Book Review: Politics, Democracy, and the Supreme Court: Essays on the Frontier of Constitutional Theory. by Arthur S. Miller; God, Country & the Supreme Court. by James K. Fitzpatrick.

Book review: Politics, Democracy, and the Supreme Court: Essays on the Frontier of Constitutional Theory. By Arthur S. Miller. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press. 1985. Pp. viii, 368 ; God, Country & The Supreme Court. By James K. Fitzpatrick. Chicago, 11.: Regnery Books. 1985. Pp. X, 217. Reviewed by: Scott G. Knudson

Reference values for spirometry and their use in test interpretation: A Position Statement from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science

Traditionally, spirometry testing tended to be confined to the realm of hospital-based laboratories but is now performed in a variety of health care settings. Regardless of the setting in which the test is conducted, the fundamental basis of spirometry is that the test is both performed and interpreted according to the international standards. The purpose of this Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (ANZSRS) statement is to provide the background and recommendations for the interpretation of spirometry results in clinical practice. This includes the benchmarking of an individual's results to population reference data, as well as providing the platform for a statistically and conceptually based approach to the interpretation of spirometry results. Given the many limitations of older reference equations, it is imperative that the most up-to-date and relevant reference equations are used for test interpretation. Given this, the ANZSRS recommends the adoption of the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) 2012 spirometry reference values throughout Australia and New Zealand. The ANZSRS also recommends that interpretation of spirometry results is based on the lower limit of normal from the reference values and the use of Z-scores where available

High-Spin States in Nuclei Excited Via (p,n) Reactions

This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grants PHY 76-84033A01, PHY 78-22774, and Indiana Universit

High-Spin States and Spin-Coupled Quadrupole Vibrational States in Nuclei Excited Via (p,n) Reactions

This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant PHY 76-84033 and Indiana Universit

A Profile of Tribal Health Departments

This study uses data to analyze the impacts of Tribal health departments in improving health status and reducing health disparities.

Calculation of a Deuterium Double Shock Hugoniot from Ab initio Simulations

We calculate the equation of state of dense deuterium with two ab initio simulations techniques, path integral Monte Carlo and density functional theory molecular dynamics, in the density range of 0.67 < rho < 1.60 g/cc. We derive the double shock Hugoniot and compare with the recent laser-driven double shock wave experiments by Mostovych et al. [1]. We find excellent agreement between the two types of microscopic simulations but a significant discrepancy with the laser-driven shock measurements.Comment: accept for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett., Nov. 2001, 4 pages, 4 figure

High-Spin States in Nuclei Excited Via the (p,n) Reactions

Supported by the National Science Foundation and Indiana Universit