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Collaboration in cultural heritage digitisation in East Asia

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the current status of collaboration in cultural heritage preservation in East Asia, including digital projects, and to suggest practical improvements based on a cultural structuralism perspective.Design/methodology/approach – Through exploratory research, the paper addresses aspects for successful collaboration in cultural heritage digitisation in East Asia.Findings – The paper indicates the difference in collaboration of cultural heritage digitisation between regions such as Europe and the unique situation in East Asia.Social implications – If collaboration between the countries of East Asia was implemented then such a community could deal with the issues of cultural heritage by having a standard scheme or policy.Originality/value – There has been little literature published on East Asian cultural heritage initiatives, particularly in the area of digitisation and digital preservation.
A novel mimicry complex: beetles and flies

SYNOPSIS A mimicry complex is described in which numerous taxa of beetles resemble flies. A probable explanation for the convergence on a common pattern is suggested, and the evolution of the complex is discussed.
Marginal intake of vitamin B-6: effects on protein synthesis in liver, kidney and muscle of the rat

Abstract The role of vitamin B-6 in amino acid and nucleic acid metabolism suggests that inadequate dietary vitamin B-6 may impair protein synthesis. To test this hypothesis, male rats (initially 225±6 g; n=8/treatment group) were fed control or marginal levels of vitamin B-6 (5.8 or 1.2 mg total vitamin B-6/kg diet, by analysis) ad libitum for 9 weeks. Both groups ate and gained weight at similar rates. Protein synthesis rates were measured in liver, kidney and skeletal muscle at week 9 using a flooding dose of 3 H-phenylalanine. Marginal vitamin B-6 intake did not elevate xanthurenic acid excretion following a tryptophan load. However, marginal vitamin B-6 intake did depress liver protein absolute synthesis rate by 23% (2008 vs. 1549 mg/day, P=.024), liver wet weight by 16% (P=.001) and liver protein content by 22% (P
Candidate Persistence and Personality Test Practice Effects: Implications for Staffing System Management

Candidates persist in selection settings for numerous reasons, prompting several concerns regarding staffing-system management. Predictors of the propensity to retest and personality test practice effects were investigated among a sample of 15,338 candidates who applied for supervisory positions (and 357 who repeated the selection process) over a 4-year period with a large organization in the service industry. Results reveal greater likelihood of retesting among internal candidates and overall evidence of small-to-moderate personality test practice effects. Compared to passing candidates who retested for various reasons, failing candidates pursued alternative response strategies upon retesting and generated dimension-level practice effects that reached .40 to .60, whereas passing candidates generally replicated their initial profiles. For several subscales, low initial scores were associated with practice effects that exceeded a full standard deviation. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.
Phase-Coherent Frequency Combs in the Vacuum Ultraviolet via High-Harmonic Generation inside a Femtosecond Enhancement Cavity

We demonstrate the generation of phase-coherent frequency combs in the vacuum utraviolet spectral region. The output from a mode-locked laser is stabilized to a femtosecond enhancement cavity with a gas jet at the intracavity focus. The resulting high-peak power of the intracavity pulse enables efficient high-harmonic generation by utilizing the full repetition rate of the laser. Optical-heterodyne-based measurements reveal that the coherent frequency comb structure of the original laser is fully preserved in the high-harmonic generation process. These results open the door for precision frequency metrology at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths and permit the efficient generation of phase-coherent high-order harmonics using only a standard laser oscillator without active amplification of single pulses.
Evolution of Recent Economic-Demographic Modeling: A Synthesis

This paper develops a flexible framework for modeling population's role in economic growth by assessing and extending a rendering suggested by several Harvard economists. Our framework includes a ``productivity'' model explaining output-per-worker growth and a ``translation'' model translating that growth into per-capita terms. We specify a core economic model and several ``enriched'' demographic variants that include dependency, size, and density. Regressions using a cross-country panel spanning the period 1960-1995 reveal that combined impacts of demographic change have accounted for approximately 20% of per capita output growth impacts, with larger shares in Asia and Europe.
Tuning the cosmological constant in N=1 supergravity

Abstract We consider some general theorems regarding the possibility of tuning the tree level cosmological constant to zero in N = 1 supergravity. To sidestep problems with metastable vacua we define the cosmological constant as the absolute minimum of the scalar potential. In particular we show that setting the cosmological constant zero while simultaneously breaking supergravity requires the use of either gauge singlet elementary fields or a nonanalytic superpotential.
Politics and the implementation of public policy: The case of the US military housing allowance program

