The Ursinus Weekly, February 28, 1949

Ruby staff sought; Junior class hopes to better yearbook • Sophs choose Woody Leigh for hop • IRC group travels to Norristown High, hears commentator • Pancoast to speak to PAC commission on Congress topic • Hoopsters, Maulers to finish seasons; coeds to continue • Curtain Club groups present entertaining bevy of events • Parking offenders to pay fines • Pancoasts head Red Cross drive • Juniors to hold television show featuring music, food, variety • Do you favor the North Atlantic Pact? • Radio station sees hope for wider use of talent • Belles lose second as Chestnut Hillers take 35-22 victory • Both sexes reach stride in campus court strife • Jaffe gets award from Philly scribes • Haverford to meet bruins in opener of baseball season • Bruin matmen take two as Drexel and CCNY fall • Coeds trip Temple; last period surge sets total at 43-39 • Grizzlies fail to win in three court battles • Cadets retain lead in MA court race • Messiah group heard on WNARhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1609/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 21, 1949

Y dance, 7th veil\u27 listed on calendar of week-end events • Rushing week ends as 74 men join frats • Buchanan observes local NSA meeting as council delegate • Actors to present three star feature of dramatic talent • Clarke, Mattson cop leads in Herbert\u27s light musical • Is cheating serious on the Ursinus campus? • Seniors elect Freking, Horner, May Queen\u27s court attendants • Y groups discuss economic systems and Christian faith • Dilworth has mild hope for upset in Philly politics • Mermaids win meet with Beaver, 31-22 in season\u27s opener • Coed court team wins; victory third for Ursinus • Preview of athletics outlines full week • Bruins hand defeats to Textile, Delaware • Points of wrestling explained for fans by sports reporter • Grapplers show strength as Mules and Garnet bow • Drexel, Cadets win in league contests • Swimmers bow to Temple 42-15; Jean Cilley wins 50-yard event • Assembly on foreign relations expects delegates from 40 Mid-Atlantic collegeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1608/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 21, 1949

Dorm champs to be decided tonight: Intramural contests scheduled for 6:30 in T-G gymnasium • Editorial: Wanted, a student government • Debate team to be host for Ben Franklin tourney • Junior class picks Lanin for annual spring prom • Is our student government satisfactory? • Music, languages, coeds please Brazilian student • Med students hear talk by radiologist • Coeds battle to 25-18 win over Chestnut Hill squad • Jay Vees succumb to Chestnut Hillers in final home tilt • Baseball team starts practice sessions • Intramural season to end tomorrow; several teams tied • Quartet of cagers to finish careers in Bryn Mawr tilt • Baseball, soccer star begins tennis duties • Swimmers drop pair in week; Ellis, Borkey, Pattison get points • Sophomores choose Woody Leigh combo for April 4 dance • Clarke, Mattson thrill operetta audiencehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1612/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 17, 1949

Millers contribute two chapters to volume in honor of Blakeslee • Bears seek victory over Garnet eleven in traditional fray • Soccer team drops season opener 4-0 to Castle Pointers • Booters select Peterson; Frick leads coed squad • Dickinson runs wild in easy 35-0 triumph • Curtis tops league in campus football; Ping pong to start • Gurzynski discloses cross-country slate • Popular pair views life south of the Rio Grande • Verve and style of \u2751ers maintain famed tradition of Glenwood quartet • Freshmen elect George Ott president • Frosh cuties massacre burlesque • Students hold rites for departed spirit • Actors\u27 club slates Shaw\u27s Pygmalion • Seniors name date for annual dance • Speaker prescribes change in policies for U.S. with Asia • Penn prexy will address Founders\u27 Day audience • Observatory proves valuable addition to science building • Y cabinet schedules Green Lane retreat for this week-end • Chairman explains current regulations to campus leaders • Ruby editors announce selection of staff heads for \u2750 edition • Literary publication adds five editors to masthead • Sororities prepare for rushing; Sophs to receive bids Fridayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1573/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 14, 1949

