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From Disposable to Empowered: Rearticulating Labor in Sri Lankan Apparel Factories

This paper engages the dis/articulations perspective to analyze everyday processes of upgrading in the Sri Lankan apparel industry Using feminist ethnographic methods that see management discourses as tools of interpellation that partially configure systems of power, I examine how managers are rearticulating worker subjectivities, restructuring the labor process to organize consent, and selectively mobilizing ‘Sri Lankan’ culture to legitimate a shift to flexible production. I argue that value is not only produced through interfirm or firm–state relations, but is also determined by the labor process as it is shaped by legacies of colonialism, persisting hierarchies, and the everyday reproduction of social difference. This research suggests that upgrading cannot be reduced to an economic logic and that it does not guarantee sustained global competitiveness or more egalitarian development. These findings call for more attention to be paid to the ways in which upgrading is a complex process of disarticulatio...
Life-cycle environmental impact of flame retarded electrical and electronic equipment

In the ever-growing and constantly changing world of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), issues of lifecycle environmental impact are a major concern. Recyclability, as well as safety and compliance with regulatory issues are a few of the important factors that encompass end-of-life management. The use of flame retardants in EEE is known to significantly reduce fire risks, thus saving lives and the destruction of property Proposed European directives regarding waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the restriction on the use of certain hazardous substances in EEE (RoHS) will have an important impact on the selection criteria of flame retardants used in EEE. This paper examines the contributions that particular flame retardants can make towards meeting these various demands. Included in the paper are results from recycle studies, physical property evaluations, and dioxin analysis of UL-94 V-0 rated high-impact-polystyrene formulations containing ethane 1,2 bis (pentabromophenyl) and ethylene 1,2 bis(tetrabromophthalimide) flame retardants. The conclusions of these evaluations show the benefits of using these flame retardants in HIPS resins for EEE applications.
Movements, Markets and Fields: The Effects of ­Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns on U.S. Firms, 1993-2000

How do social movements influence corporations? Recent work suggests that movements can inflict material damage on their targets and shape categories of evaluation in organizational fields. Extending these ideas, we examine the effects of anti-sweatshop campaigns on sales, stock performance, reputation and specialized ratings of U.S. firms, using fixed-effects regression models and event study methods. The analysis demonstrates that social movements can in some circumstances shape both the markets and fields that firms inhabit. Specifically, anti-sweatshop campaigns (1. had negative effects on sales (though only among certain types of firms), (2. influenced stock prices, and (3. shaped specialized ratings of corporate responsibility. They also diminished previously positive corporate reputations (to a modest degree) but did not radically alter reputational hierarchies in the business community.
Polarity and Differential Inheritance—Universal Attributes of Life?

When and why did cell polarization arise? Recent work in bacteria and yeast suggests that polarization may have evolved to restrict senescence to one daughter during division by enabling the differential segregation of damaged material. In more complex organisms, polarity functions have diversified to permit the differential inheritance of centrosomes, RNAs, proteins, and membranes, which is essential for the generation of diverse cell types from stem cells and for morphogenesis.
Isolation of N-acetylglutamine, pyroglutamic acid and the butyl ester of pyroglutamic acid from human brain.

N-acetyl-l-glutamine, pyroglutamic acid, and the butyl ester of pyroglutamic acid were isolated in pure form from an aqueous extract of human brain. These compounds were isolated by combination of paper and ion exchange chromatography. The isolated substance identified as N-acetyl-l-glutamine did not react with the ninhydrin reagent but yielded glutamic acid and ammonia upon acid hydrolysis. An acetyl hydrazide was identified by paper chromatography from hydrazinolysates of the isolated substance. The glutamic acid liberated by hydrolysis had the l-configuration. The results of elementary analysis of the isolated compound were in full accord with the analysis calculated for synthetic N-acetyl-l-glutamine. A large amount of pyroglutamic acid and a substance identical with the butyl ester of pyroglutamic acid were isolated in pure form. The results of our studies suggest that pyroglutamic and the butyl ester derivative were artifacts formed during the isolation and purification procedures.
Salvage Partial Nephrectomy for Hereditary Renal Cancer: Feasibility and Outcomes

Purpose: Patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease may require repeat partial nephrectomies to avoid the need for renal replacement therapy. We evaluated outcomes in patients who underwent third or fourth partial nephrectomies on the same kidney, which we call salvage partial nephrectomy.Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients who underwent surgery at the National Cancer Institute from 1999 to 2006. We identified 11 of 13 patients in whom salvage partial nephrectomy was performed. Surgical outcomes were assessed by renal preservation as well as intraoperative and postoperative complications. Functional outcomes were assessed by comparing serum creatinine, 24-hour urine creatinine clearance, and nuclear renal scan before and after salvage partial nephrectomy.Results: All patients were alive and had no radiographic evidence of metastatic disease at a median followup of 25 months (range 3 to 83). Major perioperative complications occurred in 6 of 13 patients (46%) and loss of ...
So Far, So Good Now What?