Are bureaucracies in fact controlled by the president, Congress, or legislation? We analyze a 1998 policy change in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) $6.5 billion annual military housing allowance program. Results show that both the president and Congress were able to influence the bureaucracy, even in the presence of an exceedingly specific law that outlined the manner in which the DoD was to allocate the funds. After policy implementation, allowances were disproportionately higher in locations that (a) supported the president in the 1996 election and (b) were represented by members of the House or Senate Armed Services Committees.
The Preparation of Some Amides of Bromal

A series of amides, including both aliphatic and aromatic compounds, were prepared for the purpose of evaluating their toxicity, anti-fungal activity, antispasmodic activity, and sedative-hypnotic effect.
Molecular dissection of the myelinated axon

The membrane of the myelinated axon expresses a rich repertoire of physiologically active molecules: (1) Voltage-sensitive NA+ channels are clustered at high density (approximately 1,000/microns 2) in the nodal axon membrane and are present at lower density (< 25/microns 2) in the internodal axon membrane under the myelin. Na+ channels are also present within Schwann cell processes (in peripheral nerve) and perinodal astrocyte processes (in the central nervous system) which contact the Na+ channel-rich axon membrane at the node. In some demyelinated fibers, the bared (formerly internodal) axon membrane reorganizes and expresses a higher-than-normal Na+ channel density, providing a basis for restoration of conduction. The presence of glial cell processes, adjacent to foci of Na+ channels in immature and demyelinated axons, suggests that glial cells participate in the clustering of Na+ channels in the axon membrane. (2) "Fast" K+ channels, sensitive to 4-aminopyridine, are present in the paranodal or internodal axon membrane under the myelin; these channels may function to prevent reexcitation following action potentials, or participate in the generation of an internodal resting potential. (3) "Slow" K+ channels, sensitive to tetraethylammonium, are present in the nodal axon membrane and, in lower densities, in the internodal axon membrane; their activation produces a hyperpolarizing afterpotential which modulates repetitive firing. (4) The "inward rectifier" is activated by hyperpolarization. This channel is permeable to both Na+ and K+ ions and may modulate axonal excitability or participate in ionic reuptake following activity. (5) Na+/K(+)-ATPase and (6) Ca(2+)-ATPase are also present in the axon membrane and function to maintain transmembrane gradients of Na+, K+, and Ca2+. (7) A specialized antiporter molecule, the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, is present in myelinated axons within central nervous system white matter. Following anoxia, the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger mediates an influx of Ca2+ which damages the axon. The molecular organization of the myelinated axon has important pathophysiological implications. Blockade of fast K+ channels and Na+/K(+)-ATPase improves action potential conduction in some demyelinated axons, and block of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger protects white matter axons from anoxic injury. Modification of ion channels, pumps, and exchangers in myelinated fibers may thus provide an important therapeutic approach for a number of neurological disorders.
Combining Robotic Mitral Valve Repair and Microwave Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Techniques and Initial Results

Background Left atrial microwave ablation for atrial fibrillation has become popular for isolating autonomous atrial foci. Previously, mitral valve repairs (MVP) with atrial fibrillation ablation have been performed through sternotomy. We present a technique that combines robotic MVP with left atrial fibrillation ablation. Methods Through a 4-cm right minithoracotomy and using cardiopulmonary bypass, the transverse and oblique sinuses are accessed. A Flex-10 microwave catheter is passed around the pulmonary veins, and after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass, peripulmonary vein microwave ablations are performed. After cardioplegic arrest, the da Vinci system is used to manipulate the catheter to create endocardial lesions around the left atrial appendage. Another endocardial lesion is made connecting the pulmonary venous line with the mitral annulus near P3. The left atrial appendage is closed, and the MVP performed robotically. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Results Sixteen patients underwent this combined procedure, with 80% returning to a normal sinus rhythm at 6 weeks and 73% remaining in normal sinus rhythm at 6 months. Only 1 patient was in atrial fibrillation at 6 months. The ablation procedure added 42 ± 16.1 minutes to a robotic MVP. The average length of hospital stay was 6.3 ± 2.2 days, 1.3 days longer than the mean of the prior 50 consecutive robotic MVP patients without a concomitant ablation. Conclusions Robotic microwave ablation during robotic MVP is a safe, effective way to resolve atrial fibrillation. These methods offer a promising prelude to the combined totally endoscopic treatment of atrial arrhythmias and mitral insufficiency.
Solid state chemistry of polytungstic (polymolybdic) acids and their salts. III. Effects of dopant M′ (M′ = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb), hydration, and reduction on the photoluminescence of Na5Eu(MoO4)4

Abstract Doping Na5Eu(MoO4)4, which has a scheelite structure, results in an intensity increase of the intrinsic photoluminescence. In the emission spectra an extra emission peak appears in the narrow range of 616.2–616.5 nm throughout the SiGeSnPb dopant series. The increasing intensity of intrinsic photoluminescence seems to be connected to the covalent bonding strength of SiO, GeO, SnO, PbO. The appearance or disappearance of an extra peak may be explained in terms of a symmetry change of a local site of the Eu(III) ion. The emission intensity of Na4.67Eu0.67M′0.33(MoO4)4 · yH2O (y = 1, 1, 2, 2 for M′ = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, respectively) is lower than that of their corresponding anhydrous phosphors. This may be explained in terms of the vibrational frequencies and the low valent state of the chemical bonds.
Selective bronchial obstruction for treatment of bullous interstitial emphysema.

