Can the United States Control Its Natural Gas: International Trade Implications of Restrictions on Liquefied Natural Gas Exports

This article examines the cross-section between energy, environmental, and international law while exploring the recent developments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement countries, and considers how international free trade agreements affect efforts to restrict or limit exports of LNG. The article discusses the environmental and economic impacts of large-scale exports of LNG, but argues that efforts to stifle LNG exports will ultimately fail regardless of potential negative impacts due to conflict with existing international trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Since approval of export licenses for LNG is inevitable, the article offers proposals to achieve safe natural gas production and considers factors that are important in understanding the greater impacts of the United States becoming a major exporter of LNG

A Study Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Methods of Treating Ammoniacal Diaper Rash

This study was conducted to find out if there was any significant difference in the effectiveness of two methods of treating ammoniacal diaper rash. The experimental method with parallel groups and a single variable was used. The instructions for hygienic measures were the same in the control and experimental groups. The variable was that the mothers of the infants of the experimental group used an ointment containing vitamins A and D in addition to the hygienic measures. A review of literature on diaper rash was done at the library on the Los Angeles campus of Loma Linda University. No study was found to have been done on the effectiveness of a bland ointment containing vitamins A and D in the treatment of diaper rash. Ammoniacal diaper rash is caused by the action of microorganisms always present in the stools on urea in the urine. One of the end products is ammonia which causes the skin irritation. Urine and alkaline stools promote the growth of the bacillus ammoniagenes while an acid medium inhibits its growth. Many types of oils, lotions, creams and powders have been employed in the treatment of ammoniacal diaper rash. This study was conducted in the White Memorial Hospital Pediatric Clinic on forty-two infants with ammoniacal diaper rash. They were placed alternately, in the control and experimental groups. The data were gathered by the researcher in the form of a questionnaire when the interview was made in the clinic and from an observation form completed by the mother. The observation form for one infant in each group, was not obtained; thus forty infants were used in the final analyses. The data collected were analyzed by the coefficient of correlation and the Student t table. Seven correlations were done which revealed that there was: (1) a slightly positive correlation between the days of duration of the rash prior to treatment and the days required for healing; the severity of the rash and the days required for healing; the age of the infant and the days required for healing (the control group had a slightly higher correlation in each of the above comparisons); and (2) practically no correlation between the area of involvement and the days required for healing in either group. Three correlations were done on the group as a whole which showed: (1) a slightly positive correlation between the number of days the infant had the rash prior to treatment and the severity of the rash; (2) no correlation between the severity of the rash and the diaper cleansing agent used or between the age of the infant and the severity of the rash. The hypothesis was supported in that the two methods of treating diaper rash appeared to be equally effective in this study. It is recommended that more emphasis be placed on keeping the diaper area clean by washing with cool, running water and on using the vinegar rinse for diapers

University Service Quality in the Community Service and Continuing Education Center at Sultan Qaboos University: An Empirical Study Using SERVQUAL Scale

The study aimed to define strategies to achieve university service quality in the Community Service and Continuing Education Center (CSCEC) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) using the SERVQUAL scale. The scale examines the gap between expectations and perceptions. The researchers translated the scale and rephrased some of its items in a way that was suitable the study population. The instrument was administered to a random sample of SQU academics, and the CSCEC employers and trainees. Descriptive analysis methods were used in the study in addition to a group of appropriate statistical procedures. The results revealed a high level of quality services that the center provides or plans to povide. The results also indicated that there were no significant differences regarding the demographical variables of type, job and age in all of the service quality dimensions. In addition, the study suggests some strategies to achieve university service quality in the community service and continuing education center at Sultan Qaboos University

Design and implementation of an optical fiber sensing based vibration monitoring system

Vibration analysis is generally used in the industries for condition monitoring of various electromechanical equipment. For the predictive maintenance of the industry equipment, several techniques have been applied which are based on capacitive and piezoelectric accelerometers. However, they possess several real time problems due to the negative influence of electromagnetic interference. The major problem lies in the detection and transmission of various physical parameters in the noisy and harsh environment. In order to solve the weak points of commonly used structural vibration detection sensors that are easily affected by the harsh environment of the engineering site, the principle of optical fiber sensing is studied, and the system optical path is designed based on MZ interference technology. In this work, a special data acquisition and processing software is developed to acquire the sensed data and the vibration detection is carried out on the steel cantilever structure pasted with fiber optic sensors. Extraction using FFT and pattern recognition through bp neural network yields the system accuracy rate of 96.7 %. The proposed interference type optical fiber technology provides a novel approach for real-time monitoring of engineering structure vibration laying the foundation for the research of intelligent buildings

The Iowa Homemaker vol.39, no.6

Winter Party, Sandra Cruickshank, page 5 Multiple Farrowing, Ken Krause, page 7 ISC Greenhouse, Staff, page 8 I Was A Househusband, Norm Engle, page 12 What’s An Ag, Eldean Borg, page 14 What’s A Home Ec, Martha Keeney, page 15 Meet The German People, Sandra Cruickshank, page 16 Create Beauty With Simplicity, Jill Gaylord and Jackie Andre, page 18 Marketing Research Aids You, Ken Krause, page 20 Please Pass The Popcorn, Donna Read, page 26 New Uses For Ag Products, Jim Stayner, page 29 Their Classroom is Iowa, Gail Devens, page 3

What's An Ag?

An Ag! What is he? A fellow in bib overalls and strawhat, pitchfork in hand ... Not always. The Ag is a mixture of many ingredients. He is seen in different ways by those who "know" him well.</p

Transformations of Selected Regions of the Z-Plane

The concept of mapping, or transformation of points is very important in the general theory of functions of a complex variable. In this paper transformations will be used to set up correspondences between regions of two complex planes, the z-plane and the w-plane. “Any given correspondence will be unique or one-to-one between points in the two regions if there is just one point in the transformed region corresponding to a given point in the original region and conversely [11, p. 67]” Care must be exercised in the use of the term “mapping” as it is justifiable only when there is a one-to-one correspondence between the two regions. Most books on complex variables include only a short section or a chapter on mapping. The purpose of this paper is to present to the reader a more complete picture of various transformations through illustrated mappings. This will be accomplished through a study of the behavior of certain regions under a few simple transformations. Only specific regions will be considered as the general cases become complicated and are beyond the scope of this paper. The regions will be limited to rectangles, triangles, semi-infinite and infinite strips, and the unit circle. The transformations w = ez, w = sin z, w = cos z, w = sinh z 9 and w = cosh z will be considered. The last three of these transformations will be studied in Chapter V by using the idea of successive transformations. Such graphic terms as translation, rotation, and expansion will be used

Full mouth implants rehabilitation of a patient with ectodermal dysplasia after 3-Ds ridge augmentation. A clinical report

A 22-year-old female presented with hypodontia and severe atrophy of alveolar ridge associated with ectodermal dysplasia, was treated with 3Ds bone augmentation technique and full mouth implants rehabilitation. Bone blocks harvested from the retro molar area to construct adequate bone volume at posterior maxilla and mandible. The vertical and horizontal bone augmentation allowed proper implant placement according to prosthetically-driven implant placement concept. Ten implants were placed. Six in the maxilla and four implants were inserted in the mandible. A cement-retained full mouth metal ceramic FPDs were fabricated. The outcome of the treatment showed that dental implants placed in bone block grafts should be considered as a good treatment modality for patients with ectodermal dysplasia. It also, provided the patient with a prosthesis that enhanced the patient function and esthetics