WOMENS SUPERSAFETY-NIRBHAY & MORE (WOMENS SUPERSAFETY-NIRBHAY-2012)

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Antibody titers were lower in volunteers 50 years of age and older. Vaccination history against other flaviviruses yellow fever or tick borne encephalitis did not significantly influence PRNT50 titers. A two-step log-linear decline model predicted protection against JE of approximately 14 years after the booster dose. Six years after a booster dose against JE, long-term protection could be demonstrated.

According to our results, further booster doses should be scheduled 10 years following the first booster dose. The Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, six years after the Macondo oil well blowout. The Gulf of Mexico ecosystem is a hotspot for biological diversity and supports a number of industries, from tourism to fishery production to oil and gas exploration, that serve as the economic backbone of Gulf coast states. The Gulf is a natural hydrocarbon basin, rich with stores of oil and gas that lie in reservoirs deep beneath the seafloor.

The natural seepage of hydrocarbons across the Gulf system is extensive and, thus, the system's biological components experience ephemeral, if not, frequent, hydrocarbon exposure. In contrast to natural seepage, which is diffuse and variable over space and time, the Macondo oil well blowout, represented an intense, focused hydrocarbon infusion to the Gulf's deepwaters. The Macondo blowout drove rapid shifts in microbial populations and activity, revealed unexpected phenomena, such as deepwater hydrocarbon plumes and marine "oil snow" sedimentation, and impacted the Gulf's pelagic and benthic ecosystems.

Understanding the distribution and fate of Macondo oil was limited to some degree by an insufficient ability to predict the physical movement of water in the Gulf. In other words, the available physical oceanographic models lacked critical components. In the past six years , much has been learned about the physical oceanography of the Gulf, providing transformative knowledge that will improve the ability to predict the movement of water and the hydrocarbons they carry in future blowout scenarios.

Similarly, much has been learned about the processing and fate of Macondo hydrocarbons. Here, we provide an overview of the distribution, fate and impacts of Macondo hydrocarbons and offer suggestions for future research to push the field of oil spill response research forward. Comparison of traditional six-year and new four-year dental curricula in South Korea. This study aimed to compare the dental curriculum of the traditional six-year system with that of the new four-year graduate-entry system in South Korea. There are 11 dental schools in South Korea: Eight offer the new four-year program and the other three offer the traditional six-year program.

Descriptive analyses were conducted using bibliographic data and local information along with statistical analyses such as chi-square tests. In the six-year programs, clinical dentistry subjects were taught almost equally in practical and didactic courses, while the basic science courses were taught more often as practical courses P six-year program. The health benefits of a physical active lifestyle and physical fitness from a young age are widely recognized as beneficial. This study examined the relationship between physical fitness and motor competence in children aged four- to six-years -old.

A sample of 42 children mean age 5. In order to document the self-directed, spontaneous growth in literary output of a six-year -old child, her writings during a one month period were collected and compiled. It was discovered that the child used writing to organize knowledge about the environment and the operations of print, to maintain personal relations, to establish impersonal or…. This study examined contributions of maternal sensitivity and maternal representation of childhood experiences to differences in attachment strategies in a cohort of infants from birth to six years.

Antenatal maternal attachment representation was assessed with the Adult Attachment Interview. Maternal sensitivity was assessed with the Child-Adult…. Many studies propose that chess is a game requiring cognitive skills and has positive effects on mental development. In recent years, chess training has also been emphasised as important during the early childhood period.

However, no studies have been done with six-year -old children. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not…. Recent research indicates that infants can learn novel words equally well through addressed speech as through overhearing two adult experimenters. The current study examined to which extent six-year -old children learn from overhearing opportunities in regular kindergarten classroom practices.

Six year improvement program: This program is the Commonwealth Transportation Board's plan for the use of funds anticipated to be available for ports, airports, public transit, and highway construction in the fiscal year. The Board also uses this Six-Year Program to distr Six Year Improvement Program: Fiscal Years thru Vol. The teaching unit provides materials for the fifth year of the six-year secondary school curriculum in Ukrainian as a second language. It focuses on basic vocabulary and communications skills related to the theme of "the restaurant" including: Two-course bonded concrete bridge deck construction: This report presents the findings from a six-year study of two-course bonded concrete bridge decks constructed in Virginia.

Each of three special portland cement concretes was applied as an overlay, or wearing course, on two experimental spans. This paper focuses on children's number fact knowledge from a study that explored the impact of using multiplication and division contexts for developing number understanding with 34 five- and six-year -old children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

After a series of focused lessons, children's knowledge of number facts, including…. This is a nationwide six-year data study of law enforcement training and professional development in relationship to workplace productivity. Why do we care about law enforcement training and professional development? Because the law enforcement environment is not standing still.

Unlawful activity, and in particular drug trafficking strategies,…. Epidemiological-based childhood headache natural history study: Headache is a common problem among adolescents, and variations can be observed in headache types and characteristics. The present study aimed to reach Turkish children who were investigated six years previously in a school-based childhood headache project, and to evaluate their current headache status.

Investigators interviewed the available students with structured questionnaires. New and old data were matched and analyzed. The present study included adolescents mean age The prevalence of headache was In the intervening six years , headache prevalence increased and the headache types changed significantly Kappa: It can also be suggested that new country-based management strategies are required. Field trial of solvent-free emulsion in Oregon: This final report summarizes construction, laboratory and performance information gathered by ODOT personnel from a single field trial of solvent-free emulsion mix constructed in June The solvent-free emulsion mix presented several placement pr Presentation of clinical results and experience with this technique during past six years.

Ovarian tissue cryopreservation OTC and its future auto-transplantation becomes an alternative for patients to prevent serious damage of ovarian function by oncology treatment. Patient is indicated to OTC in case of high risk of ovarian failure due to planned chemotherapy and impossibility to use other oncofertility techniques. Ovarian tissue harvesting is done by laparoscopy in short-term general anesthesia.