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Accommodating Pedestrians with Visual Impairments In and Around Work Zones

Results are presented of a Texas Transportation Institute study that assessed how work-zone information can be related to visually impaired users through audio messages. Researchers conducted a two-phase study that included both a laboratory survey and a field test of audio messages presented through motion-activated recordings in a mock work zone. A few of the key points found during this effort are as follows: (a) it is critical that an alternate-route message clearly state that the path will lead the pedestrian to the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street; (b) critical message elements for navigation of alternate routes were the initial turning or crossing instruction and the distance that pedestrians would need to continue on that path; (c) the existence of a high number of driveways can affect the ability of the visually impaired to count the number of blocks they have traveled and should be considered when alternate routes are established; (d) overload of information is still a concern, but there are specific message elements or terms that appear to have a greater adverse impact on recall (e.g., the use of distances in feet) than the typical message loading considerations; and (e) when it is important to provide warning messages about features for the visually impaired walking through or near a work area, it is critical to state clearly that the path is available (i.e., "sidewalk is open").
Alanine Uptake and Release by Sympathetic Ganglia of Chicken Embryos

: Uptake and release of alanine were measured in lumbar sympathetic chains excised from embryos of white leghorn chickens, 14-15 days old, and incubated in a modified Eagle's minimum essential medium. In the presence of [U-14C]glucose, glucose carbon accumulated in alanine in the medium at a rate that increased when unlabeled alanine was added and sometimes exceeded the rate of appearance in lactate. When combined with uptake data, the increase in appearance of labeled alanine in the medium could be accounted for quantitatively by interference with its reuptake, without assuming a change in the unidirectional output of labeled alanine, provided allowance was made for the measured properties of exchange between the extracellular space and the surrounding medium. According to this model, the constant unidirectional outflux of labeled alanine was about 50 μmol/g dry weight/h. When [U-14C]alanine was added to medium containing unlabeled glucose, the alanine was consumed at a rate that increased as the concentration of alanine in the medium was elevated. The uptake rate was found to fit a modified Michaelis-Menten equation with a Umax of about 120 μmol/g dry weight/h, a Km of 0.5-1.0 mM, and a Kd of 0.75 ml/g dry weight/h. By chemical measurement of changes in alanine concentration in the medium during incubation, the uptake rate was shown to equal the output rate when about 0.2 mM alanine was present. Much of the alanine consumed in the presence of glucose was metabolized to CO2, raising the total CO2 output above the rate obtained with glucose alone. When alanine was present at a concentration of 10-20 mM, it contributed almost as much carbon to CO2 as did the glucose. A higher percentage of the carbon from alanine was incorporated into tissue constituents than was carbon from either glucose or lactate. It is concluded that alanine can be significant both as a product and as a substrate, but that its role as substrate would not be great at typical concentrations of alanine in blood.
Efficiency and Loss Models for Key Electronic Components of Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles' Electrical Propulsion Systems

Isolated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) are widely used in power electronic applications including electric, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs, HEVs, and PHEVs). The trend towards more electric vehicles (MEVs) has demanded the need for power electronic devices capable of handling power in the range of 10-100 kW. However, the converter losses in this power range are of critical importance. Therefore, thermal management of the power electronic devices/converters is crucial for the reliability and longevity of the advanced vehicles. To aid the design of heat exchangers for the IGBT modules used in propulsion motor drives, a loss model for the IGBTs is necessary. The loss model of the IGBTs will help in the process of developing new heat exchangers and advanced thermal interface materials by reducing cost and time. This paper deals with the detailed loss modeling of IGBTs for advanced electrical propulsion systems. An experimental based loss model is proposed. The proposed loss calculation method utilizes the experimental data to reconstruct the loss surface of the power electronic devices by means of curve fitting and linear extrapolating. This enables the calculation of thermal losses in different voltage, current, and temperature conditions of operation. To verify the calculation method, an experimental test set-up was designed and built. The experimental set-up is an IGBT based bi-directional DC/DC converter. In addition, simulation results are presented to verify the proposed calculation method.
A model and temporal proof system for networks of processes

