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Teaching qualitative methods to social workers: Four approaches

This teaching note draws on the experience of the author in teaching qualitative methods to social worker students across BSW, MSW, and doctoral levels using four different approaches. The approaches are (1) a single class session within general research class; (2) a one-semester doctoral-level class taught a research team; (3) study abroad using visual qualitative inquiry; and (4) project-based, completing a program evaluation. The four individual methods are examined. Some progress has been made in the single session format, and a suggestion for including experiential exercise is offered. Challenges and outcomes of the semester-long doctoral class are noted, including extensive time and labor burdens. The study abroad model includes specifics to teaching in another country such as allowing for reflection time to process the experience. Finally, details of the research project model indicate student responses and interactions with course work. The author describes commonalities and outcomes from all four approaches and explores some existing, though sparse, literature on teaching qualitative methods to social work students. The author, while acknowledging the limitations of these case studies, concludes that experiential learning methods are optimum and there are positive aspects to the team format when employed. Language: en
THE IMPACT OF NSF AND NIH WEBSITES ON RESEARCHER ETHICS

The fragmentation of science and medicine research in recent years has led to the creation of subdisciplines with distinct identities and ethics. Like many social communities, these subdisciplines have found websites of federal funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to be an effective and efficient home in which to solidify that identity and communicate those values. Despite the lack of collaborative, Web 2.0 technologies, the sites of NSF and NIH are able to communicate the ethics of the science communities they serve through rhetorical structures as diverse as graphics, page layout, and site structures. This article explores that role of NSF and NIH, including the rhetoric used, the ethics presented, and their broader implications.
A novel approach to postpartum contraception: a pilot project of Pediatricians’ role during the well-baby visit

Postpartum women are at high risk of unintended pregnancy as many do not receive timely postpartum contraception. Utilization of routine postpartum care varies widely. Conversely, the Well-Baby Visit (WBV) for newborns is highly utilized and provides an opportunity to discuss contraception with mothers. This project aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of having pediatric residents administer a simplified Reproductive Life Plan Tool (RLPT) with postpartum women during routine infant care. Pediatric resident physicians used the RLPT with mothers of infants 16-weeks of age or less during WBVs. The RLPT prompts physicians to ask general questions about women’s contraceptive needs and offer referral services for mothers who desire contraception services. Residents participated in a feedback session and survey to assess acceptance and perceived feasibility of using the RLPT during routine care. Pediatric residents completed 50 RLPTs. Seventeen percent of eligible women accepted a referral to contraception services. During feedback sessions, pediatric residents (n = 18) reported comfort implementing the intervention and acceptance of the RLPT for discussing contraception. Concerns included limited time during the WBV and the potential to shift focus away from infant. On a post-intervention survey (n = 14), 92.9 % of physicians reported comfort in using the RLPT, and 71.4 % reported that the tool was easily understood although findings were varied regarding ease of implementing a RLPT in practice. Findings indicate that use of the RLPT is generally feasible during routine infant care and acceptable to pediatric resident physicians with recognition of challenges to implementation. Acceptance of a referral was low among postpartum women in this pilot study.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CHIP FORMATION MECHANISM DUE TO SHOCK OF ULTRA-HIGH SPEED GRINDING

According to the theory of ultra-high speed shock, the phenomenon of ultra-high speed grinding from the collision between grain and workpiece is researched. In order to study the chip formation mechanism in ultra-high speed grinding, the experimental study on ultra-high speed shock grinding about four kinds of the engineering material such as carbon steel, natural marble, spring steel and high speed tool steel are performed, which is used veritable amorphous carborundum and CBN grains that adhered to the head of bullet whose size is 7.62 mm as abrasive material, and used the 81 type rifle as accelerator and charger. Some valuable results in experiment of ultra-high speed grinding are acquired and the results are analyzed in detail. The experimental results indicate that in ultra high speed shock grinding the contact point is produced high temperature instantaneously which attached or exceeded its melting point, thereby, the material of the contact zone between the bullet and the steel plate becomes mobile phase and the flow material leaves the matrix and becomes abrasive dust under the action of the grain and shock wave. The phenomenon on chip formation due to shock of ultra-high speed grinding is found, so the chip formation mechanism due to shock of ultra-high speed grinding is studied and disclosed from the deeper level, and the accuracy of "the model of mechanism of chip-formation due to shock in quasi-fluid phase on super-high speed grinding" is verified.
Nigrostriatal Loop Disruption in Parkinson’s Disease and Striatonigral Degeneration

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is known to involve degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, resulting in a dopamine deficiency in the striatum.1 On the other hand, parkinsonism has been described as a clinical manifestation of other extrapyramidal disorders, such as striatonigral degeneration (SND)2 and progressive supranuclear palsy.3 SND was first described as a distinct clinicopathological entity by Adams et al.,2 and symptoms of pure SND are those of PD; while in the SND patients rigidity and slowness of movement of extremities are prominent.2 In addition, it is noteworthy that SND has been suggested to be a true supranigral form of parkinsonism, in which the striatal lesion is supposed to procede the nigral involvement.4
Virtues and Vices

