Additionally, each EMBS Student 
Club receives a free academic year subscription to the EMB Magazine, the IEEE Transactions on 
Biomedical Engineering, and a copy of the IEEE-EMBS Proceedings of the Annual International 
Conference.



		FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:



		John D. Enderle

		Chairman, IEEE-EMBS Student Activities Committee

		Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

		North Dakota State University

		Fargo, ND 58105 USA

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		fax: (701) 237-8677

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From: sassoj@aix.rpi.edu (John J. Sasso Jr.)
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
Subject: NEED WAVELETS INFO (APPL TO BIOMED. ENG.)
Date: 29 Aug 92 04:48:08 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY


  Does anyone know of any reports which concern the applications of wavelets
to biomedical engineering problems, i.e., ECG analysis, etc.?

                        John
From: rshekhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raj Shekhar)
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
Subject: Need Info on EMBS Conference in Paris
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:46:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: magnus.1992Sep2.164611.16417
Organization: The Ohio State University

Hi Friends,

I am looking for more information about the annual EMBS conference. The
only thing that I know is that it is supposed to be held in Paris this
year.

Thanks in advance!

Raj Shekhar
rshekhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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From: betanu@sage.cc.purdue.edu (ALPHA CHI SIGMA)
Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
Subject: callout
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:33:00 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Do you like Chemisrty?
Then come to the Alpha Chi Sigma callout.
Callouts are Wednesday, Sept. 2 or Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 pm in room 314 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.
Hope to see you there!!!!!!



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Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed
From: ksh@mayo.edu (Kerrie Holton)
Subject: Call for info on graduate BME programs
Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 18:14:55 GMT

|> 
|> -- 
|> The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE is in the
|> process of compiling a periodic posting containing information about
|> biomedical engineering and biomedical sciences graduate training
|> programs at universities everywhere.  This posting will be sent
|> to sci.engr.biomed and soc.college.gradinfo on a regular basis.
|> 
|> If your department would like to be listed in this posting, please 
|> send an e-mail message containing a 300 wrd (or less) description
|> of your program, and include a person to contact with an mail 
|> address and e-mail address.  Send to  ksh@mayo.edu.  Non ascii files
|> are not acceptable.
|> 
|> This list is intended to be a brief introduction to each program
|> so that students may know where to request further information, 
|> either by e-mail or otherwise.  It is not intended to replace 
|> catalogs or program bulletins.  Please be succinct.
|> 
|> If you have questions please inquire via e-mail to
|> me personally rather than posting on the net.  
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> 	Kerrie Holton	
|> 	EMBS Adcom Student Representative
|> 


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Newsgroups: sci.engr.biomed,connect.audit
From: jukka@el1.oulu.fi (Jukka A. Lahti)
Subject: Re: How do you measure BP from the finger pulse?
Organization: University of Oulu, Dept. of EE, Finland
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 07:33:24 GMT


In article <BtI1q0.CFo@ibmpcug.co.uk> object@ibmpcug.co.uk (Ken Tough) writes:

>   The CASIO blood pressure meter (sphygmanomometer?) works as follows
>   (or so I've surmised given its leaflet):
>
>   It measures both the blood pulse in the fingertip via infrared reflection,
>   and the electrical cardiac response via an electrode.  
>

I have not seen the CASIO meter, but I assume it looks more or less
like a wrist watch. So my question is, how does it messure the
electrical cardiac signal with only one electrode ? I thought at least
two electrodes would be needed, preferably some distance apart (e.g.
in different limbs).


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Newsgroups: sci.engr.chem,sci.chem,sci.med,sci.engr.civil,nm.general
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: NRDC Criticizes Domenici Plan to Gut Drinking Water Protections
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 19:56:19 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <des.26@helix.nih.gov> des@helix.nih.gov (David E. Scheim) writes:
>In article <0nln#7b@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes:
>
>>Like the irrational fear of radioactivity displayed by several
>>sci.med posters recently, fear of trace contamination with
>>manmade pesticides provokes irrational, disproportionately
>>severe responses. Personally, I would like to see some of
>>this energy directed toward more concrete threats, like that
>>of self-poisoning with unnecessary "health" nostrums and
>>megadose vitamins. The example of L-tryptophan, the cause
>>of EMS in thousands, leaps to mind.
>
>Certainly, because of one episode of contaminated L-tryptophan, it is 
>reasonable to prevent millions of people who by their own choice take 
>vitamins above RDAs from doing so.  In view of the cases of cynanide-laced 

It is now recognized that the "peak E" story was a highly
simplified version of what actually happened. Now it is
recognized that L-tryptophan itself has EMS-inducing
activity (see, for example, Nature 1992;358:96). So your
attempt to slough the problem off as Denko's negligence
is, well, wrong.

>On the other hand, even though breast cancer rates are rising alarmingly, 
>though we know many of these "trace" pesticides are carcinogenic, and 
>though we have no idea of how much of these "trace" contaminants accumulate 
>into our drinking water, which we injest with far less knowledge or choice, 
>it certainly makes sense to remove any protections against these 
>contaminants.
>
Yes. Since we all agree that precious little data supports the
role of bad drinking water in carcinogenesis, we should just
break the bank of innumerable rural communities to regulate
the matter to death. Good logic.

Brian
From: userGUDI@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (RAVI GUDI)
Newsgroups: sci.engr.chem
Subject: Lab Set-up for Process Control Studies
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:43:14 GMT
Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta     

I would be interested to have addresses of firms/people who 
specialize in manufacture/supply of lab set-ups for process
control studies in chemical engineering. Specifically, I
would be interested in people who can design / set-up equipment
on lab-scale (reactors, distillation columns etc.)
  
Thanks,
Ravi Gudi
From: kavuri@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri )
Newsgroups: sci.engr.chem
Subject: Janos Gertler at GMU
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:22:49 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


  I need to contact Prof. Janos Gerlter at George Mason Univ. 
  Does anybody know his tel# or Email addr ?

  Thanks in advance

 Surya
  
  kavuri@ecn.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: sci.engr.chem,sci.chem,sci.med,sci.engr.civil,nm.general
From: enw2049@zeus.tamu.edu (WALKE, ERIK N)
Subject: Re: callout
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:31:00 GMT

In article <Btv51C.wD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, betanu@sage.cc.purdue.edu
>(ALPHA CHI SIGMA) writes...
>
>Do you like Chemisrty?

       Well, I dunno. . . but I am fond of CHEMISTry      ( ;-> )

>Then come to the Alpha Chi Sigma callout.
>Callouts are Wednesday, Sept. 2 or Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 pm in room 314 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.
>Hope to see you there!!!!!!
> 
> 
>This message is from the Beta Nu chapter of the Alpha Chi Sigma professional
>Chemistry fraternity.  We co-ed fraternity, that is not an honor society,
>located at Purdue University.  

       The small typo notwithstanding, it is good to see the good 
       brothers at BN are well.  Hope you had a good turnout.  Will 
       more posts follow?  . .. 

                            yours i. t. d. b. , 

                            Erik Walke    Alpha Theta, '91
                                          (now stuck in an AXE-free
                                                          wasteland)

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