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Processing Techniques of MOS Capacitors
Variations in both MOS capacitor structure and fabrication process were characterized using 1MHz C-V measurements. This involved processing MOS capacitors with and without backside oxide, and wet etching versus plasma ashing photoresist. The experimental results show large flatband shifts in wafers that were plasma ashed. ~ longer than expected anneal was utilized to reduce the C-V shifts caused by positive charge build-up in the oxide. The backside oxide did not grossly affect the capacitance measurements
The Vehicle, Fall 1986
Table of Contents
Selling Poetry: Honesty with the InvestorPatrick Peterspage 2
Father\u27s Book, Jan. 1984 (A Fictional Autobiography)James T. Finneganpage 3
Pet Day in Afternoon KindergartenDan Von Holtenpage 7
Dental Dreams in the Bathroom MirrorDan Von Holtenpage 7
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 8
SilenceJoe Hortonpage 8
SkullMichael Salempage 9
The TunnelJim Harrispage 10
Lindenwood CemeteryJean Chandlerpage 12
Into the SeaDan Seltzerpage 13
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 13
WindowsJim Harrispage 14
Little Pieces of YouStuart Albertpage 18
Slicing the AppleAmy Callpage 19
Winter WalkLarry Mitchellpage 19
Komical KellyJohn Fehrmannpage 20
Thermal SueJohn Fehrmannpage 20
Death PoemBob Zordanipage 21
Venice, ItalySherry L. Clinepage 22
RoadkillPhil Simpsonpage 24
I Hate CowsLori Delzer, Joe Crites, Becky Michaelpage 32
Telephone Operators: 1942Jim Harrispage 33
Expiration Date 3/8/65Edward Schellpage 34
Desert FloorPatrick Peterspage 35
PhotographLawrence McGownpage 36
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 37
Coping with NightStuart Albertpage 38
PhotographDan Mountpage 38
One On OnePatrick Peterspage 39
An Acquired TasteTina Wrightpage 40
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 40
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 41
When Children Are Alone, The Devil SpeaksTom Greenpage 41
BobChristy Denphypage 42
Gut & ScissorsDane Buczkowskipage 42
This Old HouseAmy Callpage 43
MortgageTina Wrightpage 43https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1048/thumbnail.jp
The Vehicle, Fall 1986
Table of Contents
Selling Poetry: Honesty with the InvestorPatrick Peterspage 2
Father\u27s Book, Jan. 1984 (A Fictional Autobiography)James T. Finneganpage 3
Pet Day in Afternoon KindergartenDan Von Holtenpage 7
Dental Dreams in the Bathroom MirrorDan Von Holtenpage 7
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 8
SilenceJoe Hortonpage 8
SkullMichael Salempage 9
The TunnelJim Harrispage 10
Lindenwood CemeteryJean Chandlerpage 12
Into the SeaDan Seltzerpage 13
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 13
WindowsJim Harrispage 14
Little Pieces of YouStuart Albertpage 18
Slicing the AppleAmy Callpage 19
Winter WalkLarry Mitchellpage 19
Komical KellyJohn Fehrmannpage 20
Thermal SueJohn Fehrmannpage 20
Death PoemBob Zordanipage 21
Venice, ItalySherry L. Clinepage 22
RoadkillPhil Simpsonpage 24
I Hate CowsLori Delzer, Joe Crites, Becky Michaelpage 32
Telephone Operators: 1942Jim Harrispage 33
Expiration Date 3/8/65Edward Schellpage 34
Desert FloorPatrick Peterspage 35
PhotographLawrence McGownpage 36
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 37
Coping with NightStuart Albertpage 38
PhotographDan Mountpage 38
One On OnePatrick Peterspage 39
An Acquired TasteTina Wrightpage 40
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 40
PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 41
When Children Are Alone, The Devil SpeaksTom Greenpage 41
BobChristy Denphypage 42
Gut & ScissorsDane Buczkowskipage 42
This Old HouseAmy Callpage 43
MortgageTina Wrightpage 43https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1048/thumbnail.jp
What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study
Funding Information: The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), 2022.Background: Some symptoms are recognised as red flags for cancer, causing the General Practitioner (GP) to refer the patient for investigation without delay. However, many early symptoms of cancer are vague and unspecific, and in these cases, a delay in referral risks a diagnosis of cancer that is too late. Empowering GPs in their management of patients that may have cancer is likely to lead to more timely cancer diagnoses. Aim: To identify the factors that affect European GPs' empowerment in making an early diagnosis of cancer. Methods: This was a Delphi study involving GPs in 20 European countries. We presented GPs with 52 statements representing factors that could empower GPs to increase the number of early cancer diagnoses. Over three Delphi rounds, we asked GPs to indicate the clinical relevance of each statement on a Likert scale. The final list of statements indicated those that were considered by consensus to be the most relevant. Results: In total, 53 GPs from 20 European countries completed the Delphi process, out of the 68 GPs who completed round one. Twelve statements satisfied the pre-defined criteria for relevance. Five of the statements related to screening and four to the primary/secondary care interface. The other selected statements concerned information technology (IT) and GPs' working conditions. Statements relating to training, skills and working efficiency were not considered priority areas. Conclusion: GPs consider that system factors relating to screening, the primary-secondary care interface, IT and their working conditions are key to enhancing their empowerment in patients that could have cancer. These findings provide the basis for seeking actions and policies that will support GPs in their efforts to achieve timely cancer diagnosis.publishersversionPeer reviewe
Delivery of Dark Material to Vesta via Carbonaceous Chondritic Impacts
NASA's Dawn spacecraft observations of asteroid (4) Vesta reveal a surface
with the highest albedo and color variation of any asteroid we have observed so
far. Terrains rich in low albedo dark material (DM) have been identified using
Dawn Framing Camera (FC) 0.75 {\mu}m filter images in several geologic
settings: associated with impact craters (in the ejecta blanket material and/or
on the crater walls and rims); as flow-like deposits or rays commonly
associated with topographic highs; and as dark spots (likely secondary impacts)
nearby impact craters. This DM could be a relic of ancient volcanic activity or
exogenic in origin. We report that the majority of the spectra of DM are
similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites mixed with materials indigenous to
Vesta. Using high-resolution seven color images we compared DM color properties
(albedo, band depth) with laboratory measurements of possible analog materials.
