Rubella Immunization of Adult Females Using HPV-77 DK-12 Live Attenuated Rubella Virus

This study demonstrates the serologic response as measured by the HAl test and the side reactions of the HPV-77 DK-12 live rubella vaccine in a small group of adult females. One hundred percent seroconversion was obtained using this vaccine. The mean titers obtained in two separate time periods post-vaccination are higher than those reported for several other rubella virus vaccines. A 66% occurrence of joint symptomatology was recorded post-vaccination with a mean duration of 11.6 days; 24% of women who received placebo reported joint complaints which had a mean duration of 2.0 days. The difference between these two rates is somewhat greater than that reported for other HPV-77 strain vaccines and the average duration of these complaints is longer. The other symptoms reported postvaccination seemed insignificant when comparing both the placebo and the vaccine group. One woman became pregnant three months after vaccination and was subsequently therapeutically aborted. At the time of therapeutic abortion, attempts were unsuccessful to recover rubella virus from the products of conception and cervical swabs

The application of remote sensing to the inventory of white pine (Pinus strobus L.) in eastern Ohio

Rural Development Through Forestry FundThe University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems technology were successfully used to inventory white pine resources in a 21-county area in eastern Ohio. The inventory required less labor and time than traditional forest inventory techniques and produced acreage and volume estimates with standard errors substantially below those of existing inventories. Conifer stands within the 21-county study area were identified on 1994 Landstat 5 Thematic Mapper images using a maximum likelihood classification algorithm in ERDAS IMAGINE. The validity of the conifer classification; the proportion of white pine; and the area, volume, and other stand characteristics were evaluated by surveys. Within the 21-county study area, 36,454 acres of conifers were identified, 24,147 acres of which were white pine containing 570.5 million board-feet volume. White pine stands in the study area averaged 9.8 acres in size; 37 years in age; 11.7 inches average diameter at breast height; 162 square feet basal area; 23,625 board feet of volume; and had a 35-year white pine site index of 76 feet. These results indicate that Ohio's white pine resource is considerably larger and may have substantially greater economic development potential than previous inventories suggested.School of Natural ResourcesUnited States Department of Agriculture Forest Servic

86th Legislature of Texas

Compliance report from the Sunset Commission providing an update about agencies' progress in implementing recommendations from the previous legislative session as well as legislation that addressed statutory recommendations

Results from the NASA Capability Roadmap Team for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

On January 14, 2004, the President of the United States unveiled a new vision for robotic and human exploration of space entitled, "A Renewed Spirit of Discovery". As stated by the President in the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA must "... implement a sustained and affordable human and robotic program to explore the solar system and beyond " and ".. .develop new technologies and harness the moon's abundant resources to allow manned exploration of more challenging environments." A key to fulfilling the goal of sustained and affordable human and robotic exploration will be the ability to use resources that are available at the site of exploration to "live off the land" instead of bringing everything from Earth, known as In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). ISRU can significantly reduce the mass, cost, and risk of exploration through capabilities such as: mission consumable production (propellants, fuel cell reagents, life support consumables, and feedstock for manufacturing & construction); surface construction (radiation shields, landing pads, walls, habitats, etc.); manufacturing and repair with in-situ resources (spare parts, wires, trusses, integrated systems etc.); and space utilities and power from space resources. On January 27th, 2004 the President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy (Aldridge Committee) was created and its final report was released in June 2004. One of the report's recommendations was to establish special project teams to evaluate enabling technologies, of which "Planetary in situ resource utilization" was one of them. Based on the VSE and the commission's final report, NASA established fifteen Capability Roadmap teams, of which ISRU was one of the teams established. From Oct. 2004 to May 2005 the ISRU Capability Roadmap team examined the capabilities, benefits, architecture and mission implementation strategy, critical decisions, current state-of-the-art (SOA), challenges, technology gaps, and risks of ISRU for future human Moon and Mars exploration. This presentation will provide an overview of the ISRU capability, architecture, and implementation strategy examined by the ISRU Capability Roadmap team, along with a top-level review of ISRU benefits, resources and products of interest, and the current SOA in ISRU processes and systems. The presentation will also highlight the challenges of incorporating ISRU into future missions and the gaps in technologies and capabilities that need to be filled to enable ISRU

Public health risks associated with food‐borne parasites

Parasites are important food‐borne pathogens. Their complex lifecycles, varied transmission routes, and prolonged periods between infection and symptoms mean that the public health burden and relative importance of different transmission routes are often difficult to assess. Furthermore, there are challenges in detection and diagnostics, and variations in reporting. A Europe‐focused ranking exercise, using multicriteria decision analysis, identified potentially food‐borne parasites of importance, and that are currently not routinely controlled in food. These are Cryptosporidium spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Echinococcus spp. Infection with these parasites in humans and animals, or their occurrence in food, is not notifiable in all Member States. This Opinion reviews current methods for detection, identification and tracing of these parasites in relevant foods, reviews literature on food‐borne pathways, examines information on their occurrence and persistence in foods, and investigates possible control measures along the food chain. The differences between these three parasites are substantial, but for all there is a paucity of well‐established, standardised, validated methods that can be applied across the range of relevant foods. Furthermore, the prolonged period between infection and clinical symptoms (from several days for Cryptosporidium to years for Echinococcus spp.) means that source attribution studies are very difficult. Nevertheless, our knowledge of the domestic animal lifecycle (involving dogs and livestock) for Echinoccocus granulosus means that this parasite is controllable. For Echinococcus multilocularis, for which the lifecycle involves wildlife (foxes and rodents), control would be expensive and complicated, but could be achieved in targeted areas with sufficient commitment and resources. Quantitative risk assessments have been described for Toxoplasma in meat. However, for T. gondii and Cryptosporidium as faecal contaminants, development of validated detection methods, including survival/infectivity assays and consensus molecular typing protocols, are required for the development of quantitative risk assessments and efficient control measures.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

STOMATAL EXCLUSION OF LEAF RUST OF WHEAT

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Detecting Fatigue in Commercial Flight Operations Using Physiological Measures

The purpose of this study is to determine whether any technology exists to unobtrusively, reliably, and accurately detect symptoms of fatigue in real time before fatigue affects performance. Airline pilots are fitted with a variety of physiological measurement devices (e.g. EEG, blink rate, etc.) that have been demonstrated in the literature to be related to fatigue. Each crew of two pilots performs simulated gate-to-gate flight operations under rested and fatigued conditions, during which physiologic and performance parameters are continuously monitored. In addition, audio, video, and simulator data are recorded for post-session evaluation. Ultimately, if one or more technologies proves effective, we can incorporate it into the flight deck for real-time fatigue detection capability as part of a larger fatigue risk management system. The usefulness of this type of approach extends beyond the commercial flight deck to any work environment that requires multi-shift or other non-traditional scheduling

85th Legislature of Texas

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Health Licensing Consolidation Project, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation

Jefferson Medical College, Session 1843-4 Dispensary. Admit Mr. William G. Romig. R.M. Huston Dean. (verso)

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