After tissue processing the samples are cryopreserved in programmable automatic freezer or by vitrification. The auto-transplantation of ovarian tissue is planned after the complete cure of patient's malignancy. Our workplace doesn't have own experience with tissue transplantation - until now cryopreserved tissue has not yet been utilized by the patients.

Clinical experience with this technique gained by our team during academic stay in abroad Israeli clinic is presented. During the years of the OTC was performed in 19 cancer patients before chemotherapy. Average age of women was 26 years. The length of systemic chemotherapy averaged 7. Time from fertility preservation counseling to chemotherapy was not exceeding one week 7. Ovarian tissue harvesting was conducted by laparoscopic surgery in all cases.

The length of surgery did not exceed 60 minutes and no surgical complications were observed. The case of ovarian tissue transplantation performed on abroad university settings is discussed. In the consensus of with. Volcanic ash particles have an impact on the Earth's radiation budget and pose a severe danger to air traffic. Therefore, the ability to detect and characterize volcanic ash layers on a global and altitude-dependent scale is essential. It is also very sensitive to cloud and aerosol particles. From calculations of volcanic ash and ice particle optical properties, such as extinction coefficients and single scattering albedos as well as simulated MIPAS radiance spectra, we derived two optimal micro windows at Our method applies two radiance thresholds to detect volcanic ash.

The first one is derived from a statistical analysis of six years of measured MIPAS radiances in the selected spectral windows. This statistical threshold accounts only for pure volcanic ash detections. The second threshold allows more volcanic ash detections, because it accounts also for mixtures of ice and volcanic ash particles within the instrument's field of view. With the new method major eruptions from e. Condition of live fire-scarred ponderosa pine trees six years after removing partial cross sections.

Our objective was to document the effect of fire-history sampling on the mortality of mature ponderosa pine trees in Oregon. We examined trees from which fire-scarred partial cross sections had been removed five to six years earlier, and similarly sized, unsampled neighbor trees, from 78 plots distributed over about 5, ha. Mortality was low for both groups A rare case of intraoral lipoma in a six year -old child: One type of soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity is lipoma, which is a kind of benign tumor composed of mature lipid cells.

Although the lipoma presents as one of the most common mesenchymal neoplasms, most tend to develop on the trunk and proximal portions of the extremities. However, lipomas in the oral and maxillofacial region are much less frequent. Here we present a case of an intraoral lipoma in a six year -old child. First field trials with fungi against Anoplophora glabripennis. We have been evaluating the use of entomopathogenic fungi against A. Lost Hills Field Trial - incorporating new technology for resevoir management. This paper will discuss how Chevron U. Production Company is implementing a field trial that will use Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA on injection wells, in conjunction with satellite images to measure ground elevation changes, to perform real-time resevoir management in the Lost Hills Field.

A field test program of six m ft test: Consequences and coping strategies six years after a subarachnoid hemorrhage — A qualitative study. There is a lack of knowledge regarding long-term consequences experienced. Purpose To explore experiences of the care and rehabilitation as well as the consequences and strategies used to cope with everyday life six years post SAH. Methods An explorative interview study with a qualitative design.

Individual interviews, with open ended questions, using an interview guide were performed with sixteen participants mean age 63, 8 men, 8 women six years post SAH. Data was analyzed according to a descriptive thematic analysis, and themes were discovered inductively. Results Two major themes from the analysis, both including four sub-themes, were identified; these themes were consequences of the SAH and coping strategies. Participants were grateful to have survived the SAH and most were satisfied with their acute medical care. If discharged directly from the neurosurgical unit participants can feel abandoned.

In contrast, participants who were referred to a rehabilitation clinic felt supported and informed. Cognitive problems, such as impaired memory and mental fatigue, were reported as still present six years post SAH. Coping strategies were; receiving support from family, society, employers, or technical equipment. At work, talking to colleagues and to taking breaks were common.

Participants described hiding their symptoms from employers and friends, as well as trying to continue doing tasks in the same manner as prior to the SAH. If this was not possible, some refrained from doing these tasks. They went through a mourning process, fear, and worries. Conclusions Participants reported several long-term consequences which impacted on their daily lives post SAH, and different coping strategies were used to cope with these problems. Participants reported lack of awareness regarding the consequences of SAH and stressed the importance of structured.

Social inequalities and dental caries in six-year -old children from the Netherlands. The purpose of our study was to investigate the association of different socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors with dental caries in six-year -old children. Furthermore, we applied a district based approach to explore the distribution of dental caries among districts of low and high socioeconomic position SEP.

In our cross-sectional study six-year -olds were included. This study was embedded in a prospective population-based birth cohort study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Generation R Study. Parental education level, parental employment status, net household income, single parenting, and teenage pregnancy were considered as indicators for SEP. Dental caries was scored on intraoral photographs by using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth dmft index. Multinomial logistic regression analyses and binary logistic regression analyses were performed to study the association between SEP and caries, and between district and caries, respectively.

Only maternal education level remained significantly associated with mild caries after adjusting for all other SEP-indicators. Paternal educational level, parental employment status, and household income additionally served as independent indicators of SEP in children with severe caries. Furthermore, living in more disadvantaged districts was significantly associated with higher odds of dental caries.

Dental caries is more prevalent among six-year -old children with a low SEP, which is also visible at the district level. Maternal educational level is the most important indicator of SEP in the association with caries. Our results should raise concerns about the existing social inequalities in dental caries and should encourage development of dental caries prevention strategies.

New knowledge about the distribution of oral health inequalities between districts should be used to target the right audience. The First Thirty- six Years: A History of the Albuquerque District, Further assembly and tests of Fifteen dates of spring-time SPOT HRV data along with near-concurrent vertical aerial photographic and phenological data from spring through spring were analyzed to monitor annual changes in a hectare, southeastern floodplain marsh. The marsh underwent rapid changes during the six years from a swamp dominated by non-persistent, thermally tolerant macrophytes to persistent macrophyte and shrub-scrub communities as reactor discharges declined to Pen Branch.

