On being shot awake and the dreams that foresaw it: A transpersonal self psychology view of PTSD recovery

ABSTRACT: Using excerpts from an autobiographical manuscrip

Papers of the Second Palo Alto Conference

Introduction -- Conference Program -- Reconsideraciones sobre la guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos / Josefina Zoraida Vázquez -- La beligerencia mexicana durante la guerra con los Estados Unidos/ Jesús Velasco -Márquez -- James K. Polk and Presidential War Powers: An Unexplored Field of the Constitution / Kathleen O\u27Kray Peltier -- A Thread of Brittle Texture : Ann Chase and Manifest Destiny / Shannon L. Baker -- We Shall Beat Them Wherever We Meet Them : Civil War Officer Perceptions of Mexico; 1846-48 / Christopher S. Stowe -- Encountering the Other: American Soldiers in the Mexican - American War, 1846-48 / Frank F. Koscielski -- War Correspondents on the Rio Grande: The Press and America\u27s First Foreign War / Mitchel Roth -- Women and the Mexican War / Linda Vance -- The Immigrant Soldier in the Regular Army During the Mexican War / Dale R. Steinhauer -- The Regiment of Voltigeurs, U.S.A .: A Case Study of the Mexican - American War / Erik D. France -- Mr. Polk\u27s Generals / Richard Bruce Winders -- Cerro Gordo Shout : David E. Twiggs and the United States Mexican War / Jeanne T. Heidler & David S. Heidler -- Buena Vista : All Wool and a Mile Wide / Bob Burk -- The New Mexican Revolt of 1847 and its Effect on American Jurisprudence, 1850-1912 / Robert J. Torrez -- Ho! For Yucatan ! : Los voluntarios norteamericanos después de la guerra con México / Lorena Careaga Viliesid -- Josiah Turner, Juan Cortina, and Carlos Esparza: Veterans of the Mexican War Along the Lower Rio Grande / Carlos Larralde -- The Texas Devils: McNelly\u27s Rangers and the Palo Alto Fight of 1875 / Michael Collins -- Biology of the Palo Alto Battlefield Site: A Summary / Norman L. Richard & Alfred Richardson -- Palo Alto : A Symbol and Sacred Ground / Joseph O\u27Bell

Papers of the Bi-National Conference on the War Between Mexico and the United States

Introduction -- Conference Program -- The War With Mexico and the American Republic / Robert Johannsen -- Crossroads to Destiny : The Annexation of Texas and its Consequences / Wesley Allen Riddle -- El peligro de una guerra en dos frentes : el papel de Gran Bretaña en el conficto entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos de 1846-1848 / Lawrence Douglas Taylor -- The 1848 Oregon Debate : Test Case for the Wilmot Proviso and Southern Sectional Unity / John E. Grenier -- Veracruz: A Grand Design - D-Day, 1847 / Paul C. Clark, Jr. and Edward H. Moseley -- Six Silver Bands : Company A , Corps of Engineers in the Mexican War / Stephen R. Riese -- Soldiers in Black : Father John McElroy and Father Anthony Rey in the Mexican-American War / Steven O\u27Brien -- Bucking and Gagging / Dale R. Steinhauer -- Composed of a Different Material: Democracy, Discipline, and the Mexican War Volunteer / Richard Bruce Winders -- The First Alabama Volunteers: Portrait of a Regiment / Steven R. Butler

Undertreatment of allergy: Exploring the utility of sublingual immunotherapy

ABSTRACT Allergic syndromes are highly prevalent and are comprised of a wide variety of clinical problems, including rhinitis, conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis and urticaria, asthma, and food allergies. Numerous studies have shown that allergic syndromes are both underdiagnosed and undertreated. This is related to many factors, including trivialization of allergic conditions by physicians and patients, failure to adhere to diagnostic and treatment guidelines, and dissatisfaction with conventional pharmacologic treatments. Immunotherapy involves the administration of allergen extracts in an attempt to induce immunologic tolerance and has been used for the treatment of allergic syndromes and the prevention of long-term complications. Conventional subcutaneous immunotherapy is effective but is also associated with a risk of serious adverse events, requires administration by a trained health care professional, and is contraindicated in certain populations. By contrast, sublingual immunotherapy has been used extensively in Europe and possesses most of the benefits of subcutaneous immunotherapy along with increased safety, tolerability, and convenience. This narrative review explores data from selected clinical studies and concludes that sublingual immunotherapy may be well suited to fill the gap posed by the undertreatment of allergic syndromes in the United States

Progress in Developing Industry Standard Test Requirements for Pb-Free Solder Alloys

Abstract Recently, the industry has seen the development of a wide range of new Pb-free alloys. A significant element of uncertainty within the industry regarding these new alloys is the lack of defined data requirements for alloy acceptance. This paper describes the progress of recent efforts to standardize Pb-free solder alloy testing requirements. Hewlett-Packard, the iNEMI consortium, the Solder Products Value Council, and the IPC are working together to create such standards. To facilitate the standardization of alloy testing, the required tests are divided into three major areas, each of which may be covered by a separate standard. • Material properties • Solder joint reliability • Impact to manufacturing processes This paper presents the status of standardization efforts in each of these three areas

