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From: gpmenos@firestone.Princeton.EDU (Gerard Philippe Menos)
Subject: SUBJECTS NEEDED FOR PSYCH. STUDY
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: gpmenos@firestone.Princeton.EDU (Gerard Philippe Menos)
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:50:30 GMT

I am posting the following announcement for my sister.  She is looking  
for subjects, primarily in the New York City area (the closer to  
Manhattan, the better) or in the vicinty of Princeton, NJ, to  
participate as subjects in a study on the psychology of the postpartum  
period.

At this point, my sister is in greatest need of subjects for the  
control group --females between 18 to 40 years of age, with no  
children, who are not presently pregnant.  If you can participate or  
if you know people who can participate, please read on.  The telephone  
nunber to call is listed below.

Thanks,
Phil Menos

--------------------------------------------------------------
                      SUBJECTS NEEDED

I AM A Ph.D. CANDIDATE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, CONDUCTING A
STUDY OF THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD, A LONG NEGLECTED AREA OF
RESEARCH.

                IF YOU ARE 18-40, FEMALE AND

O    EITHER RECENTLY GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD (WITHIN THE LAST
     NINE MONTHS)

O    OR DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY PREGNANT,

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY THAT WILL TAKE 15
MINUTES OF YOUR TlME WITH ME.  AFTER THIS BRIEF MEETING, YOU
WILL BE GIVEN A PACKET OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORIES THAT WILL
TAKE 40 MINUTES TO 1 1/2 HOURS TO COMPLETE (DEPENDING ON
WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO DO THE ABBREVIATED VERSION OR NOT), AT
YOUR LEISURE.  THE PACKET WILL BE SELF-ADDRESSED AND STAMPED.
WHEN YOU ARE DONE, JUST PUT IT INTO THE MAILBOX.

AFTER THE REBULTS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED, IF YOU WISH, I WILL
CALL YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT
THE 5TUDY AND TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK REGARDING YDUR TYPICAL
MODES OF FUNCTIONING ALONG VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY,
YOUR TYPICAL SHIFTS IN PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION UNDER STRESS,
YOUR PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND OTHER PATTERNS OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING SUGGESTED BY YOUR RESPONSES.

THE STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED ALONG AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION RESEARCH GUIDELINES.  ALL DATA IS STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL.  YOU WILL BE IDENTIFIED WITH A CODE NUMBER.
INFORMATION LINKING YOU WITH THIS CODE NUMBER WILL BE
DESTROYED ONCE WE HAVE HAD OUR TELEPHONE FEEDBACK SESSION.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING OR GETTING MORE
INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL:

                           Micka
                        (212) 666-2174.

              PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO A FRIEND.

                        THANK YOU.

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-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------
G. Philippe Menos [gpmenos@firestone.princeton.edu]
Systems Administrator,   Princeton University Libraries
voice:  609-258-5183     fax:  609-258-5571
From: rameshn@cs.tamu.edu (Ramesh Narayanan)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Books for GRE subject test in biology
Date: 24 Jan 1993 03:23:07 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuron.tamu.edu

Hi netters,
	I am posting this for a friend of mine. 
	
	Could someone out there tell me what books are required to prepare for
	the GRE subject test in biology. My friend wants to pursue Phd in
	biology.

	Please send your responses to my email address: n-ramesh@tamu.edu
	Thanx a lot.
	Ramesh.
Newsgroups: sci.research
From: gail.ridley@cs.utas.edu.au (Gail Ridley)
Subject: Need contact with pharmacists
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:37:00 GMT

Hello,

I would like to make contact with pharmacists in Australia, US and UK.  I
want to put questions to them about the use of software and hardware in
community pharmacies, and the training that they and their pharmacy assistants
have received to use these information technologies.

Thankyou,
Gail Ridley
From: anadeem@ampere.sci.research (Ahmed Nadeem)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Edge Detection And Segmentation Using Khoros And PV-WAVE Software
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:19:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: ampere.ANADEEM.93Jan27021954
Distribution: sci.research
Organization: /home/ampere1/anadeem/.organization

