Error sensitivity function catalog

Various systematic errors of orbital solutions involving range and range rate rada

Detection of t(7;12)(q36;p13) in paediatric leukaemia using dual colour fluorescence in situ hybridisation

The identification of chromosomal rearrangements is of utmost importance for the diagnosis and classification of specific leukaemia subtypes and therefore has an impact on therapy choices in individual cases. The t(7;12)(q36;p13) is a cryptic rearrangement that is difficult to recognise using conventional cytogenetic methods and is often undetected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction due to the absence of a fusion transcript in many cases. Here we present a reliable and easy to use dual colour fluorescence in situ hybridisation assay for the detection of the t(7;12)(q36;p13) rearrangement. A comparison with previous similar work is given and advantages and limitations of this novel approach are discussed

Short rotation coppices along watercourses - an innovative combination of sustainable agriculture and water protection

PosterThe multiple advantages of short rotation coppices (SRC) such as sustainable energy wood production, income diversification, and ecological services are well known and investigated in various projects. Additionally, strips of SRC present an innovative instrument to buffer nutrient and pesticide contamination of watercourses induced by soil erosion. Through extensive management, provision of permanent plant cover, soil improvement, and long rotations, SRC-strips on arable land could help to achieve the goals of the EU Water Framework Directive (i.e., reduction of nutrient contamination of water bodies). In comparison to near-natural buffer strips, SRC also provides monetary benefits for farmers and therefore is a sustainable combination of agriculture production and water pollution control. SRC-strips represent a special form of agroforestry systems. From the aspect of erosion control and runoff reduction, strips should have a width of 12 - 18 m; therefore, the SRC-strips are small in comparison to conventional SRCs. This circumstance requires adapted planting strategies such as a reduced tree number (3.000 trees/ha), a rotation period of at least 10 years and manual harvest to optimise labour input and revenues. The project “Short rotation coppice along a watercourse” investigates the anticipated environmental advantages of SRC-strips. The study site, installed in 2011, is situated near Wolferschwenda in Thuringia on the edge of a field, slightly sloping towards the Bennebach stream. The experiment compares three management options for the buffer strip: cropland, grassland, and SRC (willow). Two main objectives of the project are (i) simulation of potential soil input by erosion on the study site under different crops and (ii) investigation of the retention capacity of SRC, grassland, and cropland. Intensive soil measurements carried out from 2012 until present show initial trends that SRC may be a more effective nutrient buffer than grassland. More detailed results are expected from irrigation experiments in spring 2014

Planetary/DOD entry technology flight experiments. Volume 3: Planetary entry flight experiments handbook

The environments produced by entry into Jupiter and Saturn atmospheres are summarized. Worst case design environments are identified and the effect of entry angle, type of atmosphere and ballistic coefficient variations are presented. The range of environments experienced during earth entry is parametrically described as a function of initial entry conditions. The sensitivity of these environments to vehicle ballistic coefficient and nose radius is also shown. An elliptical deorbit maneuver strategy is defined in terms of the velocity increment required versus initial entry conditions and apoapsis altitude. Mission time, ground track, and out of plane velocity penalties are also presented. Performance capabilities of typical shuttle launched boosters are described including the initial entry conditions attainable as a function of paylaod mass and apoapsis altitude

Planetary/DOD entry technology flight experiments. Volume 4: DOD entry flight experiments

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Planetary/DOD entry technology flight experiments. Volume 1: Executive summary

The feasibility of using the space shuttle to launch planetary and DoD entry flight experiments was examined. The results of the program are presented in two parts: (1) simulating outer planet environments during an earth entry test, the prediction of Jovian and earth radiative heating dominated environments, mission strategy, booster performance and entry vehicle design, and (2) the DoD entry test needs for the 1980's, the use of the space shuttle to meet these DoD test needs, modifications of test procedures as pertaining to the space shuttle, modifications to the space shuttle to accommodate DoD test missions and the unique capabilities of the space shuttle. The major findings of this program are summarized

Recycling Animal Wastes

During a time period when shortages, ecology, and conservation are routinely a concern to government, business, and individuals, there are renewed efforts to make food production more efficient. Recycling of animal wastes involves the refeeding of animal excreta to other or the same species of food producing animals usually a a fraction of the total diet. For centuries animal wastes have been recycled by allowing hogs to follow cattle and chickens to roam the barnyard. Animals will consume portions of their own feces when fed a diet deficient in certain nutrients

Studies of Dielectric Liquid Mixtures

An experimental study of the continuous variation of the low frequency dielectric constant and the optical refractive index of binary mixtures of certain liquid dielectrics with varying concentration. Special condenser and refractometer methods are used, respectively, by the two authors

Rate of population of CO(v) in a CS2/O2 flame

The rate of vibrational population of carbon monoxide in a steady CS2/O2 flame has been determined from CO overtone emission. A steady-state analysis indicates that, for a flame, the fifteenth vibrational level has the largest rate of population