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Daily Reflections (Meditations) on the Scriptures from the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
No full textThe readings today lead me to think about my work. These days it has me at the French-Swiss border. I am working on an experiment to test the fundamental interactions of matter. My project is carried out in a series of warehouse-sized buildings at the foot of the Jura. A few dozen physicists are on the ground level with the detector 50 m below the surface. We struggle to make a large system function as a single whole. Each of us is responsible for a piece of the project. Most of the pieces that we bring were constructed by collaborators, many of whom are hundreds or thousands of miles away. We struggle to integrate what we have using limited documentation. We work together using our experience and our commitment to a common cause.||I find my view of the world is shrouded in complexity. In my work we face problems where our measurements, our encounters with the world, reveal a single aspect in detail. We attempt to understand the whole by testing the predictions of small consequences of a larger, more descriptive model. My son's observation this week was that most physicists are occupied writing computer programs. We control detector systems; we collect, process, and analyze data; all of this is done with computers.|In considering my current efforts, I can see an analogy to the law and its complexities in the Old Testament. I realize the current complexities are not the source of my meaning. I gather my meaning from the fundamental ideas that are in my heart. I will admit there are people who enjoy the complex details and enjoy arguing about minutia. I find that I function best when I am in touch with what is in my heart. This is true for my science as well as my faith. I enjoy my experience of the world. I enjoy what it brings. I enjoy discovering when things are as I anticipated. I also enjoy learning where things are different from what I expected requiring a rethinking of my assumptions. I find the Holy Spirit brings the same aspect to my faith life. (My impression is the authors of today's first reading and psalm response had a somewhat similar sense.) I feel a glow when the Spirit draws me in the direction in which I should be moving. I enjoy the moments when I feel confirmed that I am on the right course. I am also touched when I experience the epiphany leading to change. In today's Gospel it is clear the apostles did not always get the big picture. We see the Lord's process of shepherding our hearts.|My prayer today is for openness to the Spirit. I pray for the satisfaction that comes with the awareness that I am on the right path. I pray for the guiding discoveries that force me to rethink my direction when I may be getting off the mark. I pray for the meaning that grows out following one's heart. I pray for the Spirit that touches and directs our hearts
RTV Pre-coated Cap-and-Pin Toughened Glass Insulators: a Wide Experience in the Italian Overhead Transmission Lines
No full textThis paper describes TERNA’s experience over more than one decade of service of RTV coated toughened glass cap-and-pin insulators in AC lines. The installation of almost one million units and laboratory tests for the continuous monitoring of samples taken from the field have enabled promising estimates of the coating end-of-life and have increased remarkably the confidence about their reliability. In addition, trial installations of pre-coated insulators on DC lines have provided interesting results for the use of RTV coated insulators in HVDC overhead lines. Some considerations on the application of RTV half-coated cap-and-pin toughened glass insulators are also made
Influence of Grass Species and Sample Preparation on Ensiling Characteristics
No full textLaboratory silos are considered a practical method of comparing a number of treatments (O\u27Kiely, 1993). Cherney et al. (2004) reported that vacuum-sealed polyethylene bags effectively ensiled corn silage samples in the laboratory. Grasses, with their inherently higher buffering capacities and lower sugar levels, generally are more difficult to ensile. Objectives were to evaluate the influence of species and chopping (whole vs. shredded) on pH and volatile fatty acid profile of grasses ensiled in vacuum-sealed polyethylene bags and to assess the suitability of this method as a laboratory ensiling method
Evaluation of Narrow-Row Forage Maize in Field-Scale Studies
No full textSome dairy producers in the north-eastern USA adopted narrow row (0.38 m) maize forage production in the mid-1990s because of its 5% dry matter (DM) yield advantage (Cox et al., 1998). These dairy producers, however, continued to plant forage maize at high plant densities (125,000 plants/ha) under high N fertility (225 kg N/ha), despite research that indicated that forage maize had optimum DM yields and forage quality when planted at the recommended 100,000 plants/ha under 175 kg/ha of N fertility (Cox & Cherney, 2001). We evaluated forage maize at 0.38 and 0.76 m (conventional) row spacing under recommended vs. high plant densities and N fertility on a large dairy farm in New York. The objective of the study was to demonstrate to dairy producers that narrow-row forage maize does not require high plant densities and N fertility for optimum DM yield and forage quality
Supplement_1_-_Survey_Version_1 - Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient
No full textSupplement_1_-_Survey_Version_1 for Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient by Victoria R Rendell, Alexander B Siy, Linda M Cherney Stafford, Ryan K Schmocker, Glen E Leverson and Emily R Winslow in Journal of Patient Experience</p
New_Supplementary_Figure_1 - Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient
No full textNew_Supplementary_Figure_1 for Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient by Victoria R Rendell, Alexander B Siy, Linda M Cherney Stafford, Ryan K Schmocker, Glen E Leverson and Emily R Winslow in Journal of Patient Experience</p
Supplement_2_-_Survey_Version_2 - Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient
No full textSupplement_2_-_Survey_Version_2 for Severity of Postoperative Complications From the Perspective of the Patient by Victoria R Rendell, Alexander B Siy, Linda M Cherney Stafford, Ryan K Schmocker, Glen E Leverson and Emily R Winslow in Journal of Patient Experience</p
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
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