scholarly journals Working Group on Infrared Astronomy: (Groupe de Travail Pour L’Astronomie Infrarouge)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 336-337
Author(s):  
Eugene F. Milone ◽  
Roger A. Bell ◽  
Michael Bessell ◽  
Robert Garrison ◽  
Martin Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Infrared Astronomy ◽  
Stellar Atmospheres ◽  
Maximum Throughput ◽  
Small Subgroup ◽  
Infrared Measurements ◽  
Group A ◽  
Atmospheric Windows ◽  
Made In

In 1988, a Joint Commission (9 and 25) meeting on the causes of the well-known limitations on the precision of infrared astronomy led to several suggestions to improve matters (see Milone 1989). These included better reporting of the photometric systems in use by practitioners, redesign of the infrared passbands to be more optimally placed inside the atmospheric windows, and development of a method to ascertain the water vapor content of the atmosphere when the astronomical infrared measurements were being made. An Infrared Astronomy Working Group was formed to look into the matter. Advice and suggestions were solicited from the community at large. All who volunteered information became, de facto, members of the Working Group. A small subgroup composed of Andrew Young, Chris Stagg, and Milone set to work on the central of the recommendations: improvement of the passbands. Young, Milone, k Stagg (1994) (hereafter YMS) summarized the work: existing JHKLMN and Q infrared passbands were found to be both far from standardized, and all too frequently defined, to various degrees, by the water vapor and other components of the terrestrial atmosphere. Following extensive numerical simulations with a MODTRAN 3 terrestrial-atmospheres model package, and Kurucz stellar atmospheres, we suggested a set of improved infrared passbands designed explicitly to fit within, and not be defined by, the terrestrial atmospheric windows; however, we sought to optimize them so as to get the maximum throughput consistent with plausible limitations on precision of manufacture of the filters. In 1995 and again in 1997, a number of improvements were made in the code with which the improved passbands were designed. While they do not much affect the optimization trials and thus the passband recommendations, they have been used to extend the modeling.

scholarly journals Heart failure1150th AnniversaryHistorical ArticleIntroductionIn this edition of the Journal, we release the second in a series of reviews of influential articles that have been previously published in ACC journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology(from 1958 to 1982), and JACC(from 1983 to the present). The publication of these articles is only one aspect of the ACC’s 50th anniversary commemoration, which highlights 50 years of leadership in cardiovascular care and education. The articles are intended to encourage reflection on the remarkable progress made in cardiovascular medicine over time, as well as to acknowledge the amazing prescience of some early investigators in anticipating and, in many cases, later guiding developments in their field.The working group responsible for selecting these articles and asking reviewers to write editorials solicited suggestions from the ACC’s clinical committees and individual members.The group achieved consensus fairly easily, including whom the group should ask to prepare the accompanying editorials. We initially drew up a list of 14 general areas to cover in this series, but later found that there are several major areas of modern cardiology, prominently molecular cardiology in which the truly landmark articles have, alas, not yet been published in JACC. Therefore, the working group decided not to categorize by subject, but instead, to concentrate on the most important articles.The working group, a task force of the Subcommittee for the Commemoration of the ACC 50th Anniversary, owes a great deal to Ms. May A. Roustom and the efficient and tireless staff at Heart House for facilitating this project. We also wish to thank all who suggested articles and, most important, the authors who prepared reviews for their willingness to contribute their time and wisdom.Influential Articles in JACC Working GroupSharon A. Hunt, M.D., F.A.C.C.Rick A. Nishimura, M.D., F.A.C.C.H.J.C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.C.Michael J. Wolk, M.D., F.A.C.C.