Important contributions have been made by counseling psychologists to K-12 education. It is now time to do even more. This article, focusing on comprehensive school guidance programs, suggests an agenda for action that involves counseling psychologists’ becoming more fully informed about what is already happening in schools; helping improve guidance and counseling techniques, methods, and assessment procedures; developing more effective change strategies; and helping evaluate the results of comprehensive school guidance programs.
Protestant Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law: Gadamer and Dworkin

Abstract. The rule of law demands that the state's coercive power be used only according to settled general laws, applied impersonally. But an individualist theory of legal inter pretation cannot provide the shared understanding required. Gadamer appeals to the practical wisdom of judges and lawyers, who will agree on how to apply law to new cases. But this account is adequate only for very cohesive societies. Dworkin's account rests on propositional knowledge of a supposed best interpretation of an entire legal system. But even if such a best interpretation is possible in theory, this possibility does not provide shared understandings in the social world.
Sociality and self interest

Selfishness narrowly defined as choosing dominant outcomes independent of context is widely rejected by experimentalists. Humans live in two worlds of personal and impersonal exchange; both are manifestations of human sociality, but the emphasis on preferences rather than cultural norms of personal exchange across time too much reflects a limited economic modeling, and fails to capitalize on the fresher experimental economics message of culture and diversity.
Management of the child after enema-reduced intussusception: hospital or home?

Abstract Background Standard practice has been to admit children for an observation period after enema-reduced intussusception. However, the utility of such routine practice has not been clearly justified. Study Objectives The main objective was to determine the rate and timing of recurrent intussusception after successful enema reduction and describe any associated complications. Methods The study was a retrospective chart review identifying children with enema-reduced intussusception during a 7-year period from 2002 through 2008. Subjects were children ages 0 to 17 years presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary care, free-standing children’s hospital with confirmed and uncomplicated enema-reduced intussusception. Results During the study period there were 98 children with successful enema reduction of intussusception. There were 10 episodes of recurrence in 7 patients, for an overall recurrence rate of 7.1%. Three patients had two recurrences each, and the remainder had single recurrences. Two patients had early recurrences ( 48h) was 5.1%. No adverse events were noted in any of the recurrences. Conclusions Given the low early recurrence rate for enema-reduced intussusception and the minimal risk of adverse outcomes, ED observation for a 6-h period seems to be a safe alternative to inpatient management. These results support previous work and suggest that these patients can be managed on an outpatient basis.
Implementation of a Digital Signal Processing subsystem for a Long Wavelength Array station

This paper describes the implementation of a Digital Signal Processing (DP) subsystem for a single Long Wavelength Array (LWA) station.12 The LWA is a radio telescope that will consist of many phased array stations. Each LWA station consists of 256 pairs of dipole-like antennas operating over the 10–88 MHz frequency range. The Digital Signal Processing subsystem digitizes up to 260 dual-polarization signals at 196 MHz from the LWA Analog Receiver, adjusts the delay and amplitude of each signal, and forms four independent beams. Coarse delay is implemented using a first-in-first-out buffer and fine delay is implemented using a finite impulse response filter. Amplitude adjustment and polarization corrections are implemented using a 2×2 matrix multiplication.
Motion control of 7-DOF arms: the configuration control approach

Graphics simulation and real-time implementation of configuration control schemes for a redundant seven-degree-of-freedom (7-DOF) Robotics Research arm are described. The arm kinematics and motion control schemes are described briefly. This is followed by a description of a graphics simulation environment for 7-DOF arm control on the Silicon Graphics IRIS Workstation. Computer simulation results are presented to demonstrate elbow control, collision avoidance, and optimal joint movement as redundancy resolution goals. The laboratory setup for experimental validation of motion control of the 7-DOF Robotics Research arm is then described. The configuration control approach is implemented on a Motorola-68020/VME-bus-based real-time controller, with elbow positioning for redundancy resolution. Experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of configuration control for real-time control. >
An immune system approach for power system automation and self healing

In this paper, an automation and self healing scheme based on an artificial immune system (AIS) is developed for power systems. The AIS works like a protective layer that strives to eliminate the damages and anomalies to the system while creating an immunity-like for the power systems by remembering the actions taken against a specific anomaly or damage.
Size distribution of magnetic spheroids

Abstract Magnetic spherules (d 2 μ) were also collected by means of a high volume sampler and their size distributions and concentrations determined under an optical microscope. The smallest diameter of spherules with smooth surfaces was 0.1 μ and with rough surfaces 0.5 μ.
A Merkel cell tumor of the eyelid.