Juniors elect Ruby editors, managers • Judge to consider judicial processes with pre-law group • Shumaker-Saurman Maser-Webb team for 1950 production • Coeds welcome twenty-seven into various sorority circles • ICG to indoctrinate Pa. college students in state legislature • Versatile speaker discusses integration of classical arts • Sweethearts to highlights week-end events • Curtain Club unit presents play to Collegeville community club • Penn faculty re-elects Chandler to board of university museum • Pre-medical meeting to include famed radiologist, cancer film • What do you think of our social activities? • Ursinus finally discovers coefficient of expansion • Ursinus speedsters turn out in force for track sessions • Jaffe, star center, makes conference all-star team • Seeders loses seven Cagers • Wrestling team elects Turner as captain for 1950 campaign • Intramural contests slated for Monday • Belles trounce Penn for seventh victory • Jaffe tops hoop scorers • Matlack named tennis coach; candidates to hold first meeting • Ellis places in two events as swimmers finish fifth • Variety of ballads captivates audience at \u27Lantern\u27 benefithttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1611/thumbnail.jp

Installing and Commissioning a New Radioactive Waste Tracking System - Lessons Learned

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) recognizes the importance of information management particularly with regards to its low and intermediate level waste program. Various computer based waste tracking systems have been used in OPG since the 1980s. These systems tracked the physical receipt, processing, storage, and inventory of the waste. As OPG moved towards long-term management (e.g. disposal), it was recognized that tracking of more detailed waste characterization information was important. This required either substantial modification of the existing system to include a waste characterization module or replacing it entirely with a new system. After a detailed review of available options, it was decided that the existing waste tracking application would be replaced with the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Integrated Waste Tracking System (IWTS). Installing and commissioning a system which must receive historical operational waste management information (data) and provide new features, required much more attention than was originally considered. The operational readiness of IWTS required extensive vetting and preparation of historic data (which itself had been created from multiple databases in varied formats) to ensure a consistent format for import of some 30,000-container records, and merging and linking these container records to a waste stream based characterization database. This paper will discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses contributing to project success or hindrance so that others can understand and minimize the difficulties inherent in a project of this magnitude

The Ursinus Weekly, March 7, 1949

Bruins place second in mat tourney • Cheating committee sets up new rules to stop offenders • Bullets take first; Helfferich and Cox gain Ursinus wins • Lantern lists Howard S. Lee for program of varied ballads • Hallelujah!!! Gaff gets highest rating in poll of readers • Arnold D. Graeffe to address forum audience on Thursday • Business group nears disaster; meeting called • Juniors to pick Ruby officers on Wednesday • Sophs planning week-end with hop as feature event • Sororities extending bids as week of rushing begins • Should Ursinus subsidize its athletes? • Hardworking publicity staff keeps Ursinus in limelight • Doggie roast, talk on China highlight week\u27s Y activities • Benefactors donate volumes and money to growing library • Ursinus grapplers pin PMC opponents to loss sheet 35-3 • Matmen, hoopsters force intramurals to sidelines • Cindermen to face \u27Fords on April 23 in season\u27s opener • Drexel swamps local mermaids, 42-15; Jay Vee team matches opponents, 27-27 • Bearettes nose out Garnet team 36-33, trim Beaver 26-20 • Court season closes with pair of defeats • Cox, Helfferich outstanding in MA tourney • Garnet, PMC to vie for league honors in Friday play-off • Powell, Pleet, Peterson receive honors on \u2748 MA soccer team • MSGA topics cover cheating, placement at Tuesday session • Orchestra and television highlight junior class affair • Curtain Club selects spring playhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1610/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 24, 1949

Five coed Greek organizations get set for annual hectic fall rushing season • Grid machine seeks win over Seahawks to avenge \u2748 loss • Poem reveals hope for beaten athletes • Pep rally precedes senior class dance • Soccer team drops second contest 2-0 at New Brunswick • Garnet drops Bears 20-6 with quick aerial attack • Curtis keeps lead; McMillan triumphs in golfing contest • Court squad opens practice workouts for coming season • Hockey team takes season opener 4-3 against Bryn Mawr • Traveller comes to roost at Ursinus • British lecturer and author to appear at Ursinus rostrum next Tuesday night • Rusty Reed heads paint-brush squad in campus publicity • Sky becomes limit in full-dress battle of annual banquet • Editorial: Sororities and fraternities • Varsity Club selects Farina band • Initial \u2753 officers take over duties following introduction at frosh banquet • Men choose three for MSGA positions • Music clubs offer two merit awards • Hungarian to talk at vesper service • Stassen views theories shaping world cultures • Sophs offer variety in coming week-end • Allen and Aiken cop leading portrayals in December play • Fulbright act gives full financial aid for foreign study • Kitchen adds new refrigerator, other equipment during summerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1574/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 13, 1950