An approach is presented for modeling networks of processes that communicate exclusively through message passing. A process (or a network) is defined by its set of possible behaviors, where each behavior is an abstraction of an infinite execution sequence of the process. The resulting model is simple and modular and facilitates information hiding. It can describe both synchronous and asynchronous networks. It supports recursively-defined networks and can characterize liveness properties such as progress of inputs and outputs, termination, and deadlock. A sound and complete temporal proof system based on the model is presented. It is compositional — a specification of a network is formed naturally from specifications of its components.
Functional relation among subpixel canopy cover, ground shadow, and illuminated ground at large sampling scales

The functional relation among subpixel canopy cover, illuminated soil, and shadowed soil, which progressively develops with increasing pixel size, is investigated for Poisson distributed plants using a geometric canopy simulation model. An analytical relation among cover components is shown to be applicable when the scale of the pixel is much larger than the scale of the plant and ground shadow. The analysis is facilitated through the use of a nondimensional solar-geometric similarity parameter, eta, equal to the ratio of the area of one plant canopy to its associated ground shadow area, as viewed from nadir. A sampling scale ratio, defined as the ratio of the area of the pixel to the mean area of a single plant shadow, is tested as a quantitative criterion to evaluate when the functional relation among subpixel components occurs. The results of a remote sensing experiment over a natural conifer landscape provide preliminary confirmation of the theoretical analysis.
Generation of visitor components that implement program transformations

The visitor pattern is appealing to developers of program-analysis tools because it separates the design of the data structures that represent a program from the design of software that traverses these structures. Unfortunately, the visitor pattern is difficult to apply when the analysis involves transformation logic that involves multiple program fragments simultaneously. We encountered this problem in our work on the {\proj} project and discovered a novel way to use multiple cooperating visitor objects to systematically implement such functions when they are specified via a set of transformation rules. This paper introduces our {\em curried-visitor framework} and illustrates how we applied it to implement a key component in the {\proj} framework. We are working on a code generator that will automatically synthesize curried-visitor frameworks from a description of a program's abstract syntax and a set of pattern-matching transformation rules.
On the Existence of Duties to the Self (and Their Significance for Moral Philosophy)

Contemporary philosophers generally ignore the topic of duties to the self. I contend that they are mistaken to do so. The question of whether there are such duties, I argue, is of genuine significance when constructing theories of practical reasoning and moral psychology. In this essay, I show that much of the potential importance of duties to the self stems from what has been called the “second-personal” character of moral duties—the fact that the performance of a duty is “owed to” someone. But this is problematic, as there is reason to doubt whether a person can genuinely owe to herself the performance of an action. Responding to this worry, I show that temporal divisions within an agent's life enable her to relate to herself second-personally, in the way required by morality. The upshots, I argue, are that we need an intra-personal theory of justice that specifies the extent of a person's authority over herself, and that we need to rethink our theories of moral emotions in order to specify how an individual ought to respond to attacks on her interests and autonomy that she herself perpetrates.
A simple, inexpensive apparatus for rotating bottles during zooplankton feeding experiments

By using the bearings in the hub of bicycle wheels to support the weight of jars containing zooplankton and experimental food, a small laboratory stirring motor can be used to slowly rotate several kilograms of jars for zooplankton feeding experiments. This apparatus is quickly assembled from easily obtainable parts at almost no cost.
Management of leiomyoma causing myocardial infarction

Although most myocardial infarctions are caused by either obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries, severe anemia can lower oxygen carrying capacity and damage the myocardium. We report a case of leiomyoma-induced menorrhagia of such severity that myocardial infarction ensued. Hysterectomy was indicated to avoid further anemia. While delaying elective surgery until the heart has had time to recover from infarction is the usual practice, the fact that myoma-induced menorrhagia contributed to ischemia in this patient prompted us to perform hysterectomy shortly after infarction.
Prenatal diagnosis of complete atrioventricular septal defect with truncus arteriosus

Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a rare cardiac anomaly constituting less than 1% of all congenital heart defects. Its association with complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is extremely unusual and only 12 cases diagnosed postnatally or postmortem have been reported so far. We describe the first case of truncus arteriosus with AVSD to be diagnosed prenatally by fetal echocardiography.
Electrochemical reduction of arsenic (III) with cadmium metal

The kinetics of aqueous arsenic (III) reduction to amorphous arsenic with cadmium metal are presented. Two reaction mechanisms are observed in this system. With arsenic concentrations greater than approximately 0.2 gm/1 in solutions containing one molar sulfuric acid, the reduction of arsenyl ion on the cadmium surface is rate controlling. When arsenic concentrations are less than this value, reaction rate is mass-transport controlled. The reduction of arsenic (III) with cadmium powder at pH 2 is also presented.
Hodgkin disease: the sword of Damocles resheathed

