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GEOMETRICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS: AN APPLICATION OF HIGH PRECISION UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAMMETRY†
Authors: Przybilla H.‐J. , Kotowski R. , Meid A. , Weber B. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThis paper presents all the stages involved in the procedure for the determination of the shape of a fuel assembly, which is an essential part of a nuclear power plant and can only be handled underwater. Phototriangulation is used to obtain orientation elements, taking into account light refracting surfaces. Stereomodels are then set up for analytical restitution and the shape parameters for the object can be obtained. The project is a typical example of high precision underwater photogrammetry.
FURTHER LIGHT ON FOURCADE
Authors: Storrar C. D. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSince the publication of L. P. Adams's paper, “Henry Georges Fourcade”, Photogrammetric Record, 8(45): 287–296 (April 1975), further research in France, Japan and South Africa has disclosed new and interesting information about the life and works of this talented and versatile man. This paper by Fourcade's biographer gives new information about his antecedents; his early education; the fact that, having discovered the theory of relative orientation (want of correspondence) by 1901, he had actually formulated it in 1903 in a letter to Aimé Laussedat, although it was only published in 1926; about confirmation of the precision of his historic 1904 map of Devil's Peak in 1987; the often strained relations that existed between the temperamental inventor, the War Office (M14) and the instrument makers; and about his important contribution to forestry and the Botanical Survey of South Africa.
MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS IN DESERT TERRAIN BY CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY
Authors: Kirby R. P. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAs part of the measurements of desert terrain characteristics in the United Arab Emirates, made in support of a study of airborne radar, close range vertical stereophotographs of various natural surfaces were taken with a pair of Hasselblad MK70 metric cameras. The technique is described and the constraints imposed by the ground conditions and the need for rapid measurements are explained. Various terrain types are illustrated and the method is described whereby variables summarising surface roughness and surface slope were generated from profiles of the microrelief. From a more general discussion of current equipment and geomorphological applications of close range photogrammetry, it is concluded that this flexible technique is presently under utilised by field scientists.
A GUIDE TO PRODUCING A PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SPECIFICATION FOR THE ARCHITECT IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
Authors: Davies A. G. T. 
Published: July 2010

RésuméDeux des conférenciers ďun symposium ďune journée, qui s'est tenu le 31 octobre 1990 et fut consacré aux problèmes du choix de nouvelles techniques et de nouveaux équipements, présentent des commentaires sur ľemploi de la compensation du filé longitudinal dans les chambres de prises de vues aériennes et sur la normalisation en photogrammétrie architecturale.ZusammenfassungZwei der Redner aufeinem eintägigen Symposium, das am 31.10.90 zur Thematik der Einführung neuer Technik und Verfahren stattfand, beschäftigen sich mit der Einführung der Bildwanderungskompensation in Lufibildmeβkammern und einer Spezifikation für die Architekturphotogrammetrie.
REALLY CLOSE UP! SURVEYING SURFACES AT SUB‐MICROMETRE RESOLUTION: THE MEASUREMENT OF OSTEOCLASTIC RESORPTION LACUNAE
Authors: Boyde A. , Jones S. J. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract The authors discuss systems for the three dimensional measurement of microscopic features, in particular the pits made by isolated bone resorbing cells (osteoclasts) in test substrates with flat surfaces; such measurements may be used to assay the work done by these cells. Confocal light microscopy, with its very shallow depth of field, seems to be replacing scanning electron microscopic stereophotogrammetry as the preferred method for such measurement. Résumé Les auteurs examinent les systèmes de mesures tri‐dimensionelles ďobjets microscopiques tels que, en particulier, les cavités creusies dans des substrats expérimentaux, déposés sur des surfaces plates, par des cellules isolées résorbant les os (ostéoclastes). On peut recourir à de telles mesures pour évaluer le travail effectué par ces cellules. Il semble que dans ces mesures, on tende à remplacer la stéréophotogrammétrie au microscope électronique à balayage par la microscopie à lumière confocale qui possède une très faible profondeur de champ et emporte la préférence. Zusammenfassung Die Autoren diskutieren Systeme zur dreidimensionalen Ausmessung von Mikroskopabbildungen, insbesondere der Vertiefungen, die durch isolierte, Knochen resorbierende Zellen (Osteoklaster) in Testsubstraten mit ebenen Oberflächen verursacht wurden. Solche Messungen konnen zur Prüfung der von diesen Zellen geleisteten Arbeit genutzt werden. Die Mikroskopie mit konfokalem Licht und einer sehr geringen Gesichtsfeldtiefe scheint die Stereophotogrammetrie mittels Rasterelektronen‐mikroskop als der bevorzugten Methode für solche Messungen zu ersetzen.
