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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 17, 2007, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 17, 2007, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Media Advisory: Unh Carsey Institute To Release New Rural Child Poverty Research, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Uab Launches First 'Lose 25 By The 25th' Eatright Health Challenge, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Regional Patient Safety Initiatives: The Missing Element Of Organizational Change, James G. Anderson

RCHE Publications

Data-sharing systems—where healthcare providers jointly implement a common ‎reporting system to promote voluntary reporting, information sharing, and learning—are ‎emerging as an important regional, state-level, and national strategy for improving ‎patient safety. The objective of this chapter is to review the evidence regarding the ‎effectiveness of these data-sharing systems and to report on the results of an analysis of ‎data from the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI). PRHI consists of 42 ‎hospitals, purchasers and insurers in southwestern Pennsylvania that implemented ‎Medmarx, an on-line medication error reporting systems. Analysis of data from the PRHI ‎hospitals indicated that the number of errors and …

Exponent, Vol. 39, Iss. 1, 2007-08-17, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

2007

No abstract provided.

Freshmen Complete First Phase Of Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 2,100 freshmen at the University of Mississippi have completed the first phase of a required alcohol abuse prevention program.

Socioeconomic And Racial/Ethnic Differentials Of C-Reactive Protein Levels: A Systematic Review Of Population-Based Studies, Aydin Nazmi, Cesar G. Victora

Food Science and Nutrition

Background:Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic factors strongly influence cardiovascular disease outcomes and risk factors. C-reactive protein (CRP), a non-specific marker of inflammation, is associated with cardiovascular risk, and knowledge about its distribution in the population may help direct preventive efforts. A systematic review was undertaken to critically assess CRP levels according to socioeconomic and racial/ethnic factors.

Methods:Medline was searched through December 2006 for population-based studies examining CRP levels among adults with respect to indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) and/or race/ethnicity. Bibliographies from located studies were scanned and 26 experts in the field were contacted for unpublished work.

Results:Thirty-two relevant …

Phosphorylation-Induced Conformational Switching Of Cpi-17 Produces A Potent Myosin Phosphatase Inhibitor, Masumi Eto, Toshio Kitazawa, Fumiko Matsuzawa, Sei-Ichi Aikawa, Jason A. Kirkbride, Noriyoshi Isozumi, Yumi Nishimura, David L. Brautigan, Shin-Ya Ohki

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Faculty Papers

Phosphorylation of endogenous inhibitor proteins specific for type-1 Ser/Thr phosphatase (PP1) provides a mechanism for reciprocal coordination of kinase and phosphatase activities. Phosphorylation of Thr38 in the inhibitor protein CPI-17 transduces G-protein-mediated signaling into a > 1000-fold increase of inhibitory potency toward myosin phosphatase. We show here the solution NMR structure of phospho-T38-CPI-17 with r. m. s. d. of 0.36 ± 0.06 Å for the backbone secondary structure, which reveals how phosphorylation triggers a conformational change and exposes the PP1 inhibitory surface. This active conformation is stabilized by the formation of a hydrophobic core of intercalated side-chains, which is not formed …

Researchers Find Social Networks Help People Recover From Disasters, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Researchers and government officials have known for two years that Hurricane Katrina caused population shifts across the Gulf Coast region, but University of Mississippi researchers have quantified just how sharp the decline has been in affected areas.

Nevada's Textbook Adoption Process: The State Perspective, Mitch Bishop, Katie Bliven, Scott Hess

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The process in Nevada used to select textbooks, the main tools for classroom instruction, is a complex web of various stakeholders and interactions. Ensuring that quality textbooks get into the hands of Nevada's teachers and students is the goal of the selection process. The main impediments affecting the selection process may be found in the structure of the process and how the stakeholders interact. In most cases, these interactions and responsibilities are dictated by state law and were established gradually over several years. While the current process functions to place textbooks in schools, it also shows great potential for improvement …

Quality Characterization And Process Design Of Salmon Oil Production For Human Consumption, Jiaqi Huang

Fisheries

Salmon oil is an abundant source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. Finding more lucrative markets for this unpurified fish oil requires well designed purification steps to reduce impurities such as free fatty acids (FFA), oxidative components, moisture, minerals, and trace metals. The temperature dependency of the rate constants for lipid oxidation and rheological properties of unpurified oil were measured and modeled using the Arrhenius equation. Performances of chitosan and/or activated earth as adsorbents were investigated to remove impurities from the oil. Activated earth was found more effective in adsorbing primary oxidation products than chitosan. Neither …

Compensatory Growth Following Winter Food Deprivation In Hatchery Produced Coho And Chinook Salmon Smolts, Stan P. Triebenbach

Fisheries

This study investigated whether coho and Chinook smolts that experienced food deprivation during the winter would increase growth rates in the spring and attain the same physiological attributes as smolts fed to satiation twice per week during the winter. The treatment groups were deprived of food for 10 and 16 weeks, centered on the winter solstice. All groups were returned to daily satiation feeding at the end of the respective food reduction periods. Treatment fish were smaller than control fish after food deprivation but had higher growth rates after feeding resumed and the 10 week fish were not significantly different …