Savannah River flooding was also important in the timing of the shift of these wetland communities. The prevalence of syphilis at childbirth in Ireland: Re-emerging syphilis outbreaks across Europe have led to increasing syphilis rates among women of child-bearing age. We, therefore, identified all forms of syphilis cases among women hospitalized for delivery in Ireland over a six-year period. Cases per annum ranged from 10 to 24 Rates of syphilis in this universally screened cohort were four times higher than the general Irish population. Future studies examining the incidence of congenital syphilis as well as patterns in follow-up treatment for the sero-positive mother and her infant are needed to better guide clinical intervention.

The purpose was to collect data on surface-laid mines, UXO, submunitions, IED's, and background with a variety of optical sensors, for further use in the project. Three terrain types were covered: The sensors used in the field trial included UV, VIS, and NIR sensors as well as thermal, multi-spectral, and hyper-spectral sensors, 3-D laser radar and polarization sensors. Some of the sensors were mounted on an aerial work platform, while others were placed on tripods on the ground.

This paper describes the field trial and the presents some initial results obtained from the subsequent analysis. Empirical trials of plant field guides. We designed 3 image-based field guides to tropical forest plant species in Ghana, Grenada, and Cameroon and tested them with local residents and 20 botanists in the United Kingdom. We compared users' identification accuracy with different image formats, including drawings, specimen photos, living plant photos, and paintings.

We compared users' accuracy with the guides to their accuracy with only their prior knowledge of the flora. We asked respondents to score each format for usability, beauty, and how much they would pay for it. Prior knowledge of plant names was generally low field guides and nonspecialists to identify plants, for example, in conservation applications. We recommend authors of plant field guides use the cheapest or easiest illustration format because image type had limited bearing on accuracy; match the type of illustration to the most likely use of the guide for slight improvements in accuracy; avoid black and white formats unless the audience is experienced at interpreting illustrations or keeping costs low is imperative; discourage false-positive identifications, which were common; and encourage users to ask an expert or use a herbarium for.

Payment systems and oral health in Swedish dental care: Observations over six years. The aim of this longitudinal study of patients in regular dental care was to compare the findings of manifest caries and fillings after a 6-year adherence to either of two optional payment models, the traditional fee-for service FFS model, or the new capitation model 'Dental Care for Health' DCH.

Data on manifest caries lesions, the number of fillings and a number of background variables were collected from both a register and a questionnaire completed by 6, regular dental patients who met the inclusion criteria. The influence of payment system adherence and background variables on the number of manifest caries lesions at study end was examined by the means of negative binomial regression analysis. The incidence rate ratio of manifest caries lesions after six years in FFS was 1. The number of fillings was higher in FFS than in DCH at study start and at study end, and was also described by a steeper slope.

At group level, this study showed a statistically significant difference between the caries situation after six years in DCH compared with FFS, when some important background factors, including pre-baseline caries, were kept constant in a regression model. Propolis has been used as a natural health product mainly due to the presence of polyphenols, flavonoids, phenolic aldehydes, amino acids, vitamins and others bioactive constituents. To this natural substance are attributed different biological and pharmacological properties which are influenced by its chemical composition and organoleptic properties.

The aim of this work was to evaluate the physicochemical properties and parameters of green propolis collected during a period of six years in the state of Minas Gerais, located at the southeastern region of Brazil. The methodology were in accordance with Brazilian legislation on the identity and quality standards of propolis. The evaluated parameters of hydroalcoholic from green propolis were total flavonoids, antioxidant activity - DPPH method, oxidation index, wax content, humidity and insoluble impurities. Propolis samples collected in different seasons during the years to presented mean values of total flavonoids 3.

Green propolis did not show abrupt seasonal changes during the six years of investigation, and may be considered as an adequate functional ingredient. The London field trial for hoarding disorder. This study field -tested the validity, reliability and perceived acceptability of the proposed diagnostic criteria for HD. Method Fifty unselected individuals with prominent hoarding behavior and 20 unselected, self-defined 'collectors' participated in thorough psychiatric assessments, involving home visits whenever possible.

A semi-structured interview based on the proposed diagnostic criteria for HD was administered and scored by two independent raters. The percentage of true positive HD cases sensitivity and true negative HD cases specificity was calculated, along with inter-rater reliability for the diagnosis and each criterion. Participants were asked about their perceptions of the acceptability, utility and stigma associated with the new diagnosis. The sensitivity, specificity and inter-rater reliability of the diagnosis, and of each individual criterion and the specifiers, were excellent.

The proposed HD criteria are valid, reliable and perceived as acceptable and useful by the sufferers.

Crucially, they seem to be sufficiently conservative and unlikely to overpathologize normative behavior. Minor changes in the wording of the criteria are suggested. Clinical trials of GMP products in the gene therapy field. Advances in gene therapy are increasingly leading to clinical assessment in many fields of medicine with diverse approaches. As the technology advances, it is increasingly important to ensure that clinical trials answer the questions that need to be asked.

In this chapter we review examples of published clinical trials , resources for accessing information about registered trials , the process of regulating trials , good clinical practice, and good manufacturing practice as well as summarising the approach taken by regulatory authorities in reviewing applications for the introduction of products for use in the clinic.

First generation leishmaniasis vaccines: First generation candidate vaccines against leishmaniasis, prepared using inactivated whole parasites as their main ingredient, were considered as promising because of their relative ease of production and low cost. These vaccines have been the subject of many investigations over several decades and are the only leishmaniasis vaccine candidates which have undergone phase 3 clinical trial evaluation. Although the studies demonstrated the safety of the vaccines and several studies showed reasonable immunogenicity and some indication of protection, an efficacious prophylactic vaccine is yet to be identified.