Abstract The Merkel cell is a distinctive nondendritic, nonkeratinocytic, epithelial clear cell believed to migrate from the neural crest to the epidermis and dermis 1 , which is usually located in or near the basal layer of the epidermis and associated with nerve terminations. 2 Merkel first described these cells in 1875 as "Tastz-ellen" occurring in the snout of a mole 3 . They are believed to function as slowly adapting mechanoreceptors that mediate the sense of touch 1,2,4 . Tumors arising from Merkel cells have been reported to occur on the head and neck area, the trunk, arms, and legs, and resemble a primary cutaneous lymphoma or cutaneous metastasis of a lymphoma or a carcinoma. Electron microscopy, to locate the characteristic membrane-bound, dense core neurosecretory granules, is needed for accurate diagnosis. These tumors must be treated aggressively to minimize the chance of local recurrence and nodal or visceral metastases. The authors present a case of Merkel cell tumor occurring on the eyelid. The clinical history, light and electron microscopic findings are shown.
Incremental Value of Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography for Prognostic Assessment of Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Myocardial perfusion imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) may be more accurate for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) than conventional imaging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic implications of perfusion abnormalities in 685 patients (age 62 ± 11 years, 199 women) studied by PET, and to assess the incremental value of these data in relation to prognostic implications of clinical and angiographic findings. Rubidium (Rb)-82 PET was performed before and after dipyridamole stress. Transient defects were detected in 227 patients (33%), and were moderate or greater in severity (>15% of the left ventricle) in 84 (12%). Resting defects were present in 435 (64%) and were moderate or greater in severity in 216 (32%). The total extent of abnormally perfused myocardium was small ( 3 months after PET). Normal scans had a 90% event-free survival, compared with 87% in patients with small, 75% with moderate, and 76% with extensive defects (log rank chi-square 30, p <0.0001). Functional class, extent of CAD, and the presence and extent of perfusion defects (both at rest and during stress) were independent predictors of cardiac death and total cardiac events. In sequential Cox proportional-hazards models, the results of PET were incremental to those of clinical and angiographic evaluation. Thus, the presence and extent of damaged and jeopardized myocardium are independent and incremental predictors of outcome in patients undergoing Rb-82 PET.
A Managerial Accounting Case Utilizing Optimization And Simulation

This paper describes a unique management accounting case appropriate for use in introductory or upper level managerial accounting courses. Monte Carlo Simulation and Microsoft’s Excel’s Solver add-in are used to assist in managerial accounting decisions relating to factors influencing the profitability of a small manufacturing operation. Simulation and optimization spreadsheets illustrate the analysis of financial risk and uncertainties in factors affecting future profits that can provide useful information for decision-makers.
Marketing the HIV test to MSM: ethnic differences in preferred venues and sources.

Lack of awareness of HIV status is associated with an increased likelihood of HIV transmission. We surveyed 633 men who have sex with men (MSM) from diverse ethnic groups recruited from a variety of community venues in a U.S. Midwestern city with rising HIV infection rates. Our first aim was to describe patterns of sexual risk, annual HIV testing frequency, and venues where information about HIV and HIV testing could be disseminated to inner-city MSM. Our second aim was to identify preferred sources to receive information about HIV testing and determine whether these preferences differed by ethnic background. Results indicated that despite similar proportions of high–sexual risk behaviors, compared with African American and Latino MSM, smaller proportions of non-Hispanic White MSM had received an HIV test in the last 12 months. Despite ethnic differences in health care access, a physician’s office was the most common HIV testing site. Overall, a majority conveyed a preference to see advertisements in main...
Criteria for Quantitative Echocardiography in Children

Echocardiographic studies do not have criteria for the reproducibility of dimensions. To document significant differences within an individual, either following surgical intervention or with progression of disease; or to estimate the number of subjects required for epidemiologic studies, the magnitude of measurement error must be known. Three variables must be quantitated: 1) within observer error, 2) between observer error, 3) technical consistency. Echocardiographic dimensions must have clearly defined interfaces to be acceptable for analysis.
Getting the Story Right: How You Should Choose between Different Interpretations of the European Crisis (And Why You Should Care)

