Evaluation of the Overheight Detection System Effectiveness at Eklutna Bridge

The Eklutna River/Glenn Highway bridge has sustained repeated impacts from overheight trucks. In 2006, ADOT&PF installed an overheight vehicle warning system. The system includes laser detectors, alarms, and message boards. Since installation, personnel have seen no new damage, and no sign that the alarm system has been triggered. Although this is good news, the particulars are a mystery: Is the system working? Is the presence of the equipment enough to deter drivers from gambling with a vehicle that might be over the height limit? Is it worth installing similar systems at other overpasses? This project is examining the bridge for any evidence of damage, and is fitting the system with a datalogger to record and video any events that trigger the warning system. Finally, just to be sure, researchers will test the system with (officially) overheight vehicles. Project results will help ADOT&PF determine if this system is functioning, and if a similar system installed at other bridges would be cost-effective.Fairbanks North Star Boroug

Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre: Deadly Versus Healing Fantasy in the Lives and Works of the Brontes

In lieu of an abstract, below is the article\u27s first paragraph. Dreams and fantasies provide humans with a means of escape from everyday reality. According to Sigmund Freud, dreams carry one off into another world (Strachey, 1900, 7). Their aim is to free us from our everyday life (Burdach, 1838, 499) and to provide us with the opportunity to fantasize about how we would like our lives to be or to imagine our lives as worse than they are so that we can cope with our current situation. Dreams can also serve as wish-fulfillments, or the embodiments of fear (Strachey, 1900, 123). However, not all dreams occur in the unconscious; some occur in the conscious state as fantasies. The level of distraction individuals maintain between fantasy and reality can vary considerably. Sometimes, a person loses the ability to discern between reality and fantasy. Such a person may find their fantasies more appealing than their reality and begin to assign more significance to their fantasy lives than their immediate external realities. The fantasies of such imaginative escape artists often take various pieces of their lives and re-synthesize them in a way that helps them to deal with their problems. Branwell, Emily, and Charlotte Bronte all utilized this method; their literary imaginations became, for them, a means of escape to a better life. Their writings represent fantasies that have entered the conscious and have been expressed in a literary form. The fantasies of all three Brontes center on the theme of a great love lost due to circumstances beyond one\u27s control. They had varying degrees of success with this method. Branwell and Emily lost touch with reality and became immersed in their fantasies; they died as a result of their inability to handle reality. Charlotte, on the other hand, was able to cope successfully with her experiences and used her fantasy as a healthy means of expressing her inner feelings

The Relationship Between Water Supply and Land Use Planning: Leading Cases Under the California Environmental Quality Act

This Article will survey and analyze this 2007 California Supreme Court decision and the key appellate court cases leading up to and following it, all of which address the relationship between land use planning and water supply planning under CEQA. The Article will also address a subsequent California Supreme Court decision addressing the adequacy of the EIR for one of the most significant water supply programs in recent decades, the so-called CALFED Record of Decision, which reflected, as of the year 2000, a long-term strategy for addressing ecological problems occurring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta while increasing the reliability of southbound water exports from that water body

Depression and Personal Depression Stigma among Hospital Employed Nurses

Background. Nurses experience depression at twice the rate of the general public. Personal depression stigma may complicate the issue by creating a barrier to help-seeking behaviors. This study sought to determine if depressed nurses have a higher rate of personal depression stigma than non-depressed nurses. Method. This study used a quantitative study design and a convenience sampling method of nurses at a community hospital. Data was obtained using a web-based survey that included the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 item depression scale (PHQ-9) and the Depression Stigma Scale – personal (DSS – personal). The total depression score (TDS) was used to divide participants into groups of depressed and non-depressed. Mean scores of the DSS-personal were analyzed. Results. Twenty percent of surveyed nurses met the criteria for depression with a TDS of 10 or greater. The non-depressed group had a mean DSS-personal of 10. The depressed group had a DSS-personal mean of 9. An independent samples t-test indicates there was not a statistically significant difference in the mean DSS-personal scores between each group. Conclusions. This study demonstrates that 20% of nurses employed in a community hospital in NC have moderate to severe depression. Personal depression stigma scores were not statistically different between depressed and non-depressed nurses. These findings contradict the authors assumptions that personal depression stigma among depressed nurses may hinder help-seeking behaviors, therefore contributing to the high rate of depression in nursing. This information contributes to the body of knowledge regarding depression in nursing. Future studies are recommended to determine if these findings are an accurate representation for all hospital employed nurses

First year's results and field experience with the latest JILA absolute gravimeter

One of the six absolute gravity instruments developed and built by the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) between 1982 and 1985 was tested under a variety of environmental conditions between May 1987 and 1988. Of the 30 sites visited during this period, 10 were occupied more than once. These reobservations indicate repeatability between 1 and 4 microgals