We present the Predictive Legend Exchange and Augmentation Protocol (P-LEAP), a predictive location service. PLEAP improves upon the LEAP location service, which has been shown to reduce location error in mobile networks, by incorporating a method of predicting the topology of the network. P-LEAP is designed to create and transmit a data structure that traverses an ad hoc network. The data stru...

Under a congressional mandate, VA and DoD have built a framework to exchange standardized, codified patient drug allergy information through a mediation terminology. Initially, the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) was deemed to be the most appropriate translator. After both agency files were mapped to UMLS, DoD could understand 45 percent of VA's mapped terms and VA could understand 26 pe...

This study investigated the feasibility of using behavioral activation to treat enduring postbereavement mental health difficulties using a two-arm, multiple baseline design comparing an immediate start group to a delayed start group at baseline, 12-, 24-, and 36-weeks postrandomization. Participants received 12-14 sessions of behavioral activation within a 12-week intervention period starting ...

The purpose of this note is to posit and discuss the concept of "competitive inhibition potential" (CIP), which is an in vivo index of the ability of a competitive inhibitor to elevate plasma concentrations of drug substrates, when the competitive inhibitor is administered at its usual and customary dose.

The mineralogy of an unusual calc-silicate nodule brought to the surfaoe by the 1902 eruption of La Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles arc) is described. It consists of the crystalloblastic mineral assemblage fassaite pyroxene + grandite garnet + wollastonite + anorthite t calcite. The pyroxene is more aluminous (Al2O3 : 19.66 weight percent) than any previously described from te...

During the 2020 COVID-19 recession, Israel disbursed one-time, universal grants of $220 per adult and $150 child. We ask survey respondents about grant’s primary effect on their situation. Twenty to 45 percent report increasing spending, 36–52 reducing debts. Importantly, as many donating or helping friends family saving (10–18 percent). While financially weaker reduce debt more, stronger ones ...