Despite this overall failure, these trials contributed significantly to increasing knowledge on human leishmaniasis immunology. To provide a collective view, this review discusses the methods and findings of field efficacy trials of first generation leishmaniasis vaccine clinical trials conducted in the Old and New Worlds. The biochar community is excellent at pointing to individual cases where biochar amendment has changed soil properties, with some studies showing significant improvements in crop yields, reduction in nutrient export, and remediation of pollutants.

However, many studies exist which do not show improvements, and in some cases, studies clearly show detrimental outcomes.

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The next, crucial step in biochar science and engineering research will be to develop a process-based understanding of how biochar acts to improve soil properties. In particular, we need a better mechanistic understanding of how biochar sorbs and desorbs contaminants, how it interacts with soil water, and how it interacts with the soil microbial community. These mechanistic studies need to encompass processes that range from the nanometer to the kilometer scale.

At the nanometer scale, we need a predictive model of how biochar will sorb and desorb hydrocarbons, nutrients, and toxic metals. At the micrometer scale we need models that explain biochar's effects on soil water, especially the plant-available fraction of soil water. The micrometer scale is also where mechanistic information is neeed about microbial processes.

At the macroscale we need physical models to describe the landscape mobility of biochar, because biochar that washes away from fields can no longer provide crop benefits. To be most informative, biochar research should occur along a lab-greenhouse- field trial trajectory. Laboratory experiments should aim determine what mechanisms may act to control biochar-soil processes, and then greenhouse experiments can be used to test the significance of lab-derived mechanisms in short, highly replicated, controlled experiments. Once evidence of effect is determined from greenhouse experiments, field trials are merited.

Field trials are the gold standard needed prior to full deployment, but results from field trials cannot be extrapolated to other field sites without the mechanistic backup provided. The purpose of this study is for the emotional skills of six-year -old children attending nursery school according to some variables. The participants were girls and boys six-year -old children attending nursery school. Data were collected from Assessment of Children's Emotional Skills and personal information form. In order to analyze….

The goal of the field trial of EDAS was to demonstrate the utility of secure branching of operator instrumentation for nuclear safeguards, identify any unforeseen implementation and application issues with EDAS, and confirm whether the approach is compatible with operator concerns and constraints. This field -based randomized trial examined the effect of assignment to and participation in summer school for two moderately at-risk samples of struggling readers.

Application of multiple regression models to difference scores capturing the change in summer reading fluency revealed that kindergarten students randomly assigned to summer school…. The participants are 49 first-grade through fifth-grade classrooms from predominantly minority and poor contexts across the nation. Blocking by grade level…. In this article, we report on the search for gamma-ray emission from 20 magnetars using six years of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations. No significant evidence for gamma-ray emission from any of the currently known magnetars is found.

We derived the most stringent upper limits to date on the 0. We searched gamma-ray pulsations for the four magnetars having reliable ephemerides over the observing period, but detected none. The seven LRO instruments use a variety of primarily remote sensing techniques to obtain a unique set of observations. These measurements provide new information regarding the physical properties of the lunar surface, the lunar environment, and the location of volatiles and other resources. Scientific interpretation of these observations improves our understanding of the geologic history of the Moon, its current state, and what its history can tell us about the evolution of the Solar System.

Scientific results from LRO observations overturned existing paradigms and deepened our appreciation of the complex nature of our nearest neighbor. This paper summarizes the capabilities, measurements, and some of the science and exploration results of the first six years of the LRO mission. We report on the search for gamma-ray emission from 20 magnetars using six years of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations.

The effects of grooming on a copper ablative coating: These ships may spend long periods of time pier-side, which makes them vulnerable to fouling. Hull grooming has been proposed as a means of maintaining the coatings in an operational condition. This study investigated the effect of grooming on a copper ablative coating exposed statically for six years. Grooming was performed weekly or monthly with controls left ungroomed.

The fouling community was visually assessed, dry film thickness measurements were taken to monitor coating loss, and the copper leaching rates were measured. It was found that weekly and monthly groomed surfaces reduced fouling, and the ungroomed surfaces became fully fouled.

Coating loss was similar for weekly, monthly and ungroomed surfaces. The results suggest that grooming is a viable method for maintaining copper ablative coatings in a fouling-free condition without adverse increases in the total copper output.

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Six-year pilot study on nucleic acid testing for blood donations in China. High residual risk was found in current blood donations screening in China. Case report of narcolepsy in a six-year -old child initially misdiagnosed as atypical epilepsy. This report describes a case of first-onset narcolepsy in a six-year -old female that was misdiagnosed as atypical epilepsy and other diagnoses at eight different hospitals over a period of 10 months before the correct diagnosis was made.

The diagnosis of narcolepsy is more difficult in children because very few of them experience all four cardinal symptoms of narcolepsy - paroxysmal sleep, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucination, and sleep paralysis - and they often have a more prolonged onset and diverse symptoms. To decrease the time lag between initial presentation and accurate diagnosis, we recommend that in all cases in which children report excessive sleep of unknown etiology - regardless of the associated symptoms - that sleep monitoring and sleep latency tests be conducted to rule out the possibility of narcolepsy.

The case highlights the wide variety of presentations of uncommon psychiatric conditions, particularly in children, and the need for clinicians to be aware of the atypical presentations of these conditions when collecting medical histories. We describe a case of a six-year -old girl who presents multiple dysmorphic features characteristic of Down's syndrome. She has a significant general developmental delay, with a score that correspond to 32 months of developmental age.

This delay is especially in language, with a very scant vocabulary. She communicates with some hand sign words or pointing, although her auditory responses in hearing test were normal. This double trisomy is a rare condition described in isolated cases in the literature and none of these refers to the developmental aspects of these children Balwan et al.

A safety culture is the collective effort of an institution to direct its resources toward the goal of safety. An analysis is performed on the six years of experience of the Committee on the Safety of Neonatal Patient. A mailbox was created for the declaration of adverse events, and measures for their correction were devised, such as case studies, continuous education, prevention of nosocomial infections, as well as information on the work done and its assessment.

