A Meta-Algorithm for Creating Fast Algorithms for Counting ON Cells in Odd-Rule Cellular Automata

We develop a meta-algorithm that, given a polynomial (in one or more variables), and a prime p, produces a fast (logarithmic time) algorithm that takes a positive integer n and outputs the number of times each residue class modulo p appears as a coefficient when the polynomial is raised to the power n and the coefficients are read modulo p.Comment: 8 pages, accompanied by a Maple package, and numerous input and output files that can be gotten from http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimhtml/CAcount.htm

Adolescent Residential Mobility: Behavioral Outcomes and the Moderating Role of the Mother-Adolescent Relationship

Prior research has noted unfavorable associations between residential mobility (RM) and youth outcomes. However, little work has considered the mother-adolescent relationship as a moderator of the suggested associations. The purpose of the current study was to examine the internalizing, externalizing, and delinquent behaviors of adolescents (Mage=15.6, SD=0.77) following a move in comparison to adolescents who did not move. Frequency of moves was considered and adolescents were identified as either stable (0 moves), low mobility (1-2 moves), or high mobility (\u3e2 moves) within a 6 year period. Mother-adolescent closeness and parental monitoring were examined as potential moderators of the relationship between RM and adolescent outcomes. The researchers expected mobility status would be positively associated with internalizing, externalizing, and delinquent behaviors and aspects of the mother-adolescent relationship would influence outcomes. Results suggest adolescents who experience high RM display more externalizing and delinquent behaviors following a move when compared to stable adolescents. No associations were found between adolescents’ internalizing behaviors and mobility status. Closeness between the mother and adolescent moderated the association between mobility status and externalizing behaviors, suggesting closer mother-adolescent relationships inhibited changes in externalizing behavior following a move. Implications for programs and school communities are included

Macroscopic Benthos Populations in A South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir

The standing crop, distribution, seasonal variation, and entrainment of benthos were studied at the Big Stone Power Plant cooling reservoir. Benthos samples were collected from January 1979 through March 1980 utilizing a stratified random sampling design in 3 areas related to the thermal discharge site and cooling water intake sites. Maximum surface and bottom water temperatures in the discharge area were 42.0 C and 33.5 C respectively. The intake area had a maximum surface and bottom temperature of 32.0 C and 30.0 C respectively. Reservoir temperatures ranged from 0.0 C to 42.0 C during the study. Dissolved oxygen ranged from 0.2 to 15.6 ppm. Chironomids were numerically and gravimetrically the most abundant organisms taken in the cooling reservoir. Numerically they constituted 94% of all organisms sampled. They were found in greatest numbers in the intakes area of the cooling reservoir. Chironomids comprised 95% of the total dry weight. Oligochaetes were numerically the second most abundant organisms. They constituted 4% of total numbers and 1% of total dry weight. The mean standing crop of benthos in the cooling reservoir (0.6 g/m2) was lower than the average for most North American lakes. Numerically the standing crop (1,460/m2) was closer to the average North American lakes. Benthos populations were less abundant in the discharge area of the cooling reservoir. The rip-rap area of the cooling reservoir was sampled with artificial substrate baskets. Numerically chironomids comprised 65% of all organisms colonizing the baskets. Gravimetrically Physa spp. Comprised 71% of the total mean biomass. This resulted from including the shells in the dry weight. This resulted from including the shells in the dry weight. Annual mean standing crop for the rip-rap area was 258g/m2. Calculated 24-hour estimates of benthic organisms entrained ranged from a high of 1,010,625 in June 1979 to none in December 1979. Chironomids were the most commonly entrained organisms

Healthcare Information Systems (HCIS) Curriculum

There is a reawakening of enthusiasm for Healthcare topics at AMCIS, witnessed, too, by the formation of a Healthcare SIG. At the same time, numerous AMCIS attendees lamented the challenges of developing an effective and contemporary undergraduate and graduate curriculum for Healthcare MIS. The field is growing rapidly, and includes diverse healthoriented topics and sub-specialties like bioinformatics, nursing informatics, home healthcare technologies, telemedicine, privacy and security, e-Health, and a wide range of patient-, clinical- and managerial-decision support systems. For this panel we have assembled a well-seasoned group of speakers and educators to advance our collective ability to teach “state of the art” courses in this critically important area

Quality of Service (QoS) in Healthcare Applications: Colored Petri Net Simulation for Design of Heterogeneous, Multi-Vendor, Integrated, Life-Critical Wireless (802.x) Patient Care Device Networks

The ability to deploy wireless patient monitors using industry-standard IEEE 802.x technologies allows patient mobility and clinical flexibly. However, interconnecting multiple life-critical medical devices from multiple vendors can introduce unintended life-threatening risks unless delivery of critical patient alarms to central monitoring systems and/or clinical personnel is assured. Petri net tools allow automated testing of all possible states and transitions between devices and/or systems to detect potential failure modes in advance. Colored Petri Net (CPN) tools allow tracking and controlling each message in a network based on pre-selected criteria. This paper describes a research project using CPN to simulate and validate alarm integrity in a small multi-modality wireless patient monitoring system. Free research CPN software, CPNTool, is used to simulate two, 20-monitor wireless patient monitoring networks. One network simulated standard nonprioritized 802.x IP protocols and simulated Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities similar to 802.11e, allowing message priority management. In the standard 802.x network, dangerous heart arrhythmia and pulse oximetry alarms were missed, but QoS priority management reduced that risk significantly

Concurrent Session, The Military: Critical First Year College Experience Learning Community Seminar

Military troops are returning from combat and entering colleges that may not be prepared to help them succeed. This workshop will use digital stories to illustrate a course developed by Bunker Hill Community College with the goal of fostering college and lifelong success among veterans