FACTORS INFLUENCING LONGEVITY OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS ON ARCHIVAL STORAGE
Authors: Edge M. , Allen N. S. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract Maintaining the quality of aerial photographic products with time requires a simultaneous retention of both image and dimensional characteristics. These factors are prerequisites for maintaining aesthetic value and ensuring no distortion of information occurs. It is, however, the recent experience of archivists that many negatives and prints are suffering irreversible deterioration. Degradation is typified by image fading, the presence of surface crystalline deposits which obscure any image and significant dimensional distortion. This paper relates those factors which influence stability, principally temperature, relative humidity and oxygen, and correlates them to structural changes in the materials. In addition an overview is given of methods of monitoring and of inhibiting breakdown. Résumé Pour maintenir la qualité des produits photographiques aériens dans le temps, il faut satisfaire auxproblèmes de conservation à la fois de ľimage et de ses qualités dimensionnelles. Ce sont des préalables nécessaires au maintien de la qualité esthétique du document et àľabsence de distorsion dans ses données. C'est que ľexpérience récente des archivistes a montré que nombre de négatifs et de tirages subissaient actuellement des détériorations irréversibles. Ces détériorations sont caractérisees par ľaffaiblissement de ľimage, ľapparition de dépôts cristallins en surface qui obscurcissent ľimage et ľexistence de variations dimensionelles importantes. On examine dans cet article les facteurs qui pertubent cette conservation, essentiellement la température, ľhumidité relative et ľoxydation et on les corrèle avec les changements structured des matériaux. On donne de plus un aperçu des méthodes permettant de suivre et de freiner ces altérations. Zusammenfassung Das Gewährleisten der Qualität von Luftbilderzeugnissen in Abhängigkeit der Zeit erfordert die gleichzeitige Bewahrung sowohl der Bild‐ als auch der Dimensionscharakteristika. Diese Faktoren sind die Voraussetzungen zur Erhaltung des ästhetischen Wertes und gewährleisten, daβ keine Verzerrung der Informationen auftritt. Es ist jedoch neuste Erfahrung von Archivaren, daβ viele Negative und Kopien irreversible Wertminderungen erleiden. Das wird sichtbar durch das Verblassen von Bildern, das Auftreten von kristallinen Ablagerungen aufder Oberfläche, die Bilddetails verdecken und durch signifikante Dimensionsänderungen. Der Betrag bezieht sich auf solche Faktoren, die die Stabilitat beeinflussen, vor allem Temperatur, relative Luftfeuchte und Sauerstoff und korreliert diese mit strukturellen Veranderungen des Materials. Zusätzlich wird ein Überblick über Verfahren zur Materialbeobachtung und der Verminderung von dessen Verderb gegeben.
AIR PHOTOGRAPHY AT ORDNANCE SURVEY FROM 1919 TO 1991
Authors: Macdonald A. S. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract The well established use of air survey photography in Ordnance Survey mapping programmes since the Second World War contrasts markedly with spasmodic experiments in earlier years. Even so, the author laments the absence of photography which is known to have been taken in the 1920s and 1930s and which underlines the need for appropriate preservation of air photography of the recent past. RésuméL'utilisation de la photographie aérienne qui fait désormais tout à fait partie intégrante de programmes cartographiques de I'Ordnance Survey, contraste de façon notable avec les à‐coups qui ont caractérisé les expériences des premières années. L'auteur n'en déplore pas moins I'absence des photographies que l'on sait avoir été prises dans les années 1920 et 1930; cela souligne la nécessité d'une conservation adéquate des photographies aéiennes remontant à un proche passé.ZusammenfassungDie nach dem 2. Weltkrieg gut organisierte Nutzung der Aerophotogrammetrie beim Ordnance Survey kontrastiert markant zu den verkrampften Versuchen in früheren Jahren. Desgleichen beklagt der Autor das Fehlen von Fotos, die in den 20er und 30er Jahren aufgenommen wurden, was die Notwendigkeit einer geeingneten Aufbewahrung von Luftbildern aus der jüngsten Vergangenheit zeigt.
DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOSCOPIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR SMALL FORMAT OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY
Authors: Warner W. S. , Carson W. W. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract This paper discusses development of a monoscopic measurement system for oblique photography, based upon space resection by collinearity. The method consists of enlarging 35 mm slides with a colour laser scanned copier, then digitising surveyed targets with a standard digitising tablet. Particular attention is given to systematic errors introduced by enlarging and digitising as well as to the accuracy of space resection solutions. Résumé On examine dans cet article le développement ďun systeme de mesure monoscopique pour photographies obliques, basé sur le relèvement dans ľespace et les équations de colinéarité. La méthode consiste à agrandir dans un copieur balayé par un laser de couleur, les diapositives 35 mm, puis à numériser sur une petite table à numériser standard les cibles qui ont été relevées. Les erreurs systématiques provenant de ľagrandissement et de la numérisation font ľobjet ďune attention particulière, ainsi que la précision des solutions du relévement dans ľespace. Zusammenfassung Im Artikel wird die Entwicklung eines monoskopischen Meβsystems für Schrägbilder diskutiert, das auf dem Rückwärtseinschnitt nach der Kolli‐nearitätsbedingung beruht. Die Methode basiert auf der Vergröβergung von 35 mm‐Diapositiven mit einem Laser‐Farbkopierer und der nachfolgenden Digitalisierung vermessener Zieltafeln mit einem Standard‐Digitalisier‐tablett. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird sowohl den systematischen Feh‐lern, die durch Vergröβerung und Digitalisierung entstehen, als auch der Genauigkeit der räumlichen Berechnungen gewidmet.
Extent of right hepatectomy determines postoperative donor albumin and bilirubin changes: new insights
Authors: Schumann Roman , Bonney Iwona , McDevitt Lisa M. , Cooper Jeffrey T. , Cepeda M. Soledad 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBackground: Changes in donor plasma albumin (Alb) and bilirubin (Tbili) are common following right hepatectomy for liver transplantation. We conducted a retrospective study to determine whether the size of the liver resection and the estimated blood loss (EBL) impact these laboratory values in the first week (early) and third week (late) postoperatively.Methods: Demographics and peri‐operative data of 34 donors undergoing right hepatectomy were analysed by Spearman's correlation (data in means±SD, P<0.05=statistically significant). Re‐admissions for pleural effusions were tracked.Results: Donors were 26–56 (43.3±9.1) years old, body mass index (kg/m2) was 27.7±4.2, liver resected (%) was 58±7 and EBL (mL) was 1505±927. A larger hepatectomy correlated with lower Alb at 3 weeks (P=0.03) and also with a higher early (P=0.025) and late Tbili (P=0.037). Larger blood loss determined low Alb in the first week (P=0.013), still noticeable 3 weeks postoperatively (P=0.047). Re‐admissions for pleural effusion were not associated with the size of the liver resection or postoperative Alb changes.Conclusions: A remaining liver size‐dependent reduced synthetic hepatic function may explain the persistent low Alb that becomes apparent at end of the preoperative Albs half‐life. A size‐related diminished metabolic liver capacity results in early and late elevated Tbili. Prospective studies are needed to better understand the impact of resection size on hepatic physiology, donor care and clinical outcomes.