A total of reports of adverse events were received during the six years , of which Simple corrective measures notification, security alerts, etc. As regards nosocomial infections, the prevention strategies implemented hand washing, insertion and maintenance of catheters directly affected their improvement.

Two surveys were conducted to determine the level of satisfaction with the Committee on the Safety of Neonatal Patient. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands. Amazon Business Service for business customers. Amazon Second Chance Pass it on, trade it in, give it a second life. Regardless of the level of practice, ICTs will continue influencing the careers of social workers and the clients they serve.

ICTs have received some attention in the social work literature and curriculum, but we argue that this level of attention is not adequate given their ubiquity, growth and influence, specifically as it relates to upholding social work ethics. Significant attention is needed to help ensure social workers are responsive to the technological changes in the health care system, including the health care infrastructure and use of technology among clients. Social workers also need ICT competencies in order to effectively lead different types of social change initiatives or collaborate with professionals of other disciplines who are using ICTs as part of existing strategies.

This paper also identifies potential pitfalls and challenges with respect to the adoption of ICTs, with recommendations for advancing their use in practice, education, and research. SLC currently provides a processing and launch capability for small-scale rockets; this capability will be augmented with additional ATDC facilities to provide a comprehensive and integrated in situ environment. Examples of Spaceport Technologies that will be supported by ATDC infrastructure include densified cryogenic systems, intelligent automated umbilicals, integrated vehicle health management systems, next-generation safety systems, and advanced range systems.

The ATDC can be thought of as a prototype spaceport where industry, government, and academia, in partnership, can work together to improve safety of future space initiatives. The ATDC is being deployed in five separate phases. Initial ATDC development will be completed in From the experience gained by the management team of Spaceport Malaysia, a popular service that can be provided by a planned commercial spaceport in a country without existing space travel infrastructure are zero gravity flights. Zero gravity flights range from parabolic flights using aerobatic airplane to suborbital flights using rockets, and in the near future using suborbital rocketplanes.

Therefore, zero gravity flights can be operated from a certified runway or planned for operation at a future commercial spaceport. With such range of operation, zero gravity flights provide a natural link between a low cost operation of small airplane to exclusive high profile operation of suborbital rocketplane, and this attracts the attention of individuals and organizations that are planning for the establishment of a commercial spaceport.

This is the approach chosen by the planners and developers of Spaceport Malaysia. A significant factor in zero gravity flight is the zero gravity time, the period where the payload onboard the airplane or rocketplane will experience zero gravity. Based on the momentum of the airplane or rocketplane, the zero gravity time may vary from few seconds to few minutes and that determines the quality of the zero gravity flight. To achieve zero gravity, the airplane or rocketplane will fly with a steady velocity for a significant time as a gravity control flight, accelerate upwards with an angle producing hypergravity and perform parabolic flight with natural momentum producing zero gravity and followed by dive that will result in another hypergravity flight.

An F-5E fighter jet owned by Royal Malaysian Air Force is being planned to be converted into a zero gravity platform to be operated at and by Spaceport. The objective was to advance current state-of-practices of geophysical technologies for detecting underground mine voids. The presence of old mine works above, adjacent, or below an active mine presents major health and safety hazards to miners who have inadvertently cut into locations with such features.

In addition, the presence of abandoned mines or voids beneath roadways and highway structures may greatly impact the performance of the transportation infrastructure in terms of cost and public safety. Thus, there is a need to utilize geophysical imaging technologies to accurately locate old mine works. Several surface and borehole geophysical imaging methods and mapping techniques were employed at a known abandoned coal mine in eastern Illinois to investigate which method best map the location and extent of old works.

In addition, several exploration borings were drilled to confirm the presence of the imaged mine voids. The results indicated that the RVSP is the most viable method to accurately detect the subsurface voids with horizontal accuracy of two to five feet. This method was then applied at several other locations in Colorado with various topographic, geologic, and cultural settings for the same purpose. This paper presents the significant results obtained from the geophysical investigations in Illinois.

Center Planning and Development: After the cancellation of the Constellation Program in and the retirement of the Space Shuttle Program in , the VAB faced an uncertain future. With three high bays connected to the Crawler Way transportation system, the potential exists for up to three rockets to be simultaneously processed for launch.

This concept will maintain Kennedy as the United States premier gateway to space and provide multi-user operations through partnerships with the commercial aerospace industry. Commercial aerospace companies, now tasked with transporting cargo and, in the future, astronauts to the International Space Station ISS via the Commercial Resupply Service CRS and Commercial Crew Program CCP , are a rapidly growing industry with increasing capabilities to make launch operations more economical for both private companies and the government.

With LCB designated as a multi-use launch pad, companies seeking to use it will require an integration facility to assemble, integrate, and test their launch vehicle. An Industry Day, a business meeting and tour for interested companies and organizations, was also arranged to identify and answer any. Idea Technology and Product Technology: Seeing beyond the Text to the Technology That Works. Sifting through the myriad "idea" technologies such as multiple intelligence theories or Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development and "product" technologies such as PowerPoint or digital cameras can be overwhelming, but Bednar persuades us that it's not about having the most recent technology , it's about using what works for "your" students in….

Changing Technology and Work: A project to examine the implications of technological change at Northern Telecom consisted of two major components: A questionnaire that contained more than 90 questions on technological change was distributed through local union technology committee meetings in Brampton, London, Belleville, and…. The Future of Work: In the schools, each day, teachers see cell phones, laptops, iPods, personal digital assistants, computer games and more.

They are struggling to cope with this technological profusion as new devices seem to appear almost daily. With the pace of technological change, the emergence of new technologies , demographic changes and trends towards…. Technology 's Impact on Faculty Life and Work. Looks at the effects of advancing technology on academic life, using a simplified version of a scheme for examining diffusion of innovations.

