Technical feasibility demonstration model of orbiting experiment for study of extended weightlessness

Technical feasibility demonstration model of primate orbiting experiment for study of extended weightlessnes

Development of prototype mass measurement system for spaceflight

Construction and evaluation of prototype equipment to monitor mass changes of astronauts during orbital fligh

Refurbishment and testing of orbiting primate experiment hardware for the study of extended weightlessness

The hardware for the technical feasibility demonstration models for weightlessness analysis was improved, and a 60-day test was conducted. The results are presented in detail

Participatory Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation for Fishing Communities: A Manual

While there are many manuals available on participatory rapid appraisal approaches to monitoring and evaluation, there were none easily used by field officers attempting to aid and encourage fishing community level participation in monitoring and evaluating activities of projects and programmes in rural fishing communities.This manual is prepared in cook book fashion with easily followed instructions for 26 participatory monitoring tools to allow use by both local field staff acting as facilitators and directly by community members engaged in the evaluation process

The Chagos Islands cases: the empire strikes back

Good governance requires the accommodation of multiple interests in the cause of decision making. However, undue regard for particular sectional interests can take their toll upon public faith in government administration. Historically, broad conceptions of the good of the commonwealth were employed to outweigh the interests of groups that resisted colonisation. In the decision making of the British Empire, the standard approach for justifying the marginalisation of the interests of colonised groups was that they were uncivilised and that particular hardships were the price to be paid for bringing to them the imperial dividend of industrial society. It is widely assumed that with the dismantling of the British Empire, such impulses and their accompanying jurisprudence became a thing of the past. Even as decolonisation proceeded apace after the Second World War, however, the United Kingdom maintained control of strategically important islands with a view towards sustaining its global role. In an infamous example from this twilight period of empire, in the 1960s imperial interests were used to justify the expulsion of the Chagos islanders from the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Into the twenty-first century, this forced elision of the UK’s interests with the imperial “common good” continues to take centre stage in courtroom battles over the islanders’ rights, being cited before domestic and international tribunals in order to maintain the Chagossians’ exclusion from their homeland. This article considers the new jurisprudence of imperialism which has emerged in a string of decisions which have continued to marginalise the Chagossians’ interests

The Maine Annex, vol. 1, no. 8

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. Borrowing from the University of Maine, Orono campus, the Brunswick campus sponsored the election of a student Mayor as part of the spring dance escapades. Promotion of dance night activities includes the promise of plentiful women attending

The Maine Annex, vol. 1, no. 7

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. Front-page interests in this issue revolve around sports, women, and the creation of a student dance band, and attracting women to campus by staging dances

The Malawi trauma score: A model for predicting trauma-associated mortality in a resource-poor setting

Background: Globally, traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. Current tools for predicting trauma-associated mortality are often not applicable in low-resource environments due to a lack of diagnostic adjuncts. This study sought to derive and validate a model for predicting mortality that requires only a history and physical exam. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients recorded in the Kamuzu Central Hospital trauma surveillance registry in Lilongwe, Malawi from 2011 through 2014. Using statistical randomization, 80% of patients were used for derivation and 20% were used for validation. Logistic regression modeling was used to derive factors associated with mortality and the Malawi Trauma Score (MTS) was constructed. The model fitness was tested. Results: 62,354 patients are included. Patients are young (mean age 23.0, SD 15.9 years) with a male preponderance (72%). Overall mortality is 1.8%. The MTS is tabulated based on initial mental status (alert, responds to voice, responds only to pain or worse), anatomical location of the most severe injury, the presence or absence of a radial pulse on examination, age, and sex. The score range is 2–32. A mental status exam of only responding to pain or worse, head injury, the absence of a radial pulse, extremes of age, and male sex all conferred a higher probability of mortality. The ROC area under the curve for the derivation cohort and validation cohort were 0.83 (95% CI 0.78, 0.87) and 0.83 (95% CI 0.75, 0.92), respectively. A MTS of 25 confers a 50% probability of death. Conclusions: The MTS provides a reliable tool for trauma triage in sub-Saharan Africa and helps risk stratify patient populations. Unlike other models previously developed, its strength is its utility in virtually any environment, while reliably predicting injury- associated mortality

The Maine Annex, vol. 1, no. 10

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. The start of a funding drive to build the Memorial Union on the University of Maine, Orono campus, is covered in this issue of The Maine Annex. The Union is to be dedicated to 175 UMaine Alumni war dead. Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment, in 1946 the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned

The Maine Annex, vol. 1, no. 11

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment, in 1946 the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned. Page two discussions in this issue orbit the issue of G.I. Subsistence, from James McNiff\u27s article examining the discrepancy between the increased cost of living in the U.S. and the inadequate amount of money allocated through the Veterans subsistence allowance to commentary about the persistently, poor quality of food provided to students by the University in exchange for their money