The Ecology Of Vertebrate Pests And Integrated Pest Management (Ipm), Gary W. Witmer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Across the world, vertebrates cause considerable annual damage to agriculture, property, human health and safety, and natural resources. Although some species of all vertebrate groups have been implicated in damage, the species most often involved in serious amounts of damage are birds and mammals. Agroecosystems have provided many new opportunities for vertebrates to exploit, resulting in their becoming serious "pests" with humans taking various steps to protect their agricultural resources. This conflict has intensified as the human population has increased, efforts to get more production out of traditional croplands have intensified, and marginal lands have been placed into crop production. …

Volunteerism And Marital Quality Among Lds Senior Missionary Couples, Megan Oka

Theses and Dissertations

Although research has been conducted on marriage and volunteerism in later life, little is known about the impact of volunteerism on marital quality, particularly intense volunteer experiences. Missionary couples for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) leave their homes for a period ranging from 6-18 months and dedicate the majority of their time to working in church assignments. Qualitative interviews were collected from couples who had served senior couples missions for the LDS Church and returned home in the last year. The mean age of participants was 69, and the mean length of marriage for couples was …

The Bg News August 17, 2007, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 17, 2007. Volume 98-Issue 1.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Performance Analysis Of Capture Of Heat Energy From Diesel Engine Exhaust, Prasada Rao Raghupatruni

Engineering

Diesel generators produce electrical power. New diesel generators, which use turbochargers, release a significant amount of heat energy from the turbocharger after coolers. Another significant amount of heat energy released from diesel engines and normally not captured for useful applications is the heat released from exhaust manifolds. This project discusses the design, installation, instrumentation, performance measurement and performance analysis of an exhaust heat recovery system for a new diesel generator, which has injection timing control. A diesel generator releases about one-third of its fuel energy in exhaust heat. The main aspect of this project is to study heat recovery from …

Instinct Told Isaiah Brokenleg '05 To Help Near Site Of Bridge Collapse, University Relations

Campus News Archive

A sense of community, perhaps, but basically sheer instinct drove UMM alumnus Isaiah Brokenleg immediately to assist the victims following the collapse of the I-35W bridge.

Breeding Ecology And Fasting Tolerance Of Scaup And Other Ducks In The Boreal Forest Of Alaska, Kate H. Martin

Biological Sciences

Information on the breeding ecology of boreal forest ducks is lacking, despite management concern for species such as the lesser scaup (Aythya affinis), whose population has declined markedly since the 1980s. The mechanisms impacting population growth of scaup, and which component of their population dynamics is most affected, are unknown. Previous investigators hypothesized that food deprivation in the spring may reduce breeding success. My objectives were to: 1) examine reproductive parameters of lesser scaup and other ducks on the Yukon Flats in interior Alaska, and 2) measure the tolerance of captive scaup to fasting, in comparison to sympatric Northern shovelers …

Mouse Circadian Plasma Leptin And Active Ghrelin Rhythms Under Ad Libitum And Scheduled Feeding, Haiting Wan

Biological Sciences

Light is the strongest timing cue for the circadian system, but non-photic cues can also entrain the master circadian clock, i.e., suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). In one of our mouse line (ENTR), all mice entrain to scheduled feeding, while in another (NON-ENTR) only 4 % entrain. In order to explore key physiological pathways involved in that process, I quantified the circadian rhythms of plasma leptin and active ghrelin of these two lines of mice under a 12:12 hour light-dark cycle with ad libitum feeding and six hours of food availability during the light period. Plasma active ghrelin induced opposite circadian rhythms …

Relationships Between Brown Bears And Chum Salmon At Mcneil River, Alaska, Joshua Mcallister Peirce

Biological Sciences

Since 1967, the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary (MRSGS) has been managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to 'provide permanent protection for brown bears'. Up to 144 bears have been identified in a summer at MRSGS, and 72 bears at once have been observed in the vicinity of McNeil Falls. In this study, 155 chum salmon were radio tagged as they entered McNeil River and monitored daily. In 2005 and 2006 bears killed 48% of pre-spawning tagged chum salmon and consumed 99% of all tagged chums below McNeil Falls where most of the run occurs. A retrospective …

Regional Climate, Federal Land Management, And The Social-Ecological Resilience Of Southeastern Alaska, Colin Mitchell Beier

Biological Sciences

Complex systems of humans and nature often experience rapid and unpredictable change that results in undesirable outcomes for both ecosystems and society. In circumpolar regions, where multiple converging drivers of change are reshaping both human and natural communities, there is uncertainty about future dynamics and the capacity to sustain the important interactions of social-ecological systems in the face of rapid change. This research addresses this uncertainty in the region of Southeast Alaska, where lessons learned from other circumpolar regions may not be applicable because of unique social and ecological conditions. Southeast Alaska contains the most productive and diverse ecosystems at …

Spaceborne Fiber-Optic Data Bus: A Small Satellite Perspective, Dustin Rider, Fred Orlando