Comment on Straus et al, page [3483][1] ABVD chemotherapy alone is as effective as ABVD plus radiation therapy in early-stage Hodgkin disease; thus, the majority of patients are curable without being exposed to the life-long, life-threatening risks of therapeutic radiation. Damocles, a courtier
Constructing a Calling: The Case of Evangelical Christian International Students in the United States

In this study of evangelical Christians from India, China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan enrolled in American colleges and universities, the idea of a calling emerged as an important component of identity and action. A narrative approach that incorporates visual methods was used ٤٠ collect the stories of 46 interviewees in Boston and two cities in China. Among study participants, 78 percent specifically connect their faith ٤٠ their professional aspirations ; and all participants refer ٤٠ their future career as a calling and/or part ٠/ “God's plan.” Through involvement in conservative Christian congregations, I argue, these women and men are socialized into communities in which the narratives ٠/ who they are, what ?٤ means ٤٠ be a Christian, and how their faith relates ٤٠ the many domains of modern life are part of the conversation. The idea of a calling is carried by these narratives and offers study participants a compelling way ٤٠ interpret the past, navigate everyday life in the present, and pursue a meaningful future.
Comparison of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease and the Cockcroft-Gault Equations for Predicting Mortality in Patients Admitted for Exclusion of Myocardial Ischemia

Renal dysfunction is an important predictor of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Until recently, the Cockcroft-Gault (C-G) equation has been most commonly used to estimate renal function, although the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation is now recommended. Which equation better predicts mortality is unclear. Consecutive patients without ST elevation on the initial electrocardiogram admitted for exclusion of myocardial ischemia were included. Admission creatinine was used to estimate renal function, and 30-day and 1-year mortality were compared after classifying patients as having no (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] > or =60 ml/min/m(2)), moderate (eGFR 30 to 59 ml/min/ m(2)), or severe (eGFR <30 ml/min/m(2)) renal dysfunction using the 2 equations. Of the 4,343 patients (49% women, 64% African-American) included, 16% had troponin I elevations consistent with myocardial infarction, and 1-year mortality was 10%. Agreement between the 2 equations was high (r = 0.87 p <0.001, concordance 86%). Mortality was similar in the 2 renal function classifications, with no significant differences based on race or troponin I status at 30 days or 1 year. However, the area of the receiver operator characteristic curve was significantly larger for predicting 1-year mortality with the C-G equation (0.75 [0.72 to 0.77] vs 0.71 [0.68 to 0.73]; p <0.01); both were superior to creatinine alone (0.68 [0.66 to 0.71]; p <0.01 for both C-G and MDRD). Results for 30-day mortality were similar. In conclusion, the C-G equation appears to be superior to the MDRD equation for predicting short- and long-term mortality in patients admitted for exclusion of ischemia, although differences are minor.
Cell Cycle: On-Time Delivery of Plk1 during Cytokinesis

At anaphase, the kinase Plk1 localizes to the spindle midzone, where it orchestrates cytokinesis. New work has now identified PRC1 as a Plk1-delivery factor that is tightly controlled by opposing cyclin B-Cdk1- and Plk1-dependent phosphorylations.
Acute liver failure due to trovafloxacin: CT findings

Symptomatic drug-induced hepatic adverse events due to trovafloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone antibiotic, are uncommon, but recent severe reactions have led to restriction on its use. We report the clinical course and computed tomography findings in a patient who developed acute liver failure shortly after commencing treatment with trovafloxacin. Extensive hepatic necrosis occurred and the patient ultimately died of her liver disease.
Prevalence and risk factors for recovery of filamentous fungi in individuals with cystic fibrosis

Background Filamentous fungi are frequently recovered from respiratory cultures of individuals with CF.
Similarity of Judge and Violator in Professional Decision Making

Of many factors in professional decision making by judges and violators of regulations 24 Os responded in terms of similarity in age, socio-economic class, degree of comfort, etc. of judge and violator.
Analyzing chromatin remodeling complexes using shotgun proteomics and normalized spectral abundance factors

Mass spectrometry-based approaches are commonly used to identify proteins from multiprotein complexes, typically with the goal of identifying new complex members or identifying post-translational modifications. However, with the recent demonstration that spectral counting is a powerful quantitative proteomic approach, the analysis of multiprotein complexes by mass spectrometry can be reconsidered in certain cases. Using the chromatography-based approach named multidimensional protein identification technology, multiprotein complexes may be analyzed quantitatively using the normalized spectral abundance factor that allows comparison of multiple independent analyses of samples. This study describes an approach to visualize multiprotein complex datasets that provides structure function information that is superior to tabular lists of data. In this method review, we describe a reanalysis of the Rpd3/Sin3 small and large histone deacetylase complexes previously described in a tabular form to demonstrate the normalized spectral abundance factor approach.
They that mourn.