Balladeer Lee to appear for return engagement • Dr. White to return for colors ceremony • Geiger to manage Weekly business for spring season • Greek men launch rushing campaigns via party schedule • Rosicrucians honor thirty-seven coeds at after dinner tea • Dramateurs repeat stellar production of play Pygmalion • \u27Ruby editors meet first of deadlines after hard-fought battle against time • Yearbook to resort to threats, horror for financial push • Eleven join classes for spring session • Cabinet to finish Y roster Saturday • Dr. Philip accepts position as church choir director • Nelson Wenner wins first prize in lengthy Chesterfield contest • Critical British elections effect us as people face socialistic decision • Local lads acquire southern exposure between semesters • Should we have national frats? • Attention, athletes • Uh, don\u27t look now, but your habits are showing • PMC dumps bruins 90-61 in free scoring court tilt • Sports led Bailey from streetcar to high Ursinus post • Coeds succumb 5-0 in badminton fray • Bailey announces schedule for coming track season • Drexel tops bruins 71-60 as late rally falls short • Baseballers will go south for pre-season practice • Tank squad edges Dragon coeds 29-28 in initial encounter • Sextet loses 31-22 in first hoop battle of current season • Jayvees fall twice in narrow contests with Cadets, Drexel • Intramurals resume as squads competehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1583/thumbnail.jp

Diagnóstico de enfermedad de Chagas en mujeres embarazadas y recién nacidos de Moniquirá y Miraflores, Boyacá, Colombia

ResumenObjetivoEstudiar la infección por Trypanosoma cruzi en mujeres embarazadas en Moniquirá y Miraflores, en Boyacá, Colombia y su transmisión transplacentaria.Materiales y métodosSe programó la tamización de 826 mujeres embarazadas en los 2 municipios; se logró un total de 689 participantes, de las cuales se procesaron 659 muestras (358 de Moniquirá y 301 de Miraflores), mediante técnicas de Elisa en muestras de sangre en papel de filtro. A las mujeres embarazadas positivas y a sus hijos se les aplicaron las pruebas de Elisa e inmunofluorescencia indirecta en suero, hemocultivo y reacción en cadena de la polimerasa.ResultadosLa prevalencia total de enfermedad de Chagas en mujeres embarazadas fue de 3,34% (22/659), de 3,99% (12/301) en Miraflores y de 2,79% (10/358) en Moniquirá. De 22 mujeres embarazadas en seguimiento, se logró obtener datos de 18 de los recién nacidos (RN), de los cuales 6 fueron positivos para las pruebas de hemocultivo. Se consideró el hemocultivo como la técnica confirmatoria de parasitemia en RN antes de 8 meses. Por lo tanto, la tasa de transmisión de infección congénita fue de 33,33% (6/18). Luego del seguimiento del entorno hogar y peridomicilio, búsqueda de triatomíneos y fumigación de la vivienda, se inició tratamiento de los recién nacidos infectados con benzonidazole a una dosis de 5-8mg/kg/día durante 60 días.ConclusionesLa prevalencia en mujeres embarazadas obtenida fue similar a la reportada en Casanare (4%). La tasa de transmisión de la infección congénita fue similar a la reportada en Chile (16 al 28%), superior a la de Brasil (1%), Argentina (1,5% a 4,5%), Uruguay (0,5 a 3%), Bolivia y Paraguay (7%).AbstractObjectiveTo study Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnant women and its transplacental transmission in Moniquira and Miraflores, Boyaca, Colombia.Material and MethodsScreening of 862 pregnant women in both municipalities was planned; 689 participants were screened by Elisa technique on blood samples drawn on filter paper from whom 659 samples were processed (358 from Moniquira and 301 from Miraflores). Elisa and IFAT in serum, blood cultures and PCR were carried out in positive pregnant women and their children.ResultsThe total prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women was 3.3% (22/659), 3.9% (12/301) in Miraflores and 2.7% (10/358) in Moniquira. Of the 22 pregnant women who were followed, data was obtained from 18 of their newborns, 6 of whom had positive blood culture tests. Blood cultures were considered as the confirmatory technique for parasitemia in newborns before 8 months of age. Therefore, the overall rate of transmission of congenital infection was 33.3% (6/18). After following-up at the homes and peridomiciles, searching for triatomine bugs and spraying the homes, we began treatment for the infected newborns with benznidazole at a dose of 5-8mg/kg/day for 60 days.ConclusionsThe prevalence found in pregnant women was similar to that reported for Casanare. The rate of transmission of congenital infection was similar to that reported in Chile (16%-28%) and higher than those in Brazil (1%), Argentina (1.5%-4.5%), Uruguay (0.5%-3%), Bolivia (7%) and Paraguay (7%)