Shaping the future for primary care education and training project. Finding the evidence for education & training to deliver integrated health and social care: the primary care workforce perspective

This report is one of a series of outputs from the Shaping the Future in Primary Care Education and Training project (www.pcet.org.uk) funded by the North West Development Agency (NWDA). It is the result of a collaborative initiative between the NWDA, the North West Universities Association and seven Higher Education Institutions in the North West of England. The report presents an evidence base drawn from the analysis of the experiences and aspirations of integrated health and social care, as reported by members of the current primary health and social care workforce working in or with Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in the North West region

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (warne)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/3000/thumbnail.jp

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (warne)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/2998/thumbnail.jp

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (warne)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/2996/thumbnail.jp

Design and evaluation of a modified in situ mesocosm to study denitrification in the Karlsruhe aquifer

To simplify the in situ mesocosm (ISM) design given in Schlag (1999), a modified ISM was designed and built in which a 6-inch long sand point replaces three 16-inch diameter screens. The modified design also includes an optional submersible pump mounted on top of the ISM chamber, making it capable of applications at depths greater than those attainable using a peristaltic pump from the ground surface. Two ISMs, one the original design (0-ISM) and the other the modified design (M-ISM) with an optional submersible pump, were installed in the Karlsruhe aquifer, near Minot, ND, in late June, 2003. Tracer tests were initiated in both ISMs to monitor denitrification rates at the two sites. The analytical results of water samples collected from the two ISMs showed no evidence of denitrification in the 0-ISM. However, the analytical results showed that the M ISM had a first-order denitrification rate constant (r2 = 0.99) of 0.0031/day with organic carbon, ferrous iron, and sulfide as the apparent electron donors. The submersible pump experienced a minor electrical problem, but showed promise as a means to make the modified ISM appropriate for deep installations

Andrew Ford, D.D.S.: A Sole-practitioner Professional Practice Case

As the U.S. economy continues to shift from manufacturing to service-oriented jobs, students will benefit from exposure to realistic scenarios that service providers may experience. Andrew Ford, D.D.S. is based on a real-life situation facing many single-practitioner professional dental and medical practices. Many professional health care providers have little business experience or training and instead rely on bankers, accountants, and bookkeepers to record accounting entries and provide sound business advice. In this case, students assume the role of a friend/consultant called upon to help determine why the dental practice is not performing at the same level as similar practices. Students encounter a situation in which an overworked medical professional supposes that an employee might be embezzling money or there is some other problem the professional cannot identify, thereby causing low profitability. In this role, the student finds that the professional’s accounting records are sparse, making it difficult to precisely evaluate the operation of the practice. The student is asked to analyze the provided information and make suggestions for improving the profitability of the practice. The case also provides students’ exposure to basic regression analysis a consultant might use to assess cost behavior. This learning case is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate managerial accounting classes

A system for scalable 3D visualization and editing of connectomic data

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).The new field of connectomics is using technological advances in microscopy and neural computation to form a detailed understanding of structure and connectivity of neurons. Using the vast amounts of imagery generated by light and electron microscopes, connectomic analysis segments the image data to define 3D regions, forming neural-networks called connectomes. Yet as the dimensions of these volumes grow from hundreds to thousands of pixels or more, connectomics is pushing the computational limits of what can be interactively displayed and manipulated in a 3D environment. The computational cost of rendering in 3D is compounded by the vast size and number of segmented regions that can be formed from segmentation analysis. As a result, most neural data sets are too large and complex to be handled by conventional hardware using standard rendering techniques. This thesis describes a scalable system for visualizing large connectomic data using multiple resolution meshes for performance while providing focused voxel rendering when editing for precision. After pre-processing a given set of data, users of the system are able to visualize neural data in real-time while having the ability to make detailed adjustments at the single voxel scale. The design and implementation of the system are discussed and evaluated.by Brett M. Warne.M.Eng

Universal Statistics of the Scattering Coefficient of Chaotic Microwave Cavities

We consider the statistics of the scattering coefficient S of a chaotic microwave cavity coupled to a single port. We remove the non-universal effects of the coupling from the experimental S data using the radiation impedance obtained directly from the experiments. We thus obtain the normalized, complex scattering coefficient whose Probability Density Function (PDF) is predicted to be universal in that it depends only on the loss (quality factor) of the cavity. We compare experimental PDFs of the normalized scattering coefficients with those obtained from Random Matrix Theory (RMT), and find excellent agreement. The results apply to scattering measurements on any wave chaotic system.Comment: 10 pages, 8 Figures, Fig.7 in Color, Submitted to Phys. Rev.