Clinicopathological study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Japan: the risk factors for fibrosis
Authors: Miyaaki Hisamitsu , Ichikawa Tatsuki , Nakao Kazuhiko , Yatsuhashi Hiroshi , Furukawa Ryuji , Ohba Kazuo , Omagari Katsuhisa , Kusumoto Yukio , Yanagi Kenji , Inoue Osami , Kinoshita Noboru , Ishibashi Hiromi , Yano Michitami , Eguchi Katsumi 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBackground/Aims: We evaluated patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and compared the clinical and pathological features to identify the risk factors for NAFLD with severe fibrosis.Methods: One hundred and eighty‐two patients with biopsy‐confirmed NAFLD from various medical centres were recruited into this study.Results: The variables that were significantly associated with severe steatosis were male gender (mild:severe=36%:53%, P=0.02), younger age (mild:severe=57%:82%, P>0.001) and absence of type 2 diabetes (mild:severe=43%:71%, P>0.001). There was no significant difference in the degree of inflammation among the clinical groups. The variables that were significantly associated with severe fibrosis were female gender (mild:severe=54%:84%, P=0.002), older age (≥60 years old) (mild:severe=29%:53%, P=0.020), type 2 diabetes (mild:severe=42%:71%, P=0.020) and hypertension (mild:severe=24%:53%, P=0.002). Although there were more obese patients in the group with severe fibrosis, the association was not statistically significant (mild:severe=67%:78%, P=0.229). The prevalence of high serum triglyceride levels was similar between the two groups. The N (Nippon) score (total number of risk factor) could significantly predict severe fibrosis in NAFLD patients (1.48 ± 1.14 vs. 2.66 ± 0.94, P<0.001).Conclusions: The N score can be used to predict severe fibrosis in cases of NAFLD.
Reduced Resource Optimization in Male Alcoholics: N400 in a Lexical Decision Paradigm
Authors: Roopesh Bangalore N. , Rangaswamy Madhavi , Kamarajan Chella , Chorlian David B. , Pandey Ashwini K. , Porjesz Bernice 
Published: July 2010

Background:  Event Related Potential (ERP) studies have highlighted some measures, notably P3 amplitude, that are associated with both state and trait deficits in alcoholism, while studies examining N400 amplitude in alcoholism are few. The present study aims to examine differences in the N400 component, an electrophysiological correlate of semantic priming, in event‐related potentials from a lexical decision task in 87 alcohol dependent subjects and 57 community controls.Methods:  Each subject was presented with 300 stimuli sequentially in a quasi‐randomized design, where 150 stimuli were words and 150 were non‐words. The subjects made a lexical decision indicating the word/non‐word status with a button press. Among the words, 50 words (primed) were always preceded by their antonyms (prime, n = 50), whereas the remaining 50 words were unrelated. N400 amplitude and latency measures were compiled from ERPs to the primed and unprimed words. Corresponding reaction time (RT) and response characteristics were also analyzed.Results:  Control subjects revealed a significant attenuation of the N400 response to the primed word when compared to the unprimed word. Significantly less attenuation was observed in alcohol dependent subjects. No significant group differences were seen for latency and behavioral measures. All subjects had slower RT for unprimed words compared to primed words; however significantly less RT savings between the unprimed and primed condition was noted for alcoholics.Conclusions:  These results suggest a reduced flexibility in the cognitive networks and a lack of resource optimization in alcoholics. The reduced attenuation of N400 during the primed condition in the alcohol dependent subjects may reflect an inability to engage similar neuronal substrates associated with semantic relatedness as seen in the controls. As diminished N400 attenuation during priming is observed in both alcoholics and high risk subjects, it may be a marker of risk and a good endophenotype for alcoholism.
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): 12‐Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in a Polish Emergency Department
Authors: Cherpitel Cheryl J. , Korcha Rachael A. , Moskalewicz Jacek , Swiatkiewicz Grazyna , Ye Yu , Bond Jason 
Published: July 2010

Background:  A randomized controlled trial of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) among at‐risk (based on average number of drinks per week and drinks per drinking day) and dependent drinkers was conducted in an emergency department (ED) among 446 patients 18 and older in Sosnowiec, Poland.Methods:  Patients were recruited over a 23‐week period (4:00 pm to 12:00 midnight) and randomized to 1 of 3 conditions: screened‐only (n = 147), assessed (n = 152), and intervention (n = 147). Patients in the assessed and intervention conditions were blindly reassessed via a telephone interview at 3 months, and all 3 groups were assessed at 12 months (screened‐only = 92, assessed = 99, and intervention = 87).Results:  No difference was found across the 3 conditions in at‐risk drinking at 12 months, as the primary outcome variable, or in decrease in the number of drinks per drinking day, with all 3 groups showing a significant reduction in both. Significant declines between baseline and 12 months in secondary outcomes of the RAPS4, number of drinking days per week, and the maximum number of drinks on an occasion were seen only for the intervention condition, and in negative consequences for both the assessment and intervention conditions.Conclusions:  Data suggest that improvements in drinking outcomes found in the assessment condition were not because of assessment reactivity, with both the screened and intervention conditions demonstrating greater (although nonsignificant) improvement than the assessed condition. Only those in the intervention condition showed significant improvement in all outcome variables from baseline to 12‐month follow‐up. Although group by time interaction effects were not found to be significant, these findings suggest that declines in drinking measures for those receiving a brief intervention can be maintained at long‐term follow‐up.