In this chapter, I first discuss in detail the cardinal virtues and vices, including the epistemic or intellectual virtues and vices of prudence and imprudence, followed by the ethical or moral virtues and vices of courage and cowardice, temperance and intemperance, and justice and injustice. I conclude with an exposition on the theological or transcendental virtues and vices of faith and faithlessness, hope and hopelessness, and love and lovelessness.
Inverse scattering problem: Back-projection, beamforming, and joint migration-inversion

There are three physical mechanisms in wave propagation (geometric spreading, absorption, and scattering) determining the energy and characteristics of the waveform. Understanding of wave scattering is definitely the hardest one and thereinafter bears the greatest potential to give rise the richest information about the internal structure of the target domain. In geophysics, the inverse scattering problem is conventionally solved by getting the material property distribution and the positions of the scatterers separately.
Increased sign‐tracking behavior in adolescent rats

An autoshaping procedure was used to test the notion that conditioned stimuli (CSs) gain greater incentive salience during adolescence than young adulthood under conditions of social isolation rearing and food restriction. Rats were single-housed and placed on food restriction during 10 daily training sessions in which a lever (CS+ ) was presented then followed immediately by a food unconditioned stimulus (US). A second lever (CS- ) was presented on intermixed trials and was not reinforced. Despite the fact that food delivery was not contingent on the rats' behavior, all rats exhibited behaviors directed towards the lever (i.e., sign-tracking). In the adolescent group, the rate of lever pressing and the percentage of trials with a lever press were higher than in young adults. Initially, group differences were observed when rats were retrained when the adolescents had reached young adulthood. These findings support the hypothesis that cues that come to predict reward become imbued with excessive motivational value in adolescents, perhaps contributing to the hyper-responsiveness to reward-related stimuli typically observed during this period of development.
Truck-involved crashes injury severity analysis for different lighting conditions on rural and urban roadways

Abstract This paper investigates factors affecting injury severity of crashes involving trucks for different lighting conditions on rural and urban roadways. It uses 2009–2013 Ohio crash data from the Highway Safety Information System. The explanatory factors include the occupant, vehicle, collision, roadway, temporal and environmental characteristics. Six separate mixed logit models were developed considering three lighting conditions (daylight, dark, and dark-lighted) on two area types (rural and urban). A series of log-likelihood ratio tests were conducted to validate that these six separate models by lighting conditions and area types are warranted. The model results suggest major differences in both the combination and the magnitude of impact of variables included in each model. Some variables were significant only in one lighting condition but not in other conditions. Similarly, some variables were found to be significant in one area type but not in other area type. These differences show that the different lighting conditions and area types do in fact have different contributing effects on injury severity in truck-involved crashes, further highlighting the importance of examining crashes based on lighting conditions on rural and urban roadways. Age and gender of occupant (who is the most severely injured in a crash), truck types, AADT, speed, and weather condition were found to be factors that have significantly different levels of impact on injury severity in truck-involved crashes.
William Wheeler Bunge: Radical Geographer (1928–2013)

Bill Bunge was a geographer whose path was unconventional and whose transformative contributions can be difficult to bring into sharp focus using the lenses of the present. He was associated with s...
Targeting CD6 for the treatment of experimental autoimmune uveitis.

Abstract Objective CD6 is emerging as a new target for treating many pathological conditions in which T cells are integrally involved, but even the latest data from studies of CD6 gene engineered mice were still contradictory. To address this issue, we studied experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), a model of autoimmune uveitis, in wild-type (WT) and CD6 knockout (KO) mice. Methods After EAU induction in WT and CD6 KO mice, we evaluated ocular inflammation and compared retinal antigen-specific T-cell responses using scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, histopathology, and T cell recall assays. Uveitogenic T cells from WT and CD6 KO mice were adoptively transferred into WT naive mice to confirm the impact of CD6 on T cells. In addition, we immunized CD6 KO mice with recombinant CD6 protein to develop mouse anti-mouse CD6 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in which functional antibodies exhibiting cross-reactivity with human CD6 were screened and identified for treatment studies. Results In CD6 KO mice with EAU, we found significantly decreased retinal inflammation and reduced autoreactive T-cell responses, and confirmed the impaired uveitogenic capacity of T cells from these mice in an adoptive transfer experiment. Notably, one of these cross-reactive mAbs significantly ameliorated retinal inflammation in EAU induced by the adoptive transfer of uveitogenic T cells. Conclusions Together, these data strongly suggest that CD6 plays a previously unknown, but pivotal role in autoimmune uveitis, and may be a promising new treatment target for this blinding disease. In addition, the newly developed mouse anti-mouse/human CD6 mAbs could be valuable tools for testing CD6-targeted therapies in other mouse models of human diseases.
14-3-3 Regulates the Lnk/JAK2 Pathway In Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