Attention is given to technology 's impact on teaching, research and scholarship, and service and outreach functions, and on special challenges posed by technology , barriers to its use, and its implications…. Contents include the following: Emerging Launch User Requirements. Transformational Range Test Concept. Transformational Spaceport and Range Concept of Operations: This vision presents an interagency concept, developed cooperatively by the Department of Defense DoD , the Federal Aviation Administration FAA , and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA for the upgrade, integration, and improved operation of major infrastructure elements of the nation s space access systems.

The interagency vision described in the Transformational CONOPS would transform today s space launch infrastructure into a shared system that supports worldwide operations for a variety of users. The system concept is sufficiently flexible and adaptable to support new types of missions for exploration, commercial enterprise, and national security, as well as to endure further into the future when space transportation technology may be sufficiently advanced to enable routine public space travel as part of the global transportation system.

The vision for future space transportation operations is based on a system-of-systems architecture that integrates the major elements of the future space transportation system - transportation nodes spaceports , flight vehicles and payloads, tracking and communications assets, and flight traffic coordination centers - into a transportation network that concurrently accommodates multiple types of mission operators, payloads, and vehicle fleets.

This system concept also establishes a common framework for defining a detailed CONOPS for the major elements of the future space transportation system. Making Technology Work for Your Students. Discusses benefits of using laser disc technology in the elementary school classroom including increased student enthusiasm and subject relevance, efficient test preparation, and comprehensible materials for English-challenged students. Notes the importance of researching available resources and easing into use when integrating technology into the…. This paper will briefly review the AMU's history and describe the three processes through which its work is assigned.

Since its inception in the AMU has completed 72 projects, all of which are listed at the end of this paper. At least one project that highlights each of the three tasking processes will be briefly reviewed. Some of the projects that have been especially beneficial to the space program will also be discussed in more detail, as will projects that developed significant new techniques or science in applied meteorology. Defect scanning technology in the works.

This article describes the defect scanning technology being developed by Virginia Tech and U. Forest Service scientists in Blacksburg, Virginia to scan full sized hardwood lumber at industrial speeds. Using Technology to Work at Home. Describes experience of Boulder Public Library, where management and support personnel established pre-experiment baseline data for comparison with quantitative and qualitative results of experiment to determine the impact of telecommuting work -at-home on worker productivity.

Background, methodology, equipment enhancements, and data analysis are…. Pros and Cons of Constant Connection to Work. We examined the relationship between employees' attitudes related to communication technology CT flexibility, communication technology CT use, work -to-life conflict and work satisfaction. Based on data obtained from employees, CT flexibility predicted more CT use.

Further, CT use was associated not only with increased work satisfaction,…. Making Technology Work for Campus Security. The challenges associated with securing schools from both on- and off-campus threats create constant pressure for law enforcement, campus security professionals, and administrators. And while security technology choices are plentiful, many colleges and universities are operating with limited dollars and information needed to select and integrate….

Making technological innovation work for sustainable development. This paper presents insights and action proposals to better harness technological innovation for sustainable development. We begin with three key insights from scholarship and practice. First, technological innovation processes do not follow a set sequence but rather emerge from complex adaptive systems involving many actors and institutions operating simultaneously from local to global scales.

Barriers arise at all stages of innovation, from the invention of a technology through its selection, production, adaptation, adoption, and retirement. Second, learning from past efforts to mobilize innovation for sustainable development can be greatly improved through structured cross-sectoral comparisons that recognize the socio-technical nature of innovation systems. Third, current institutions rules, norms, and incentives shaping technological innovation are often not aligned toward the goals of sustainable development because impoverished, marginalized, and unborn populations too often lack the economic and political power to shape innovation systems to meet their needs.

However, these institutions can be reformed, and many actors have the power to do so through research, advocacy, training, convening, policymaking, and financing. We conclude with three practice-oriented recommendations to further realize the potential of innovation for sustainable development: The technology needs for space power systems military, public, commercial were assessed for the period to in the area of power management and distribution, components, circuits, subsystems, controls and autonomy, modeling and simulation. There was general agreement that the military requirements for pulse power would be the dominant factor in the growth of power systems.

However, the growth of conventional power to the to kw range would be in the public sector, with low Earth orbit needs being the driver toward large kw systems. An overall philosophy for large power system development is also described. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Technology in Social Work Education: Given the growing prevalence of technology -based instruction, social work faculty need a clear understanding of the strengths and limitations of these methods.

We systematically examined the evidence for technology -based instruction in social work education. Using comprehensive and rigorous methods, 38 articles were included in the review. Federal Register , , , , National Telecommunications and Information The meeting will be held OSTWG is tasked with evaluating industry efforts to promote a safe online environment for children.

The final platform, A north, was recently installed. The platforms will surround the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher during processing to prepare for the first test flight. Technology and Work in the New Economy. Technological innovations in factories and offices are examined in terms of 10 core issues: Information flow and work productivity through integrated information technology. The work environment surrounding integrated office systems is reviewed. The known effects of automated office technologies is synthesized and their known impact on work efficiency is reviewed.

Particular emphasis is given to structural changes due to the introduction of newer information technologies in organizations. The new information technologies have restructed the average organization's middle banks and, as a consequence, they have shrunk drastically. Organizational pyramids have flattened with fewer levels since executives have realized that they can get ahold of the needed information via the new technologies quicker and directly and do not have to rely on middle-level managers.

Power shifts are typically accompanied with the introduction of these technologies resulting in the generation of a new form of organizational power. Media received an update on the transition of government facilities to the aerospace industry, and how that approach enables NASA and industry success.

Group Work in a Technology -Rich Environment. This paper addresses several components of successful language-learning methodologies--group work , task-based instruction, and wireless computer technologies --and examines how the interplay of these three was perceived by students in a second-year university foreign-language course.