Individual Differences in Problem Drinking Among Tribal Members From One First Nation Community
Authors: Spillane Nichea S. , Smith Gregory T. 
Published: July 2010

Background:  Health disparities related to drinking in native communities are of concern. Although individuals living in native communities have high rates of problem drinking, there is also variability in their drinking levels. The authors conducted a test of a model of First Nation drinking risk that incorporates personality and psychosocial learning to examine its cross‐cultural applicability. That model identifies a risk process thought to explain aspects of individual differences in both native problem drinking and non‐native problem drinking. One implication of the theory is that positive alcohol expectancies mediate the influence of negative urgency (the tendency to act rashly when distressed) on problem drinking similarly for both cultures.Methods:  We administered questionnaires to a total of 211 First Nation people and 236 Caucasians.Results:  A structural modeling analysis of 211 First Nation people and 236 Caucasian people found that (i) personality, alcohol expectancy, and problem drinking measures were invariant across the 2 cultures and (ii) results consistent with the hypothesis that positive alcohol expectancies mediated the influence of negative urgency on problem drinking were also invariant across culture.Conclusions:  The findings support the theory that personality traits and psychosocial learning are important determinants of problem drinking in First Nation people and Caucasians.
Percentage of Subjects With No Heavy Drinking Days: Evaluation as an Efficacy Endpoint for AlcoholClinical Trials
Authors: Falk Daniel , Wang Xin Qun , Liu Lei , Fertig Joanne , Mattson Margaret , Ryan Megan , Johnson Bankole , Stout Robert , Litten Raye Z. 
Published: July 2010

Background:  Percent subjects with no heavy drinking days (PSNHDDs), an efficacy end point recommended by the Food and Drug Administration, considers abstinent individuals or those engaging in low‐risk drinking behavior as successful responders to treatment. As PSNHDD has been used infrequently in previous alcohol clinical trials, we evaluated the utility and validity of the PSNHDD outcome measure in 2 large alcohol clinical trials.Methods:  Data sets from 2 alcohol trials, COMBINE and a multisite topiramate trial, were used to analyze PSNHDDs and other traditional end points for the topiramate, naltrexone, acamprosate, and placebo groups. Effect sizes of PSNHDDs were determined for each month of active treatment and by varying grace periods—early periods in the trial where outcome is not considered in the analysis—and were compared with that of other traditional outcome measures. Long‐term outcomes were compared for groups that had no heavy drinking days versus those that had heavy drinking days during active treatment.Results:  PSNHDD effect sizes were significant for both topiramate (0.34 and 0.25 at months 2 and 3, respectively) and naltrexone (0.24 and 0.26 at months 3 and 4, respectively). Given a 2‐month grace period for naltrexone, the effect size of PSNHDDs was comparable to the effect sizes using traditional outcome measures. With a 1‐month grace period for topiramate, it was greater than the majority of traditional outcome measures. Little is gained by allowing up to 1, 2, or 3 heavy drinking days as an end point. Subjects with no HDDs during treatment fared better than those with some HDDs on drinking outcomes and alcohol‐related consequences during a 1‐year follow‐up.Conclusions:  PSNHDD appears to be a clinically informative end point measure, especially when used with a grace period, and is as sensitive as most traditional outcome measures in detecting differences between the medication and placebo groups. Nonetheless, these findings should be replicated in other clinical data sets, particularly with medications that work via different mechanisms.