Heat-transfer thermal switch

Thermal switch maintains temperature of planetary lander, within definite range, by transferring heat. Switch produces relatively large stroke and force, uses minimum electrical power, is lightweight, is vapor pressure actuated, and withstands sterilization temperatures without damage

Understanding the Challenges of Reducing Cancer in Appalachia: Addressing a Place-Based Health Disparity Population

The Appalachian region of the United States has long been recognized for its poor economic and social indicators. Only during the past decade have multi-state data become more accessible to describe the regions’ poor health status and resulting outcomes. A recent community-based participatory study engaged rural Appalachians to describe “what makes Appalachia different?” from other geographic areas and cultural groups in the United States and identify those characteristics that influence the region’s health. This article summarizes the community interpretation of these findings

Common knowledge and state-dependent equilibria

Many puzzling social behaviors, such as avoiding eye contact, using innuendos, and insignificant events that trigger revolutions, seem to relate to common knowledge and coordination, but the exact relationship has yet to be formalized. Herein, we present such a formalization. We state necessary and sufficient conditions for what we call state-dependent equilibria - equilibria where players play different strategies in different states of the world. In particular, if everybody behaves a certain way (e.g. does not revolt) in the usual state of the world, then in order for players to be able to behave a different way (e.g. revolt) in another state of the world, it is both necessary and sufficient for it to be common p-believed that it is not the usual state of the world, where common p-belief is a relaxation of common knowledge introduced by Monderer and Samet [16]. Our framework applies to many player r-coordination games - a generalization of coordination games that we introduce - and common (r,p)-beliefs - a generalization of common p-beliefs that we introduce. We then apply these theorems to two particular signaling structures to obtain novel results. © 2012 Springer-Verlag

BMQ

BMQ: Boston Medical Quarterly was published from 1950-1966 by the Boston University School of Medicine and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals

Health Care Systems

Scholars are engaged in active discussion about the underlying causes of poor health outcomes in the Appalachian region. One view is that cultural factors and traditions maintained over generations lead to unhealthy lifestyles and the inappropriate use or underuse of health services.1 A different perspective points to a structural basis; that is, the roots of Appalachia\u27s health problems lie in systemic characteristics, particularly those related to power and how- and by whom-decisions are made. At the same time, this view recognizes that population and social factors play a role.2 Poverty, lack of jobs, illiteracy, inadequate education, poor housing, lack of public transportation, and lack of social support contribute to poor health in the region.3