GEOS satellite tracking corrections for refraction in the troposphere

Comparison of magnitude at different elevation angles of tropospheric refraction formulation

Intercomparison of GEOS-A observation systems

Geodetic satellite observation systems comparison

Strengthening health-related rehabilitation services at national levels.

OBJECTIVE: One of the aims of the World Health Organization\u27s Global Disability Action Plan is to strengthen rehabilitation services. Some countries have requested support to develop (scale-up) rehabilitation services. This paper describes the measures required and how (advisory) missions can support this purpose, with the aim of developing National Disability, Health and Rehabilitation Plans. RECOMMENDATIONS: It is important to clarify the involvement of governments in the mission, to define clear terms of reference, and to use a systematic pathway for situation assessment. Information must be collected regarding policies, health, disability, rehabilitation, social security systems, the need for rehabilitation, and the existing rehabilitation services and workforce. Site visits and stakeholder dialogues must be done. In order to develop a Rehabilitation Service Implementation Framework, existing rehabilitation services, workforce, and models for service implementation and development of rehabilitation professions are described. Governance, political will and a common understanding of disability and rehabilitation are crucial for implementation of the process. The recommendations of the World Report on Disability are used for reporting purposes. CONCLUSION: This concept is feasible, and leads to concrete recommendations and proposals for projects and a high level of consensus stakeholders

Assessments to Enhance the Psycholinguistic Approach for Speech Sound Problems

When clinicians can pin-point exactly where a speech issue is originating in a child’s speech-language system, they can help the child learn more efficiently; this results in a quicker therapy process. Stackhouse, Pascoe, and Gardner (2006), presented an approach to speech therapy intervention which incorporated a three-way method. In their psycholinguistic approach, they gathered information about incoming speech, how the information was stored and processed, and the resulting production of speech by one child with a speech delay. This approach offered a more effective way to plan treatment. The current study’s goal was to explore the relationships among measures that could support the verbal aspect of the psycholinguistic model. Elements of both static and dynamic assessment methods were studied to foster better understanding of speech skills. This method was executed by comparing data from previous testing sessions of children, ages 3-7, specifically those sessions which used a standardized (static) test: the Hodson Assessment of Phonological Processes (HAPP), along with a test that measured the amount of help needed to say a sound (dynamic test): Glaspey Dynamic Assessment of Phonology (GDAP). By comparing the scores of these two tests with each other along with other client variables, the data were used to inform treatment plans for future use. Having enhanced measures that address specific areas in the psycholinguistic approach (input, storing, and output) could allow clinicians to create more appropriate treatment plans. The intention of this study was to discover how much more effectively these two kinds of measures could improve understanding of the verbal component of the approach. In using the HAPP assessment and by guiding treatment with the GDAP, the enhanced results of this “hybrid” psycholinguistic approach will be seen and described in this poster presentation

Grand Dyck paths with air pockets

Grand Dyck paths with air pockets (GDAP) are a generalization of Dyck paths with air pockets by allowing them to go below the $x$-axis. We present enumerative results on GDAP (or their prefixes) subject to various restrictions such as maximal/minimal height, ordinate of the last point and particular first return decomposition. In some special cases we give bijections with other known combinatorial classes.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figure

Heidegger’s Reading of Aristotle’s Concept of Pathos

This paper takes as its point of departure the recent publication of Heidegger’s lecture course Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy and focuses upon Heidegger’s reading of Aristotle’s concept of pathos. Through a comparative analysis of Aristotle’s concept of pathos and Heidegger’s inventive reading of this concept, I aim to show the strengths and weaknesses of Heidegger’s reading. It is my thesis that Heidegger’s account is extremely rich and innovative as he frees up pathos from the narrow confines of psychology and incidental change and places it squarely into the center of the fundamental changes affecting a living being’s existence; simultaneously, however, Heidegger sometimes overstates the ties that pathos has with other concepts such as ousia and logos and highlights exceptional rather than common meanings of pathos, thereby risking the charge of being unfaithful to Aristotle’s text

Development of a satellite SAR image spectra and altimeter wave height data assimilation system for ERS-1

The applicability of ERS-1 wind and wave data for wave models was studied using the WAM third generation wave model and SEASAT altimeter, scatterometer and SAR data. A series of global wave hindcasts is made for the surface stress and surface wind fields by assimilation of scatterometer data for the full 96-day SEASAT and also for two wind field analyses for shorter periods by assimilation with the higher resolution ECMWF T63 model and by subjective analysis methods. It is found that wave models respond very sensitively to inconsistencies in wind field analyses and therefore provide a valuable data validation tool. Comparisons between SEASAT SAR image spectra and theoretical SAR spectra derived from the hindcast wave spectra by Monte Carlo simulations yield good overall agreement for 32 cases representing a wide variety of wave conditions. It is concluded that SAR wave imaging is sufficiently well understood to apply SAR image spectra with confidence for wave studies if supported by realistic wave models and theoretical computations of the strongly nonlinear mapping of the wave spectrum into the SAR image spectrum. A closed nonlinear integral expression for this spectral mapping relation is derived which avoids the inherent statistical errors of Monte Carlo computations and may prove to be more efficient numerically

Child Phonology: Dynamic Assessment of Speech Adaptability

Speech-language pathologists help children with speech sound disorders learn to say sounds like their peers. The purpose of this study is to determine how a child’s speech changes during treatment when given help. Traditionally, speech-language pathologists have only measured children’s speech sound production using assessments that provide no help. Our study is one of the first to evaluate a new assessment that measures the amount of help needed for children to be successful in producing speech sounds. We evaluated a single participant: a six-year, two-month old boy who had difficulties saying many sounds, which often were made as “t” or “d”. We assessed his progress on four sounds that he practiced over eight sessions. Sounds were selected because they were the most difficult sounds for him to say. The participant’s progress was recorded using the Glaspey Dynamic Assessment of Phonology (GDAP). We evaluated his average GDAP score for all sounds before and after treatment. We also evaluated his individual GDAP scores for each of the four hard sounds targeted during treatment. To gain additional information about his progress over time, we compared his GDAP scores to his pre- and post-treatment static probe scores, an assessment in which he received no help. Our study is significant as current treatment and assessment approaches for children with speech sound disorders do not address a child’s improved, aided performance. As such, traditional assessments are unable to provide information about a child’s specific needs. However, assessments that do provide help, take into account the child’s needs in order to attain correct production. Results from our research may provide implications for treatment target selection related to the amount of progress made toward hard sounds