320 research outputs found
Gaelic Learners in the Primary School (GLPS) in Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth & Kinross and Stirling : Evaluation Report
For many years individual primary school teachers have no doubt sought to provide their pupils with a brief initial introduction to Gaelic language and culture. However, as a planned, systematic policy development across schools, backed by local authority and national support, GLPS (Gaelic learners in the primary school) has only come into being in the past three years. Thus far it has been taken up in a small number of local authorities, including the five which have commissioned the present evaluation (Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth & Kinross, Stirling), but it is attracting interest in a number of others
HAPTEN-SPECIFIC STIMULATION OF SECONDARY B CELLS INDEPENDENT OF T CELLS
Treatment of spleen cell suspensions from immunized mice with anti-theta serum and complement before transfer to nonimmune irradiated recipients reduced the degree of in vitro stimulation by hapten-homologous carrier complexes by 90%, but did not decrease at all the number of isolated precursor cells stimulated by hapten on heterologous carriers. Thus, secondary B cells can be stimulated by low concentrations of multiply substituted hapten-carrier complexes in the apparent complete absence of specific T cells
Témoignage : « Mon pÚre était avec Leclerc »
Le 250e bataillon dâartillerie de lâarmĂ©e amĂ©ricaine a Ă©tĂ© entraĂźnĂ© Ă Paris, au Texas, et a dĂ©barquĂ© Ă la fin juillet 1944 sur la plage de Utah. Au dĂ©but aoĂ»t, le bataillon devait constituer le support dâartillerie de la 2e division blindĂ©e française dans la bataille de Falaise puis couvrir son avancĂ©e en direction du Mans et de Strasbourg. Le bataillon fut rĂ©compensĂ© par les Français : les soldats reçurent 20 Croix de guerre et furent autorisĂ©s Ă porter la fourragĂšre aux couleurs de la Croix de guerre. AprĂšs la guerre, les vĂ©tĂ©rans des deux unitĂ©s restĂšrent longtemps en contact.âMy Father was with Leclercâ. The US Armyâs 250th Field Artillery Battalion trained in Paris, Texas, and landed on Utah Beach in late July 1944. Beginning in early August, it provided artillery support for the French 2nd Armored Division for the battle of Falaise Gap and for the drive from Le Mans to Strasbourg.  The battalion received several awards from the French including a brigade citation, and members of the battalion received 20 Croix de guerre medals and were authorized to wear the fourragĂšre de la Croix de la guerre.  After the war veterans from the 250th remained in contact with veterans of the 2nd Division and were proud of their association with the famous division
Axel Poniatowski, CĂ©cile Maisonneuve, Benjamin Franklin
Les auteurs de ce livre estiment que Benjamin Franklin est « lâAmĂ©ricain par excellence ». Fils dâun artisan, fabricant de bougies et de savon, il parvint Ă dĂ©passer une Ă©ducation primaire limitĂ©e pour devenir lâun des plus importants publicistes et Ă©crivains de lâhistoire amĂ©ricaine. AprĂšs avoir gagnĂ© beaucoup dâargent, il concentra sa grande intelligence et sa curiositĂ© insatiable sur des inventions et des projets scientifiques. Puis, en vieillissant, il sâintĂ©ressa de plus en plus Ă la pol..