Band depth and albedo of DM are identical to those of carbonaceous chondrite
xenolith-rich howardite Mt. Pratt (PRA) 04401. Laboratory mixtures of Murchison
CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and basaltic eucrite Millbillillie also show band
depth and albedo affinity to DM. Modeling of carbonaceous chondrite abundance
in DM (1-6 vol%) is consistent with howardite meteorites. We find no evidence
for large-scale volcanism (exposed dikes/pyroclastic falls) as the source of
DM. Our modeling efforts using impact crater scaling laws and numerical models
of ejecta reaccretion suggest the delivery and emplacement of this DM on Vesta
during the formation of the ~400 km Veneneia basin by a low-velocity (<2
km/sec) carbonaceous impactor. This discovery is important because it
strengthens the long-held idea that primitive bodies are the source of carbon
and probably volatiles in the early Solar System.Comment: Icarus (Accepted) Pages: 58 Figures: 15 Tables:
What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study.
BACKGROUND
Some symptoms are recognised as red flags for cancer, causing the General Practitioner (GP) to refer the patient for investigation without delay. However, many early symptoms of cancer are vague and unspecific, and in these cases, a delay in referral risks a diagnosis of cancer that is too late. Empowering GPs in their management of patients that may have cancer is likely to lead to more timely cancer diagnoses.
AIM
To identify the factors that affect European GPs' empowerment in making an early diagnosis of cancer.
METHODS
This was a Delphi study involving GPs in 20 European countries. We presented GPs with 52 statements representing factors that could empower GPs to increase the number of early cancer diagnoses. Over three Delphi rounds, we asked GPs to indicate the clinical relevance of each statement on a Likert scale.The final list of statements indicated those that were considered by consensus to be the most relevant.
RESULTS
In total, 53 GPs from 20 European countries completed the Delphi process, out of the 68 GPs who completed round one. Twelve statements satisfied the pre-defined criteria for relevance. Five of the statements related to screening and four to the primary/secondary care interface. The other selected statements concerned information technology (IT) and GPs' working conditions. Statements relating to training, skills and working efficiency were not considered priority areas.
CONCLUSION
GPs consider that system factors relating to screening, the primary-secondary care interface, IT and their working conditions are key to enhancing their empowerment in patients that could have cancer. These findings provide the basis for seeking actions and policies that will support GPs in their efforts to achieve timely cancer diagnosis
Primary care practitioners’ diagnostic action when the patient may have cancer : an exploratory vignette study in 20 European countries
Availability of data To avoid the risk of identification of individual participants, the datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available. However, they are available (with any possible identifying information redacted) from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Funding This study received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. ALN’s time is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Patient Safety Translation Research Centre, with her infrastructure support provided by the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the PCPs who piloted the questionnaire and those who completed the survey. We would also like to thank the European GP Research Network for its support. We are grateful to Prof. Barbara Silverman and Prof. Lital Keinan for the data on cancer survival rates in Israel, and to Dr Yochai Schonmann for his work on those data. Two of the vignettes were used by kind permission of the ICBP; we also thank Dr Peter Murchie and Dr Rhona Auckland, who generously provided the other two vignettes. Prof. Antonius Schneider kindly organised the Technical University of Munich’s data collection.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Identifying important health system factors that influence primary care practitioners' referrals for cancer suspicion : a European cross-sectional survey
ALN is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Patient Safety Translation Research Centre, with infrastructure support provided by the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Prepublication history and additional material for this paper are available online. To view these files, please visit the journal online (http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022904).Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Why do European primary care physicians sometimes not think of, or act on, a possible cancer diagnosis? : A qualitative study
Funding The Swedish application for ethical approval was funded by the Jämtland Cancer and Nursing Foundation. The study had no other external fundingPeer reviewedPostprin
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