The technology component of our learning design plays a central…. Nurses and health information technology: Information technology is nearly ubiquitous in health care settings. Nurses need basic computer skills and information literacy to effectively practice nursing. In addition, nurses must be prepared not only to work around complex health information technology , but also to communicate with individuals who can address the underlying problems. These First Mile technologies have the purpose of interconnecting mobile users with existing Range Communication infrastructures.

Due to the report s size, it has been broken into three volumes: The author discusses the macro level of analysis and focuses on the nature of work within the world economy. He examines the cultural characteristics of work , the dynamics of international economic relations, the transformation of international relations, geographical mobility, technological transformation and immigration, professional mobility,….

Mechanisation and automation technologies development in work at construction sites. Implementing construction work that creates buildings is a very complicated and laborious task and requires the use of various types of machines and equipment. New opportunities for improving work on the construction site include computerisation of technological processes and construction management for projects and processes.

The aim of the paper was to analyse the development of mechanisation, automation and computerisation of construction processes and selected building technologies , with special attention paid to 3D printing technology. The state of mechanisation of construction works in Poland and trends in its development in construction technologies are presented. These studies were conducted on the basis of the available literature and a survey of Polish construction companies. A large school district may have a technology department staffed by a chief technology officer who supervises two or more directors of operations, project managers, and technicians.

On the other hand, a small district may employ an information technologist who works with technicians, consultants, volunteers with a knack for technology , and…. This study investigated the theory that a worker's relationship to technology instills in him identifiable attitudes about work. Using samples of office workers from a bank and five insurance companies, and samples of factory workers from the oil refining and automobile industries, a total of 1, workers were divided into 1 office and factory….

Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. If you've upgraded to the second edition of the landmark book "Classroom Instruction That Works ," you need this companion guide to help you use technology to support research-based instruction. The authors follow the revised Instructional Planning Guide that makes it easier for you to know when to emphasize each of the instructional strategies,….

In the current economic crisis, higher education graduates need transferable professional skills more than ever. They need resourcefulness, an ability to work reflectively, a sense of civic awareness and an impressive curriculum vitae. Information Technology , Work Practices, and Wages. Analysis of data on customer service representatives in banks revealed a positive relationship between high-involvement work practices quality circles and extensive use of information technology IT to support sales.

Use of IT to automate routine processes and no quality circles were associated with lower wages. Voice Assessment of Student Work: Recent Studies and Emerging Technologies. Although relatively little attention has been given to the voice assessment of student work , at least when compared with more traditional forms of text-based review, the attention it has received strongly points to a promising form of review that has been hampered by the limits of an emerging technology.

A fresh review of voice assessment in light…. Vulnerability Management and Compliance Analysis. With the rapid development of the Internet, the number of malicious threats to organizations is continually increasing. Cyber security is becoming a critical facet to the discussion of moving forward with projects. There are many ways to increase the security of the network it uses, from vulnerability management to ensuring operating system images are compliant with securely configured baselines recommended by the United States Government.

Pilot Project Technology Business Case: Performance advantages of the new pilot project technologies are widely acknowledged, but it has proven difficult for utilities to derive business cases for justifying investment in these new capabilities. Lack of a business case is often cited by utilities as a barrier to pursuing wide-scale application of digital technologies to nuclear plant work activities.

It is critical to demonstrate cost reductions or impacts on non-cost performance objectives in order for the business case to justify investment by nuclear operators. The cost and analysis side is not particularly difficult for the organization and can usually be determined with a fair amount of precision not withstanding implementation project cost overruns. The methodology is presented in the context of the entire process, but the tool provided is limited to determining the organizational benefits only.

This report describes a the use of the BCM in building a business case for mobile work packages, which includes computer-based procedures and other automated elements of a work package. Automated entry technologies for confined space work activities: Work in confined spaces poses a significant risk to workers and rescuers involved in the emergency response when an accident occurs. Despite several standards and regulations define the safety requirements for such activities, injuries, and fatalities still occur.

Furthermore, the on-site inspections after accidents often reveal that both employers and employees fail to implement safe entry procedures. Removing the risk is possible by avoiding the worker entry, but many activities require the presence of the operator inside the confined space to perform manual tasks. The following study investigates the available technologies for hazardous confined space work activities, e. The aim is to provide a systematic review of the automated solutions for high-risk activities in confined spaces, considering the non-man entry as the most effective confined space safety strategy.

Second, this survey aims to provide suggestions for future research addressing the design of new technologies. The survey consists of about 60 papers concerning innovative technologies for confined space work activities.

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The document review shows that several solutions have been developed and automation can replace the workers for a limited number of hazardous tasks. Several activities still require the manual intervention due to the complex characteristics of confined spaces, e. The results show that available technologies require more flexibility to adapt to such occupational environments and further research is needed. Long life technology work at Rockwell International Space Division.

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This effort included evaluation of Saturn V launch vehicle mechanical and electromechanical components for potential extended life capabilities, endurance tests, and accelerated aging experiments. A major aspect was evaluation of the components at the subassembly level i. Although some of this work is still in progress, preliminary conclusions are drawn and presented, together with the rationale for each.

The paper concludes with a summary of the effort still remaining. Review of German work on controlled re-entry technology. The aim was the maintenance of the technical-scientific capabilities for advanced high velocity flight systems and to qualify for international cooperation in this field. Only a small part of this work could be completed, as the ART-program was never accepted by the German Ministry for Research and Technology. So the current work was stopped by the end of Nevertheless, as the ART-program can serve as a guide-line for possible future work a summary of this work is given.

Knowledge management, health information technology and nurses' work engagement. Knowledge management KM extends the health information technology HIT literature by addressing its impact on creating knowledge by sharing and using the knowledge of health care professionals in hospitals. The aim of the study was to provide insight into how HIT affects nurses' explicit and tacit knowledge of their ongoing work processes and work engagement.

Data were collected from 74 nurses in four wards of a Dutch hospital via a paper-and-pencil survey using validated measurement instruments. In a quasiexperimental research design, HIT was introduced in the two experimental wards in contrast to the two control wards. At the time of the HIT introduction, a pretest was administered in all four wards and was followed by a posttest after 3 months. Data were analyzed via partial least squares modeling.

