Flexible blade antenna Patent

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The NASA teleconferencing system: An evaluation

The communication requirements of the Apollo project led to the development of a teleconferencing network which linked together, in an audio-fax mode, the several NASA centers and supporting contractors of the Apollo project. The usefulness of this communication linkage for the Apollo project suggested that the system might be extended to include all NASA centers, enabling them to conduct their in-house business more efficiently than by traveling to other centers. A pilot project was run in which seventeen NASA center and subcenters, some with multiple facilities, were connected into the NASA teleconferencing network. During that year, costs were charted and, at the end of the year, an evaluation was made to determine how the system had been used and with what results. The year-end evaluation of the use of NASA teleconferencing system is summarized

Do N3 Fatty Acid Supplements Effect Depressive Symptoms Post Cardiovascular Event in Men and Women Ages 40 and Older?

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not n-3 fatty acids have an effect on depressive symptoms post cardiovascular event in men and women ages 40 and older. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review of three English language random controlled trials published between 2011-2012. DATA SOURCES: Two randomized controlled trials published after 2011 comparing the effects of n-3 fatty acid supplementation on depressive symptoms post cardiovascular event and one randomized controlled trial comparing n-3 fatty acid supplementation effects on depressive symptoms in elderly patients with diagnosed depression. The studies were obtained using the PubMed database. OUTCOMES MEASURED: Depressive symptoms, assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale, was the primary outcome measured in all three studies. In all studies patients depressive symptoms were measured with the GDS-15 before the trial of supplementation vs. placebo began, and then after the trial was over. Results were then compared before and after supplementation. RESULTS: The results of these studies show an insignificant decrease in depressive symptoms of patients supplemented with n-3 fatty acids post cardiovascular event vs. a placebo. However, one study showed the potential for n-3 fatty acid supplementation in depressed elderly patients unrelated to cardiovascular events with a decrease in depressive symptoms after supplementation.6 One subgroup in the study by Andreeva and colleagues reported an increase in depressive symptoms in men who were supplemented n-3 fatty acids for the trial.4 CONCLUSIONS: Based on these studies, the use of n-3 fatty acids for decreasing depressive symptoms in post-cardiovascular events can not be justified. Andreeva and colleagues, as well as Giltay and colleagues, both showed no significant difference in depressive symptoms in patients post-cardiovascular event supplemented with n-3 fatty acids assessed by the GDS-15.4,5 However, Tajalizadekhoob et al. showed n-3 fatty acid supplementation in elderly patients with diagnosed depression does in fact improve their depressive symptoms with a NNT of 8. 6 Although the total patient number of this study was small, further investigation should continue as this proves there is lead way for the use of n-3 fatty acids for their effect in depression

How Economic Distribution Impacts Human Rights on an International Level: A Case Study in Africa and the Balkans

Data from Reporters Without Borders and the World Bank was used in this small case study to assess correlations between economic dispersion, freedom of the press, and measures of gender equality in eight countries. These countries were selected from two regions, with four from both Africa and the Balkans to total eight: Angola, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Zimbabwe. The regions were selected to account for any regional trends affecting the data. These countries were selected based on their Gini Coefficients with the hopes of identifying correlations between economic distribution and their measures of human rights. By doing research into how Gini Coefficients are correlated with measures of 3 human rights, we can more fully understand how economic conditions impact an individual’s personal freedoms on a macro level. In other words, understanding how a country’s economic distribution directly impacts its citizens’ abilities to exist with freedom and dignity is important, and this research hopes to examine this issue. This research produced statistically significant research showing correlations between economic dispersion within a state and that state’s human rights measures. This shows that the economic distribution within a country has a direct impact on how protected their human rights are, which is a finding relevant to everyone participating in a capitalist state. This could be used as the foundation for further research with a larger sample size to apply this regional analysis to the global scale

CRIMES AND OFFENSES Controlled Substances: Provide for the Distribution of Forfeited Real Property; Authorize the Acquisition of Forfeited Real Property by Land Bank Authorities

The Act amends the Georgia Code by allowing courts to provide for the distribution of forfeited real property. The Act provides that forfeited real property be turned over to the state and allows courts to sell the property and distribute the proceeds or to hold the property for use by law enforcement agencies. The Act amends the Georgia Code to permit land bank authorities to accept forfeited real property