Abstract 86 Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) homeostasis is regulated by intricate signaling networks. The tyrosine kinase JAK2 plays an essential role in cytokine signaling during hematopoiesis and its dysregulation can lead to hematologic malignancies. Recently activating mutations in JAK2 were found in a large fraction of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). We previously demonstrated that lymphocyte adaptor protein (Lnk) binds JAK2 and attenuates its activity, thereby limiting HSPC expansion (Bersenev et al., JCI, 2008;118:2832-2844). We further showed that loss of Lnk accelerates and exacerbates oncogenic JAK2-induced MPNs in mice (Bersenev et al., JCI, 2010;120:2058-2069). Lnk directly inhibits oncogenic JAK2 as well as acting through JAK2- independent pathways to constrain MPN development. Consistently, aged Lnk –/– mice spontaneously developed a CML-like MPN (Bersenev et al., JCI, 2010;120:2058-2069). More importantly, loss-of-function mutations in Lnk are found in human MPN patients (Oh, et. al., Blood, 2010, in press ). This work suggests that Lnk plays a pivotal role in regulating both normal and malignant HSPC expansion. However, it remains to be determined how Lnk attenuates JAK2 activity since Lnk itself does not possess any enzymatic activity. Therefore, we began exploring Lnk regulatory mechanisms by identifying novel Lnk partners through protein purification and mass spectrometric analysis. This resulted in the identification of a number of novel Lnk binding proteins, which include the 14-3-3 proteins as the most robust interactors. 14-3-3s are a group of scaffold proteins that regulate many disease-relevant gene products and play important functions in many aspects of cellular processes. We found that Lnk is phosphorylated at two serine residues, which serve as the critical binding sites for 14-3-3. 14-3-3 abrogates the Lnk-JAK2 interaction thereby alleviating Lnk inhibitory function in both JAK2 signaling and cell growth. Furthermore, 14-3-3 binding is necessary and sufficient to maintain Lnk in an inactive state. We also investigated the signals that regulate Lnk phosphorylation, revealing Lnk as a signaling nodal point that integrates multiple signaling pathways in controlling HSPC homeostasis. The physiological significance of the Lnk-14-3-3 interaction in HSPC development will be discussed. Thus, our data implicate previously unappreciated serine phosphorylation events in Lnk-dependent hematopoietic function and regulation of JAK2. In addition, identification of novel signaling molecules that influence hematopoiesis might facilitate stem cell therapies and provide novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of MPNs. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
Applying the Methodology to a Commercial Loan System

This chapter presents the step-by-step application of the software failure risk assessment methodology to a commercial loan system installed at a savings and loan institution, providing a first opportunity to test that methodology.
Matter all in the mind.

Paul Dirac's prediction of antimatter stands alone in being motivated solely by faith in pure theory, without any hint whatever from data.
Management of Oral Ulceration

The oral cavity is a common site of the origin of malignancy. It is also commonly affected by secondary infection and therapeutic modalities, such as radiation and chemotherapy. The symptom complex resulting from oral pathology includes pain and the inability to swallow. The secondary effects of compromised deglutition or swallowing are a decrease in food intake and an impoverished nutritional state which contributes to the inability of the local ulcerations to heal. The management of mouth care is therefore an extremely important aspect of cancer care, not only for patients with cancer of the head and neck, but also for patients on therapy programs which may cause secondary oral irritation. This chapter will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of oral ulcerations primarily induced by chemotherapy and on prophylaxis programs for oral hygiene to prevent or minimize local mucositis.
“Vegetables” Versus Modern Plants

By removing ideas of progress, Darwin turned the ladder of life into a branching tree. As species diverged under natural selection, life became more diverse. There is not just one trajectory, but many. The term “plant” ceased to mean the lower portion of the scala naturae, the chain of life, and started to reflect one branch among many. Biological classification expanded beyond plants and animals to include fungi, protists, bacteria, and archaebacteria. The traditional category of vegetable life applies to them all. The modern category, Plantae, refers to many-celled eukaryotes with cell walls and chloroplasts. Many members of the Plantae receive, store, and “act” on signals from their environment, aligning them with the traditional animal life-concept. This makes ethical analysis more challenging.
Posterior Cervical Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a common cause of progressive quadriparesis in adults. It is characterized by compression of the cervical spinal cord due to degenerative changes including intervertebral disc protrusion, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, and osteophyte formation. Clinically, patients can present with declining motor control in the extremities, gait imbalance, spasticity, hyperreflexia, or possibly frank weakness. Surgical treatment options include ventral and dorsal approaches, whose indications vary depending on spinal alignment, number of levels requiring decompression, the dorsal/ventral/circumferential location of compression, and patient-specific anatomic constraints. Posterior cervical decompression and instrumented fusion is a mainstay of treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy when a dorsal approach is indicated. In this video, we present a case of a 60-yr-old female who presented with signs and symptoms of cervical myelopathy, with MRI findings of C3 on C4 anterolisthesis and circumferential central stenosis worst at C4-5 and C5-6. We demonstrate the operative steps to complete a C3 to C6 decompression and instrumented fusion with lateral mass screws. Appropriate patient consent was obtained.
Multiple traveling salesman problem with drones: Mathematical model and heuristic approach