Netters,
        I am currently working on a research project that involves generating
solid or geometric models from MRI images. Part of the procedure will require 
me to possibly perform Thresholding & Edge Detection on my MRI images in order
to find out which pixels lie on boundaries between two different regions. 
Thus, I would like to have an Image Processing Software package that has good 
Edge Detection and Classification ( Segmentation ) modules/routines.  
        I have heard a lot about Khoros ( University Of New Mexico) and 
PV-WAVE (Precision Visuals) and was curious if other professionals or students
had any experience on how good they are for the above purposes. Suggestions 
on other software packages are also much welcome.
                                                       Thanks,
                                                              Ahmed Nadeem
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Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: new technologies(artificial materials,sensoring, many others)  )
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 19:13:57 +0200
Distribution: world
Organization: NEWS NETWORK SERVICE, Ltd
Reply-To: ssn@nail.msk.su


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From: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Subject: Oxigenated water breathable?
Newsgroups: sci.research
Reply-To: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 27 Jan 93 04:14:16 GMT


Just read a discussion on the breathability (sp) of oxigenated water.  Just
want to get some opinion from some people with more credibility.  

Thanks,

Joe Tien
Newsgroups: sci.research
From: gail.ridley@cs.utas.edu.au (Gail Ridley)
Subject: Need contact with pharmacists
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:43:52 GMT

Hello,

I want to make contact with pharmacists working in community pharmacies in
Australia, US and the UK.  I'd like to put questions to them about the use of
software and hardware by both pharmacists and pharmacy assistants in their 
area and the training each group has received in these information technologies.

Thankyou,
GailRidley
From: rsherme@diamond.nswc.navy.mil (Russel Shermer (R43))
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Fyi #9: House Appropriations VA/HUD Subcommittee Named
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:04:12 GMT
Organization: NAVSWC DD White Oak Det.

Posted for:
Public Information Division
American Institute of Physics
Contact:  Audrey T. Leath
Phone: (202) 332-9662
Email: fyi@aip.org



House Appropriations VA/HUD Subcommittee Named

FYI No. 9, January 22, 1993

Members have been named to the subcommittees of the House
Appropriations Committee for the 103rd Congress.  Of major interest
to scientists and science educators is the Subcommittee on
Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies, which has jurisdiction over funding for the National
Science Foundation and NASA.  On the other side of Capitol Hill,
the Senate has determined the membership of its major committees,
but it has not yet announced final subcommittee assignments.

The VA/HUD/IA subcommittee has a very different look this year.
Five members are new to the subcommittee, although none are
freshmen: two Democrats (Torres and Thornton) and all three
Republicans.  Both the Chairman and Ranking Republican have
changed.  The chairmanship has been taken over by Louis Stokes
(D-Ohio), a long-standing member of the subcommittee (see FYI#156,
1992 for a profile on Stokes.)  The nine members of this
subcommittee will have a major role in determining the NSF and NASA
budgets for the fiscal year starting October 1.

House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA/HUD/IA:

Louis Stokes (D-Ohio)                         Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
  Chairman                                      Ranking Republican
Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)                       Tom DeLay (R-TX)
Jim Chapman (D-TX)                            Dean A. Gallo (R-NJ)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Esteban E. Torres (D-CA)
Ray Thornton (D-AR)

The appropriations committees in the House and Senate are some of
the most powerful committees, and some of the most desired
committee assignments, in Congress.  In theory, appropriations
committees dole out federal funds to agencies and programs that
have been approved by the corresponding authorizing committees.  In
reality, however, the appropriators have most of the power because
they control the purse strings, and often substitute their own
favorite projects for funding.  The power struggle between
authorizers and appropriators will be visible later this year:  The
National Science Foundation is due for re-authorization by the
House Science Committee, chaired by Rep. George Brown
(D-California.)

The fiscal year 1994 appropriations process will begin when
President Clinton submits a budget request to Congress, probably in
mid-March.  The House appropriations subcommittees then respond
with their own budget bills, followed by the Senate.  When both the
House and Senate have passed their versions, selected members meet
in conference to iron out the differences in each bill, before
final passage.


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Newsgroups: sci.research
From: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: THE DIVINE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:59:43 GMT
Organization: Ditka Policy Institute

In article <1993Jan25.173635.3298@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>     (3) It is possible for INDIVIDUALS to PERSONALLY explore the Universe,
>including our Solar System, using forms of "SOUL TRAVEL". 

Is that more-or-less like riding on the tour bus with Aretha Franklin
and Wilson Pickett, or have I been missing something?

---Rsk
Newsgroups: sci.research
From: jhbyne@unix1.tcd.ie (Magnus Byne)
Subject: IT and scentific research, HELP.
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:33:59 GMT

Hello,
Im a computer science student in Trinity, Dublin, Ireland. I have to give a
presentation on IT and scentific research. I'd be very greatful for any
information about how IT has helped in specific areas of scentific research,
as well as general views and comments from people in know.

