The Formation of Ice upon Exposed Parts of an Airplane in Flight

In order to experimentally study the conditions leading to ice formation on aircraft surfaces, an aircraft was equipped with small auxiliary surfaces and aerodynamic shapes similar to struts, wires, Pitot heads, etc. This airplane was flown at an altitude where a temperature of 32 F was encountered, at such times as cloud formations could be found at the coincident altitude. Here it was discovered that ice formed rapidly in regard to quantity,character, shape, and rapidity of formation. An examination of this data, which confirms observations of pilots, indicates that the weight of ice collected can very possibly be sufficient to force the airplane to rapidly lose altitude on account of the increased loads. However, it is more evident that the malformation of the aerodynamic shapes may so increase the drag and reduce the lift so as to produce a loss of altitude even greater in consequence, the combination of the two working in the same direction having a double effect. Other adverse consequences are noted. The recommendation for the guidance of those who must encounter these conditions appears to lie entirely along the lines of avoidance

The variation in pressures in the cockpit fan airplane in flight

The results of an investigation to determine the pressures in the open cockpit of a Vought VE-7 airplane are given. The observed values are small and the effect upon instruments is inconsiderable

A modern synthesis of faith and reason

Today, modern man is uneasy. The current outcry for ethics in government and in social life reflects a need which has not been met. What distinguishes man as a rational and creative human being are his moral, abstract, artistic, creative, and spiritual ideas. In many instances, such ideas have been declared as meaningless by the \u27reasoning\u27 of the natural sciences; This thesis will develop a modern paradigm that will synthesize subjective values coming from the \u27faith\u27 side of rational beings with the objective values obtained from their objective (abstract reasoning) side of themselves; The paradigm will be illustrated by applying it to the Clark County\u27s Health District Hospice Program for terminal cancer patients and their survivors. A typical case will show the paradigm\u27s practicality for aiding persons to meaningfully participate in the solution and management of significant problems found in their every day lives

Health Care Law

The author introduces health care law in the state of Texas describing developments pertaining to public health, health care providers, patient issues, medical records and devices, and liability rules. Several Texas cases are examined: Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Sampson; Van Horn v. Chambers; Attaya v. Shoukfeh; Levy v. Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; Clark v. Texas Home Health, Inc.; Austin v. Healthtrust, Inc-The Hospital Co.; Brown v. Shwarts; Dallas County Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Bossley; Stolle v. Baylor College of Medicine; United States ex rel Riley v. St. Luke’s Episopal Hospital;and United States ex rel v. Thompson v. Columbi/HCA Healthcare Corp. Although the focus of this Survey is developments in Texas law, a few federal developments important to health care providers and health law practitioners are also briefly discussed

Abortion and Speech: A Comment

This comment examines recent and pending decisions from the United States Supreme Court on abortion issues through the lens of other constitutional rights, namely freedom of speech. For example, the recent Rust v. Sullivan opinion upheld a wholesale federal assault upon the notion of “choice” and “informed consent” by upholding DHHS’s regulations which ban informative and informed discussions of the abortion option in Title X clinics. The result is a physician-patient relationship in Title X clinics that government requires to be half-truthful and inherently misleading. Moreover, the federal government itself was responsible for the creation of that trusting, dependent relationship, and the Title X regulations pervert that relationship at the expense of the woman who is effectively invited by the government to walk into the Title X clinic. Similarly, the next major abortion controversy to be decided by the Court may well face the same lack of perspective. Although Bray v. Alexandria Women’s Clinic is about abortion protests, it is not being treated as a case about the law of abortion or the law of protests. The case will not be won or lost on the basis of the constitutional doctrines of privacy under the fourteenth amendment. Instead, the primary issue focuses not on the constitutional right to obtain an abortion but to engage in interstate travel. It would be a denial of reality for the Court to hold that criminal conduct aimed at preventing the exercise of abortion rights is not imbued with sufficient federal interest to warrant the invocation of section 1985(3). It seems unlikely that a majority of the Court will perceive that the case has profound implications for the right to abortion