User's operating procedures. Volume 2: Scout project financial analysis program

A review is presented of the user's operating procedures for the Scout Project Automatic Data system, called SPADS. SPADS is the result of the past seven years of software development on a Prime mini-computer located at the Scout Project Office, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. SPADS was developed as a single entry, multiple cross-reference data management and information retrieval system for the automation of Project office tasks, including engineering, financial, managerial, and clerical support. This volume, two (2) of three (3), provides the instructions to operate the Scout Project Financial Analysis program in data retrieval and file maintenance via the user friendly menu drivers

User's operating procedures. Volume 3: Projects directorate information programs

A review of the user's operating procedures for the scout project automatic data system, called SPADS is presented. SPADS is the results of the past seven years of software development on a prime mini-computer. SPADS was developed as a single entry, multiple cross-reference data management and information retrieval system for the automation of Project office tasks, including engineering, financial, managerial, and clerical support. This volume, three of three, provides the instructions to operate the projects directorate information programs in data retrieval and file maintenance via the user friendly menu drivers

Care for chronic renal patients – Role of multidisciplinary education

The aim of this study is to summarize the beneficial effects of the holistic approach to patients living with chronic renal failure, including multidisciplinary education and psychosocial care. By education, we enable our patients to reach self-management, appropriate compliance, and coping, which may decrease progression of renal failure, avoid urgent need for starting dialysis and may facilitate better modality selection, access planning, renal transplantation activity, and rehabilitation. Psychosocial care reduces anxiety and fear, modifies perception of illness’ burden, and increases quality of life. Yet, both patients and nephrologists feel that transmission of information is often insufficient. Different methods can effectively be utilized as educational interventions, meetings with staff, and also with expert patients, group education sessions, written or online materials, or multimedia presentations. Patient care of such a high complexity can be provided only by multidisciplinary teams. A special Hungarian example of holistic care is presented, and the favorable results of the education and lifestyle camps for patients accompanied by their relatives are discussed. Accordingly, complex care of patients living with chronic renal failure on the long run is cost saving

Controlled Secret Sharing Protocol using a Quantum Cloning Circuit

We demonstrate the possibility of controlling the success probability of a secret sharing protocol using a quantum cloning circuit. The cloning circuit is used to clone the qubits containing the encoded information and {\em en route} to the intended receipients. The success probability of the protocol depends on the cloning parameters used to clone the qubits. We also establish a relation between the concurrence of initially prepared state, entanglement of the mixed state received by the receivers after cloning scheme and the cloning parameters of cloning machine.Comment: This is a modified version of the previous work quant-ph/arXiv:1011.286