Generally, nurses' tacit knowledge i. In contrast, nurses' explicit knowledge i. Its effect on work engagement therefore depends on the mediating role of tacit knowledge. Interestingly, introducing HIT significantly affects only nurses' explicit knowledge, not their tacit knowledge or work engagement. Tacit knowledge insight into work processes appears to be pivotal, whereas efforts aimed only at improving available information will not lead to a higher level of work engagement in nurses' work environments.

Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI technology that may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They've added low-power X-ray data to the mix, and as a result have unlocked a new detection technology. The goal is to quickly and accurately distinguish between liquids that visually appear identical. For example, what appears to be a bottle of white wine could potentially be nitromethane, a liquid that could be used to make an explosive.

Both are clear liquids, one would be perfectly safe on a commercial aircraft, the other would be strictly prohibited. How to tell them apart quickly without error at an airport security area is the focus of Michelle Espy, Larry Schultz and their team. In this video, Espy and the MagRay team explain how the new technology works , how they've developed an easy operator interface, and what the next steps might be in transitioning this technology to the private sector.

Examining Educational Climate Change Technology: This study with 79 students in Montreal, Quebec, compared the educational use of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA global climate model GCM to climate education technologies developed for classroom use that included simpler interfaces and processes.

The goal was to show how differing climate education technologies succeed and fail at getting students to evolve in their understanding of anthropogenic global climate change AGCC. Many available climate education technologies aim to convey key AGCC concepts or Earth systems processes; the educational GCM used here aims to teach students the methods and processes of global climate modeling. We hypothesized that challenges to learning about AGCC make authentic technology -enabled inquiry important in developing accurate understandings of not just the issue but how scientists research it.

The goal was to determine if student learning trajectories differed between the comparison and treatment groups based on whether each climate education technology allowed authentic scientific research. Students who worked with a GCM demonstrated learning trajectories with larger gains, higher levels of engagement, and a better idea of how climate scientists conduct research. Students who worked with simpler climate education technologies scored lower in the course because of lower levels of engagement with inquiry processes that were perceived to not actually resemble the work of climate scientists.

Volume 1; Main Report. Measurements technology and active experiments. Technology issues identified by working groups 5 are listed. These issues are discussed. Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Transport. The activities presented are a broad based approach to advancing key hydrogen related technologies in areas such as fuel cells, hydrogen production, and distributed sensors for hydrogen-leak detection, laser instrumentation for hydrogen-leak detection, and cryogenic transport and storage. Presented are the results from research projects, education and outreach activities, system and trade studies.

Activities conducted are relevant to a number of propulsion and power systems for terrestrial, aeronautics and aerospace applications. Hydrogen storage and in-space hydrogen transport research focused on developing and verifying design concepts for efficient, safe, lightweight liquid hydrogen cryogenic storage systems. Research into hydrogen production had a specific goal of further advancing proton conducting membrane technology in the laboratory at a larger scale.

System and process trade studies evaluated the proton conducting membrane technology , specifically, scale-up issues. Improving the effectiveness of smart work zone technologies. This project evaluates the effectiveness of sensor network systems for work zone traffic estimation.

The comparative analysis is: Highway construction work zones are hazardous environments characterized by a dynamic and limited work space. A host of interactions between workers, passing commuter vehicles, and moving construction equipment occurs in highway work zones fostering Emerging Technologies Challenge the Work of Engagement. Universities' increasing applications of science and technology to address a wide array of societal problems may serve to thwart democratic engagement strategies. For emerging technologies , such challenges are particularly salient, as knowledge is incomplete and application and impact are uncertain or contested.

Insights from science and…. The Impact of Technology on the Work Force. Examines factors affecting the nation's present and future workforce: Sees needs for lifelong skills retraining, efforts to ensure industrial competitiveness, new….

The goal of the program was to provide full-time, on-site technology coaches to prepare teachers to create lessons that engage…. Specific technologies included aircraft fuel cell reformers, new and improved electrodes, electrolytes, interconnect, and seals, modeling of fuel cells including CFD coupled with impedance spectroscopy. Research was conducted on new materials and designs for fuel cells, along with using embedded sensors with power management electronics to improve the power density delivered by fuel cells.

Fuel cell applications considered were in-space operations, aviation, and ground-based fuel cells such as; powering auxiliary power units APUs in aircraft; high power density, long duration power supplies for interplanetary missions space science probes and planetary rovers ; regenerative capabilities for high altitude aircraft; and power supplies for reusable launch vehicles. The major objectives of this research were to 1 identify technologies that can be used in real time to detect a hazardous proximity situation between construction equipment and pedestrian workers and provide an appropriate warning; 2 develop a Bl Work zone intrusion alert technologies: A work zone intrusion alert technology is a type of safety system that is used in a roadway work zone to alert field workers and secure time for them to escape when errant vehicles intrude into the work zone.

Although such technologies have potential Since the late s, research on post-industrialized economies shows that the boundary between work and family is increasingly becoming blurred. The continuing evolution of e- technology allows work for some to be done anywhere, anytime. This article examines the degree to which e- technology has transferred work into the home lives of academics…. Hydrogen Sensors and Systems. Sensor systems research was focused on hydrogen leak detection and smart sensors with adaptive feedback control for fuel cells.

The goal was to integrate multifunction smart sensors, low-power high-efficiency wireless circuits, energy harvesting devices, and power management circuits in one module. Activities were focused on testing and demonstrating sensors in a realistic environment while also bringing them closer to production and commercial viability for eventual use in the actual operating environment. Integrating Work , Technology and Learning for Adults. This guide is for Neighborhood Networks center staff and volunteers who want to learn how centers across the country are helping adults meet work force demands.

It provides resources to work force development programs so examples can be tailored to meet the needs of other communities. It focuses on challenges that integrating academics and job….

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