Late Cretaceous tectonic history of the Sierra‐Salinia‐Mojave arc as recorded in conglomerates of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Gualala Formation, northern California

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COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups

BACKGROUND: A large number of longitudinal studies of population-based ageing cohorts are in progress internationally, but the insights from these studies into the risk and protective factors for cognitive ageing and conditions like mild cognitive impairment and dementia have been inconsistent. Some of the problems confounding this research can be reduced by harmonising and pooling data across studies. COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium) aims to harmonise data from international cohort studies of cognitive ageing, in order to better understand the determinants of cognitive ageing and neurocognitive disorders. METHODS/DESIGN: Longitudinal studies of cognitive ageing and dementia with at least 500 individuals aged 60 years or over are eligible and invited to be members of COSMIC. There are currently 17 member studies, from regions that include Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. A Research Steering Committee has been established, two meetings of study leaders held, and a website developed. The initial attempts at harmonising key variables like neuropsychological test scores are in progress. DISCUSSION: The challenges of international consortia like COSMIC include efficient communication among members, extended use of resources, and data harmonisation. Successful harmonisation will facilitate projects investigating rates of cognitive decline, risk and protective factors for mild cognitive impairment, and biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Extended implications of COSMIC could include standardised ways of collecting and reporting data, and a rich cognitive ageing database being made available to other researchers. COSMIC could potentially transform our understanding of the epidemiology of cognitive ageing, and have a world-wide impact on promoting successful ageing

“Out of the Box ” Forensics Labs

The emerging need for facilities and curriculum to prepare students and practitioners to understand, anticipate, and investigate malicious activity conducted using Internet based services and infrastructure is emerging as a high interest area and increasing in importance. Curriculum development focusing on host forensics has been discussed and written about frequently in the recent past. However the area of network forensics has largely not been included. We document in this paper our efforts at creating a physical laboratory and describe the integration of practical, example based network focused curriculum. 1

The Influence on Rural Communities of Interurban Transportation Systems (CATS-RR-46), Appendix I Exhibit 2

See this work in the Center for Transportation Research Library catalog: https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=32101"One factor long considered an important influence on regional growth and rural town development has been the nature of the transportation networks which serve the region or rural town. While it is ~idely agreed that economic growth is a function of a variety of human and natural resources, it is also widely assumed that transportation systems serve to facilitate the use of the resources extant in a given area. As a part of our research into the influence of transportation syste~ on rural towns, this study undertakes the task of evaluating some of the economic influences of the transportation system on rural towns."--IntroductionDepartment of Transportation Office of University Research (Washington D.C.)Center for Transportation ResearchSee this work in the Center for Transportation Research Library catalog

Testing E-Commerce Site Scalability With Tpc-W

This paper describes the benchmark's main features, the authors' experience in building a TPC-W compliant ecommerce site and a workload generator for TPC-W. It also presents performance metrics and an analysis of self-similarity obtained with the TPC-W sit

Virtualization And Digital Forensics: A Research And Education Agenda

The application of virtualization software and techniques in information technology research and education has provided a foundational environment to advance the state-of-the-art in research and education in many related areas. Commercial and open source virtualization products are being used by researchers and educators to create a wide variety of virtual environments. These virtual environments facilitate systems design and development and product development as well as the testing and modeling of production and preproduction systems. As the capabilities, functionality, and stability of these products have evolved, the use of virtualization has expanded, necessitating the identification of new research areas to investigate the impacts of virtualization on digital forensics. In February 2007, a group of digital forensics researchers, educators, and practitioners gathered at the National Center for Forensic Science at the University of Central Florida for the 2007 Workshop on Virtualization in Digital Forensics to discuss these issues and develop a research and education agenda for virtualization and digital forensics. This article outlines some of the ideas generated and new research categories and areas identified at this meeting

The Influence on Rural Communities of Interurban Transportation Systems. Appendix II, Exhibit 1 (CATS-RR-46)

More information about this work in the Center for Transportation Research Library catalog: https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=32099"This memorandum is a by-product of the research effort currently being conducted under the topic, "The Influence of Interurban Transportation Systems on the Rural Environment." The first aim of the research is to produce two planning manuals, one for the use of the professional, the other for the lay person in small urban and rural communities. In order to develop these two documents, the research effort has been divided into several subareas, specifically including: planning resources and policies pertaining to rural areas and small communities; the growth potential of small communities in a regional context; the social and economic variables most relevant to interurban, transportation planning; and the techniques currently used in the various stages of the planning process, including techniques for citizen participation. The bibliography contained in this memorandum is a selected and annotated list of works reviewed by various members of the research team in the course of their separate investigations. It is divided into five sections, which reflect the areas of greatest relevance to the final planning documents. These are: I. Planning and Policy; II. Transportation and Regional Growth; III. Socio-Economic Variables in Transportation Planning; IV. Evaluation Techniques and Models; and V. Citizen Participation. The books and articles included do not constitute an exhaustive list, but rather a selected group representative of the diversity and of the state of the art in these five areas. These works were dealt with in some detail during the course of the research; it is hoped that the comments on each will be of use in guiding other researchers to works appropriate to their particular concerns." --IntroductionDepartment of Transportation Office of University Research (Washington D.C.)Center for Transportation ResearchSee this work in the Center for Transportation Research Library catalog