AbstractThe European crisis has many causes. Worse, the different causes are mutually reinforcing. National economies lost competitiveness within the single currency, governments and households lived beyond their means, banks and other financial firms moved capital across borders and then called it back home again in a fit of panic. Europe is suffering as a consequence. European policy-making is suffering as well. With so many ‘causes’, politicians are dividing their attention across different and at times competing remedies. Europe appears to be ‘muddling through’ rather than acting decisively as a result. This paper argues that European policymakers should focus their attention on financial causal mechanisms. Although there is some truth to claims about lost competitiveness and excessive borrowing, a close focus on financial markets promises to offer the greatest leverage over the largest number of national economies. A close focus on finance also offers a clear choice between competing policy agendas: ...
Coalescence-Induced Jumping of Multiple Condensate Droplets on Hierarchical Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Coalescence-induced jumping of condensate droplets from a superhydrophobic surface with hierarchical micro/nanoscale roughness is quantitatively characterized. Experimental observations show that the condensate droplet jumping is induced by coalescence of multiple droplets of different sizes and that the coalesced droplet trajectories typically deviate from the surface normal. A depth-from-defocus image processing technique is developed to track the out-of-plane displacement of the jumping droplets, so as to accurately measure the droplet size and velocity. The results demonstrate that the highest jumping velocity is achieved when two droplets coalesce. The jumping velocity decreases gradually with an increase in the number of coalescing droplets, despite the greater potential surface energy released upon coalescence. A general theoretical model that accounts for viscous dissipation, surface adhesion, line tension, the initial droplet wetting states and the number and sizes of the coalescing droplets is developed to explain the trends of droplet jumping velocity observed in the experiments.
The earthquake of November 14, 1937

Abstract In this preliminary paper on the earthquake of November 14, 1937, the S and SKS curves of the quake ( h = 250 km.) are compared with those of Gutenberg and Brunner for the same depth. The S curve of both Gutenberg and Brunner is confirmed from 50° to 100° within a few seconds. The SKS curve of Gutenberg is confirmed from 85° to 105° within a few seconds, while that of Brunner over the same range would seem to have an average error of 13 seconds. From 105° to 115° Brunner9s curve is in fair agreement with that of the author, while Gutenberg9s diverges rapidly after 105° to a difference of 14 seconds at 115°. The SKKS-SKS interval decreases with increasing distance between 103° and 107°.
Constituting Economic and Social Rights: The Path to Transformation

Food, water, health, housing, and education are as fundamental to human freedom and dignity as privacy, religion, or speech. Yet only recently have legal systems begun to secure these fundamental individual interests as rights. This book looks at the dynamic processes that render economic and social rights in legal form. It argues that processes of interpretation, enforcement, and contestation each reveal how economic and social interests can be protected as human and constitutional rights, and how their protection changes public law. Drawing on constitutional examples from South Africa, Colombia, Ghana, India, the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere, the book examines innovations in the design and role of institutions such as courts, legislatures, executives, and agencies in the organization of social movements and in the links established with market actors. This comparative study shows how legal systems protect economic and social rights by shifting the focus from minimum bundles of commodities or entitlements to processes of value-based, deliberative problem solving. Theories of constitutionalism and governance inform the potential of this approach to reconcile economic and social rights with both democratic and market principles, while addressing the material inequality, poverty and social conflict caused, in part, by law itself. The book: •Develops an original, analytic model for understanding the rapid legal expansion of socio-economic rights, and their impact on public law and constitutional theory; •Contains comparative examples from such constitutions as South Africa, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, India, United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as international systems, enriching the comparative law literature; •Draws on judicial, legislative, and executive interactions, as well as civil society and market participants, in a sophisticated legal methodology, overcoming the limitations of traditional court-focused studies.
Peridynamic Beams and Plates: A Non-Ordinary State-Based Model

While multiple peridynamic material models capture the behavior of solid materials, not all structures are conveniently analyzed as solids. Finite Element Analysis often uses 1D and 2D elements to model thin features that would otherwise require a great number of 3D elements, but peridynamic thin features remain underdeveloped despite great interest in the engineering community. This work presents non-ordinary state-based peridynamic models for the simulation of thin features. Beginning from an example non-ordinary state-based model proposed by Silling in 2007, lower dimensional peridynamic models of beams and plates are developed and shown to be energy equivalent to classical models for well-behaved deformations. The resulting plate model is initially restricted to a Poisson’s ratio of ν = 1/3, but is extended to arbitrary Poisson’s ratio via a bending state decomposition. Simple test cases demonstrate the model’s performance.Copyright © 2014 by ASME
Alternative Length Scales for Polycrystalline Materials

It is well established from studies of bicrystals that the properties of a grain boundary depend on the atomic structure of the boundary. However, constitutive relations for the properties of polycrystalline materials do not currently take into account this boundary-toboundary variability. Instead, such relations depend on a single length scale, typically the average grain diameter. We extend the traditional viewpoint by proposing that boundaries may be divided into two distinct categories, depending on their misorientation angle. The relevant length scale in constitutive relations for polycrystals is then the average cluster size, where clusters consist of grains connected by boundaries in the same misorientation category. A brief discussion of this additional length scale and how it may be reflected in various constitutive relations for physical and mechanical properties of polycrystals is given.
Is she he? Drag discourse and drag logic in online media reports of gender variance

AbstractThis article investigates online entertainment news, magazine, and gossip reports that use canonical terms and ideas attached to theatrical gender-bending—“drag discourses”—to identify gender variant bodies and expressions. Drag discourse pervades the coverage of female-identified menswear models Elliott Sailors and Casey Legler, and female-identified pop stars Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles. I first investigate why media texts use drag as descriptor, especially when it rarely aligns with public figures’ own expressions of identity or intentionality. I then investigate what I term “drag logic,” or how publics engage with drag discourse to inform or support their interpretations of embodied “realness.” I argue that drag logic is an open-ended analytic: a method of meaning making that is unpredictable and subject to individual processes. While drag logic has led to some reductive conclusions about gender variant people, I suggest the pervasive online rumor that Gaga is male-bodied demonstrates the cr...
Predictors for Permanent Medialization Laryngoplasty in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis.

