Conference Chairs : Luiz F. Autran M. Gomes(Ibmec), Yong Shi (IAITQM) Keynote speakers: Raj Reddy, the 1994 Turing Award recipient, a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. James Tien, a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, Dean of College of Engineering, University of Miami, USA. Po-Lung Yu, the Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of Univ...

Submission to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 54th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA February 11-16, 2002

Knowledge is lacking among Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeons (ORL-HNS) regarding basic ethical situations in corporate-provider relationships. A pilot educational program demonstrates the need and potential for improvement by structured intervention. "At risk" areas specifically identified regard acceptable gifts, and payments for meetings and travel. Recommendations are made to educate o...

Recent years have witnessed major research advances in sensorbased affect recognition. Alongside these advances, there are many open questions about how effectively current affective recognition techniques generalize to new populations and domains. We conducted a study of learner affect with a population of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy using a serious game about tactical combat casualt...

The NAS-NRC Twin Registry is one of the oldest, national population based-twin registries in the United States. It consists of 15,924 white male twin pairs born in the years 1917-1927 (inclusive) both of whom served in the armed forces. The registry, which has been in operation more than 30 years, has collected data from a variety of sources. Records-based, computerized data have come largely f...

[a]Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 0626 (USA) [b]Institute of Physical Chemistry, “I. Murgulescu” Romanian Academy Splaiul Independentei 202, Bucarest 060021 (Romania) [c]Departamento de Quimic, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos Sao Paulo (Brazil) [d]Pharyngeal Cancer Branch National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institutes of Health Bethe...

Chemift was born at Halberftadt in 1692, and graduated at Halle in Saxony. His inaugural difcourfe was on the fulphur of metals. In 1718 he was admitted of the Academy, and about the fame time was appointed Profeffor of the Theory of Chemiftry in the College of Phyfic and Surgery at Berlin. He died on the 29th of March 1777, aged eighty-five years, leaving feveral daughters. His Lithogeogncfia ...

Tell us about your early days. I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, and as the locals in my community would emphasize, “South Buffalo,” which is a very proud, hard-working, and predominantly Irish-Catholic community. I attended the local all girls’ high school, Mount Mercy Academy, where I learned a great deal about the importance of outreach, mentorship and leadership. This is also where my s...

Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, one of the foremost personnel challenges of the U.S. Air Force has been recruiting and retaining an adequate number of medical and professional officers in the Air Force's seven medical and professional officer corps: the Biomedical Sciences Corps (BSC), the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps (attorneys), the Med...

Tinnitus, the perception of sound without an external source, can be caused by a variety of conditions. Prevalence in the United States is approximately 10% to 15%. It can be categorized as primary (idiopathic and accompanied by or not by sensorineural hearing loss) and secondary (caused by a specific condition or problem other than sensorineural hearing loss). This guideline from the American ...