Small Satellite Conference

Small-satellite system developers are poised to benefit from yet another technology that was developed with large satellites in mind: standards-based, broadband, on-board payload data networks. Large and small remote-sensing satellite payloads are continuing to advance to higher data rates thereby significantly increasing the demands on on-board networks. The networked satellite payloads include combinations of components commonly found on small satellites: sensors, processors, formatters, storage devices (recorders), broadband downlinks and payload controllers. An effective data-handling network for either type of satellite must support real-time data, must be fault tolerant and must be able to withstand the rigorous conditions of launch as …

The Use Of Carrier Grade Linux In Space, Kevin Scharpf, Dave Bryan, Mike Anderson

Small Satellite Conference

The telecommunications industry is embracing Linux as a means of providing high-availability, high-reliability systems. Realizing that proprietary systems have tremendous development and support costs, the push for commercial-off-the-shelf solutions that provide greater than 5-Nines reliability (no more than 5 minutes of downtime/ year) is a major industry focus. The carrier grade efforts encapsulate an entire ecosystem of hardware standards for interconnection, monitoring and control as well as the software to support it. This paper examines the current state of the art in carrier grade Linux software solutions, such as those put forth by standards organizations like the Linux Foundation and …

Model-Based Anomaly Management For Small Spacecraft Missions, Christopher Kitts, Richard Rasay

Small Satellite Conference

Space missions produce value through the production of mission data products and services. In doing so, however, significant resources are expended in order to maintain system health and to manage anomalies as they occur. These tasks are costly in terms of the expertise, personnel, and time required to detect, diagnose and resolve problems. Our recent work in model-based reasoning (MBR) techniques has demonstrated the applicability of this technology to the small satellite domain. MBR uses fundamental design knowledge of a system in order to compute reasoning conjectures relating to the existence of symptoms, diagnosis estimates, and resolution control actions. In …

Distributed Plug-And-Play Software Architecture, Christopher Monaco, Mark Reid

Small Satellite Conference

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) developed a flight software system which has been used for multiple NASA missions. One fundamental component of this software system is a centralized command executive that has been successfully demonstrated on four ongoing missions: Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED), MErcury Surface Space ENvironment GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER), New Horizons, and most recently Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO). Through the development and operations of these missions, developers and operations personnel gained a significant amount of experience with this flight software system. This system provides all of the command capabilities required to …

A Database Centered Approach To Satellite Engineering Data Storage, Access, And Display, Patrick Cruce, Bryce Roberts, Manfred Bester, Timothy Quinn

Small Satellite Conference

Many of the tools available today for processing and displaying engineering telemetry data of small satellite missions are limited by a real-time software design. Data access is often accomplished via sequential (linear) search, and interfaces are constrained to snap screen shots or batch processing views. To promote greater accessibility and improve data retention, we have developed the Berkeley Trending and Plotting System (BTAPS). BTAPS is a general purpose software suite that provides a record of all spacecraft engineering data over the course of the mission via a MYSQL 5.0 database and includes an interface to generate multiple simultaneous time ordered …

Plug-And-Play For Creating “Instant” Gn&C Solutions, Jane Hansen, Jon Pollack, Paul Graven, Yegor Plam

Small Satellite Conference

Small satellites provide an excellent, near-term platform for demonstrating a responsive capability highlighting missions that necessitate quick launch, quick operational capability, with an attendant, very short development schedule. To achieve this rapid response capability, there is the implication that spacecraft will need to embrace the PC-based concept of Plug-and-Play (PnP), where the user plugs a device into a USB socket, invoking the operating system to find the correct driver, configure the system parameters, and seamlessly makes the device an available resource. Creating a truly modular, PnP spacecraft capability will stretch the industry, particularly in terms of developing guidance, navigation and …

A Model-Based Toolset For Supporting Rapid Integration And Verification Of Spacecraft Electronics , Anand Madhusoodanan, Brandon Eames

Small Satellite Conference

Recent trends in small spacecraft design seek to leverage the principles of modularity and component-level decoupling to facilitate rapid system integration. In this paper, we examine a tool-based approach to support the design and verification of rapidly integrated small spacecraft systems. Most existing approaches to rapid systems integration support device interfacing and integration at runtime, at the expense of added system hardware and software to perform configuration management. Often, rapidly integrated systems need system configuration facilities only once, when all devices are “plugged in.” Once all the devices have been discovered and integrated, the logic that performs these activities is …

Impartial Spectator, Moral Community And Some Legal Consequences, Manfred J. Holler, Martin Leroch

German Working Papers in Law and Economics

Building on Adam Smith’s moral theory, the paper discusses effects of group size on moral standards. The key concepts of Smith’s theory, sympathy and the impartial spectator, provide a basis here fore, as they presuppose a moral community, i.e. a group of people bound together via common experience and values. As this group increases in size, common experience will become scarce, leading to a decrease in the habitual sympathy among its members. Consequently moral communities sharing related impartial spectators will be of limited size. In order to achieve coordination among the members of a polymorphic society, the law regulates which …