Developing a coal quality expert: The prediction of ash deposit effects on boiler performance

The overall objective of the Coal Quality Expert (CQE) Clean Coal I Program is the development of a Coal Quality Expert -- a comprehensive PC based expert system for evaluating the potential for coal cleaning, blending and switching options to reduce emissions while producing the lowest cost electricity. A key part of the CQE model will be the development of a sub-model to predict the effects of ash deposition on boiler performance under various operating conditions. To facilitate sub-model development, a combination of full, pilot, and bench scale testing has been carried out on a series of coals and coal blends which were of interest to the Public Service of Oklahoma (PSO) at their Northeastern Station. A series of full-scale tests were also performed on PSO's Northeastern Unit {number sign}4 to characterize boiler performance when firing a baseline coal'' (their normal or desired fuel feed stock) and two blends comprised of the baseline coal blended with various amounts of an alternate coal. Actual furnace conditions were then closely matched during a series of tests performed in Combustion Engineering's pilot scale combustor, the Fireside Performance Test Facility (FPTF). Pilot scale testing allowed in-depth analyses of furnace deposits during and after formation under well-controlled conditions. Ash deposit properties were characterized during pilot scale furnace operation and in subsequent bench scale analyses. Determination of deposit behavior as a function of important operating parameters during the FPTF testing has permitted the prediction of expected performance for various coal/coal blends in PSO's Northeastern Units and allows a prediction of boiler performance for other units firing these fuels

Material parameters in thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon radiation detectors

Transient photoconductivity measurements of basic material parameters: carrier mobility, mobility-lifetime product and the ionized dangling bind density of thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors are presented. We found that only a fraction ({approximately}30--35%) of the total defect density as measured by ESR is ionized when the detector is biased into deep depletion. The measurements on annealed samples done to relate the ionized dangling bond density and the ESR spin density also showed that this fraction is about 0.3. The time dependence of defect relaxation was found to be a stretched exponential. 5 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab

Improved charge collection of the buried p-i-n a-Si:H radiation detectors

Charge collection in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) radiation detectors is improved for high LET particle detection by adding thin intrinsic layers to the usual p-i-n structure. This buried p-i-n structure enables us to apply higher bias and the electric field is enhanced. When irradiated by 5.8 MeV {alpha} particles, the 5.7 {mu}m thick buried p-i-n detector with bias 300V gives a signal size of 60,000 electrons, compared to about 20,000 electrons with the simple p-i-n detectors. The improved charge collection in the new structure is discussed. The capability of tailoring the field profile by doping a-Si:H opens a way to some interesting device structures. 17 refs., 7 figs

Measurements of 1/f noise in A-Si:H pin diodes and thin-film-transistors

We measured the equivalent noise charge of a-Si:H pin diodes (5 {approximately} 45{mu}m i-layer) with a pulse shaping time of 2.5 {mu}sec under reverse biases up to 30 V/{mu}m and analyzed it as a four component noise source. The frequency spectra of 1/f noise on the soft-breakdown region and of the Nyquist noise from contact resistance of diodes were measured. Using the conversion equations for a CR-RC shaper, we identified the contact resistance noise and the 1/f noise as the main noise sources in the low bias and high bias regions respectively. The 1/f noise of a-Si:H TFTs with channel length of 15 {mu}m was measured to be the dominant component up to {approximately}100kHz for both saturation and linear regions. 15 refs., 7 figs

An overview of progress in electrolytes for secondary zinc-air batteries and other storage systems based on zinc

The revived interest and research on the development of novel energy storage systems with exceptional inherent safety, environmentally benign and low cost for integration in large scale electricity grid and electric vehicles is now driven by the global energy policies. Within various technical challenges yet to be resolved and despite extensive studies, the low cycle life of the zinc anode is still hindering the implementation of rechargeable zinc batteries at industrial scale. This review presents an extensive overview of electrolytes for rechargeable zinc batteries in relation to the anode issues which are closely affected by the electrolyte nature. Widely studied aqueous electrolytes, from alkaline to acidic pH, as well as non-aqueous systems including polymeric and room temperature ionic liquids are reported. References from early rechargeable Zn-air research to recent results on novel Zn hybrid systems have been analyzed. The ambition is to identify the challenges of the electrolyte system and to compile the proposed improvements and solutions. Ultimately, all the technologies based on zinc, including the more recently proposed novel zinc hybrid batteries combining the strong points of lithium-ion, redox-flow and metal-air systems, can benefit from this compilation in order to improve secondary zinc based batteries performance.Basque Country University (ZABALDUZ2012 program), and the Basque Country Government (Project: CIC energiGUNÉ16 of the ELKARTEK program) and the European Commission through the project ZAS: “Zinc Air Secondary innovative nanotech based batteries for efficient energy storage” (Grant Agreement 646186