Edmund Randolph for Samuel Beele to Richard Anderson and Nathaniel Anderson, April 10, 1788

Bill of Exchange from Edmund Randolph to Richard Anderson and Nathaniel Anderson, Merchants in London, ordering them to pay 52 Pound Stirling to Samuel Beele.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/1345/thumbnail.jp

Washington, George; Randolph Edmund

Verification of Elijah Clarke\u27s ship voyage by George Washington and Randolph Edmund. The notice is presented in French, English, and German.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/cleveland-county-historical-collection-ralph-webb-gardner/1000/thumbnail.jp

Safety and Effectiveness of Meropenem in Infants With Suspected or Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections

Background. Intra-abdominal infections are common in young infants and lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Meropenem is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial with excellent activity against pathogens associated with intra-abdominal infections. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and effectiveness of meropenem in young infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized space telescope with an aperture of at least $4m$. With the support of their governments in the US, Europe, and Canada, 20,000 people realized that vision as the $6.5m$ James Webb Space Telescope. A generation of astronomers will celebrate their accomplishments for the life of the mission, potentially as long as 20 years, and beyond. This report and the scientific discoveries that follow are extended thank-you notes to the 20,000 team members. The telescope is working perfectly, with much better image quality than expected. In this and accompanying papers, we give a brief history, describe the observatory, outline its objectives and current observing program, and discuss the inventions and people who made it possible. We cite detailed reports on the design and the measured performance on orbit.Comment: Accepted by PASP for the special issue on The James Webb Space Telescope Overview, 29 pages, 4 figure

Vampires in the village Žrnovo on the island of Korčula: following an archival document from the 18th century

Središnja tema rada usmjerena je na raščlambu spisa pohranjenog u Državnom arhivu u Mlecima (fond: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) koji se odnosi na događaj iz 1748. godine u korčulanskom selu Žrnovo, kada su mještani – vjerujući da su se pojavili vampiri – oskvrnuli nekoliko mjesnih grobova. U radu se podrobno iznose osnovni podaci iz spisa te rečeni događaj analizira u širem društvenom kontekstu i prate se lokalna vjerovanja.The main interest of this essay is the analysis of the document from the State Archive in Venice (file: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) which is connected with the episode from 1748 when the inhabitants of the village Žrnove on the island of Korčula in Croatia opened tombs on the local cemetery in the fear of the vampires treating. This essay try to show some social circumstances connected with this event as well as a local vernacular tradition concerning superstitions

Edmund Randolph Letter, 1780

Letter, 21 February 1780, of Edmund Randolph, Williamsburg, Virginia to unidentified recipient. Letter concerns a suit to collect the principle and interest of a bond. Also mentions Mr. Hunter, West, Peyton, and [George] Wythe. From Mss. Acc. 1992.42, Edmund Randolph Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

An evaluation of alternative vegetative filter strip models for use on agricultural lands of the upper Wabash River Basin

The upper Wabash River Basin is typical of agricultural watersheds in the Corn Belt Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio). An important management technique for reducing NPS pollution from agricultural land is the use of vegetative filter strips (VFS) between ditches and streams and adjacent crop land. By definition, VFS are bands of planted or indigenous vegetation situated between pollutant source areas and receiving waters. A geographic information system is used to identify the upper Wabash River Basin and determine ditches, streams, and rivers from digital elevation maps. Reduction values for sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus were calculated for various levels of VFS application. Economic costs for establishing and maintaining various VFS application levels were estimated as were economic benefits associated with reductions of sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus reductions for various levels of VFS application. Both this research and the literature show that VFS are effective in reducing sediment, nitrogen, and sediment from row crop lands. This research also shows first order streams to be more effective in reducing sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus than higher order streams. The total cost of 100% VFS application to the study area is estimated to be $270,498,401.40. The lower bound benefit estimates associated with 100$404 million (30-year present value) with other benefits such as increased water quality and improved fish and wildlife habitat excluded from this analysis. The optimum level of VFS application is estimated to be slightly over 75% for the streams of the upper Wabash River Basin row crop lands. Alternative policy tool mixtures consisting of public education, technical assistance, and research and one of five selected market intervention tools were evaluated. Each policy tool mixture differed only by the market intervention tool. The policy tool mixture comprised of public education, technical assistance, research and cost-share is the preferred policy tool mixture