The overall goal of the R&D program outlined here is to design, build, and test a magnicon amplifier at 1.3 GHz with a peak power output in the range of 20 MW, for the future International Linear Collider ILC that is based on superconducting RF technology. This overall project is to evolve into a collaboration between the Yale Beam Physics Laboratory (YBPL), Omega-P, Inc., and Budker Institute ...

INTRODUCTION Health laboratory services are a critical component of national health systems but face major operational challenges in resource-limited (RL) settings. New funding for health systems strengthening in RL countries has increased the demand for diagnostics and provided opportunities to address these constraints. An approach to sustainably strengthen national laboratory systems in sub-...

Data Retention and Provenance Data generated from National Institutes of Health funding should be stored for 3 years after the end of the last competitive renewal. In some cases, data related to patients and patents has longer storage obligations. Data storage rules are in evolution and may differ among various funding agencies, institutions, and journals. The data belong to the host institutio...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this investigation was to assess the current status of education in research in Europe with a view to making recommendations and improvements in the status of education in research for involved stakeholders. METHODS A questionnaire concerning education in research in Europe was sent to the National Society representatives, to Subspecialty Societies and potentially in...

BOOK Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC 20008 June 20 – 24, 2004