ObjectiveEarly differentiation of patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (VFP) who recover from those who do not and consequently require permanent medialization laryngoplasty (ML) remains a...
Research on model for photovoltaic system power forecasting

A model for photovoltaic system power forecasting is developed based on the DC physical model of photovoltaic module, which includes meteorological data processing, photovoltaic system output performance simulating, etc. Based on the model, the photovoltaic system power can be computed at any solar radiation level, ambient temperature, parameters of the photovoltaic module and time duration. Comparing to the real PV output data, the result shows this model is flexible and accurate.
The Evolution of Financial Intermediation

This chapter examines in summary form how the financial sector developed, in the world in general and in the US in particular. It discusses how each of the major types of institutions, including insurance companies and hedge funds, operate as well as the development of new financial instruments, such as derivatives, and explores early attempts to regulate the sector and the role played by various regulatory bodies. It also introduces the topic of financial globalization, which is further discussed later.
Eyelid: Gold Weight Implantation

Indications for the procedure include facial nerve palsy with poor upper eyelid excursion, lagophthalmos, and exposure keratopathy resulting in impaired visual acuity, visual disability, and/or affecting activities of daily living. Patients should be educated about the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the procedure, and informed consent obtained.
Smart Sensors and Standard-Based Interoperability in Smart Grids

Smart grids (SGs) are electrical power grids that apply information, advanced networking, and real-time monitoring and control technologies to lower costs, save energy, and improve security, interoperability, and reliability. Smart sensors (SSs) can provide real-time data and status of the grids for real-time monitoring, protection, and control of grid operations. Sensor data exchange and interoperability are major challenges for the SGs. This paper describes sensing, timing, intelligence, and communication requirements of sensors for the SGs and proposes a general model of the SSs for SGs based on these requirements. Then it illustrates, how the model works with phasor measurement unit (PMU)- and merging unit-based SSs deployed in the SGs with standardized interfaces to support the interoperability of the SSs. Furthermore, to address the interoperability issues, this paper describes sensor interface standards used in the SGs and the need for interoperability testing, and proposes a passive interoperability test method for the SSs to achieve and assure sensor data interoperability. To verify this test method, an interoperability test system for the PMU-based SSs was developed and presented. Interoperability test results of eight commercial PMU-based SSs are provided to show that the proposed interoperability test method works.
College-aged Men's (18-24) Knowledge and Perceptions of Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer

College-aged men (18-24) can easily transmit HPV, the most common type of sexually transmitted infection in the United States, but have the lowest knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer. This study utilized the Health Belief Model to assess the knowledge and perceptions of HPV and cervical cancer among college-aged men, and their intent to reduce their numbers of future sex partners and wear condoms during their next sexual encounter. Of 100 participants, one third (33.7%) had never heard of HPV before this study, and 87.9% rated their subjective knowledge of HPV knowledge as “poor”. Participants reported high perceived severity, and susceptibility to, HPV infection. Having heard of HPV, being in a relationship with a female partner and self-efficacy to wearing condoms were associated with participants’ intent to wear condoms during their next sexual encounter. Perceived benefits were associated with participants’ intent to reduce the number of future sex partners. College-aged men should be targeted for HPV risk reduction with HPV health interventions tailored to augment male involvement in HPV and cervical cancer prevention efforts.
Through the Student's Eyes: Some Promises Can't Be Kept

The medical student believes that the art of doctoring is learned continuously over time and cannot be assessed in a proposed medical school examination. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
A Multigenerational Field Experiment on Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of the Influential Lizard Anolis sagrei: A Mid-term Report

Only a handful of multi-generational experiments in natural systems of eco-evolutionary dynamics currently exist, despite Fussmann et al.'s call for more such studies nearly a decade ago. To perform such a study, in 2008 we introduced the lizard Leiocephalus carinatus, a predator (and possible food competitor) of the lizard Anolis sagrei, to seven islands having A. sagrei, with seven unmanipulated islands having A. sagrei as controls. Almost immediately, L. carinatus, which is larger and more terrestrial than A. sagrei, caused a major habitat shift in A. sagrei away from the ground and toward higher and thinner perches; focal behavioral surveys showed that on islands where its predator was introduced, A. sagrei had less conspicuous visual displays. The expected pattern for density of A. sagrei is that it would decrease markedly at first via predation from the larger lizard, but then it would increase as the habitat shift selected for individuals better able to live in higher vegetation. Data through 2015 ...
Comparing apples and oranges: Off-road pedestrian detection on the National Robotics Engineering Center agricultural person-detection dataset

