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Rite of Passage: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Provides an annual update on the insurance status of young adults age 19 to 29. Explains provisions in the 2010 healthcare reform that will expand coverage, including allowing children to remain on parents' plans up to age 26 and expanding Medicaid
Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Outlines the 2010 healthcare reform provisions that will benefit young adults, including expanded eligibility for dependent coverage and Medicaid, new preexisting condition insurance plans, and premium subsidies. Estimates effects on coverage rates
Test instrumentation evaluates electrostatic hazards in fluid system
RJ-1 fuel surface potential is measured with a probe to determine the degree of hazard originating from static electricity buildup in the hydraulic fluid. The probe is mounted in contact with the fluid surface and connected to an electrostatic voltmeter
Medical Information Management System (MIMS): An automated hospital information system
Flexible system of computer programs allows manipulation and retrieval of data related to patient care. System is written in version of FORTRAN developed for CDC-6600 computer
Stratospheric sudden warming effects on winds and temperature in the middle atmosphere at middle and low latitudes: a study using WACCM
A stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) is a dynamical phenomenon of the
wintertime stratosphere caused by the interaction between planetary Rossby
waves propagating from the troposphere and the stratospheric zonal-mean flow.
While the effects of SSW events are seen predominantly in high latitudes,
they can also produce significant changes in middle and low latitude
temperature and winds. In this study we quantify the middle and low latitude
effects of SSW events on temperature and zonal-mean winds using a composite
of SSW events between 1988 and 2010 simulated with the specified dynamics
version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). The
temperature and wind responses seen in the tropics also extend into the low
latitudes in the other hemisphere. There is variability in observed zonal-mean winds and temperature depending on the observing location within the
displaced or split polar vortex and propagation direction of the planetary
waves. The propagation of planetary waves show that they originate in
mid–high latitudes and propagate upward and equatorward into the mid-latitude
middle atmosphere where they produce westward forcing reaching peak values of
~ 60–70 m s<sup>−1</sup> day<sup>−1</sup>. These propagation paths in the
lower latitude stratosphere appear to depend on the phase of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). During
the easterly phase of the QBO, waves originating at high latitudes propagate
across the equator, while in the westerly phase of the QBO, the planetary
waves break at ~ 20–25° N and there is no propagation across
the equator. The propagation of planetary waves across the equator during the
easterly phase of the QBO reduces the tropical upwelling and poleward flow in
the upper stratosphere
An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2007-2008: Part I, Insurance Coverage
Compares coverage and cost estimates of bills to improve health coverage through private-public approaches, universal public insurance, tax changes, increased coverage for children and the disabled, expanded health savings accounts, and other strategies
Non-Markovian Stochastic Resonance
The phenomenological linear response theory of non-Markovian Stochastic
Resonance (SR) is put forward for stationary two-state renewal processes. In
terms of a derivation of a non-Markov regression theorem we evaluate the
characteristic SR-quantifiers; i.e. the spectral power amplification (SPA) and
the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), respectively. In clear contrast to Markovian
SR, a characteristic benchmark of genuine non-Markovian SR is its distinctive
dependence of the SPA and SNR on small (adiabatic) driving frequencies;
particularly, the adiabatic SNR becomes strongly suppressed over its Markovian
counterpart. This non-Markovian SR theory is elucidated for a fractal gating
dynamics of a potassium ion channel possessing an infinite variance of closed
sojourn times.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
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