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Postcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka, August 1943
No full textPostcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka in the Jerome incarceration camp including a greeting and update from Cooke.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Spatial heterogeneity of parasite co-infection: Determinants and geostatistical prediction at regional scales.
No full textMultiple parasite infections are widespread in the developing world and understanding their geographical distribution is important for spatial targeting of differing intervention packages. We investigated the spatial epidemiology of mono- and co-infection with helminth parasites in East Africa and developed a geostatistical model to predict infection risk. The data used for the analysis were taken from standardised school surveys of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus) carried out between 1999 and 2005 in East Africa. Prevalence of mono- and co-infection was modelled using satellite-derived environmental and demographic variables as potential predictors. A Bayesian multi-nominal geostatistical model was developed for each infection category for producing maps of predicted co-infection risk. We show that heterogeneities in co-infection with S. mansoni and hookworm are influenced primarily by the distribution of S. mansoni, rather than the distribution of hookworm, and that temperature, elevation and distance to large water bodies are reliable predictors of the spatial large-scale distribution of co-infection. On the basis of these results, we developed a validated geostatistical model of the distribution of co-infection at a scale that is relevant for planning regional disease control efforts that simultaneously target multiple parasite species
Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: assessing the risks of further worldwide spread
No full textHighly virulent strains of Clostridium difficile have emerged since 2003, causing large outbreaks of severe, often fatal, colitis in North America and Europe. In 2008-10, virulent strains spread between continents, with the first reported cases of fluoroquinolone-resistant C difficile PCR ribotype 027 in three Asia-Pacific countries and Central America. We present a risk assessment framework for assessing risks of further worldwide spread of this pathogen. This framework first requires identification of potential vehicles of introduction, including international transfers of hospital patients, international tourism and migration, and trade in livestock, associated commodities, and foodstuffs. It then calls for assessment of the risks of pathogen release, of exposure of individuals if release happens, and of resulting outbreaks. Health departments in countries unaffected by outbreaks should assess the risk of introduction or reintroduction of C difficile PCR ribotype 027 using a structured risk-assessment approach
A complex variable boundary element method for a class of boundary value problems in anisotropic thermoelasticity
No full textA boundary element method based on the Cauchy's integral formulae, called the complex variable boundary element method (CVBEM), is proposed for the numerical solution of boundary value problems governing plane thermoelastic deformations of anisotropic elastic bodies. The method is applicable for a wide class of problems which do not involve inertia or coupling effects and can be easily and efficiently implemented on the computer. It is applied to solve specific test problems.W.T. Ang, D.L. Clements & T. Cook
A hypersingular boundary integral equation for a class of antiplane multiple crack problems for inhomogeneous elastic materials
No full textW. T. Ang, D. L. Clements, T. Cook
Specialty farming in Idaho: Selecting a site
No full textBulletin no. 744 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1992-10-01. Author(s): Barney, D.L.; Finnerty, T.L.; Mancuso, C.J
Extragalactic sources in Cosmic Microwave Background maps
No full textASI/INAF [2014-024-R.0]; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; South African National Research Foundation (NRF); Polish National Science Centre [UMO-2012/07/D/ST9/02785]De Zotti, G., Castex, G., González-Nuevo, J., Lopez-Caniego, M., Negrello, M., Cai, Z.-Y., Clemens, M., Delabrouille, J., Herranz, D., Bonavera, L., Melin, J.-B., Tucci, M., Serjeant, S., Bilicki, M., Andreani, P., Clements, D.L., Toffolatti, L., Roukema, B.F
Iram 30-m-emir redshift search of z=3-4 lensed dusty starbursts selected from the herbs sample
No full text(…) European Union Seventh Framework Programme ([FP7/2007–2013] [FP&/2007– 2011]) under grant agreement no. 607254; IGN (Spain); HD acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) under the 2014 Ramón y Cajal program RYC-2014-15686 and AYA2017-84061-P, the later one co-financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Funds). JGN acknowledges financial support from the PGC 2018 project PGC2018-101948-B-I00 (MICINN and FEDER), the PAPI-19-EMERG-11 (Universidad de Oviedo) and the Spanish MINECO ‘Ramón y Cajal’ fellowship (RYC-2013-13256). IPF acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN) under grant number ESP2017-86852-C4-2-R (…)Bakx, T.J.L.C., Dannerbauer, H., Frayer, D., Eales, S.A., Pérez-Fournon, I., Cai, Z.-Y., Clements, D.L., de Zotti, G., González-Nuevo, J., Ivison, R.J., Lapi, A., Michałowski, M.J., Negrello, M., Serjeant, S., Smith, M.W.L., Temi, P., Urquhart, S., van der Werf, P
Nonlinear transient heat conduction problems for a class of inhomogeneous anisotropic materials by BEM
No full textCopyright © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ScienceDirect® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V.A class of nonlinear transient heat conduction problems for anisotropic inhomogeneous materials is considered. The problems under consideration are reduced to a boundary integral equation which may be solved numerically using standard techniques. Some numerical examples are considered in order to test the accuracy of the numerical procedureM.I. Azis and D.L. Clementshttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/422920/description#descriptio
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