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Confronting the Question of Clinical Faculty Status
This Article examines the status of clinical faculty in American law schools, and the American Bar Association\u27s proposed Rule 405(e), which would impose clinician job security as a requirement of law school accreditation. The authors argue that as clinical education has become an accepted part of American legal education, law schools have been asked to enhance the status of clinicians teaching in their clinical programs. The authors analyze the various security arrangements permitted by Standard 405(e), recommends use of the regular tenure track option, and specifies guidelines to be utilized in decisions to hire and tenure clinicians
Differentiating among stages of cognitive impairment in aging: Version 3 of the Uniform Data Set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery and MoCA index scores
Introduction: Federally funded Alzheimer\u27s Disease Centers in the United States have been using a standardized neuropsychological test battery as part of the National Alzheimer\u27s Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set (UDS) since 2005. Version 3 (V3) of the UDS replaced the previous version (V2) in 2015. We compared V2 and V3 neuropsychological tests with respect to their ability to distinguish among the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) global scores of 0, 0.5, and 1.
Methods: First, we matched participants receiving V2 tests (V2 cohort) and V3 tests (V3 cohort) in their cognitive functions using tests common to both versions. Then, we compared receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve in differentiating CDRs for the remaining tests.
Results: Some V3 tests performed better than V2 tests in differentiating between CDR 0.5 and 0, but the improvement was limited to Caucasian participants.
Discussion: Further efforts to improve the ability for early identification of cognitive decline among diverse racial groups are required
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Efficient Logic Programs: A Research Proposal
The goal of the proposed research is to develop methods for efficient implementation of logic programs. There are two areas we wish to investigate, both of which are continuations of research conducted by members of the UCI dataflow architecture group. One aspect of the proposed research involves development of a non-von Neumann architecture for parallel execution of logic programs; preliminary work in this area is reported by Conery [9]. The second area invovles transformation of high level logic specifications into efficient Prolog and/or procedural language programs, and is based on work by Morris [20]
Electroconvection in a Suspended Fluid Film: A Linear Stability Analysis
A suspended fluid film with two free surfaces convects when a sufficiently
large voltage is applied across it. We present a linear stability analysis for
this system. The forces driving convection are due to the interaction of the
applied electric field with space charge which develops near the free surfaces.
Our analysis is similar to that for the two-dimensional B\'enard problem, but
with important differences due to coupling between the charge distribution and
the field. We find the neutral stability boundary of a dimensionless control
parameter as a function of the dimensionless wave number .
, which is proportional to the square of the applied voltage, is
analogous to the Rayleigh number. The critical values and
are found from the minimum of the stability boundary, and its
curvature at the minimum gives the correlation length . The
characteristic time scale , which depends on a second dimensionless
parameter , analogous to the Prandtl number, is determined from the
linear growth rate near onset. and are coefficients in the
Ginzburg-Landau amplitude equation which describes the flow pattern near onset
in this system. We compare our results to recent experiments.Comment: 36 pages, 7 included eps figures, submitted to Phys Rev E. For more
info, see http://mobydick.physics.utoronto.ca
Biological Network Exploration with Cytoscape 3
Cytoscape is one of the most popular openāsource software tools for the visual exploration of biomedical networks composed of protein, gene, and other types of interactions. It offers researchers a versatile and interactive visualization interface for exploring complex biological interconnections supported by diverse annotation and experimental data, thereby facilitating research tasks such as predicting gene function and constructing pathways. Cytoscape provides core functionality to load, visualize, search, filter, and save networks, and hundreds of Apps extend this functionality to address specific research needs. The latest generation of Cytoscape (version 3.0 and later) has substantial improvements in function, user interface, and performance relative to previous versions. This protocol aims to jumpāstart new users with specific protocols for basic Cytoscape functions, such as installing Cytoscape and Cytoscape Apps, loading data, visualizing and navigating the networks, visualizing network associated data (attributes), and identifying clusters. It also highlights new features that benefit experienced users. Curr. Protoc. Bioinform. 47:8.13.1ā8.13.24. Ā© 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143619/1/cpbi0813.pd
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New Continuous Monitoring Technologies for Vapor Intrusion,
Typically, site investigation is carried out by using handheld or transportable field instruments coupled with offsite lab analyses. When using field instruments, the data generated represents a snapshot in time and space. Often, as with a PID or FID, data is presented as a total of contaminates present at that time and place. More sophisticated field equipment such as GC/MS can provide speciation, but still suffer from poor spatial and temporal resolution.
As an alternative, investigators can choose methods such as Summa canisters that sample for a fixed period, say 24 hours, followed by lab analysis. The data generated provides speciation but the concentrations represent an average for the sampling period.
Investigators are aware that environmental conditions such as pressure, temperature, water level and air movement substantially affect concentrations on a range of timescales, therefore uncertainty will always exist when using methods that lack temporal resolution.
The presentation describes instrumentation that provides real time continuous data both down hole and ambient for multiple parameters such as VOCs, methane, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide together with atmospheric and borehole pressure. Data is presented from field work carried out by, among other, the Maine DEP, for applications such as vapor intrusion, recovery well monitoring and landfill gas migration.
A comparison between spot sampling and continuous monitoring raises questions about the value of limited spot sampling
Drivers' willingness to engage with their mobile phone: the influence of phone function and road demand
Drivers normally elect whether or not to engage with a secondary task while driving. This study aimed to determine
whether driversā willingness to engage with their mobile phone is affected by demands from the roadway environment and if these
effects are more pronounced for some phone functions compared with others. Fifteen video clips were played to 20 participants
representing different road scenarios, and therefore demands, such as driving on an empty auto route or turning right on a main
arterial road. The participants then used three point Likert scales to rate their willingness to place or answer a call and send or read
a text and a five point scale to rate the perceived riskiness of placing and answering a call only. Participants were also asked to
think aloud when making their judgements so further insight could be gained. It was found that willingness to engage was affected
by both the perceived roadway demands and the phone function under consideration. The perceived riskiness also affected
willingness to engage when placing a call only. The think aloud element indicated the participantsā reasoning behind these
findings as well as identifying possible future areas of research
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