Abstract E-commerce and retail companies are seeking ways to cut delivery times and costs by exploring opportunities to use drones for making last mile delivery deliveries. This paper addresses the delivery concept of a truck-drone combination along with the idea of allowing autonomous drones to fly from delivery trucks, make deliveries, and fly to any available delivery truck nearby. We present a mixed integer programming (MIP) formulation that captures this scenario with the objective of minimizing the arrival time of both trucks and drones at the depot after completing the deliveries. A new algorithm based on insertion heuristics is also developed to solve large sized problems containing up to a hundred locations. Experiments are conducted to compare the MIP solutions with those obtained from different models with single truck, multiple truck and a single truck and drone system, as well as test the performance of the proposed algorithm. The numerical results demonstrate the potential operational gain when implementing the proposed drone delivery system compared to the conventional truck alone or single truck/drone delivery system.
First Sale Farther Out: Is There a Future for Interlibrary Loan

This essay examines how ideas about changing the structure of libraries through climates for electronic publication and platforms for digital scholarship marginalize the importance of First Sale. T...
Thermogravimetry of Selected Clays and Clay Products

The application of thermogravimetry to the characterization of kaolinite and smectite clay minerals is presented. Examples of differing crystallinity of kaolinites are used. In the study of the smectite clay minerals bothdioctahedral and trioctahedral members are included. A unique industrial example of the use of thermogravimetry to follow the cleaning of a bentonite specimen and then its conversion to an organo-clay product, which is used as a component of drilling fluids in the petroleum industry, is demonstrated. Several hectorite specimens representing both raw carbonate bearing clay mineral ores and processed hectorite (carbonate-cleaned) specimens were analyzed by computerized thermogravimetry.
Electronics method to advance the coincidence time resolution with bismuth germanate.

Exploiting the moderate Cherenkov yield from 511 keV photoelectric interactions in bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillators enables one to achieve a level of coincidence time resolution (CTR) appropriate for time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET). For this approach, owing to the low number of promptly emitted light photons, single photon time resolution (SPTR) can have a stronger influence on achievable CTR. We have previously shown readout techniques that reduce effective device capacitance of large area silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) can yield improvements in single photon response shape that minimize the influence of electronic noise on SPTR. With these techniques, sub-100 ps FWHM SPTR can be achieved with [Formula: see text] mm2 FBK near-ultra-violet high density (NUV-HD) SiPMs. These sensors are also useful for detecting Cherenkov light due to relatively high photon detection efficiency for UV light. In this work, we measured CTR for BGO crystals coupled to FBK NUV-HD SiPMs with a passive bootstrapping readout circuit that effectively reduces the SiPM device capacitance. A range of CTR values between 200 [Formula: see text] 3 and 277 [Formula: see text] 7 ps FWHM were measured for 3 [Formula: see text] 3 [Formula: see text] 3 and 3 [Formula: see text] 3 [Formula: see text] 15 mm3 crystals, respectively. This readout technique provides a relatively simple approach to achieve state-of-the-art CTR performance using BGO crystals for TOF-PET.
Trajectories of neuropsychiatric symptoms over time in healthy volunteers and risk of MCI and dementia.

Objectives To identify subtypes of neuropsychiatric symptom (NPS) course among cognitively normal individuals and to assess the association between these subtypes and hazard of later mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia diagnosis. Methods We modeled neuropsychiatric inventory questionnaire (NPI-Q) scores from 4184 volunteers over approximately 4 years using growth mixture models, generating latent classes of trajectory. We then fit Cox proportional hazard models to determine if membership in trajectory classes was associated with increased hazard of diagnosis of MCI or dementia. Results We identified four trajectory classes: the majority of the sample (65%) would be expected to belong to a class with consistently low or zero NPS. The next most prevalent class, (16%) showed a decrease over time in NPI-Q total score but, compared with the majority class had an almost threefold increase in hazard of MCI or dementia (HR: 2.92; 95% CI: 1.82-4.68). Another class (14%) showed an increase in NPS over time and was also associated with greater hazard of MCI or dementia (HR: 3.96; CI: 2.61-6.03). The smallest class (5%) had high and fluctuating NPI-Q total scores and had the greatest hazard (HR: 4.57; CI: 2.72-7.63). Conclusion We have demonstrated that it is possible to identify meaningful groups of NPS trajectories and that trajectory of NPS can convey information beyond a single cross-sectional measure. While even those whose NPS improved were at increased hazard of MCI or dementia, hazard increased as a function of the severity of the NPS trajectory.
Manufacturable 22nm FD-SOI Embedded MRAM Technology for Industrial-grade MCU and IOT Applications

