Robert W. Kastenmeier: Copyright Legislator Par Excellence

The legacy of Robert W. Kastenmeier, former Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice, is discussed. Kastenmeier deserves praise for his leadership on patent and copyright laws

The impact of water on free-falling bodies

Report discussed measures to cushion impact on body falling into water. Heavy loads are generated by impact and by pressures of water cavity collapsing onto the body

Design of a radiator shade for testing in a simulated lunar environment

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have chosen the parabolic/catenary concept from their sponsored Fall 1991 lunar radiation shade project for further testing and development. NASA asked the design team to build a shading device and support structure for testing in a vacuum chamber. Besides the support structure for the catenary shading device, the design team was asked to develop a system for varying the shade shape so that the device can be tested at different focal lengths. The design team developed concept variants and combined the concept variants to form overall designs. Using a decision matrix, an overall design was selected by the team from several overall design alternatives. Concept variants were developed for three primary functions. The three functions were structural support, shape adjustments, and end shielding. The shade adjustment function was divided into two sub-functions, arc length adjustment, and width adjustment

Statistical energy methods Final report, 18 May 1969 - 18 May 1970

Statistical energy analysis for studying dynamic behavior of large, complex structures and acoustic space

Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition in Malawi (SUSTAIN)

This flyer outlines the progress made towards achieving the objectives of the SUSTAIN project in Mozambique from June 2014 to July 2015. SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benefits of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). The goal is to reach 1.2 million households with under-5 year old children in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Rwanda

2014 Rankings: Key Findings Report

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program helps communities identify and implement solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy in their schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. Ranking the health of nearly every county in the nation, the County Health Rankings illustrate what we know when it comes to what is making people sick or healthy. The Roadmaps show what we can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborates with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) to bring this program to cities, counties, and states across the nation. Now in its fifth year, the County Health Rankings continue to bring actionable data to communities across the nation. Based on data available, the Rankings are unique in their ability to measure the overall health of each county in all 50 states on the many factors that influence health. They have been used to garner support among government agencies, healthcare providers, community organizations, business leaders, policymakers, and the public for local health improvement initiatives. We compile the Rankings using county-level measures from a variety of national data sources which can be found on page 10. These measures are standardized and combined using scientifically-informed weights. We then rank counties by state, providing two overall ranks: 1. Health outcomes: how healthy a county is now? 2. Health factors: how healthy a county will be in the future? We report these ranks at countyhealthrankings.org, along with all the underlying measures for this year and prior years. We also provide tools to help communities use their data to identify opportunities for improvement and guidance to help them act and improve their health. This document includes: A. A summary of our key national findings B. Information on key measures C. Information on new measures D. Healthiest and least healthy counties in each state E. Comparison of top 10 percent healthiest and bottom 10 percent least healthy counties F. Listing of measures and data source