Spinning the Spectrum: How a world-traveling DJ and a Dallas SpeechPathologist developed a new spin on how to helpneurodiverse people navigate a neurotypical world.

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Oyster Mortality Studies In Virginia. II. The Fungus Disease Caused By Dermocystidium Marinum In Oysters Of Chesapeake Bay

A high death rate of oysters in Virginia waters during the warm months of summer and fall was reported by Hewatt & Andrews (1954b). One of the most important causes of this warm-season mortality is the fungus Dermocystidium marinum, a pathogen discovered in the Gulf of Mexico by Mackin, Owen & Collier (1950). The fungus is found along the coast of the Western Atlantic from Delaware Bay to Florida and on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas. In Chesapeake Bay the disease was studied for pathogenicity to oysters, seasonal occurrence, distribution, and its effect on the oyster industry. Over 3000 dead or dying oysters and 7000 live oysters were examined. Most of the dead or dying oysters were obtained from trays suspended in the York River at Gloucester Point, Virginia, but the live oysters came from many localities in Chesapeake Bay

Paper Session I-A - Neutral Particle Beam Overview

The goal of the Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) technology program is to develop a multimission directed energy weapon (DEW) system which can function as an effective component in a Strategic Defense System. The NPB has the capability to be used as both a weapon and discriminator platform. It can kill missiles and reentry vehicles in the boost, post-boost, and mid-course portion of an ICBM trajectory as well as discriminated objects during the midcourse phase. Objects from those boosters and buses not engaged in the boost and post boost phase would be engaged once the reentry vehicles and decoys have been deployed, i.e. during the midcourse phase of the trajectory. The NPB can be used to provide a passive, active, and interactive discrimination capability against these targets. Passive discrimination is accomplished by viewing visible, ultraviolet (UV) and/or infrared (IR) emissions from targets and decoys using on-board acquisition sensors. Active discrimination is accomplished by illuminating targets and decoys with a laser tracker on-board the NPB; while Interactive discrimination is accomplished by illuminating the target with the NPB which results in the emission of X-rays and neutrons which are proportional to the mass of the target. These emitted particles are measured by a free flying detector to determine the mass of the objects. During the discrimination process target state vectors (position and velocity) can be determined which can be handed over to space-based or ground-based interceptors. All the sensors are on the same platform. This reduces data processing since sensor-to-sensor correlation is not required

Mississippi Kids Count: High School Graduation Rates

Though national dropout rates have generally fallen over the past twenty years, almost 1.2 million students in the United States drop out of school each year, representing nearly one-third of high school students. At about 61%, Mississippi’s high school graduation rate falls slightly below the national figure, though school districts in the Mississippi Delta fare particularly poorly. Five of the ten districts with the highest four-year dropout rates in the state are located in Delta region counties: Leflore, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Tunica, and Panola Counties

Intracameral Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Refractory Glaucoma Secondary to a Fungal Corneal Abscess

We present a 78-year-old patient who developed refractory glaucoma following a fungal infection of the corneal incision after cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. An anterior chamber injection of 0.1 ml recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (25 mcg/0.1 mL) was performed to improve the trabecular meshwork outflow facility compromised secondary to fibrin blockade. The intraocular pressure dropped dramatically from 48 mmHg to 10 mmHg postoperatively, negating the need for glaucoma surgery

Regional Development: An Econometric Study of the Role of Water Development in Effectuating Population and Income Changes

Twelve measures of regional economic growth, including populations and three measures of income were compared for areas with and without water investment in 246 counties and 42 water resources subareas in the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada. Simple mean omparisons for these measures compiled for the decades of 1940-1950, 1950-1960, and 1960-1970 failed to support the hypothesis that economic growth of those counties and subareas receiving water investment was significantly highter than in those areas which did not, with the possible exception of the 1940-1950 decade. This result is obciously tempered by the fact that with-without comparisons taken on a cross-sectional basis may be inaccurage to the extent that spatial units used in the analysis are not homogenous in all respects but the presence or absence of water investment. Population, farm income, median family income, and per acre agricultural land values as measures of economic growth were regressed on various classes of water investment (Total, M&1, Recreation, and Irrigation investment, and other related variables) for the spatial units. Results obtained from this analysis were inconclusive with respect to the hypothesized role of water investment in effectuating economic growth. For small areas in New Mexico where more detailed records of water investment were available, a nine equation econometric model was estimated using a three-stage least squares analysis. As specified, this model facilitated an examination of the interactive effect of water development as a causal variable and as an endogenous variable which responds to other growth inducements. Test statistics for multi-equation systems are only indicative, and the statistical results were nonconclusive, although expected signs on the coefficients were obtained in most instances. Input-output and economic base-models were used to examine two case studies of water investment in Western Coloado. The objective was to demonstrate the methodology and the magnitudes of change in regional economic activity (gross regional output, exports, income, and employment) which could be associated with major irrigation-type water developments. In this analysis it was found that total gross output attributable to the projects ranged from zero in the petroleum and mining sectors to a high of 260,302 in the dairy industry. Multiplicative effects on employment income and gross economic activity ranged from 1.06 to 2.30 times their initial magnitude. Income and employment multipliers were of similar magnitude. it should be recognized that these estimates cannot e viewed in the same manner as similar growth increments at the national level, as would typically be done, because of the strong possibility of regional offsets occurring in other regions not participating in water development. To the extent that growth in other areas is reduced by the growth of a particular region, these reductions should be subtracted from the growth measured in the latter set of regions. In all tests conducted no conclusive evidence was found taht water development causes regions to grow faster than those regions which did not receive water investment. This is not to say that growth in those regions receiving water investment was not higher than it would have been had the investment not been made. However, it does provide evidence that, an average among the regions included within this analysis, that those areas which did not receive major water investments grow at a faster rate than those which did. Thus, the input-output approach shows potential inpacts from water investment in a general equilibrium context, but rest son the assumption that other concurrent events which could produce similar or offsetting effects in the region are held constant. The cross-section analysis measures total changes in a regional economy overtime, but the multiplicity of events, other than water investment, may obscure the effects of water investment