Solution of variational problems by means of a generalized Newton-Raphson operator

Generalized Newton-Raphson operator for solving variational problem

A note on the indivisibility of the Henson graphs

We show that in contrast to the Rado graph, the Henson graphs are not computably indivisible.Comment: 4 pages. This work also appears as part of the author's Ph.D. thesi

AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A COMBAT MEDIC PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION WITHIN THE USMC

In this thesis, I investigate whether the United States Marine Corps (USMC) would benefit from producing and regulating its own medical support personnel. Currently, USMC troops rely on United States Navy (USN) corpsmen (HMs) for lifesaving assistance in battle. HMs are not trained riflemen nor permanently assigned to USMC billets. The Department of the Navy (DON) allocates "blue" and "green" monies to the USN and USMC. USN human capital (HMs and chaplains) and other direct support commodities not covered by green-dollar allocations are acquired using "blue-in-support-of-green" (BISOG) resources. Utilizing an ex-ante cost–benefits analysis methodology framework, I performed a feasibility analysis to compare two possible courses of action (COA). Each COA assumes annual throughput of 2,000 enlisted personnel and redistribution of existing USMC enlisted end-strengths to accommodate a combat medic primary military occupational specialty (PMOS). COA-1 uses the field medical training battalion platform to train USMC combat medics and would cost $24.3M annually. COA-2 utilizes the medical education and training campus training pipeline with an annual cost of$26.7M. Comprehensive cost comparisons between the status quo and COAs were not achieved due to ambiguity in BISOG budgeting toward procuring HMs. However, both COAs provide additional non-monetary benefits, including improved medical training interoperability, personnel continuity, force resilience, and diversity.Lieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited

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Le partage des profits : une stratégie de prise en charge psychiatrique

Nous décrivons dans cet article le développement et la mise en place de la participation aux bénéfices, une technique innovatrice de motivation et de prise en charge à l'intention des malades mentaux chroniques en réadaptation psychiatrique. Cette intervention ressemble à une économie de jetons à bien des égards; pour leur participation au programme, les patients - appelés ici membres - sont rémunérés en bons de papier qu'ils peuvent échanger contre des récompenses. Contrairement aux économies de jetons, toutefois, le système de participation aux bénéfices est financé, administré et supervisé par les membres du programme. Ceci a l'avantage d'augmenter l'intérêt et la participation en permettant aux membres de garder les récompenses que leurs efforts leur ont rapportées. Les résultats d'une étude portant sur cinq ans indiquent que la participation aux bénéfices fait augmenter le nombre de participants au programme, l'assistance quotidienne moyenne et le taux de réussite professionnelle.This paper outlines the developement and implementation of profit sharing, an innovative technique to motivate and empower chronically mentally ill members of a psychiatric rehabilitation program. In some ways, this intervention resembles a token economy. Members are paid script for program participation, which they then exchange for rewards. In contrast to token economies, however, the profit sharing system is financed, administered and monitored by program members. This method has the advantage of enhancing program participation and involvement by allowing members to keep the rewards earned through their own efforts. Data collected over a five-year period suggest that profit sharing increases program utilization, average daily attendance and the number of positive vocational outcomes

Addressing the needs of the children’s integrated workforce: A method for developing collaborative practice through joint learning

The delivery of welfare, health and educational provision to the majority of children aged 0–18 in England is primarily led by local authorities via their children’s integrated service. In 2004 the children’s integrated service model was launched and it promised the benefits of an integrated and collaborative system of working, regarding flexibility and responsiveness to national policy, local development and capacity building (Robinson et al, 2008). However, the implementation and emergence of this model has been characterised by competing local and national agendas, practitioner misunderstanding and lack of trust, a lack of strong leadership and also financial restrictions. It can therefore be contended that conceptually children’s integrated services are not operating fully with a collaborative and integrated workforce. As a possible solution to the current situation, it is proposed that joint learning, along with a combined continual professional development (CPD) framework, be made available as a valuable starting point for such organisations. Learning and working together has benefits for children and practitioners, and especially, as this article will argue, for playwork practitioners

Climate Change Drives Divergent Outcomes for Stream Fishes in the Red River

Climate change is expected to alter the distributions of stream fishes in ecosystems around the world, but climate projections vary widely among competing climate models. Conservation practitioners face the challenge of designing conservation strategies that are robust to the uncertainty surrounding future climatic conditions. Here, we use species distribution models (SDMs) for 31 fish species in the Red River basin to quantify the variation in potential species distributions across 9 different climate scenarios. We created SDMs by pairing historical fish occurrence records with a set of temporally dynamic South-Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (SC-CASC) built climate covariates and temporally static lithospheric and anthropogenic covariates that are known to drive species’ distributions. We find that the range width of most fish species in the Red River Basin will contract by 2050 and 2070; this was true for both MAXENT and BRT models and across all climate scenarios. However, species also varied dramatically in the uncertainty associated with their future distributions, with the range in outcomes across climate scenarios being more than 10 times higher for some species than for others. Our analysis also revealed that the greatest absolute changes in range width are projected to occur for those species which have historically been the most widespread. This comprehensive assessment on Red River stream fishes suggests a general decline in range width across the basin due to climate change and anthropogenic stressors

Karyotype and C-Banding Patterns of Mitotic Chromosomes in Diploid Bromegrass (\u3ci\u3eBromus riparius\u3c/i\u3e Rehm)

Previous cytogenetic studies of the genus Bromus L. were limited to chromosome counts and construction of karyotypes on the basis of Feulgen staining. Since the chromosomes of Bromus are similar in morphology, these karyotypes are of limited use for chromosome identification and genome analysis. The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate a Giemsa C-banding procedure to use in identification of individual bromegrass chromosomes and to develop a karyotype for diploid Bromus riparius Rehm. (2n = 14; PI 440215). All chromosomes had one or more C-bands which were located mainly at telomeric regions. A group (I) of four pairs of chromosomes had telomeric bands on only one arm and could be differentiated. In this group, one pair had an interstitial C-band along with a telomeric band, one pair had a nucleolus organizer region (NOR) at a subtelomeric location on the short arm, and the other two pair could be distinguished by centromere location. The other group (II) of three pairs of chromosomes had telomeric bands on both arms. The unequivocal identification of specific chromosomes of Group II was not possible in all cells because of their similarity and differential condensation of chromosomes. Chromosomes of both groups were either metacentric or submetacentric. The total length of individual chromosomes ranged from 5.58 to 6.87 [micro]m and the arm ratios ranged from 1.02 to 1.5. The homologous chromosomes were paired and assigned numbers I to VII in decreasing length. A karyotype was constructed by means of the C-bands, mean chromosome lengths, and arm ratios. The C-banding procedure used in this study could be used to developed karyotypes for the other species of the genus Bromus and these C-banded karyotypes could be used to compare genomes within the genus