Grief is a universal phenomenon. It most notably occurs following a loss by death, but may occur following any separation. It is a definite psychiatric syndrome with a characteristic onset, course, duration, and termination. The normal period of acute grief is from six to twelve weeks, and the normal grief reaction is completed within two years. The process by which the bereaved comes to accept the separation from the loved one and to readjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing is called the “grief work.” The more actively one engages in the grief work, the shorter the period of grief. The physican and the minister should help the bereaved to engage actively in the grief work; the principles of doing this are presented.
What Goes Around, Comes Around: Race, Blowback, and the Louisiana Elections of 2002 and 2003

The authors contrast the 2002 Senate and 2003 gubernatorial runoffs in Louisiana, noting that the margin and the breadth of victory were greater for a gubernatorial candidate who enjoyed less political resources than her copartisan. The authors argue that the GOP's southern strategy has constrained its ability to diversify its coalition and contributed to the defeat of its nonwhite candidate for governor. Using aggregate parish level data and individual survey responses, the authors demonstrate that the customary polarization of whites in favor of Republican nominees was undermined in the 2003 election. The authors offer some thoughts on the implications of the findings.
Free Will and Contextualism

This paper proposes a contextualist solution to the puzzle about free will. It argues that the context-sensitivity of statements about freedom of the will follows from the correct analysis of these statements. Because the analysis is independently plausible, the contextualism is warranted not merely in virtue of its capacity to solve the puzzle.
Separation theorem for first‐order pair‐correlation equations

The first-order pair-correlation equations devised by Sinanoǧlu are separated into one-electron perturbation equations appropriate for the interactions of individual orbitals with an external electromagnetic plane wave. Solutions of the latter equations, obtained employing variational and related computational techniques, provide compact expressions for both intra- and intershell pair functions and energies.
The Comovement of Stock Prices

We test whether comovements of individual stock prices can be justified by economic fundamentals. This is a test of the present value model of security valuation with the constraint that changes in discount rates depend only on changes in macroeconomic variables. Then, stock prices of companies in unrelated lines of business should move together only in response to changes in current or expected future macroeconomic conditions. Using a latent variable model to capture unobserved expectations, we find excess comovement of returns. We show that this excess comovement can be explained in part by company size and degree of institutional ownership, suggesting market segmentation.
SU‐GG‐J‐138: Effect of RF Pulse Dwell Time on Eddy Current and Motion Compensation in Multi‐Shot Diffusion‐Weighted MRI

Purpose: Diffusion‐weighted (DW) MRI can provide information to improve target delineation in radiation treatment planning. The widely used twice‐refocused spin‐echo (TRSE) sequence is optimized to diminish eddy current‐induced geometric distortions. However, the TRSE sequence imposes a longer minimum echo time, which precludes its use in acquiring DW images in tissues with short T2s. We found that radiofrequency (RF) pulse dwell times can also affect DW image quality, and demonstrate that high‐fidelity, multi‐shot DW images can be obtained using the non‐optimized Stejkal and Tanner (ST) sequence when short RF pulse dwell times are employed. Method and Materials: A pulse sequence of our own design was implemented to acquire DW images using ST and TRSE diffusion‐encoding schemes with 25 usec and 2 usec RF pulse dwell times. Single‐ and multi‐shot spiral DW images (b=0, 1000 s/mm2) of phantom and healthy volunteer were acquired on a 3.0T Siemens Verio scanner.Images were reconstructed offline using custom software developed at our Institution. Results: Single‐ and multi‐shot non‐DW images did not exhibit a dependence on RF pulse dwell time. Furthermore, single‐shot DW images acquired with the TRSE method did not exhibit a dependence on RF pulse dwell time. However, multi‐shot DW images exhibited significant artifacts at long RF pulse dwell times, even for the optimized TRSE method. Reducing the RF pulse dwell time improved the inherent immunity of the sequences to eddy current and motion‐induced artifacts, permitting acquisition of high‐fidelity, multi‐shot DW images even with the non‐optimized ST method. Conclusions: Compensation of eddy current and motion‐induced artifacts in multi‐shot DW imaging can be affected by choice of RF pulse dwell time. High‐fidelity, multi‐shot DW images of short T2 tissues can be obtained using the non‐optimized, traditional ST method so long as the RF pulse dwell time is kept short. Research supported by Siemens Healthcare
Diagnostic Evaluation of Mononucleosis-Like Illnesses

