Convocation P.I.P.E. [Proud Indigenous Peoples for Education] 4/20/1989 Part 1

Part 1 of 2: Jack Weatherford gives a speech as part of activities for Native American History Week, sponsored by PIPE (Proud Indigenous People for Education). The week culminated in the first powwow to be held at Macalester. Reel #316, 40:0

LOX-container-rupture fire hazards Final report, Aug. 29 - Oct. 16, 1967

Liquid oxygen container rupture fire hazards - impingement effects of compressed oxygen gas and cryogenic supercritical oxygen against Mylar superinsulation in ai

Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity

This report examines the activities of an independent office within the Small Business Administration: the Office of Advocacy. The Office of Advocacy has responsibility for ensuring that federal agencies evaluate the small business impacts of the rules they adopt. Scientific assessments are not "rules" and do not regulate small business, yet the Office of Advocacy decided to comment on technical, scientific assessments of the cancer risks of formaldehyde, styrene, and chromium. By its own admission, Advocacy lacks the scientific expertise to evaluate the merits of such assessments.The report analyzes correspondence and materials received through a Freedom of Information Act request made by staff at the Center for Effective Government. Our inquiry was driven by two questions: Why did the Office of Advocacy get involved in the debate over scientific assessments that do not regulate small business? Whose interests does the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration actually serve?We found that the Office of Advocacy's comments on these assessments raised no issues of specific concern to small business and relied almost exclusively on talking points provided by trade associations dominated by big chemical companies. Between 2005 and 2012, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and its members spent over $333 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies on, among other things, a protracted campaign to prevent government agencies from designating formaldehyde, styrene, and chromium as carcinogens. The Formaldehyde Council, Styrene Industry Research Council, and Chrome Coalition spent millions more. These groups asked the Office of Advocacy for assistance, and the Office became their willing partner.We conclude that the Office of Advocacy's decision to comment on scientific assessments of the cancer risks of certain chemicals constitutes a significant and unwarranted expansion of its role and reach beyond its statutory responsibilities. We recommend that Congress ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Office of Advocacy and exert morerigorous oversight of its activities to ensure its work does not undermine the efforts of other federal agencies to fulfill the goals Congress has assigned them

Radiation effects in high speed III-V integrated circuits

The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129156403001612International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, v. 13, p. 277 (2003).The types of applications affected by radiation effects in W-V devices have significantly changed over the last four decades. For most applications W-V ICs have provided sufficient radiation hardness. Some expectations for hardened soft error applications did not materialize until much later. Years of research defined that not only material properties. but device structures. layout practices and circuit design influenced how m-v devices were susceptible to certain radiation effects. The highest performance ill-V ICs due to their low power-speed energy products will provide challenges in ionizing radiation environments from sea level to space

CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: A REVIEW OF ISSUES AND CLINICAL APPROACHES FOR DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) encounter a number of challenges that significantly diminish their quality of life. As compared to persons with either a mental illness or SUD alone, those with co-occurring disorders often have significantly more impairment in functioning, more severe symptoms, and are at an increased risk of health problems, hospitalization, incarceration, and suicide, amongst other negative consequences. Furthermore, those with co-occurring disorders are often more difficult to engage and retain in treatment, and have a worse prognosis than those with a single disorder. Treatment facilities are often not equipped with adequate assessment instruments for detecting co-occurring disorders and clinicians may not be sufficiently trained to treat both disorders. This review examines the impact of co-occurring disorders for individuals with a dual diagnosis, as well as treatment approaches and interventions that have been researched and demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of persons with co-occurring disorders. Therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Contingency Management (CM), and Family Psychoeducation are discussed, as well as other interventions such as case management services, vocational services, and pharmacotherapy