Person detection from vehicles has made rapid progress recently with the advent of multiple high-quality datasets of urban and highway driving, yet no large-scale benchmark is available for the same problem in off-road or agricultural environments. Here we present the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) Agricultural Person-Detection Dataset to spur research in these environments. It consists of labeled stereo video of people in orange and apple orchards taken from two perception platforms (a tractor and a pickup truck), along with vehicle position data from Real Time Kinetic (RTK) GPS. We define a benchmark on part of the dataset that combines a total of 76k labeled person images and 19k sampled person-free images. The dataset highlights several key challenges of the domain, including varying environment, substantial occlusion by vegetation, people in motion and in nonstandard poses, and people seen from a variety of distances; metadata are included to allow targeted evaluation of each of these effects. Finally, we present baseline detection performance results for three leading approaches from urban pedestrian detection and our own convolutional neural network approach that benefits from the incorporation of additional image context. We show that the success of existing approaches on urban data does not transfer directly to this domain.
Microincision Intraocular Lenses: Others

Current limitations in the available IOL technology have impeded full utilization of a biaxial microincisional approach to cataract surgery by many surgeons. There are numerous IOLs available internationally that can be injected through 1.5– 2.2 mm incisions. IOLs that are multifocal and toric are being manufactured and implanted through sub-2.0 mm incisions. Injectable polymer lenses hold the promise of making full utilization of a biaxial microincisional technique without the need for incision enlargement, although further research and development needs to transpire.
Role of a Standardized Prism Under Cover Test in the Assessment of Dissociated Vertical Deviation

Background Dissociated vertical deviation (DVD) is commonly measured using a prism and alternate cover test (PACT), but some providers use a prism under cover test (PUCT). The aim of this study was to compare a standardized PUCT measurement with a PACT measurement, for assessing the magnitude of DVD. Methods Thirty-six patients with a clinical diagnosis of DVD underwent measurement of the angle of deviation with the PACT, fixing with the habitually fixing eye, and with PUCT, fixing both right and left eyes. The PUCT was standardized, using a 10-second cover for each prism magnitude, until the deviation was neutralized. The magnitude of hyperdeviation by PACT and PUCT was compared for the non-fixing eye, using paired non-parametric tests. The frequency of discrepancies more than 4 prism diopters (PD) between PACT and PUCT was calculated. Results The magnitude of hyperdeviation was greater when measured with PUCT (range 8PD hypodeviation to 20PD hyperdeviation) vs. PACT (18PD hypodeviation to 25PD hyperdeviation) with a median difference of 4.5PD (range -5PD to 21PD); P 4PD hyperdeviation (or >4PD less hypodeviation) by PUCT than by PACT. Conclusions A standardized 10-second PUCT yields greater values than a prism and alternate cover test in the majority of patients with DVD, providing better quantification of the severity of DVD, which may be important for management decisions.
Durvalumab (MEDI4736) concurrent with nab-paclitaxel and dose dense doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (ddAC) as neoadjuvant therapy for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

586Background: The goal of this Phase I/II trial is to assess the safety and efficacy of concurrent administration of durvalumab with weekly nab-paclitaxel (100 mg/m2) x 12 followed by dd AC x 4 as...
The eye of the typer: a benchmark and analysis of gaze behavior during typing

We examine the relationship between eye gaze and typing, focusing on the differences between touch and non-touch typists. To enable typing-based research, we created a 51-participant benchmark dataset for user input across multiple tasks, including user input data, screen recordings, webcam video of the participant's face, and eye tracking positions. There are patterns of eye movements that differ between the two types of typists, representing glances at the keyboard, which can be used to identify touch-.typed strokes with 92% accuracy. Then, we relate eye gaze with cursor activity, aligning both pointing and typing to eye gaze. One demonstrative application of the work is in extending WebGazer, a real-time web-browser-based webcam eye tracker. We show that incorporating typing behavior as a secondary signal improves eye tracking accuracy by 16% for touch typists, and 8% for non-touch typists.
Simulated field testing methods for pest control agents in lotic and lentic ecosystems

The use of plastic wading pools to simulate lentic environments expedites testing of fish control agents and other pesticides. This method permits replication of a variety of water conditions and benthic substrates and facilitates multiple-parameter testing under biological, physical, and chemical conditions comparable to those in different geographic areas. Similarly, a series of "raceways" or troughs arranged with various substrates can be used to simulate lotic environments complete with pool and riffle ecotypes. Water velocity, temperature, chemistry, and biota can be conveniently controlled to evaluate fish control agents, detoxification rates, and effects on both target and nontarget organisms.
The Scales and Shapes of Queer Women's Geographies: Mapping Private, Public and Cyber Spaces in Portland, OR