Clinicians face a diagnostic challenge when a patient with the classic fever, pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy triad of infectious mononucleosis has a negative "spot" heterophile antibody test. This screening test, although commonly considered sensitive for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, may be negative early after infection. A growing number of pathogens have been reported to cause heterophile-negative mononucleosis-like illnesses, including cytomegalovirus (CMV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), adenovirus, herpes simplex virus (HSV), Streptococcus pyogenes, and Toxoplasma gondii. Other infectious and noninfectious disorders also may present in ways that mimic mononucleosis, but fail to generate EBV's archetypal triad of clinical findings. A systematic approach to the diagnosis of mononucleosis-like illnesses ensures that conditions warranting specific therapy are distinguished from others requiring only supportive care.
Discourses of difference: Applied methodologies for evaluating race and speech style

Questions of how speech style is racially identified have pervaded linguistic research and public concern for decades. However, the types of evidence used in linguistic studies on this topic often restrict application outside of the discipline. Particularly, the dichotomy between privileged linguistic ‘expert’ interpretations of perceptions and lesser valued ‘lay’ reactions to speech raises methodological issues for application. This article discusses alternative methodologies for analyzing how race functions as a linguistic category in evaluative interactions. While linguistic studies often treat race as an unproblematic category attached to speakers, this study proposes a discursive approach that (re)considers how speech becomes ‘racialized’ in lay discourses of difference. Framed by a methodological approach that problematizes epistemological formulations of race, speech, and researcher knowledge, I offer evidence of a discursive approach’s applied usefulness through examples from membership categorization analysis (MCA) of one interviewee’s racial evaluations of speech. I argue that inclusion of a discursive approach to better understand racial speech evaluation promotes application of linguistic research by offering evidence that existing approaches cannot by nature of their epistemological tenets and methodological focus.
Membrane trafficking in neurons

Neurons possess an unusually extensive Golgi apparatus and exhibit a variety of active endocytic-like processes. The Golgi apparatus and the endocytic phenomena both contribute, probably in multiple overlapping ways, to the genesis and fate of the membrane systems in axons and terminals.
Localizing the reovirus packaging signals using an engineered m1 and s2 ssRNA.

Abstract Using in vitro engineered and transcribed reovirus m1 and s2 ssRNAs, we demonstrate that the nucleotides used to identify these ssRNAs are localized to the 5′ and not the 3′ termini. To demonstrate this, we used our previously reported S2-CAT reovirus and we report the creation of an engineered M1-CAT reovirus. The M1 gene of this virus retains 124 nucleotides from the wild type M1 gene preceding the CAT gene and 172 nucleotides from the wild type gene following the CAT gene. The engineered M1-CAT ssRNA is 1048 nucleotides in length, much shorter than the wild type M1 at 2304 nucleotides. We have used a set of chimeric s2.m1 ssRNAs to localize the packaging signals within these RNAs. By packaging signals we mean that the presence of these signals in engineered ssRNAs results in these ssRNAs being replicated to dsRNA and packaged into progeny virus. An engineered ssRNA with a 5′ sequence identical with the wild type s2 ssRNA, supported by a 3′ sequence from either the m1 or s2 ssRNA, is incorporated into a virus as an S2 dsRNA. Likewise, an ssRNA with an m1 5′ end is incorporated as an M1 dsRNA.
A New Dental Superalloy System: VI. Heat Treatment

Heat treatment caused an increase in ductility. Aging caused an increase in strength and hardness with a decrease in ductility. Overaging caused decreases in strength and ductility. Solution treating resulted in a single phase. The precipitation of coherent intermetallic compounds caused maximum strengthening with minimum loss of ductility.
Radiation therapy port films: a quality assurance study

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the port film acceptance rate in a large community practice setting and to catalog the reasons for rejection. Methods: Between December 1993 and July 1996, a quality assurance monitor log was maintained on 4,150 patients who underwent a total of 4,450 treatment courses. Port films were taken at the beginning and at the half way point in the treatment course. A total of 20,735 port films were compared with the matching simulation films. We recorded the site being treated, the radiation oncologist who reviewed the films and the reason for rejection. Results: The monthly acceptance rate varied from a low of 67% to a high of 83%, with a gradual upward trend. The single most common reason for rejecting films was a centering problem—12% of all films taken were rejected for this reason. The next most common problems were block placement or body setup errors that caused 3.4% and 2.7% of the films to be rejected, respectively. Average acceptance rates between 10 different sites (abdomen, brain, breast, chest, extremities, head and neck, pelvis, prostate, rectum and spine) varied from 68% to 80%. Individual differences between 12 radiation oncologists reviewing the films varied from 67% to 87%. Conclusions: A detailed analysis of field localization errors allowed us to identify areas where improvement was needed and suggested that specific guidelines for acceptance would help reduce the variability noted in the acceptance rate between sites and physicians.
Introducing a new method for FDTD modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetized plasma