We demonstrate the manufacturable 22nm FD-SOI 40Mb embedded MRAM (eMRAM), by achieving product functionality and reliability at package level across industrial-grade operating temperature range (−40 to 125 °C) with ECC-off mode. The magnetic tunnel junction stack, integration and etch processes were optimized to achieve superior MTJ performances to meet all product requirements. From package level data, we confirmed the product reliability by passing LTOL, HTOL, 1M endurance cycling and 5x solder reflows tests with failure rate < 1 ppm. In addition, we demonstrate the eMRAM capability to cover stand-by magnetic immunity of ~ 600 Oe at 105 °C for 10 years and active-mode magnetic immunity of ~500 Oe.
PROVIDE-HF STUDY RESULTS: PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING INITIATION OF DRUG THERAPY WITH ENTRESTO (SACUBITRIL/VALSARTAN) IN HEART FAILURE

PARADIGM-HF showed that sacubitril/valsartan (sac/val) improved quality of life (QOL) vs enalapril in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), yet limited data are available regarding QOL changes after sac/val initiation in routine practice. PROVIDE-HF was a prospective study of HFrEF
An Extremely Large Ka-Band Reflectarray Antenna for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar: Enabling Next-Generation Satellite Remote Sensing

The Surface-Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, currently in development at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), will employ the Ka-band radar interferometer (KaRIn) to characterize the ocean's height at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 2 km and is designed to provide a global inventory of significant terrestrial water bodies [area g(250 m)2] and rivers (width g50-100 m). The key enabling technology for this instrument is a pair of large, deployable antennas that form the interferometer. This article describes the development of the largest reflectarray antenna currently in process for a spaceflight application: a 5 ? 0.26-m offset-fed reflectarray antenna with a 4.37-m focal length. It details critical aspects of the development, including the radio-frequency (RF) design and analysis, fabrication, and measurement, and discusses unique requirements imposed by the interferometer that resulted in significant design and verification challenges. Flight-hardware measurements demonstrated a gain of approximately 49.5 dB, corresponding to an efficiency of 52%, and an azimuth beamwidth of 0.105?, with a beam-pointing knowledge of 5 millidegrees. Accurate characterization of these antenna-performance parameters is critical to the success of the KaRIn instrument.
Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus-Related Hearing Loss

The aim of this report is to review the current literature regarding the diagnosis, treatment, management, and rehabilitation of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV)–associated sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Hearing-targeted CMV screening is successful in identifying cases of cCMV-related hearing loss. However, a significant number of children who develop cCMV-related SNHL may not be detected on newborn hearing screening, and it may be cost-effective to implement a universal CMV screening program. We also broadly review the management and audiologic rehabilitation of cCMV-associated hearing loss, including cochlear implantation. Congenital CMV is a common cause of childhood SNHL. CMV testing is important for the workup and management of unknown SNHL. Antiviral therapies are currently only indicated in those with symptomatic cCMV infection and is currently under investigation in children with isolated SNHL. Hearing status is closely followed, and rehabilitation strategies are similar to other etiologies of congenital SNHL, and may include hearing amplification, speech therapy, and cochlear implantation.
Impact of Wastewater Treatment Sludge on Cracking Resistance of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixes at Lower Mixing Temperature

AbstractWastewater treatment sludge (WTS) is a by-product of wastewater treatment. Moisture holding capacity, high organic, complex inorganics, and zeolite-like chemical contents make WTS a valuabl...
Low-lying states in In 111 and In 113

Levels in $^{111}\mathrm{In}$ and $^{113}\mathrm{In}$ below 1.62 MeV were investigated via the ($p,n$) and ($p,n\ensuremath{\gamma}$) reactions on $^{111}\mathrm{Cd}$ and $^{113}\mathrm{Cd}$ targets for an incident energy range of 2.7 - 5.2 MeV. The neutron groups populating the low-lying states were studied by the time-of-flight method, and the deexcitation $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ rays were studied with Ge(Li) detectors. Several new levels in $^{111}\mathrm{In}$ and $^{113}\mathrm{In}$ were established including low-spin positive-parity states having nanosecond half-lives. The $Q$ value for the $^{111}\mathrm{Cd}(p,n)^{111}\mathrm{In}$ reaction was determined to be - 1.635 \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{} 0.020 MeV.[NUCLEAR REACTIONS $^{111,113}\mathrm{Cd}(p,n)$ and $^{111,113}\mathrm{Cd}(p,n\ensuremath{\gamma})$, $E=2.7\ensuremath{-}5.2$ MeV; measured $\ensuremath{\sigma}(E;{E}_{n})$, $n\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ coincidence, $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ branching ratios. $^{111}\mathrm{In}$ and $^{113}\mathrm{In}$ deduced levels, ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}$.]
Classification by girth of three-dimensional algebraically defined monomial graphs over the real numbers

Abstract For positive integers s , t , u , v , we define a bipartite graph Γ R ( X s Y t , X u Y v ) where each partite set is a copy of R 3 , and a vertex ( a 1 , a 2 , a 3 ) in the first partite set is adjacent to a vertex [ x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ] in the second partite set if and only if a 2 + x 2 = a 1 s x 1 t and a 3 + x 3 = a 1 u x 1 v . In this paper, we classify all such graphs according to girth.
The Self, the Third, and Desire

