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Development of an advanced microelectronic connection welding system Final report
Development of microelectronic connection welding system using infrared feedback contro
Preregistration house officers in general practice: review of evidence
OBJECTIVES: To examine the strengths and weaknesses
of the national and local schemes for preregistration
house officers to spend four months in general
practice, to identify any added value from such
placements, and to examine the impact on career
choices.
DESIGN: Review of all studies that reported on
placements of preregistration house officers in
general practice.
SETTING: 19 accounts of preregistration house officers’
experience in general practice, ranging from single
case reports to a national evaluation study, in a variety
of locations in Scotland and England.
PARTICIPANTS: Views of 180 preregistration house
officers, 45 general practitioner trainers, and 105
consultant trainers.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Main findings or themes
weighted according to number of studies reporting
them and weighted for sample size.
RESULTS: The studies were unanimous about the
educational benefits of the placements. The
additional learning included communication skills,
social and psychological factors in illness, patient
centred consultations, broadening of knowledge base,
and dealing with uncertainty about diagnosis and
referral.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite the reported benefits and
recommendations of the scheme, it is not expanding.
General practitioner trainers reported additional
supervision that was unremunerated. The reforms of
the senior house officer grade may resolve this
problem by offering the placements to senior house
officers, who require less supervision
A preliminary experiment definition for video landmark acquisition and tracking
Six scientific objectives/experiments were derived which consisted of agriculture/forestry/range resources, land use, geology/mineral resources, water resources, marine resources and environmental surveys. Computer calculations were then made of the spectral radiance signature of each of 25 candidate targets as seen by a satellite sensor system. An imaging system capable of recognizing, acquiring and tracking specific generic type surface features was defined. A preliminary experiment definition and design of a video Landmark Acquisition and Tracking system is given. This device will search a 10-mile swath while orbiting the earth, looking for land/water interfaces such as coastlines and rivers
Transplantation and the Trauma Surgeon
The number of satisfactory vascular organs suitable for organ transplantation can be increased appreciably by a close working relationship between traumatologists and transplant surgeons. Benefits will derive from more precise and rapid field management of braininjured patients, with subsequent appropriate stabilization. If brain death is declared, prompt referral for organ donation with optimal management should result in well-functioning organs for transplantation. A defined team approach with well-defined protocols could solve most of the medical and moral dilemmas. Compassionate emotional support should be provided for families, particularly minorities, and should extend to inexperienced staff. Underlying these goals are a strong institutional commitment to staff education and an understanding of the lifesaving role that organ transplantation can play.
suitable for organ transplantation can be increased appreciably by a close working relationship between traumatologists and transplant surgeons. Benefits will derive from more precise and rapid field management of braininjured patients, with subsequent appropriate stabilization. If brain death is declared, prompt referral for organ donation with optimal management should result in well-functioning organs for transplantation. A defined team approach with well-defined protocols could solve most of the medical and moral dilemmas. Compassionate emotional support should be provided for families, particularly minorities, and should extend to inexperienced staff. Underlying these goals are a strong institutional commitment to staff education and an understanding of the lifesaving role that organ transplantation can play
A Coordinated Radio Afterglow Program
We describe a ground-based effort to find and study afterglows at centimeter
and millimeter wavelengths. We have observed all well-localized gamma-ray
bursts in the Northern and Southern sky since BeppoSAX first started providing
rapid positions in early 1997. Of the 23 GRBs for which X-ray afterglows have
been detected, 10 have optical afterglows and 9 have radio afterglows. A
growing number of GRBs have both X-ray and radio afterglows but lack a
corresponding optical afterglow.Comment: To appear in Proc. of the 5th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, 5
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