Computational investigations of electromagnetic wave propagation in the upper atmosphere are important for studying space weather hazards, such as geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). GICs are currents generated in gas/oil pipelines, railroads, and electric power networks due to solar storms and the consequent modification of the ionospheric current system. In the upper atmosphere where the collision frequency of the charged particles becomes negligible, the medium is magnetized and anisotropic. The difficulty in modeling wave propagation in magnetized plasma is due to the difficulty in accurately calculating the electric current. The electric current can be found from the momentum equation. However, a fast and efficient method is required to find the electric current perpendicular and parallel to the geomagnetic field.
Microboring Versus Recrystallization: Further Insight into the Micritization Process

SEM observations of lightly etched thin sections of Bahamian sediments reveal an unusual process of micritization that involves carbonate precipitation in microborings concurrent with endolithic activity. A coccoid cyanobacterium, tentatively identified as Solentia sp., bores tunnels, which initially penetrate just beneath grain surfaces and eventually extend throughout the entire grain. These tunnels are filled by radial fibrous aragonite, which is precipitated as the microorganism advances. Extensive multicyclic repetitions of this process result in obliteration of original grain textures with almost complete preservation of grain margins and rare empty bore holes. The rapidly filled tunnels cannot be detected by resin cast embedding techniques that are commonly used to study microboring. This type of multicyclic boring and concurrent filling of bore holes forms micritized grains that can be difficult or impossible to distinguish from micritized grains formed by recrystallization.
2,4-DINITROPHENYL RECEPTORS ON MOUSE THYMUS AND SPLEEN CELLS

A higher percentage of specific antigen-binding cells can be detected not only in normal CBA/J mouse spleen cell preparations (0.99%), but also in the normal thymus cell preparations (0.15%) with the use of [125I]2,4-dinitrophenyl-human IgG (DNP-HGG) as compared with most other antigens employed under similar conditions. The receptors on these cells are mainly specific for the DNP group as shown by the inhibition studies with DNP-lysine and the other DNP conjugates. In addition, it was shown by the inhibition studies with DNP-lysine that the thymus cells seem to have a lower avidity for DNP than the spleen cells. Preincubation of cell suspensions with antisera to immunoglobulins showed that the DNP-HGG antigen-binding cells in the thymus are inhibited predominantly with anti-µ-chain serum and the spleen cells with both anti-µ-chain and anti-γ-chain sera; both cell populations were also significantly inhibited with the antisera to κ-chains and Fab fragments. These data indicate that the nature of the receptor on the T cell differs from that on the majority of spleen cells.
Semiclassical Limits of Quantized Coordinate Rings

This paper offers an expository account of some ideas, methods, and conjectures concerning quantized coordinate rings and their semiclassical limits, with a particular focus on primitive ideal spaces. The semiclassical limit of a family of quantized coordinate rings of an affine algebraic variety V consists of the classical coordinate ring O(V) equipped with an associated Poisson structure. Conjectured relationships between primitive ideals of a generic quantized coordinate ring A and symplectic leaves in V (relative to a semiclassical limit Poisson structure on O(V)) are discussed, as are breakdowns in the connections when the symplectic leaves are not algebraic. This prompts replacement of the differential-geometric concept of symplectic leaves with the algebraic concept of symplectic cores, and a reformulated conjecture is proposed: The primitive spectrum of A should be homeomorphic to the space of symplectic cores in V, and to the Poisson-primitive spectrum of O(V). Various examples, including both quantized coordinate rings and enveloping algebras of solvable Lie algebras, are analyzed to support the choice of symplectic cores to replace symplectic leaves.
Preliminary observations on state of insulin in human and bovine pancreas.

SummaryA major fraction of insulin in human and bovine pancreas is readily adsorbed on cationic exchange resin, in sodium form, from homogenates prepared in 0.15 M sodium chloride at pH 6.6 ± 0.4. These studies suggest that this fraction of insulin in pancreas may be in a complex form, possibly with basic proteins, the insulin complex being adsorbed on the resin under specified conditions.
Watching for Whales: Emerging Configurations of Scholarly Communication

This poster describes the creation of a multi-modal, interactive digital report as an example of emerging configurations of scholarly communication. The digital report is a web-based artifact including textual, aural, graphic, and video content presented in a loose narrative structure, and is designed to return agency of narrative creation and sense making to the user. The value, creation, and challenges associated with designing and creating the digital report are discussed.