Queer women’s relationship to space has been under-theorized due to the difficulties in identifying particular spatial patterns that can describe their presence in urban settings. Most of the research that has focused on queer space has mentioned the difficulty of mapping queer women. The purpose of this research is to identify the ways in which the scarcity of queer women-specific space in Portland, Oregon, has affected the development of a women’s community based on a queer identity, the role of intersecting identities such as race and gender identity in these communities and spaces, as well as the implications of queer women’s spaces for the development of inclusive spatial frameworks. This research is based on 15 map-making interviews with queer women in the Portland area. During the interviews, participants were asked to draw a map of what they consider to be queer women’s space in Portland. The results suggest that queer women occupy an array of places, but lack public queer women-specific spaces. Some of the reasons for the decline in these spaces are changing identities and the political climate, an attempt at inclusion of trans and gender non-conforming people, and racism. In order to better understand queer women’s spatial patterns, the scholarship needs frameworks that are inclusive of private, cyber and temporary spaces. Given the lack of scholarship on the relationship between queer women and space, this research contributes to a better understanding of queer women’s geographies in a changing political climate.
A Markedly Improved Synthetic Approach for the Preparation of Multifunctional Au-DNA Nanoparticle Conjugates Modified with Optical and MR Imaging Probes

We describe a new, and vastly superior approach for labeling spherical nucleic acid conjugates (SNAs) with diagnostic probes. SNAs have been shown to provide the unique ability to traverse the cell membrane and deliver surface conjugated DNA into cells while preserving the DNA from nuclease degradation. Our previous work on preparing diagnostically labeled SNAs was labor intensive, relatively low yielding, and costly. Here, we describe a straightforward and facile preparation for labeling SNAs with optical and MR imaging probes with significantly improved physical properties. The synthesis of Gd(III) labeled DNA Au nanoparticle conjugates is achieved by sequential conjugation of 3'-thiol-modified oligonucleotides and cofunctionalization of the particle surface with the subsequent addition of 1,2 diothiolate modified chelates of Gd(III) (abbreviated: DNA-GdIII@AuNP). This new generation of SNA conjugates has a 2-fold increase of DNA labeling and a 1.4-fold increase in Gd(III) loading compared to published constructs. Furthermore, the relaxivity ( r1) is observed to increase 4.5-fold compared to the molecular dithiolane-Gd(III) complex, and 1.4-fold increase relative to previous particle constructs where the Gd(III) complexes were conjugated to the oligonucleotides rather than directly to the Au particle. Importantly, this simplified approach (2 steps) exploits the advantages of previous Gd(III) labeled SNA platforms; however, this new approach is scalable and eliminates modification of DNA for attaching the contrast agent, and the particles exhibit improved cell labeling.
Evaluation's Race Problem in the United States: A Call to Action for the Profession and the "American Journal of Evaluation".

Despite political and rhetorical pronouncements of a reduction in racism, growing inequity in U.S. society continues to feature race as a prominent fault line with no evidence of reduction on the h...
Isolated Multilevel HVDC Converter for Off-shore DC Distribution

This paper proposes a new multilevel converter structure to add the benefits of higher power density and robustness in future DC subsea electric transmission and distribution systems. To reduce reactive power consumption impacts without a significant increase in the footprint, this paper also proposes a new HVDC subsea configuration. In order to have medium frequency switching with high current capability, a SiC-MOSFET based 6 MW, 36/6 kV modular stacked DC/DC converter is proposed and analyzed to operate on the seabed. The proposed structure renders the system with fault tolerance and capability to operate in a degraded mode. Compared to existent HVAC subsea configurations, eliminating huge line transformer (LT) on the seabed results in reducing the overall system size. Real-time simulations were done on Typhoon HIL and the results verify the validity and feasibility of the proposed DC/DC structure and control system.
GR Utilizes a Co-Chaperone Cytoplasmic CAR Retention Protein to Form an N/C Interaction.

