NASA/MSFC NASTRAN auxiliary I/O routines

Since the initial installation of NASTRAN on the UNIVAC 1100/82 computer at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), a number of local codes have been incorporated as user routines. This paper describes four of these codes and how interested users may obtain additional information

Method for waste collection and storage

A method for collection of fecal matter designed to operate efficiently in a zero gravity environment was invented. The system consists of a waste collection area within a body having a seat opening. Low pressure within the waste collection area directs fecal matter away from the user's buttocks and prevents the escape of waste gases. The user actuates a piston covered with an absorbent pad that sweeps through the waste collection area to collect fecal matter, scrub the waste collector area, press the waste against an end of the waste collection area and retracts, leaving the used pad. Multiple pads are provided on the piston to accommodate multiple usages. Also a valve allows air to be drawn through the body, which keeps the valve from becomming plugged with the feces. A sheet feeder feeds fresh sheets of absorbent pads to a face of the piston with each actuation

Method and apparatus for waste collection and storage

A method and apparatus are disclosed for collection of fecal matter designed to operate efficiently in zero gravity environment. The system comprises a waste collection area within a body having a seat opening. Low pressure within a waste collection area directs fecal matter away from the user's buttocks and prevents the escape of undesirable gases. The user actuates a piston covered with an absorbent pad that sweeps through the waste collection area, press the waste against an end of the waste collection area and retracts, leaving the used pad. Multiple pads are provided on the piston to accommodate multiple uses of the system. Also a valve allows air to be drawn through the body, which valve will not be plugged with fecal matter. A sheet feeder feeds fresh sheets of absorbent pad to a face of the piston with each actuation

Valve for waste collection and storage

A method and valve apparatus for collection of fecal matter designed to operate efficiently in a zero gravity environment is presented. The system comprises a waste collection area within a body having a seat opening. Low pressure within the waste collection area directs fecal matter away from the user's buttocks and prevents the escape of undersirable gases. The user actuates a piston covered with an absorbent pad that sweeps through the waste collection area to collect the fecal matter, scrub the waste collection area, press the waste against an end of the waste collection area and retracts, leaving the used pad. Multiple pads are provided on the piston to accommodate multiple uses of the system. Also a valve allows air to be drawn through the body, so the valve will not be plugged with fecal matter. A sheet feeder feeds fresh sheets of absorbent pads to a face of the piston with each actuation

Supporting Faculty in Digital Landscapes

Faculty endeavors in digital landscapes continue to broaden as interests in research methods and teaching modalities expand. The library can play an important role in introducing these digital voyagers to pertinent information, tools, and resources that will help them meet their goals. In this session, the presenters detail their roles in guiding and supporting faculty seeking to access digital publishing approaches and tools as open educational resources (OER) creators and researchers venturing into text and data mining using library subscribed content. Sharing knowledge of available resources and platforms with faculty and applying focused project management strategies will also be discussed

Towards Equality : Progress by Girls in Mathematics in Australian Secondary Schools / Jillian D. Moss, ACER, 1982

Experts in educational measurement in Australia tend to cherish two major illusions regarding mathematics. One is to think that their testing activities give them the right to prescribe about teaching and learning mathematics, of which they appear to know relatively little. The other is to think that mathematics learning is easy to measure

Reading: The Other Side of the Coin

Among college students from culturally deprived backgrounds the problem of communicating ideas in writing is indeed a real one. It hampers their progress in most of their academic courses and, in numerous cases, forces them to give up their goal of becoming college graduates—a decision which jeopardizes their chances of achieving their maximum potential

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Ligand-induced two-electron variations of intercluster bonding intimacy. Structures of nineteen-vertex[(eta(5)-C5Me5) HIrB18H19(PMe2Ph)] and the related carbene complex [(eta(5)-C5Me5)HIrB18H19{C(NHMe)(2)}]

Addition of PMe2Ph to fused-cluster syn-[(η5-C5Me5)IrB18H20] 1 to give [(η5-C5Me5)HIrB18H19(PMe2Ph)] 3 entails a diminution in the degree of intimacy of the intercluster fusion, rather than retention of inter-subcluster binding intimacy and a nido → arachno conversion of the character of either of the subclusters. Reaction with MeNC gives [(η5-C5Me5)HIrB18H19{C(NHMe)2}] 4 which has a similar structure, but with the ligand now being the carbene {:C(NHMe)2}, resulting from a reductive assembly reaction involving two MeNC residues and the loss of a carbon atom

Jaques, David, Learning in Groups, Croom Helm

In the characteristic open situation of much British higher (tertiary) education the limitations of lectures are well appreciated and alternative modes of teaching Widely used. This book, by a Senior Lecturer in Communication Skills at the Hatfield Polytechnic is about one major alternative