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S Francis
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Task Force ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Cardiovascular Medicine ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cardiovascular Care ◽  
Willingness To Contribute ◽  
Remarkable Progress ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

scholarly journals The Framingham Offspring Study: a commentary1150th AnniversaryHistorical ArticleINTRODUCTIONIn this edition of the Journal, we release the fifth in a series of reviews of influential articles that have been previously published in ACC journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology(from 1958 to 1982) and JACC(from 1983 to the present). The publication of these articles is only one aspect of the ACC’s 50th anniversary commemoration, which highlights 50 years of leadership in cardiovascular care and education. The articles are intended to encourage reflection on the remarkable progress made in cardiovascular medicine over time, as well as to acknowledge the amazing prescience of some early investigators in anticipating and, in many cases, later guiding developments in their field.The working group responsible for selecting these articles and asking reviewers to write editorials solicited suggestions from the ACC’s clinical committees and individual members.The group achieved consensus fairly easily, including whom the group should ask to prepare the accompanying editorials. We initially drew up a list of 14 general areas to cover in this series, but later found that there are several major areas of modern cardiology, prominently molecular cardiology, in which the truly landmark articles have, alas, not yet been published in JACC. Therefore, the working group decided not to categorize by subject, but instead, to concentrate on the most important articles.The working group, a task force of the Subcommittee for the Commemoration of the ACC 50th Anniversary, owes a great deal to Ms. May A. Roustom and the efficient and tireless staff at Heart House for facilitating this project. We also wish to thank all who suggested articles and, most important, the authors who prepared reviews for their willingness to contribute their time and wisdom.Influential Articles in JACC Working GroupSharon A. Hunt, M.D., F.A.C.C.Rick A. Nishimura, M.D., F.A.C.C.H.J.C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.C.Michael J. Wolk, M.D., F.A.C.C.

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 1136-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J.C Swan
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Task Force ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Cardiovascular Medicine ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cardiovascular Care ◽  
Willingness To Contribute ◽  
Remarkable Progress ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

scholarly journals Evaluating of the association between ABO blood groups and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Iraqi patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali H. Ad’hiah ◽  
Risala H. Allami ◽  
Raghdan H. Mohsin ◽  
Maha H. Abdullah ◽  
Ali J. R. AL-Sa’ady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Groups ◽  
Abo Blood Groups ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Fluorescence Probing ◽  
Group A ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Polymorphic System ◽  
Made In

Abstract Background Susceptibility to the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recently been associated with ABO blood groups in patients of different ethnicities. This study sought to understand the genetic association of this polymorphic system with risk of disease in Iraqi patients. Two outcomes of COVID-19, recovery and death, were also explored. ABO blood groups were determined in 300 hospitalized COVID-19 Iraqi patients (159 under therapy, 104 recovered, and 37 deceased) and 595 healthy blood donors. The detection kit for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) RNA (PCR-Fluorescence Probing) was used in the diagnosis of disease. Results Mean age was significantly increased in patients compared to controls (49.8 ± 11.7 vs. 28.9 ± 6.6 years; p < 0.001). A similar observation was made in recovered (42.1 ± 10.4 vs. 28.9 ± 6.6 years; p < 0.001) and deceased (53.6 ± 9.7 vs. 28.9 ± 6.6 years; p < 0.001) cases. The mean age was also significantly increased in deceased cases compared to recovered cases (53.6 ± 9.7 vs. 42.1 ± 10.4 years; p < 0.001). There were gender-dependent differences in COVID-19 prevalence. The percentage of COVID-19 was higher in males than in females (all cases: 59.7 vs. 40.3%; recovered cases: 55.8 vs. 44.2%). Such male-gender preponderance was more pronounced in deceased cases (67.6 vs. 32.4%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that groups AB and B + AB were significantly associated with increased risk to develop COVID-19 (OR = 3.10; 95% CI 1.59–6.05; pc = 0.007 and OR = 2.16; 95% CI 1.28–3.63; pc = 0.028, respectively). No ABO-associated risk was observed in recovered cases. On the contrary, groups A (OR = 14.60; 95% CI 2.85–74.88; pc = 0.007), AB (OR = 12.92; 95% CI 2.11–79.29; pc = 0.042), A + AB (OR = 14.67; 95% CI 2.98–72.33; pc = 0.007), and A + B + AB (OR = 9.67; 95% CI 2.02–46.24; pc = 0.035) were associated with increased risk of death in deceased cases. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that group AB may be a susceptibility biomarker for COVID-19, while group A may be associated with increased risk of death.