“The fact that the dreamer’s own ego appears several times, or in several forms, in a dream”, Freud wrote in his 1925 revision of The Interpretation of Dreams (1954 ed., p. 12), “is at bottom no more remarkable than that the ego should be contained in a conscious thought several times or in different places or connections—e.g., in the sentence ‘when I think what a healthy child I was.’”[1] Freud was referring to the various representations the dreamer’s ego can take in a dream. Implicit in his rather unwieldy sentence is a “psychology” that is neither immediately nor necessarily associated with his explicit psychology. [2] This implicit psychology serves as the ground for his thought. It serves, too, I suggest, as the ground for my own contribution, and the other contributions, to this volume.
The interacting states of an asymmetric top molecule XY2 of the group C2v: Application to five interacting states (101), (021), (120), (200), and (002) of H216O

Abstract A computer program which can fit simultaneously the energy levels of any number of interacting vibrational states for an asymmetric top molecule XY2 of the group C2v has been developed. Interactions up to fourth-order terms in the Hamiltonian, including three kinds of Fermi-type interaction and three kinds of Coriolis-type interaction have been taken into account in the computer program. The part of the Hamiltonian which is diagonal in the vibrational quantum numbers is a Watson-type Hamiltonian with a maximum of 29 parameters. This program has been applied to the five interacting states (101), (021), (120), (200), and (002) of H216O. Three hundred ninety-six observed energy levels of these states were fitted simultaneously using 96 effective parameters. The fit was satisfactory, with 85% of the levels reproduced within 40 × 10−3 cm−1. A large fourth-order effect of the Darling-Dennison resonance interaction between the states (200) and (002) has been found in the fit.
Presence Technology: Accessing Live Multimedia Information Systems

This paper introduces tile Presence Technology (PT) a technology targeted to the needs of people who want to be part of a remote, live environment. Presence Technology blends component technologies like computer vision, signal understanding, heterogeneous sensor fusion, live-media delivery, telepresence and multimedia information systems into a novel set of functionality that enables the user to perceive, move around, enquire about, and interact with the remote, live environment through her reception and control devices. PT creates the opportunity to perform different tasks: watch an event, tour and explore a location, meet and communicate with others, monitor the environment for a potential situation, perform a query on the perceived objects and events, and recreate past observations. Technically, the framework (Figure 1) offers computer-mediated access to multi-sensory information in an environment, integrates the sensory information into a situation model of the environment, and delivers, at the user's request, the relevant part of the assimilated information through a muttimodat interface.
Simultaneous Choice Models: The Sandwich Approach to Nonparametric Analysis

We study simultaneous choice models from a revealed preference approach given limited data. By limited data we mean that we observe a single equilibrium from the equilibrium set for a collection of related models or games. The objective of our analysis is twofold: We first use monotone and exclusion restrictions to provide out-of-sample predictions of equilibrium points. The predictions we offer take the form of intervals in lattices whose sharp bounds are characterized via monotone comparative statics. We then propose conditions on the data so that the empirical evidence can be rationalized as the Nash equilibria of a supermodular game. The approach we propose is nonparametric, allows for unobserved heterogeneity, and does not rely on any equilibrium selection mechanism.
Do the Principles of Motor Program Editing Apply to Longer Sequences of Rapid Aiming Movements? Part I

In Part I of this study, it was shown that performing a shorter distance aiming movement prior to a longer distance aiming movement resulted in overshooting of the short movement and undershooting of the longer movement compared to control conditions. However, the finding was limited, unexpectedly, to the nondominant hand. To replicate the prior result and to determine the effect of practice organization on movement accuracy, right-handed (n =24) participants (aged 18-22) produced a sequence of three rapid lever reversals combining short (20°) and long (60°) movements with an intermovement interval of 2.5 s with the dominant hand. Greater overshooting of the short movements and greater undershooting of the long movement was shown with random practice compared to blocked practice for both same distance and different distance sequences, although spatial errors were greater in the different conditions compared to the same conditions. Overall, the experiment demonstrated parameter value switching and practice organization as two major sources of spatial inaccuracy in sequential aiming movements.
The stimulated dielectric wake-field accelerator: A structure with novel properties

We describe a multi-bunch wake-field accelerator in an annular, cylindrical dielectric structure in which many modes can participate in the wake-field formation, and where the wake-field period equals the period of a train of drive bunches of electrons. The structure can be designed so that the TM0n modes, all with phase velocities equal to the bunch velocity, have nearly equally-spaced eigenfrequencies, and thus interfere constructively. The composite wake-field is shown to cause highly peaked axial electric fields localized on each driving bunch in a periodic sequence of bunches. This permits stimulated emission of wake-field energy to occur at a rate that is larger than the coherent spontaneous emission from a single driving bunch having the same total charge. We present calculations for an annular alumina structure which will use 2 nC bunches of electrons obtained from a 100 MeV rf linac operating at 11.4 Ghz. Numerical examples are given, including acceleration of a test bunch to >200 MeV in a struct...
Abstract P2-18-06: Low dose capecitabine is effective and relatively nontoxic in breast cancer treatment

