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Ancient Egypt 1923 Part 1
Part 1 of the 1923 Ancient Egypt books. Contents include a portrait of Menkaura, the magic skin, and customs at childbirth.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/kweeks_coll/1022/thumbnail.jp
Ancient Egypt 1922 Part 2
Part 2 of the 1922 Ancient Egypt book. Contents include the British school in Egypt, the set rebellion, and Egyptian words in modern use.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/kweeks_coll/1019/thumbnail.jp
Ancient Egypt 1921 Part 3
Part 3 of the 1921 Ancient Egypt books. Contents include discoveries at Herakleopolis, the survivals of ancient Egyptians, oracular responses, and the Coptic New Year.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/kweeks_coll/1016/thumbnail.jp
LANDSAT TM image data quality analysis for energy-related applications
This project represents a no-cost agreement between National Aeronautic Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC) and the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). PNL is a Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory operted by Battelle Memorial Institute at its Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, Washington. The objective of this investigation is to evaluate LANDSAT's thematic mapper (TM) data quality and utility characteristics from an energy research and technological perspective. Of main interest is the extent to which repetitive TM data might support DOE efforts relating to siting, developing, and monitoring energy-related facilities, and to basic geoscientific research. The investigation utilizes existing staff and facility capabilities, and ongoing programmatic activities at PNL and other DOE national laboratories to cooperatively assess the potential usefulness of the improved experimental TM data. The investigation involves: (1) both LANDSAT 4 and 5 TM data, (2) qualitative and quantitative use consideration, and 3) NASA P (corrected) and A (uncorrected) CCT analysis for a variety of sites of DOE interest. Initial results were presented at the LANDSAT Investigator's Workshops and at specialized LANDSAT TM sessions at various conferences
Ancient Egypt 1920 Part 3
Part 3 of the 1920 Ancient Egypt books. Contents include excavations at Lahun, Ethiopian sovereigns at Meroe, notes of jewels from Lahun, and General Maude\u27s proclamation.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/kweeks_coll/1012/thumbnail.jp
Improving the clinical value and utility of CGM systems: issues and recommendations: a joint statement of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Technology Working Group
The first systems for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) became available over 15 years ago. Many then believed CGM would revolutionize the use of intensive insulin therapy in diabetes; however, progress toward that vision has been gradual. Although increasing, the proportion of individuals using CGM rather than conventional systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose on a daily basis is still low in most parts of the world. Barriers to uptake include cost, measurement reliability (particularly with earlier-generation systems), human factors issues, lack of a standardized format for displaying results, and uncertainty on how best to use CGM data to make therapeutic decisions. This Scientific Statement makes recommendations for systemic improvements in clinical use and regulatory (pre- and postmarketing) handling of CGM devices. The aim is to improve safety and efficacy in order to support the advancement of the technology in achieving its potential to improve quality of life and health outcomes for more people with diabetes
Improving the clinical value and utility of CGM systems: issues and recommendations : a joint statement of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Technology Working Group
The first systems for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) became available over 15Â years ago. Many then believed CGM would revolutionise the use of intensive insulin therapy in diabetes; however, progress towards that vision has been gradual. Although increasing, the proportion of individuals using CGM rather than conventional systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose on a daily basis is still low in most parts of the world. Barriers to uptake include cost, measurement reliability (particularly with earlier-generation systems), human factors issues, lack of a standardised format for displaying results and uncertainty on how best to use CGM data to make therapeutic decisions. This scientific statement makes recommendations for systemic improvements in clinical use and regulatory (pre- and postmarketing) handling of CGM devices. The aim is to improve safety and efficacy in order to support the advancement of the technology in achieving its potential to improve quality of life and health outcomes for more people with diabetes
Electricity supply industry modeling for multiple objectives under demand growth uncertainty
Appropriate energy–environment–economic (E3) modelling provides key information for policy makers in the electricity supply industry (ESI) faced with navigating a sustainable development path. Key challenges include engaging with stakeholder values and preferences, and exploring trade-offs between competing objectives in the face of underlying uncertainty. As a case study we represent the South African ESI using a partial equilibrium E3 modelling approach, and extend the approach to include multiple objectives under selected future uncertainties. This extension is achieved by assigning cost penalties to non-cost attributes to force the model's least-cost objective function to better satisfy non-cost criteria. This paper incorporates aspects of flexibility to demand growth uncertainty into each future expansion alternative by introducing stochastic programming with recourse into the model. Technology lead times are taken into account by the inclusion of a decision node along the time horizon where aspects of real options theory are considered within the planning process. Hedging in the recourse programming is automatically translated from being purely financial, to include the other attributes that the cost penalties represent. From a retrospective analysis of the cost penalties, the correct market signals, can be derived to meet policy goal, with due regard to demand uncertainty
Magnetohydrostatic solar prominences in near-potential coronal magnetic fields
We present numerical magnetohydrostatic solutions describing the
gravitationally stratified, bulk equilibrium of cool, dense prominence plasma
embedded in a near-potential coronal field. These solutions are calculated
using the FINESSE magnetohydrodynamics equilibrium solver and describe the
morphologies of magnetic field distributions in and around prominences and the
cool prominence plasma that these fields support. The equilibrium condition for
this class of problem is usually different in distinct subdomains, separated by
free boundaries, across which solutions are matched by suitable continuity or
jump conditions describing force balance. We employ our precise finite element
elliptic solver to calculate solutions not accessible by previous analytical
techniques with temperature or entropy prescribed as free functions of the
magnetic flux function, including a range of values of the polytropic index,
temperature variations mainly across magnetic field lines and photospheric
field profiles sheared close to the polarity inversion line. Out of the many
examples computed here, perhaps the most noteworthy is one which reproduces
precisely the three-part structure often encountered in observations: a cool
dense prominence within a cavity/flux rope embedded in a hot corona. The
stability properties of these new equilibria, which may be relevant to solar
eruptions, can be determined in the form of a full resistive MHD spectrum using
a companion hyperbolic stability solver.Comment: To appear in ApJ August 200
Ancient Egypt 1923 Part 3
Part 3 of the 1923 Ancient Egypt books. Contents include types of early scarabs, the Ka in Egypt and Arabia, supports of Pylon flagstaves, Pithom and Raamses, and current fallacies about history.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/kweeks_coll/1024/thumbnail.jp
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