Strategic plan For The Twenty-First Century: A Year 2000 Update

Indiana State University strategic plan submitted as part of the university's accreditation process

\u3cem\u3eReflections\u3c/em\u3e - Spring 1999

Contents Interlibrary Loan Department Opens Doors to Libraries Worldwide..... p.1 Transforming the Learning Environment: Distance Education Course Development..... p.2 Advantages of Teaching Via Distance Education..... p.3 My Perspective as a Distance Educator..... p.4 Year 2000 Update..... p.5 Thomas Cooper Library Receives $1 Million Gift..... p.5 New Faces..... p.5 Thomas Cooper Society Co-Sponsors Dos Passos Symposium, Exhibit..... p.5 South Caroliniana Library Collects South Carolina Postcards..... p.6 Accessing the Emerging South Project Opens Two New Collections for Research..... p.7 Music Library Receives Unique Music Education Collection..... p.8 IT Bulletin: Web-based Monthly Updates on CS Projects and Services..... p.8 Information Technology Training Offers New Facilities, New Program..... p.9 Springs Business Library Offers New Resources..... p.9 Thomas Cooper Society Presents Medal, Book Collecting Awards..... p.10 News Briefs..... p.10 Film Library Conducts MovieTone Newsfilm Inspection..... p.10 Thomas Cooper Library Rises in ARL Ranking..... p.1

\u3cem\u3eReflections\u3c/em\u3e - Fall 1999

Contents: University Libraries and University 101 Form Partnership..... p.1 “Orphans of the Storm, Saving ‘Orphan Films’ in the Digital Age”..... p.2 Film Library Receives Endowment and Grants..... p.2 Special Collections Mounts New Web Pages..... p.2 Year 2000 Update..... p.3 Computer Services Offers the Next Generation in Customer Care..... p.3 Special Collections Wins Awards..... p.4 New Faces: Meg Moughan, Alan Ringwood and William Sudduth..... p.4 Robert Burns Collection News..... p.5 USC Campuses Receive Books on Mormonism..... p.5 Steps to Storage: Library Annex and Conservation Facility..... pp. 6-7 You Have a Friend in Thomas Cooper Library: Marilee Birchfield..... p.8 Get Connected ’99..... p.8 NEH Challenge Grant..... p.8 Bookmark This!..... p.8 Distance Education Faculty Forum 1999..... p.9 Voices from Afar: Distance Education in West Virginia..... p.10 South Caroliniana Library Receives Westmoreland and Meetze Papers..... p.11 A Meeting of Minds..... back cove

The Detroit Diesel DELTA Engine for Light Trucks and SUVs - Year 2000 Update

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) is developing the DELTA 4.0L V6 engine, specifically for the North American light truck market. This market poses unique requirements for a diesel engine, necessitating a clean sheet engine design. DELTA was developed from a clean sheet of paper, with the first engine firing just 228 days later. The process began with a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) analysis, which prioritized the development criteria. The development process integrated a co-located, fully cross-functional team. Suppliers were fully integrated and maintained on-site representation. The first demonstration vehicle moved under its own power 12 weeks after the first engine fired. It was demonstrated to the automotive press 18 days later. DELTA has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to disprove historical North American diesel perceptions and compete directly with gasoline engines. This paper outlines the Generation 0.0 development process and briefly defines the engine. A brief indication of the Generation 0.5 development status is given

The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States

Examines the extent of domestic hunger and estimates the cost burden of food insecurity to the nation, including the costs of charity to help feed families, mental health and physical illnesses, and impaired educational outcomes and economic productivity

On the foundations of cancer modelling: selected topics, speculations, & perspectives

This paper presents a critical review of selected topics related to the modelling of cancer onset, evolution and growth, with the aim of illustrating, to a wide applied mathematical readership, some of the novel mathematical problems in the field. This review attempts to capture, from the appropriate literature, the main issues involved in the modelling of phenomena related to cancer dynamics at all scales which characterise this highly complex system: from the molecular scale up to that of tissue. The last part of the paper discusses the challenge of developing a mathematical biological theory of tumour onset and evolution

