Radiation effects control: Eyes, skin

Adverse effects on the lens of the eye and the skin due to exposure to proton radiation during manned space flight were evaluated. Actual proton irradiation which might be encountered in space was simulated. Irradiation regimes included single acute exposures, daily fractionated exposures, and weekly fractionated exposures. Animals were exposed and then maintained and examined periodically until data sufficient to meet the objective were obtained. No significant skin effects were noted and no serious sight impairment was exhibited

Growing Healthy Kids Columbus: Obesity Prevention Coalition

IMPACT. 1: Policy/System/Environment Changes: In 2016, at least 9 GHKC organizations implemented policy changes, such as a water only policy at any Columbus City School pre-k events. Over 11 GHKC organizations implemented system changes, such as Mid-Ohio Foodbank mobile markets at every Moms2B location, and 10 GHKC organizations implemented environment changes, such as OSU LifeSports now serving only water at all events. -- 2. Over the past year GHKC has developed the "Healthy Gatherings" resources. The "Healthy Gatherings" campaign promotes healthy eating, physical activity and smoke-free environments at meetings, events and celebrations. Since the launch of the campaign in late 2015, GHKC has developed and identified 28 resources. These resources were piloted at the coalition's "Healthy Gatherings" workshop in early 2017. -- 3. Using the $1000 received with the 2015 OSU Outreach and Engagement Excellence in Community Partnership Award, GHKC offered mini-grants to fund physical activity, healthy eating and breastfeeding resources for coalition members' community events. Of the coalition's 14 "Pay it Forward" events, 12 were held in 2016.OSU PARTNERS: Ohio State University Extension; College of Public Health; OSU LifeSportsCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: Action for Children; American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio Chapter; American Heart Association; Child Development Council of Franklin County Head Start; Children's Hunger Alliance; Church Partnerships; Mount Carmel Health; Columbus area child care centers and in-home providers; Columbus City Schools; Columbus Public Health (CPH) - Healthy Children Healthy Weights; Columbus Public Health (CPH) - Minority Health Office; Columbus Recreation and Parks; Columbus Urban League Head Start; Community Development for All People; CPH Creating Healthy Communities; CPH Strategic Nursing; CPH Institute of Active Living; Franklin County Family and Children First; Franklin County Public Health; Franklin County Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Franklin Park Conservatory; Mid-Ohio Food Bank; Nationwide Children's Hospital; Personal Fitness Navigators; United Way of Central Ohio; YMCA of Central OhioPRIMARY CONTACT: Carol Smathers ([email protected])The Growing Healthy Kids Columbus (GHKC) coalition brings together over 45 programs and organizations, including OSU Extension and the OSU College of Public Health, to network and collaborate on childhood obesity prevention efforts. Recognizing their unique capacity to implement population-level health promotion strategies stemming from their diverse areas of expertise, services, and resources, GHKC has made policy, system, and environment change its primary focus since 2011. The coalition develops campaigns and toolkits and fosters organizational practices and procedures to support environments and educational messages for maintaining a healthy weight

Farm to School

IMPACT. 1: Of the 1258 Ohio school districts/entities surveyed, 717 completed the 2015 Farm to School Census. Over a quarter (27%) of responding districts reported they participate in Farm to School, indicating need for further growth. -- 2. More than 200 educators, food service professionals and producers participated in the Farm to School five regional workshops hosted by OSU Extension. Ohio Farm to School was also instrumental in the development of Columbus City School's Ohio Meal promotion, which will provide Ohio grown and produced meals each month to more than 50,000 students. -- 3. Across Ohio, OSU Extension, farmers, educators, and public health professionals collaborate on Farm to School partnerships and events, such as "Farm to School Month", "School to Farm Road Trips" and the "Ohio Apple Crunch".OSU PARTNERS: OSU Extension program areas: Family and Consumer Sciences, Community Development, 4-H Youth Development, and Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: Ohio Department of Education; Ohio Department of Agriculture; Ohio Department of Health; Ohio Farm Bureau; Action for Healthy Kids; American Dairy Association; Organizations participating in local and regional Food Councils; Columbus City Schools; Columbus Public Health; Mid-Ohio Regional Planning CommissionPRIMARY CONTACT: Carol Smathers ([email protected])OSU Extension (OSUE) provides statewide leadership to Ohio Farm to School (OFS). The OFS program fosters procurement of local foods and promotes activities that help students understand where food comes from and how food choices affect their health, environment, and community. Extension's OFS Advisory Group includes government agencies, industry associations, and nonprofit organizations. OSUE serves as the core partner in the National Farm to School Network and a contact for the USDA Farm to School Program

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS WITH ENDOGENOUS SYSTEM SIZING

This paper is concerned with analysis of economic feasibility of solar energy systems. Methodology for estimating energy output from different sized systems is briefly presented, and this is used to determine technical coefficients for a mixed integer model which optimizes the size of the solar heating unit for a particular use. An empirical example of hot water heating on a Georgia dairy is presented. Cost curves are provided for the dairy example to illustrate the effect of sizing on the economic feasibility of solar heating and to elucidate the structure of the optimal sizing decision.Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Master of Science

thesisThis thesis describes the development of software used to extract and analyze topographic profiles of normal fault scarps from high-resolution LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) digital elevation models. The software, `Scarp Offset Analysis' (SOA), consists of several scripts written in the Python computer language that partly automate the extraction of fault scarp parameters including surface offset, scarp asymmetry, location and magnitude of maximum scarp slope, far-field slopes, and the location of the scarp's base and crest. These parameters were calculated from 36,757 topographic profiles extracted every 1 m along ~37 km of the Nephi segment of the Wasatch fault. The profiles were extracted from bare earth digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from high-resolution (0.5-m horizontal posting) LiDAR elevation data. The scarp profiles provide information on individual scarps and as a whole, provide a dense network for analyzing spatial trends in fault offset along strike at scales from meters to tens of kilometers. The surface offset measurements are also utilized to produce a prototype 3D probability function (3D-PDF), which is an along strike graphical representation of trends in surface offset expressed as a probability density plot. The 3D-PDF function is used to evaluate several hypothetical models of fault displacement along strike, as a prototype application to illustrate the potential use of SOA software in paleoseismic studies. Application of the 3D-PDF to the Nephi segment suggests unique rupture profiles for the northern and southern fault strands; however, interpretation of the 3D-PDF is inhibited by the lack of detailed information concerning the age of alluvial surfaces offset by faulting. Ultimately, the SOA software is an important tool for studying fault scarp morphology, which can be applied to other LiDAR datasets and also adapted for use in the study of fluvial terraces, lacustrine and marine shoreline scarps, and similar geomorphic features