Serving the greater cause : aspects of the religious thinking of Prosper Gueranger (1805-1875)

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SNS programming environment user's guide

The computing environment is briefly described for the Supercomputing Network Subsystem (SNS) of the Central Scientific Computing Complex of NASA Langley. The major SNS computers are a CRAY-2, a CRAY Y-MP, a CONVEX C-210, and a CONVEX C-220. The software is described that is common to all of these computers, including: the UNIX operating system, computer graphics, networking utilities, mass storage, and mathematical libraries. Also described is file management, validation, SNS configuration, documentation, and customer services

Are We Making Progress in Medical Education?

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High Yield Transfer of Clean Large-Area Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films

Highlights: A new way to achieve high yield and large area oxide thin film transfer is developed. Three different film compositions are demonstrated: SrRuO3, CeO2, and CeO2/STO nanocomposite films. Cracks, wrinkles, and damages are prevented by the new transfer method. They are commonly introduced by conventional transfer processes. Vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) structures can further improve the transfer yield. Possible mechanisms related to increased fracture toughness are proposed. We have opened up a route to large-scale oxide thin-film-based electronic device applications

Comparison of Ten Interventions for a 7-year-old with Unintelligible Speech

The management of speech impairment of unknown origin in children requires SLPs to make important clinical decisions around assessment, analysis, diagnosis and intervention. Ideally, clinicians should be guided in their decision making by evidence. Over thirty years ago, this was a relatively straightforward task. Most children’s speech problems were assessed, analysed and treated from an articulation perspective. Since the paradigm shift from articulation to phonology, clinical decision making has become more challenging. This challenge is in part due to the increase in possible approaches. This short course will outline the application of ten intervention approaches to one child and will conclude with a description and outcomes of one intervention approach Internationally recognized phonologists and speech researchers will present ten intervention approaches for Jarrod, a seven-year-old boy with highly unintelligible speech. Each theoretical framework will be outlined, followed by relevant methods of assessment and recommendations for intervention based on analysis data. Videos of the child during assessment will be shown to help participants understand his speech sound system. The intervention that was implemented will be summarized and results will be provided. Participants in this session will have opportunities to compare major phonological evaluation and intervention approaches currently being used in Australia, America, Canada, and England

Comparison of advanced echocardiographic right ventricular functional parameters with cardiovascular magnetic resonance in adult congenital heart disease

AimsAdvanced transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) using volumetric and deformational indices provides detailed quantification of right ventricular (RV) function in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Two-dimensional multi-plane echocardiography (2D-MPE) has demonstrated regional wall differences in RV longitudinal strain (LS). This study aims to evaluate the association of these parameters with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR).Methods and resultsOne hundred stable ACHD patients with primarily affected RVs were included (age 50±5 years; 53% male). Conventional and advanced echocardiographic RV functional parameters were compared to CMR-derived RV function.Advanced echocardiographic RV functional parameters were measurable in approximately one-half of the study co-hort, whilst multi-wall LS assessment feasibility was lower. CMR RV ejection fraction (CMR-RVEF) was moderately correlated with deformational, area and volumetric parameters (RV global LS [lateral wall and septum], n=55: r=-0.62, p<0.001; RV wall average LS, n=34: r=-0.49, p=0.002; RV lateral wall LS, n=56: r=-0.45, p<0.001; fractional area change [FAC], n=67: r=0.48, p<0.001; 3D-RVEF, n=48: r=0.40, p=0.005). Conventional measurements such as TAPSE and RV S’ correlated poorly. RV global LS best identified CMR-RVEF <45% (AUC: 0.84, p<0.001: cut-off value -19%: sensitivity 100%, specificity 57%). RVEF and LS values were significantly higher when measured by CMR compared to TTE (mean difference RVEF: 5[-9 to 18]%; lateral (free) wall LS: -7[7 to -21]%; RV global LS: -6 [5 to -16]%) whilst there was no association between respective LS values.ConclusionIn ACHD patients, advanced echocardiographic RV functional parameters are moderately correlated with CMR-RVEF, although significant differences exist between indices measurable by both modalities

Revealing the Structure and Oxygen Transport at Interfaces in Complex Oxide Heterostructures via 17O NMR Spectroscopy

Vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) films, comprising nanopillars of one phase embedded in a matrix of another, have shown great promise for a range of applications due to their high interfacial areas oriented perpendicular to the substrate. In particular, oxide VANs show enhanced oxide-ion conductivity in directions that are orthogonal to those found in more conventional thin-film heterostructures, however the structure of the interfaces and its influence on conductivity remain unclear. In this work 17O NMR spectroscopy is used to study CeO2–SrTiO3 VAN thin films: selective isotopic enrichment is combined with a lift-off technique to remove the substrate, facilitating detection of the 17O NMR signal from single atomic layer interfaces. By performing the isotopic enrichment at variable temperatures, the superior oxide-ion conductivity of the VAN films compared to the bulk materials is shown to arise from enhanced oxygen mobility at this interface; oxygen motion at the interface is further identified from 17O relaxometry experiments. The structure of this interface is solved by calculating the NMR parameters using density functional theory combined with random structure searching, allowing the chemistry underpinning the enhanced oxide-ion transport to be proposed. Finally, a comparison is made with 1% Gd-doped CeO2–SrTiO3 VAN films, for which greater NMR signal can be obtained due to paramagnetic relaxation enhancement, while the relative oxide-ion conductivities of the phases remain similar. These results highlight the information that can be obtained on interfacial structure and dynamics with solid-state NMR spectroscopy, in this and other nanostructured systems, our methodology being generally applicable to overcome sensitivity limitations in thin-film studie