Important factors in the maximum likelihood analysis of flight test maneuvers

The information presented is based on the experience in the past 12 years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center of estimating stability and control derivatives from over 3500 maneuvers from 32 aircraft. The overall approach to the analysis of dynamic flight test data is outlined. General requirements for data and instrumentation are discussed and several examples of the types of problems that may be encountered are presented

Journal Cover and TOC

Cover, Editors, Editorial Board and Table of Contents with authors name

Interpersonal violence in peacetime Malawi.

Background: The contribution of interpersonal violence (IPV) to trauma burden varies greatly by region. The high rates of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa are thought to relate in part to the high rates of collective violence. Malawi, a country with no history of internal collective violence, provides an excellent setting to evaluate whether collective violence drives the high rates of IPV in this region. Methods: This is a retrospective review of a prospective trauma registry from 2009 through 2016 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. Adult (\u3e16 years) victims of IPV were compared with non-intentional trauma victims. Log binomial regression determined factors associated with increased risk of mortality for victims of IPV. Results: Of 72 488 trauma patients, 25 008 (34.5%) suffered IPV. Victims of IPV were more often male (80.2% vs. 74.8%; p Discussion: Even in a sub-Saharan country that never experienced internal collective violence, IPV injury rates are high. Public health efforts to measure and address alcohol use, and studies to determine the role of mob justice, poverty, and intimate partner violence in IPV, in Malawi are needed. Level of evidence: Level III

William D. Shipman Correspondence

Entries include brief biographical information, typed letters on Bowdoin College, Department of Economics, Brunswick, Maine, stationery with biographical information, and a typed letter of receipt of the presentation copy of Shipman\u27s book on the cost of New England energy from the Maine State Library

Participatory Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation for Fishing Communities: A Manual

While there are many manuals available on participatory rapid appraisal approaches to monitoring and evaluation, there were none easily used by field officers attempting to aid and encourage fishing community level participation in monitoring and evaluating activities of projects and programmes in rural fishing communities.This manual is prepared in cook book fashion with easily followed instructions for 26 participatory monitoring tools to allow use by both local field staff acting as facilitators and directly by community members engaged in the evaluation process

Mildred Coes Wasson Correspondence

Entries include brief biographical information, a biography typed on green paper stationery describing Wasson\u27s authorship as grounded in the family history of her former husband David A. Wasson whose passing was causal to her writing of the Nancy books at the start of her writing career, typed book loan correspondence on the stationery of Frank D. Rowe, Superintendent of Schools, Warren, Maine, requesting The Big House by Wasson whom he had met on vacation with his mother, a fan, and a folded biographical letter sent to Maine state librarian Henry Ernest Dunnack that Wasson had sent to Frank D. Rowe\u27s mother in 1926 with a handwritten biographical note, a typed introductory letter to the Maine Author Collection in 1935, Wasson\u27s typed letter of regret on personal notepaper stationery concerning awarding free copies of her books to libraries, and typed correspondence from the Maine State Library on the acquisition of her books from the publisher and on receipt of the inscribed titles for the Maine Author Collection

Margaret Burr and Charles D. Todd Correspondence

Entry is the typed transcript of a letter from the Maine State Library in receipt of the Todd\u27s booklet on the history of Harpswell, Maine, and surrounding islands with the observation that besides the Maine Author Collection, Beautiful Harpswell would be of future help academically in the Maine State Library files