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Instrument for measuring thin-film belt lengths
Instrument consists of base, vernier height gauge, sliding block, and balance-beam assembly with tension weight. Pulley bracket is provided with three pulley mounting holes, 4 inches apart, to accommodate widely different belt lengths. Instrument is accurate to within 0.001 inch and is suitable for commercial production
The compatible conversion system
Compatible conversion system centralizes the solution of general problems arising from the use of direct access mass storage. It also provides a simple stable interface for the conversion of production programs to process on third generation computer system
IMPACT OF RISK PREFERENCES ON CROP ROTATION CHOICE
Stochastic dominance analysis of five crop rotations using twenty-one years of experimental yield data returned results consistent with Pennsylvania cropping practices. The analysis incorporated yield risk, output price risk, and rotational yield effects. A rotation of two years corn and three years alfalfa hay dominated for approximately risk neutral and risk averse preferences, as did participation in government programs under the 1990 Farm Bill. Crop rotation selection appeared to impact net revenues more than the decision to participate in government programs.Crop Production/Industries, Risk and Uncertainty,
Learning the Roots of Visual Domain Shift
In this paper we focus on the spatial nature of visual domain shift,
attempting to learn where domain adaptation originates in each given image of
the source and target set. We borrow concepts and techniques from the CNN
visualization literature, and learn domainnes maps able to localize the degree
of domain specificity in images. We derive from these maps features related to
different domainnes levels, and we show that by considering them as a
preprocessing step for a domain adaptation algorithm, the final classification
performance is strongly improved. Combined with the whole image representation,
these features provide state of the art results on the Office dataset.Comment: Extended Abstrac
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Data assimilation insights on selecting the most valuable atmospheric measurements
We discuss how objective guidance on selecting the most valuable atmospheric measurements on future Mars spacecraft missions can be provided through already developed Martian atmospheric data assimilation systems, and in particular through Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) which are widely used to design instruments for the Earth’s atmosphere
Contemporary splinting practice in the UK for adults with neurological dysfunction: A cross-sectional survey
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Aim: To explore the contemporary splinting practice of UK occupational therapists and physiotherapists for adults with neurological dysfunction.
Method: Cross-sectional online survey of members of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology and College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Neurological Practice.
Results: Four hundred and twenty therapists completed the survey. Contracture management is the most common rationale for therapists splinting adults with neurological dysfunction. Other shared therapeutic goals of splinting include maintaining muscle and joint alignment, spasticity management, function, pain management and control of oedema. Considerable clinical uncertainty was uncovered in practice particularly around wearing regimens of splints. Most therapists have access to locally-derived splinting guidelines, which may contribute to this diversity of practice.
Conclusions: This study provides a unique insight into aspects of contemporary splinting practice among UK therapists, who belong to a specialist neurological professional network and work in a number of different health-care settings with adults who have a neurological condition. Study findings show a wide variation in splinting practice, thereby indicating a potential need for national guidance to assist therapists in this area of clinical uncertainty. Further research is required to establish best practice parameters for splinting in neurological rehabilitation
Local edge modes in doped cuprates with checkerboard polaronic heterogeneity
We study a periodic polaronic system, which exhibits a nanoscale superlattice
structure, as a model for hole-doped cuprates with checkerboard-like
heterogeneity, as has been observed recently by scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM). Within this model, the electronic and phononic excitations are
investigated by applying an unrestricted Hartree-Fock and a random phase
approximation (RPA) to a multiband Peierls-Hubbard Hamiltonian in two
dimensions
Medical Tourism in the Caribbean: A Call for Cooperation
Numerous Caribbean countries have discussed plans for developing medical tourism activities as a means of tourism diversification and economic development. These plans have been encouraged and shaped by outside agencies whose influence might cause a race-to-the-bottom environment between countries competing for the same niche of tourists. This paper provides a call for cooperation between local health officials in the Caribbean region to coordinate plans for the development of a medical tourism industry that enhances regional access to specialized healthcare and facilitates the movement of patients and healthcare resources throughout the region to enhance health equity and health outcomes in the Caribbean
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