Capecitabine has been widely used in treatment of both early and advanced breast cancer in the United States since 1998. The dose limiting toxicity is diarrhea, which is dose limiting and can be severe. Lower doses are widely used without any apparent compromise in efficacy and are consistently less toxic (see Naughton, Clinical Breast Cancer 2010). Here a continuous dose regimen of capecitabine 1000 mg. daily was used in 24 patients with breast cancer, both early and advanced, from March 2012-September 2013. Four received the drug as adjuvant treatment, 8 as preoperative therapy, and 12 for advanced disease. Duration of treatment ranged from 0.5 to 15 months. Toxicity was modest: 1 had moderate nausea, none experienced vomiting, 2 mild anemia (one with marrow replacement by tumor), 2 mild palmar irritation, and 1 grade 1 thrombopenia. No diarrhea was seen. One patient died of hepatic necrosis and portal vein thrombosis; the relationship to treatment was uncertain. 12/20 with measurable disease experienced a response to treatment (1 complete and 11 partial responses by RECIST criteria), 1 had stable metastatic disease for 9 months, and 7 had progression of disease. The median duration of response was 5 months (range 2-15 months). Use of capecitabine in this dose and schedule for treatment of breast cancer appears comparably effective to higher conventional doses and dramatically less toxic. Citation Format: John Carpenter. Low dose capecitabine is effective and relatively nontoxic in breast cancer treatment [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2014 Dec 9-13; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(9 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-18-06.
Better Measurement and Management of Brand Value

A brand is a name, symbol, design, or mark .that enhances the value of a product beyond its functional purpose” (Farquhar, 1989). Because brand names enhance the value of products and are difficult for competitors to copy, brand names play a critical role in marketplace competition. “For many businesses the brand name and what it represents are its most important asset—the basis of competitive advantage and of future earnings streams. Yet, the brand name is seldom managed in a coordinated, coherent manner with a view that it must be maintained and strengthened” (Aaker, 1991). The focus here is on value added from the consumer's perspective. Farquhar (1989) has pointed out that the brand name also adds value for the manufacturer and for the retailer. But the ability of a brand name to add value for the consumer is, of course, logically prior. A brand name adds value for the manufacturer and the retailer only because it adds value for the consumer.
Macrophage Ribonucleoprotein: Nature of the Antigenic Fragment

The antigenic fragments of bacteriophage T2 recovered in RNA derived from macrophages infected with T2 bacteriophage retain their capacity to combine with specific neutralizing antibody to T2. The preservation of the complete native tertiary structure of tail fiber antigen of bacteriophage T2 is not requiired for immucnogenicity.
The suggestion system

According to a recent editorial in the Journal of the National Education Association, one of the most important developments in American education in the last decade is the increase in the participation of the teacher in the administrative activities of the school.x This increased participation has come about in recognition of the service that teachers can render, and must render, if the school is to be conducted successfully. A modern school system is a co-operative enterprise. Its functioning cannot be delegated to any one person or small group of persons and ignore all other members of the staff. The problems of each teacher are the problems of the system. Success in the enterprise can be ,brought about only when each member of the staff feels that he personally is partly responsible for the smoothness with which the school runs. In the light of this responsibility, teachers should take pride in carrying out the policies of the school. They should recognize that in addition to their classroom duties they have other duties to be executed. They should perform these duties willingly and earnestly, for the success of the school depends upon the cooperation of the staff.
Observations on the biochemical changes in gonads and other organs of Uca annulipes, Portunus pelagicus and Metapenaeus affinis (Decapoda: Crustacea) during the reproductive cycle

The fluctuations in biochemical constituents such as water, nitrogen, non-protein nitrogen, protein, lipid and glycogen in gonad, muscle and hepatopancreas have been followed in 3 decapod crustaceans, Uca annulipes (Latreille), Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus) and Metapenaeus affinis (Milne-Edwards). The water and ash content of the entire body show no systematic fluctuation in relation to the annual reproductive cycle. The water content of the ovary diminishes as it matures. In the ovary of these crustaceans, the lipid fluctuated greatly in relation to the reproductive cycle. The maturing ovary contains more lipid than an immature or spent ovary per unit tissue weight. The changes in the biochemical constituents in the testis are not so pronounced as in the ovary, since the testicular cycle is often drawn-out and almost continuous in these crustaceans. There is an inverse relationship between water content and lipid content of the hepatopancreas; the greater the fat content, the lesser the water content. The hepatopancreas in these crustaceans is apparently a storage organ and contains much lipid and glycogen. At the height of the breeding season, when gonad production is intense, there is an indication of the mobilisation of at least a part of the lipid from hepatopancreas to gonad.
Differentiating a chronic hyperplastic mass from pancreatic cancer: a challenge remaining in multidetector CT of the pancreas