Thanks,
Magnus.
      
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From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: Oxigenated water breathable?
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:53:43 GMT
Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu

In article <2B660C18.28841@news.service.uci.edu> jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien) writes:
>
>Just read a discussion on the breathability (sp) of oxigenated water.  Just
>want to get some opinion from some people with more credibility.  

   Well, in my desk, I have a photo of a lab rat breathing while submerged
in some sort of oxygen-rich fluid (it was on my office door as a kind of
"marvels of science" exhibit, but the rat-loving boss' daughter objected).
I've been meaning to post here asking about the latest in related research.
So, anybody know anything about the latest work in breathable fluids?
--
Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
"I'm mentally OVERDRAWN!"
From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.environment
Subject: Re: Greenpeace's alternative refrigerant
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 25 Jan 1993 03:42:01 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: LOGA@lafibm.lafayette.edu's message of 17 Jan 93 22:27:03 GMT

> Thus it is billed as the "first completely CFC- and FC-free
> refrigerator in the world."

=o= Ouch.  I don't have the Greenpeace press release on this
around anymore, but I recall it emphasizing energy efficiency
quite strongly -- indeed, that was the point of the venture.
No doubt it actually said it was that it was the first such
*energy-efficient* refrigerator.

=o= Somehow I know that there's about to be a deluge of articles
posted by reactionaries looking for any excuse to flame about
Greenpeace, even on the basis of second- or third-hand summari-
zations of their actual statements.
    <_Jym_>

Newsgroups: sci.environment,ba.transportation
From: josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam)
Subject: Re: Oppose Signal Synchronization Projects!
Reply-To: Joshua_Putnam@happy-man.com
Organization: Happy Man Corp., Vashon Island, WA 98070-7399
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:03:35 GMT

In <HERMIT.93Jan25020333@am.ucsc.edu> hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) writes:

>In article <6094@bacon.IMSI.COM>, jordan@IMSI.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes:
>) Joe Buck <jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu> writes:
>)) I think it's better to design things so that the main bicycle
>)) through-routes aren't the same as the main auto through-routes,
>)) so you can time different streets differently.

>) An excellent point.  But, even with well-designed bike routes, you
>) *still* see lots of ("too damn many") bicycles on College Avenue in
>) Berkeley during rush hour for instance.  There's a great bike route
>) system in the East Bay (particularly Berkeley-Oakland) and there's just
>) no excuse for seeing bikes on a street not designed for it.

>Well, it is possible that the bicyclists in question are accustomed to
>traveling the route in a car or bus, and so follow the route on their
>bike that they know from their car.  Or that the alternate route would
>take longer because of geographic distances; I'm not familiar with the
>area in question, however.

Most bike routes only qualify as well designed if the cyclists
involved don't need to go anywhere.  Bike paths and seaparate
bike trails almost always have miserable intersections with
ordinary roads, which is one reason bike paths are generally more
dangerous than ordinary roads.  Because of the types of riders
these facilities attract, not to mention non-cyclists, speeds are
usually much lower than on ordinary streets.  Anything over 15mph
is dangerously fast on many "well designed" bike routes.

Fortunately, most streets are designed well enough for most cycling 
-- i.e. they have adequate pavement, adequate signs, signals, and 
intersections, adequate sight distances, etc.  I suspect the money 
for a single mile of bike lane construction could go much further 
re-educating wrong-way cyclists, non-signalling cyclists, stop-sign 
runners, people who ride in the gutter instead of the traffic lanes 
where they belong, etc.  

As a bicycle commuter, I'd only use a bike path as a last resort,
and might even give up riding to work if I had to live with the
risks and inconvenience of most "well designed" bike paths.
-- 
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 We publish SOLID VALUE for the intelligent investor.  NextMail OK
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Xref: sparky sci.environment:14725 talk.politics.misc:69132
From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: sci.environment,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Idiotic Japan Bashing
Date: 20 Jan 93 17:55:33 GMT
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA

In article <1993Jan16.215852.14689@oracle.us.oracle.com>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
> In article <1hvbc8INNa6h@spim.mti.sgi.com> mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen) writes:
> >Japan is a highly nationalistic company.  Corporations and the 
> >government work hand in hand.  Unlike the US, you can not draw a
> >distinctions between the two.  If a company or an industry wants the
> >government to support their plans against outsiders, they've got it.
> 
> Mike, once more you display a disappointing ignorance.  I suspect that
> you get your information on Japan primarily from sources such as
> Michael Crichton.
> 
> Except in the fantasies of people such as Crichton, Japanese companies
> and the Japanese government are distinct.  

