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Hatch latch mechanism for Spacelab scientific airlock

The requirements, design tradeoff, design, and performance of the Spacelab scientific airlock hatch latching mechanisms are described. At space side the hatch is closed and held against internal airlock/module pressure by 12 tangential overcenter hooks driven by a driver. At module side the hatch is held by 4 hooks driven by rollers running on a cammed driver

Zircon Chemistry in a Gabbro Pluton at House Mountain, Idaho

An Eocene (ca 45 million year old) gabbro pluton near House Mountain in southwest Idaho provides an opportunity to explore how the conditions of crystallization are recorded in zircon chemistry. Zircon is a zirconium silicate mineral present in trace amounts in magmas, which is capable of incorporating large, highly charged elements (e.g. transition metals, actinides, lanthanides) that do not easily substitute into other minerals. Variations in these elements can be used to track magma evolution. For example, the titanium concentration is related to the temperature at which zircon crystallizes from the magma; rare earth elements (REE) and the relative proportion of europium (Eu-anomaly) can be used to track the degree of crystallization of the magma. Trace elements (TE) were measured in situ on 25 micron spots in zoned zircon crystals using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Two samples from the pluton, an equigranular gabbro and a felsic granophyre, were analyzed. The zircons from the gabbro record cooling temperatures, and evolution from a primitive, mafic magma to one enriched in TE with a stronger Eu-anomaly. Residual felsic melt segregated from crystallized minerals and concentrated in the granophyre records evolved compositions in the final stage of crystallization

Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering in a Three Dimensional Approach

The nucleon-nucleon (NN) t-matrix is calculated directly as function of two vector momenta for different realistic NN potentials. To facilitate this a formalism is developed for solving the two-nucleon Lippmann-Schwinger equation in momentum space without employing a partial wave decomposition. The total spin is treated in a helicity representation. Two different realistic NN interactions, one defined in momentum space and one in coordinate space, are presented in a form suited for this formulation. The angular and momentum dependence of the full amplitude is studied and displayed. A partial wave decomposition of the full amplitude it carried out to compare the presented results with the well known phase shifts provided by those interactions.Comment: 26 pages plus 10 jpg figure

Faecal haemoglobin and faecal calprotectin as indicators of bowel disease in patients presenting to primary care with bowel symptoms

OBJECTIVE: In primary care, assessing which patients with bowel symptoms harbour significant disease (cancer, higher-risk adenoma or IBD) is difficult. We studied the diagnostic accuracies of faecal haemoglobin (FHb) and faecal calprotectin (FC) in a cohort of symptomatic patients. DESIGN: From October 2013 to March 2014, general practitioners were prompted to request FHb and FC when referring patients with bowel symptoms to secondary care. Faecal samples were analysed for haemoglobin (EIKEN OC-Sensor io) and calprotectin (BÜHLMANN Calprotectin ELISA). Patients triaged to endoscopy were investigated within 6 weeks. All clinicians and endoscopists were blind to the faecal test results. The diagnostic accuracies of FHb and FC for identification of significant bowel disease were assessed. RESULTS: 1043 patients returned samples. FHb was detectable in 57.6% (median 0.4 µg/g, 95% CI 0.4 to 0.8; range 0–200). FC at 50 µg/g or above was present in 60.0%. 755 patients (54.6% women, median age 64 years (range 16–90, IQR 52–73)) returned samples and completed colonic investigations. 103 patients had significant bowel disease; the negative predictive values of FHb for colorectal cancer, higher-risk adenoma and IBD were 100%, 97.8% and 98.4%, respectively. Using cut-offs of detectable FHb and/or 200 µg/g FC detected two further cases of IBD, one higher-risk adenoma and no additional cancers. CONCLUSIONS: In primary care, undetectable FHb is a good ‘rule-out’ test for significant bowel disease and could guide who requires investigation

Divine Voice: Christian Proclamation and the Theology of Sound (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Webb, Stephen H. The Divine Voice: Christian Proclamation and the Theology of Sound. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Brazos Press, 2004. 244 pages. ISBN 9781587430787

Ways of Wisdom

In the section of Proverbs that we read for today, the Lord calls us to listen and act on His invitation to come to His table. This invitation comes in many forms. Posting about God\u27s gift of wisdom ­­­­­­­­from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation. http://inallthings.org/ways-of-wisdom

Colored Independence of Cycle Graphs and Finite Grids

Colored independence is a way in which we can understand scheduling/storage problems where events that cannot occur together are modeled by vertices connected by edges, and events that must occur together are modeled by vertices that have the same color. This research will be looking specifically at colored independence on cycles and grids. The number we strive to describe on said graphs is the independence partition number. The independence partition number can be defined as the minimum of the maximum independent set that exists on each partition of a graph G. This research will be able to contribute to the relatively small amount of research in this subject which will add to the amount of problems that can be modeled using this techniqu

Task and Role of Theatre

This paper is part of a larger work, “Four Year Articulation Paper,” which chronicles Dr. Teresa TerHaar’s faith and academic journey

Raging Waters of Advent

Our baptism into Christ frees us and challenges us to move through the torrent of a broken world. Posting about living under grace from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world. http://inallthings.org/the-raging-waters-of-advent