A multitude of clinical symptoms originate from pancreatic inflammatory or neoplastic processes due to their highly complex composition, function, and anatomic relationships to adjacent organs as well as the heterogeneous patterns of vascular perfusion and neural innervation of the pancreatic gland which complicate an early and precise diagnosis. Whereas early assessment of inflammatory or neoplastic pancreatic processes is a prerequisite for a successful curative approach, the classical radiologic signs of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma show significant similarities. This article provides an overview of the pathogenesis and imaging findings in chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, including some new approaches for visualizing the subtle but distinct differences between these two entities.
2,6‐Dithiodecahydro‐1H,5H‐Diimidazo[4,5,‐b:4′,5′‐e]Pyrazine and related dioxo‐ and diimino‐decahydrodiimidazopyrazines

Thiourea condensed with 1,4-diformyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroxypiperazine 2 in the presence of hydrochloric acid to give 2,6-dithiodecahydro-1 H,5H-diimidazo[4,5,-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine 5 isolated as the dihydrochloride salt. The salt 5. 2HCl was converted to the free base 5 by lithium hydroxide, to the dinitrate salt 5. 2HNO3 by silver nitrate, degraded to 2-thio-2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1 H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyrazine 6 in a reaction with tert-butyl amine, and converted to 4,8-dihydro-4,8-dinitro-1H,5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine-2,6- disulfonic acid 9 by nitric acid (100%) at −40°C. Denitration of the dinitramine 9 to give 4,8-dihydro-1H,5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine 11 was brought about by methanolic hydrogen chloride in ether. In one run nitration without oxidation converted the salt 5 · 2HCl to the dinitrate salt of the 4,8-dinitro derivative 10; treatment with triethyl amine liberated the free base 10 from the salt. Degradation of 2,6-dioxo-1,3,4,5,7,8-hexanitrodecahydro-1H,5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine 12 to 2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-dinitro-1H-imidazo[4,5-b] pyrazine 13 was brought about by hydrochloric acid. Treatment with lithium hydroxide also liberated 2,6-dioxodecahydro-1H,5H-diimidazo [4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine 3 from its dihydrochloride salt. Attempts to liberate 2,6-diiminodecahydro-1H, 5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine 4 from its tetrahydrochloride salt led instead to intractable mixtures. The tetrahydrochloride salt 4 · 4HCl was converted to the dihydrochloride salt 4 · 2HCl in a reaction with tert-butyl amine.
Florida electro-mechanical cable model of Nb3Sn CICCs for high-field magnet design

Performance degradation of Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit-conductors (CICCs) is a critical issue in large-scale magnet design such as in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and the series-connected hybrid (SCH) magnets currently under development at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL). The critical current Ic of Nb3Sn conductors is strongly affected by thermal pre-strain in strand filaments in a CICC from differential thermal contraction between strands and conduit during cooling down after heat treatment. Mitchell and Nijhuis recently introduced strand bending under locally accumulated Lorentz force for the interpretation of observed transverse load degradation, defined as the Ic reduction due to strand bending and contact stress at strand crossing with respect to the expected Ic from strand data at the thermal compressive strain. In this paper, a new numerical model of CICC performance has been developed based upon earlier work by Mitchell and Nijhuis. The new model, called the Florida electro-mechanical cable model (FEMCAM), combines the thermal bending effects during cooling down and the electromagnetic bending effects during magnet operation, as well as effects due to strand filament fracture. We present the FEMCAM formulation and benchmark the results against about 40 conductor tests of first-cycle performance and 20 tests that include cyclic loading. We also consider the effects of different jacketing materials on CICC performance. We conclude that FEMCAM can be a helpful tool for the design of Nb3Sn-based CICCs and that both thermal bending and transverse bending play important roles in the performance of Nb3Sn CICCs.
Opening the closed text: the poetics of representations of teaching

I provide an analysis of the uses of representations of teaching by embedding such representations within Umberto Eco’s theory of the open work, in which literary works are understood not as carriers of a string of meanings, controlled by the author (“closed works”), but rather as fields of meaning. I contend that the well-established tradition of using representations of teaching for pedagogical purposes corresponds to the use of closed works. In contrast, their use for research purposes corresponds to the use of open works. I develop these considerations through an analysis of several representations of teaching, and show how features of these representations work variously to either open or close the work. I also provide anecdotal evidence that viewers of such “open works” may fall victim to a version of the so-called “intentional fallacy.” I discuss the implications of this for the integrity of the research enterprise.
Solar Diurnal Variation of Cosmic-Ray Intensity as a Function of Latitude

The cosmic-ray data collected by A. H. Compton and R. N. Turner on the Pacific Ocean from March 17, 1936 to January 18, 1937 have been analyzed for a possible change with latitude of the solar diurnal intensity variation. A new geomagnetic latitude curve is shown based on these data and designed to remove periodic fluctuations due to unequal distribution of data with time. A method of combining data from a wide latitude range is developed and applied. Solar diurnal variation curves for latitudes ranging from 54.7\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} N to 40\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} S (geomagnetic) show no substantial variation in either amplitude or phase. The mean amplitude of the first harmonic of a Fourier analysis is found to be 0.24 percent with time of maximum being 14 hr. 06 min.