Dyslexia, an Imbalance in Cerebral Information-Processing Strategies

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Aaron
Keyword(s):  
Reading Ability ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Sequential Processing ◽  
Processing Strategies ◽  
Group A ◽  
Entire Word ◽  
Pattern Of Performance ◽  
Made In

Reading ability seems to involve analytic-sequential processing of selected letters and a holistic-simultaneous perception of the salient features of the entire word. The dyslexic child, being normal in intelligence, is most likely deficient in either one of the two processes while being normal in the other. To test this hypothesis, 28 reading disabled children, on the basis of the nature of errors made in a writing from dictation task, were divided into two groups: analytic-sequential deficient and holistic-simultaneous deficient. Further testing showed that the first group was poor in processing a sequence of digits but normal on holistic-simultaneous memory tasks. The opposite pattern of performance was shown by the second group. A control group of 14 normal readers did not show such an imbalance.

scholarly journals LIBER Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group: a case study of international collaboration and network building

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Lotte Wilms ◽  
Caleb Derven ◽  
Merisa Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Group A

How can European library staff working in digital humanities connect with peers in the library sector, determine where to find relevant information about digital scholarship, provide their collections as data and to be an equal partner in digital humanities research? The LIBER Digital Humanities Working Group was created as a participatory knowledge network in 2017 to address these questions. Through a series of workshops, knowledge sharing activities, and a Europe-wide survey and resulting report, the Working Group engaged with the international LIBER DH community. Useful reflections are provided on organising an open, voluntary DH community and planning for inclusive activities that benefit digital scholarship in European research libraries.

scholarly journals DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP INFRARED ASTRONOMY

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (T27A) ◽  
pp. 313-315
Author(s):  
Eugene F. Milone ◽  
Andrew T. Young ◽  
Eva Bauwens ◽  
Roger A. Bell ◽  
Michael S. Bessell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Infrared Photometry ◽  
Water Vapour Content ◽  
Atmospheric Extinction ◽  
Variable Water ◽  
Johnson System ◽  
Atmospheric Windows ◽  
New System ◽  
Over Time

As we have noted before, the WG-IR was created following a Joint Commission Meeting at the IAU General Assembly in Baltimore in 1988, a meeting that provided both diagnosis and prescription for the perceived ailments of infrared photometry at the time. The results were summarized in Milone (1989). The challenges involve how to explain the failure to systematically achieve the milli-magnitude precision expected of infrared photometry and an apparent 3% limit on system transformability. The proposed solution was to re-define the broadband Johnson system, the passbands of which had proven so unsatisfactory that over time effectively different systems proliferated although bearing the same JHKLMNQ designations; the new system needed to be better positioned and centered in the atmospheric windows of the Earth's atmosphere, and the variable water vapour content of the atmosphere needed to be measured in real time to better correct for atmospheric extinction.

Der Arbeitskreis Epoxidharze – eine branchenübergreifende Initiative/Epoxy resins working group: a cross-sector initiative

Gefahrstoffe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (01-02) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Klaus Kersting ◽  
Johannes Geier ◽  
Andreas Hansen ◽  
Karin Heine ◽  
Marco Steinhausen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Epoxy Resins ◽  
Group A

Kontaktallergien durch die Inhaltsstoffe von Epoxidharzsystemen sind seit über 20 Jahren in vielen Branchen eine der häufigsten berufsbedingten allergischen Hauterkrankungen. Der Arbeitskreis Epoxidharze hat daher seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2007 als branchenübergreifende, europäische Initiative unterschiedliche Strategien entwickelt, um das Erkrankungsrisiko zu verringern. Sie zielen einerseits auf die Verbesserung der Ausbildung und Arbeitshygiene ab, andererseits auf die medizinische und toxikologische Forschung zur Identifizierung von allergisierenden Epoxidharzkomponenten sowie die Förderung von Alternativen mit geringerem sensibilisierenden Potenzial.

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