Témoignage : « Mon pÚre était avec Leclerc »
Le 250e bataillon dâartillerie de lâarmĂ©e amĂ©ricaine a Ă©tĂ© entraĂźnĂ© Ă Paris, au Texas, et a dĂ©barquĂ© Ă la fin juillet 1944 sur la plage de Utah. Au dĂ©but aoĂ»t, le bataillon devait constituer le support dâartillerie de la 2e division blindĂ©e française dans la bataille de Falaise puis couvrir son avancĂ©e en direction du Mans et de Strasbourg. Le bataillon fut rĂ©compensĂ© par les Français : les soldats reçurent 20 Croix de guerre et furent autorisĂ©s Ă porter la fourragĂšre aux couleurs de la Croix de guerre. AprĂšs la guerre, les vĂ©tĂ©rans des deux unitĂ©s restĂšrent longtemps en contact.âMy Father was with Leclercâ. The US Armyâs 250th Field Artillery Battalion trained in Paris, Texas, and landed on Utah Beach in late July 1944. Beginning in early August, it provided artillery support for the French 2nd Armored Division for the battle of Falaise Gap and for the drive from Le Mans to Strasbourg.  The battalion received several awards from the French including a brigade citation, and members of the battalion received 20 Croix de guerre medals and were authorized to wear the fourragĂšre de la Croix de la guerre.  After the war veterans from the 250th remained in contact with veterans of the 2nd Division and were proud of their association with the famous division
Charger 1: A New Facility for Z-Pinch Research
Charger 1 is a multipurpose pulsed power laboratory located on Redstone Arsenal, with a focus on fusion propulsion relevant experiments involving testing z-pinch diodes, pulsed magnetic nozzle and other related physics experiments. UAH and its team of pulsed power researchers are investigating ways to increase and optimize fusion production from Charger 1. Currently the team has reached high-power testing. Due to the unique safety issues related to high power operations the UAH/MSFC team has slowed repair efforts to develop safety and operations protocols. The facility is expected to be operational by the time DZP 2017 convenes. Charger 1 began life as the Decade Module 2, an experimental prototype built to prove the Decade Quad pinch configuration. The system was donated to UAH by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DRTA) in 2012. For the past 5 years a UAH/MSFC/Boeing team has worked to refurbish, assemble and test the system. With completion of high power testing in summer 2017 Charger 1 will become operational for experimentation. Charger 1 utilizes a Marx Bank of 72 100-kV capacitors that are charged in parallel and discharged in series. The Marx output is compressed to a pulse width of approximately 200 ns via a pulse forming network of 32 coaxial stainless steel tubes using water as a dielectric. After pulse compression a set of SF6 switches are triggered, allowing the wave front to propagate through the output line to the load. Charger 1 is capable of storing 572-kJ of energy and time compressing discharge to less than 250 ns discharge time producing a discharge of about 1 TW of discharge with 1 MV and 1 MA peak voltage and current, respectively. This capability will be used to study energy yield scaling and physics from solid density target as applied to advanced propulsion research
Measurement and data transmission validity of a multi-biosensor system for real-time remote exercise monitoring among cardiac patients
Background: Remote telemonitoring holds great potential to augment management of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) by enabling regular physiological monitoring during physical activity. Remote physiological monitoring may improve home and community exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (exCR) programs and could improve assessment of the impact and management of pharmacological interventions for heart rate control in individuals with AF.Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the measurement validity and data transmission reliability of a remote telemonitoring system comprising a wireless multi-parameter physiological sensor, custom mobile app, and middleware platform, among individuals in sinus rhythm and AF.Methods: Participants in sinus rhythm and with AF undertook simulated daily activities, low, moderate, and/or high intensity exercise. Remote monitoring system heart rate and respiratory rate were compared to reference measures (12-lead ECG and indirect calorimeter). Wireless data transmission loss was calculated between the sensor, mobile app, and remote Internet server.Results: Median heart rate (-0.30 to 1.10 bâmin-1) and respiratory rate (-1.25 to 0.39 brâmin-1) measurement biases were small, yet statistically significant (all P≤.003) due to the large number of observations. Measurement reliability was generally excellent (rho=.87-.97, all P<.001; intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.94-.98, all P<.001; coefficient of variation [CV]=2.24-7.94%), although respiratory rate measurement reliability was poor among AF participants (rho=.43, P<.001; ICC=.55, P<.001; CV=16.61%). Data loss was minimal (<5%) when all system components were active; however, instability of the network hosting the remote data capture server resulted in data loss at the remote Internet server during some trials.Conclusions: System validity was sufficient for remote monitoring of heart and respiratory rates across a range of exercise intensities. Remote exercise monitoring has potential to augment current exCR and heart rate control management approaches by enabling the provision of individually tailored care to individuals outside traditional clinical environments
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