Italy: The Search for a Sustainable PAYG Pension System

During the 1990s the reform of the pension system had been at the core of the effort to consolidate Italian public finances and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. The reform process began in 1992 when a quarter of perspective public sector pension liabilities was abruptly cancelled. A second major reform, in 1995, aimed primarily at reducing distortions in the labour market and at making the system more fair. This latter reform began a shift from a defined benefit to a defined contribution system. The Italian system will remain on a PAYG basis, but each individual will hold a notional social security account. Pensions will be related to accumulated contributions and to retirement age. The introduction of the defined contribution pensions aims at mimicking the incentive effects of funded pensions, while avoiding the need to pre-fund future liabilities. Over the last decade, pension expenditure trends have been substantially adjusted down. Microeconomic incentives have been improved. Distributive effects have been largely redesigned. However, the reform process is not yet over. Italian pension spending, which is proportionally higher than that in any other western industrial country, is still expected to increase as a share of GDP. This also depends on the very low fertility rate and the relatively high life expectancy. Moreover, some reforms have been implemented without adequate analysis of their implications and they include solutions which may result unsustainable in the long-run. This lengthy reform process generates uncertainty, limits the microeconomic benefits of the actuarial approach introduced by the 1995 reform, and induces elderly workers to retire from the work-force as soon as they are in the condition to for fear of possible cuts in benefits. An actuarially based pension system, such as that introduced in Italy in 1995, can deliver the expected labour market benefits only if the link between contributions and benefits is transparent and perceived as stable by citizens. This may not be the case in Italy, where a large number of workers are not affected by the new pension regime and where public opinion expects further reforms.

Predictive value of variation in blood flow of the middle cerebral artery measured using transcranial Doppler sonography in patients with acute brain stroke

چکیده: زمینه و هدف: سونوگرافی داپلرترانس‌کرانیال (TCD) روشی غیر تهاجمی، ارزان، سریع و مفید در ارزیابی و تعیین محـل ایجاد پـاتولـوژی در بیماران مبتلا بـه سکتـه مغـزی حـاد بخصوص در محدوده شریان مغزی میانی (MCA) است. این تحقیق با هدف بررسی ارزش پیشگویی مقایسه وضعیت همودینامیک شریان مغزی میانی توسط سونوگرافی داپلر ترانس کرانیال و بررسی روند بهبود عملکرد این بیماران در طی 1 و 6 ماه بعد از شروع بیماری انجام شد. روش‌ بررسی: در یک مطالعه آینده نگر تعداد 102 بیمار مبتلا به سکته مغزی حاد مراجعه کننده به بخش نورولوژی بیمارستان سینا شهر همدان در طی سال 1384 مورد بررسی قرار گرفتند. جهت تمامی بیماران اقدامات درمانی معمول و CT Scan بدون ماده‌ی حاجب همچنین سونوگرافی داپلرترانس کرانیال در 24 ساعت اول بستری انجام گردید. بیماران بر حسب اطلاعات TCD به سه گروه دارای خونرسانی طبیعی دو طرفه (گروه اول)، خونرسانی غیر طبیعی یک طرفه (گروه دوم) و خونرسانی کاهش یافته دو طرفه (گروه سوم) تقسیم شدند. عملکرد حرکتی بیماران در طول بستری، یک ماه و 6 ماه بعد از ترخیص توسط یک متخصص نورولوژی مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفت. داده ها با استفاده از آزمون آماری کروسکال والیس تجزیه و تحلیل شد. یافته ها: میانگین سنی بیماران 67/12±39/65 سال و 48 مرد بودند. عملکرد حرکتی در سمت گرفتار، در هر سه گروه دارای روند بهبودی معنی‌داری بود (05/0