Integration of CSAB and ABET

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) and the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB) signed a Memorandum of Agreement in November 1998 to integrate CSAB\u27\u27s accreditation services with ABET, with a transition time of approximately two years. During the interim period, the operations of the Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAC) are contracted by CSAB to ABET. A committee with CSAC, CSAB, and ABET representation is working to set up the new commission for accrediting programs in the computing sciences. This new commission will probably be called the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC). Other activities are underway to try to assure that this integration goes as smoothly as possible. This paper discusses from various points of view the current status of the integration and plans for the completion of the integration

A prospective study on delayed presenting CTEV cases managed by Joshi’s external stabilisation system

BACKGROUND: club foot and its management have been the topic of keen interest to the orthopaedics field ever since time immemorial and many techniques in the successful management of these have been advocated till date. This study discusses one such technique of management in children with the Jess fixator. AIM OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the role of Joshi’s external stabilization system in the management of neglected, resistant and relapsed CTEV, in the age group of 1-6 years. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Total 14 patients underwent JESS fixation surgery at Department of Orthopedics,GRH hospital, Madurai medical college, from october 2015 to September 2017. RESULTS: The clinical correction of the deformity was assessed using both clinical and radiological criterias and final assessment by functional rating system. CONCLUSION: By Controlled differential distraction using JESS apparatus, a painless. pliable, plantigrade. perfect sized and cosmetically acceptable foot has been obatained even in children 1 year to 6 years. Controlled differential distraction using JESS fixator has got a definite role in the management of relapsed, and neglected CTEV and it does not prevent the foot from being treated surgically at a later date if needed

Comparison of Crystal Structures of the Tetramethylammonium and Sodium Salts of 3-Nitrophenolate

The addition of either sodium hydroxide or tetramethylammonium hydroxide to 3-nitrophenol led to orange-red crystals of sodium 3-nitrophenolate dihydrate or a complex of 3-nitrophenol and tetramethylammonium 3-nitrophenolate. For the sodium salt, 11707 Mo-Kα reflections were measured at 150 K via Bruker SMART 1-K CCD diffractometer. For the tetramethylammonium salt, 12664 Mo-Kα reflections were measured at 173 K via Bruker SMART 2-K CCD diffractometer. The unit cell of the sodium salt has: a = 6.814(1) Å, b = 6.5437(8) Å, c = 18.206(4) Å, β = 94.46(3)°, V = 809.4(3) Å3, space group = P21/n. The unit cell of the tetramethylammonium salt has: a = 23.543(4) Å, b = 5.636(1) Å, c = 16.387(3) Å, β = 128.513(3)°, V = 1701.4(9) Å3, space group = C2/c. The bond lengths of the 3-nitrophenolate moiety were statistically the same in the two crystal structures, showing that it is not affected by the cation

2-D Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Envelopes: II. An Evolutionary Sequence

We present model spectral energy distributions, colors, polarization, and images for an evolutionary sequence of a low-mass protostar from the early collapse stage (Class 0) to the remnant disk stage (Class III). We find a substantial overlap in colors and SEDs between protostars embedded in envelopes (Class 0-I) and T Tauri disks (Class II), especially at mid-IR wavelengths. Edge-on Class I-II sources show double-peaked spectral energy distributions, with a short-wavelength hump due to scattered light and the long-wavelength hump due to thermal emission. These are the bluest sources in mid-IR color-color diagrams. Since Class 0 and I sources are diffuse, the size of the aperture over which fluxes are integrated has a substantial effect on the computed colors, with larger aperture results showing significantly bluer colors. This causes overlap in color-color diagrams between all evolutionary states, especially in the mid-IR. However the near-IR polarization of the Class 0 sources is much higher than the Class I-II sources, providing a means to separate these evolutionary states. We varied the grain properties in the circumstellar envelope, allowing for larger grains in the disk midplane and smaller in the envelope. We find that grain growth in disks of Class I sources can be detected at wavelengths greater than 100 $\mu$m. Our image calculations predict that the diffuse emission from edge-on Class I and II sources should be detectable in the mid-IR with the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) in nearby star forming regions (out to several hundred parsecs).Comment: A version with high-resolution images is available at http://www.astro.wisc.edu/glimpse/glimpsepubs.htm

Correlations of Seismic Velocity with Depth

Correlations of seismic velocity have been made with depth for various geotechnical classifications of soil and rock described. The seismic velocities have been found to be dependent upon geologic age, gravel content, water table depth, dry density and depth of overburden

Factors Influencing Adoption of Remotely Sensed Imagery for Site-Specific Management in Cotton Production

This research evaluated the factors that influenced cotton producers to adopt remote sensing for variable rate application of inputs. Farmers who were younger, more highly educated, had a larger farm operation, and were more technologically savvy were more likely to have adopted remote sensing.Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO IRRADIANCE IN THE CAM EPIPHYTE TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES L. (BROMELIACEAE)

This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2474626Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides L.) was collected in situ in South Carolina from sunny and shady locations and grown in a greenhouse under high and low irradiance. Morphological characteristics, including leaf size, internode length, trichome size and density, and stomatal size and density, were similar among plants at the different irradiance levels. Chlorophyll (Chi) a/b ratios did not change with irradiance, but total Chi concentrations were higher in plants exposed to lower irradiances. In spite of these changes in pigment composition, similar levels of nocturnal acidification were found in field, but not greenhouse, plants at all irradiance levels. Thus, Spanish moss can respond physiologically, but not morphologically, to changes in environmental irradiance levels. This ability should prove beneficial to an epiphyte growing in microsites of widely varying irradiance

Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices in Cotton Production

Replaced with revised version of paper 10/23/07.conservation tillage, cotton, genetically modified seed, herbicide-resistant cotton, stacked-gene cotton, simultaneous logit model, single-equation logit model, technology adoption, Crop Production/Industries,

Precision Farming by Cotton Producers in Eleven Southern States: Results from the 2005 Southern Precision Farming Survey

Precision Farming by Cotton Producers in Eleven Southern States: Results from the 2005 Southern Precision Farming Surveycotton, precision farming, survey, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Production Economics, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,