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This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under contract N00014-76-0874. It was also partially supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD), ARPA Order No. 3597, monitored by the Air Force Avionics Laboratory under contract F33615-81-K-1539. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representi...

Lecture 8: Discrete Time Markov Chains: Ergodicity Theory Announcements: 1. We handed out HW2 solutions and your homeworks in Friday’s recitation. I am handing out a few extras today. Please make sure you get these! 2. Remember that I now have office hours both: Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Thursday at 4 p.m. Please show up and ask questions about the lecture notes, not just the homework! No one cam...

a Office of Rare Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States b Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States c Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protections, Rockville, MD, United States d Combined Ne...

introduction: note taking while attending a ppt requires high activity of memory and writing process which ultimately leads to what is called “death by power point” referring to boredom and fatigue. to overcome this we planned to evaluate the impact of utilisation of uncompleted handouts given prior to ppt presentations. methods: final year mbbs students were divided in 2 batches, batch a and b...

In 2005, the United Kingdom (UK) through their Foresight programme, within the Government Office for Science (formerly the UK Office for Science and Innovation) launched a project to consider the future risks from infectious diseases for humans, animals and plants (http:// www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/infectious-diseases). Whilst defining these risks, Foresight ...

In this interactive teaching lecture I will draw on my experiences from a variety of successful and less successful international research projects, with roles as researcher, collaborator and advisor. Topics that will be addressed include the process from vision to collaboration, benefits of collaboration, the need for and qualities of leadership in driving such projects, key components of coll...

FOREWORD The potential use of plants to remediate contaminated soil and groundwater has recently received a great deal of interest. EPA's Technology Innovation Office (TIO) provided a grant through the National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) to assess the status of phytoremediation technologies to clean up shallow groundwater. This report was prepared by a graduate student...

BACKGROUND The Enhancing Mental and Physical health of Women through Engagement and Retention or EMPOWER program represents a partnership with the US Department of Veterans Health Administration (VA) Health Service Research and Development investigators and the VA Office of Women's Health, National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Progra...