The N-terminal domain (NTD) of nuclear receptor superfamily members has been recently reported to regulate functions of the receptor through the interaction between the NTD and the C-terminal ligan...
Measurement of Air Entrainment During Pouring of an Aluminum Alloy

Understanding and reducing air entrainment in liquid metals is important for improving casting filling systems and liquid metal transfer processes. Air entrainment generates oxide inclusions that reduce the mechanical performance of metals. This paper presents air entrainment measurements for a jet of liquid aluminum alloy A356 plunging into a pool. Measurements are performed in argon and air atmospheres and for a range of jet fall heights. The volume ratio of entrained gas to liquid aluminum poured is measured to be equal to 0.43 for an average jet impact velocity of about 3.8 m/s in the argon atmosphere. This ratio is of a similar magnitude as for water under the same jet parameters. For the corresponding experiment in air, the measured volumetric ratio is only 0.16. It is found that nearly 50 pct of the volume of oxygen entrained is consumed by oxidation, but this alone does not account for the difference between the measurements in inert and oxidizing atmospheres. Instead, the ratio for air is so low because during some portion of the experiment no air was entrained. The onset velocity for gas entrainment for a plunging jet of liquid A356 is found to be 3.9 m/s in an air atmosphere and 3.4 m/s in argon, with the difference attributed to the stabilizing effect of the oxide film on the jet surface in air. These are about three times greater than the onset velocity previously measured for water.
Marginalized practices in Spanish theater, part 2: Introduction

This issue is the second and final installment of “Marginality in Spanish Theater.” The four articles included in the final issue of the previous volume of Romance Quarterly (65.4, 2018) and the fo...
Effects of proteinase inhibitors and plant lectins on the adult alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

The effects of selected proteinase inhibitors and plant lectins of alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), adult foliar feeding and fecundity were significantly inhibited by the cysteine protei...
Experimental Determination of Momentum Distributions in Nuclear Physics

Removal of a single nucleon from the nucleus provides information about its wavefunction and the hole state remaining. The creation of a hole state may occur though the interaction of a proton or an electron with a nucleus of A nucleons, leaving the residual system of A-1 nucleons. Experimentally, most of the effort has been in reactions with protons and electrons. The availability of intense proton and electron beams, and more recently, high duty factor electron beams have led to a wealth of data from which to extract the single particle properties of the nucleon.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant hormonal therapy in postmenopausal women with ER-positive, HER2/neu negative locally advanced breast cancer.

595 Background: Postmenopausal women with large ER+/HER-2 negative tumors frequently receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC), but pathological complete response (pCR) rates are low. Neoadjuvant hormo...
G256(P) What are the preferences for receiving additional and carrier status findings in genomics testing amongst families affected by rare conditions? Findings from the rare disease arm of the 100,000 genomes project at a specialised paediatric centre in the UK

Context Patients with certain rare diseases were invited to take part and have their genome sequenced alongside their relatives with the hope of finding the diagnosis as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project (100kGP). Apart from any possible results they were also offered an option of having additional and carrier status findings. Genomic testing is being implemented into mainstream NHS therefore, it was important to find out about participants preferences for receiving this type of results so that we could improve recruitment for any future genomic study. Purpose To get an overview of recruitment to genomic testing through 100kGP. Specifically, to identify the participants preferences for obtaining additional and carrier status findings. Methods Secondary analysis of the available electronic records for participants that consented to 100kGP. Data was analysed using SPSS Statistics version 25 and Minitab 18. Findings Overall, 3284 consented for genomic testing through 100kGP. 37% (n=1221) probands and 63% (n=2063) their relatives (89% of those were unaffected). Amongst affected patients the gender ratio was but 58% males and 42% females but overall with relatives this ratio was different 46% males and 54% females. There was a good inclusion from most ethnic groups (table 1). Median proband age 8 (0–21)/Median parental 38 (18–66). Significant proportion (86%) of those that took part chose to receive the ‘additional’ and ‘carrier status’ findings and their choice was not found to be affected by ethnic background or age. Conclusion This study confirms the high interest in genomic testing amongst families affected with rare disease and the need of including the option for ‘additional’ and ‘carrier status’ findings in genomic testing. This knowledge is important because genomics testing is a necessary tool for rare disease diagnosis and evaluation. This study found that all ethnic groups were interested and well represented including minorities which is an important finding to be shared with other organisations
Barriers and facilitators to perceived diabetes self-management in Arab American patients with diabetes

Abstract Aims To assess perceptions surrounding diabetes self-management (DSM) behaviors in Arab American patients with diabetes. Methods A 39-item survey was constructed from focus group discussions designed to better understand the impact of Arab American culture on DSM behaviors. The survey assessed perceptions about diet, adherence to medications, exercise, healthy lifestyle, and family support. Results Two hundred Arab Americans with diabetes completed the survey via face-to-face interviews. Most patients were female (59%), over fifty years of age (79%), and immigrated from Lebanon (73%). Receiving instructions in Arabic, having family support, family understanding of food choices, and employment status were found to be important predictors of the perceived importance of DSM. Conclusions Our findings suggest that there are multiple factors that dictate Arab American’s perception of the importance of DSM. The survey that was constructed may serve as a valuable tool for providers to assess DSM perceptions in order to provide patient-centered care that will help to improve diabetes outcomes. This study supports the importance of integrating cultural influences into DSM education and support when providing care to a population with a strong cultural identity.