I am NOT in general agreement with Mr. Polen, but...

Back in the early 1970s, David Bergamini wrote a history of the coverup
of Hirohito's involvement in World War II policy called _Japan's
Imperial Conspiracy_.  When it came out, it was roundly denounced.
Now, much of what Bergamini found is recognized as being probably
true.  Bergamini interviewed members of the wartime government who
told him that tremendous wealth belonging to Hirohito was transferred
to what are now the large Japanese corporations to protect that wealth
from confiscation by the U.S.  Bergamini was also told that Hirohito
had made it clear that after the war, Japan would put its energies
into economic warfare against the U.S., and that it might take a
hundred years to accomplish his goals.

I'm not sure that Crichton's _Rising Sun_ is entirely fantasy.



-- 
Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer  My opinions, all mine!
"When freedom destroys order, order will destroy freedom." -- Eric Hoffer
Not a goal, just a statement of reality.
From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
Newsgroups: sci.environment
Subject: Re: Oppose Signal Synchronization Projects!
Date: 20 Jan 93 18:22:21 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA

In article <1993Jan20.045150.14285@pbhye.PacBell.COM> mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman) writes:
|Traffic Light Synchronization -- Where Are the Local Projects? What
|Can We Do?

|     The next time you have to travel on foot or by bicycle, notice
|whether you, or drivers, are given priority. For example, in Walnut
|Creek, pedestrians cannot cross the street unless they push a
|button, and then they have to wait for left-turning cars to go
|first!

MOst places that have these push buttons is not because of timing its
because the change in the lights is triggered by a switch.

The presence of a car is detected via the changes all that metal makes
in a magnetic field.  Since it is impractical for a pedestrian to run
out in the middle of the street and lie down on a sensor, not that they
have enough metal anyway, an alternative system of alerting the traffic
computer has been provided.

I used to ride a motorcycle, I quickly learned where these sensor controlled
lights were.  My bike did not have enough metal to trip the sensor.  I either
had to wait for a car to pull up behind me, or to run the light.
-- 
Mob rule isn't any prettier merely because the mob calls itself a government
It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
Wilson's theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
Newsgroups: sci.environment,soc.culture.usa
From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
Subject: Re: Greenpeace press releases -- fact or fiction?
Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
	<1993Jan24.230504.22770@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <C1Dvpn.92G@world.std.com>
	<59085@dime.cs.umass.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:51:37

I'm sure that plutonium is considered valuable at Sellafield, so the
quantities release are as "trace" as they can make it.
--
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.environment
Subject: Re: Loaded phrasings
Date: 25 Jan 1993 11:52:41 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
Reply-To: greenpeace-knocks@truffula.sj.ca.us
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu

> Below is the text of a survey I was sent (through the
> miracles of deathless mailing lists) by Greenpeace.
> I think this stands as a good example of loaded phrasing
> used by some environmentalists.

=o= This kind of tactic -- "surveys" with loaded phrases --
is used by all kinds of political groups, not just environ-
mentalists.  They tend to be cooked up by marketing types
in the "direct (i.e., junk) mail" business.

=o= I abhor these things.  Indeed, I not only abhor junk mail,
but I especially abhor junk mail that insults my intelligence.

=o= Fortunately, there's something you can do about it.  Over
in alt.save.the.earth, Cameron Spitzer has made an offer to
convey complaints from net.users to Greenpeace:

    I've mentioned my concerns, and those which appear in these
    newsgroups, to Greenpeace volunteers at every opportunity
    and they always tell me to pursue these complaints through
    the proper channels within Greenpeace.

    I've finally got what I think is the right name and address
    within the global hierarchy which uses the Greenpeace
    trademarks, and I'm ready to digestify reasonable complaints
    in hopes "Greenpeace" will respond to us.  Compose your
    brief, even-tempered, well-informed concerns, and mail
    them to:

       greenpeace-knocks@truffula.sj.ca.us

    and I'll see what I can do.

=o= Cameron will collect these "knocks" for a few weeks, post a
digest or summary of them, send them off to Greenpeace, and post
Greenpeace's response.  Don't bother sending angry or hateful or
malicious messages, and do keep them as short as possible
    <_Jym_>
From: alanm@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Alan McGowen)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:42:24 GMT
Subject: Re: Forcing the Spring
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA