scholarly journals Progress Report on Project Merit

1981 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
George A Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Observational Data ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Special Programme ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Operational Aspects

The origin, objectives and programme of Project MERIT, which is a special programme of international collaboration to Monitor Earth-Rotation and Intercompare the Techniques of observation and analysis, were described briefly at IAU Colloquium No. 56 (Wilkins, 1981). Further details of the project and reviews of the techniques to be used were published in a special report (Wilkins, 1980). The MERIT Short Campaign of observations was held during the period 1980 August 1 to 1980 October 31 and the preliminary results obtained will be published by the Bureau International de l’Heure in its Annual Report for 1980. The main objective of the campaign was to provide a realistic test of the operational arrangements that will be required during the MERIT Main Campaign in 1983/4. The first MERIT Workshop was held at Grasse on 1980 May 19-21 to review the operational aspects of the short campaign and to continue the planning for the main campaign. Some of the results obtained during the short campaign were presented on the following day at IAU Colloquium No. 63, and are reported in this volume. The proceedings of the Workshop will be published by the Working Group in a report that will also contain the principal results of the short campaign and information about the availability of the observational data.

scholarly journals A Note on the Origin, Objectives and Programme of Project Merit

1980 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 275-276
Author(s):  
George A Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Association ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Council ◽  
Special Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Draft Proposal ◽  
International Coordination ◽  
Set Up

Project MERIT is a special programme of international collaboration to Monitor Earth-Rotation and Intercompare the Techniques of observation and analysis. It was conceived in 1978 at IAU Symposium No 82 on Time and the Earth’s Rotation and a draft proposal was prepared by a working group set up by the Presidents of IAU Commissions 19 and 31. The proposal was endorsed at the IAU General Assembly at Montreal in 1979 August and at the IUGG General Assembly at Canberra in 1979 December, when the organisation and membership of the Working Group were modified accordingly. The Group is affiliated to the Commission on the International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CSTG), which is sponsored by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and by COSPAR. Project MERIT has received the support of the International Council of Scientific Unions and of many national organisations and observatories throughout the world.

Special Report: Advanced Educational Technology—A 5-Year Program of the NATO Science Committee

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Thomas T. Liao
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Science Committee ◽  
Advanced Study ◽  
International Aspects ◽  
Permanent Residents

The aim of the program is to stimulate and facilitate international collaboration among scientists of the member countries in areas related to advanced educational technology. Sponsored activities are advanced research workshops, advanced study institutes, collaborative research, and research, study, and lecture visits. NATO grants are intended to cover only part of the expenses involved in the international aspects of the sponsored activities. Citizens or permanent residents of one of the member countries of NATO possessing qualifications appropriate to the proposed activity are eligible.

scholarly journals Deep Wide-Field Photometry of the NGC 5128 Globular Cluster System: A Progress Report

2002 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 309-311
Author(s):  
G. L. H. Harris ◽  
D. Geisler ◽  
W. E. Harris ◽  
J. E. Hesser
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Cluster System ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
System A ◽  
Globular Cluster System

We have obtained CMR photometry for a roughly 1° square region centered on NGC 5128. Preliminary results indicate that the limiting magnitude of the images is ≳ 1 magnitude fainter than the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) at R ⋍ 21.

scholarly journals Search for the Young Planetary Nebulae. Preliminary Results

1993 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 358-358
Author(s):  
L.N. Kondratjeva
Keyword(s):  
Observational Data ◽  
Planetary Nebulae ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
Preliminary Results

Some criteria based on the model calculations and observational data were used to choose preplanetaries and young planetary nebulae. Observational results for the object TH4–4 are presented. The spectral and photometric variations of TH4–4 are discussed.

scholarly journals Exploring the limits of Phase Referenced VLBI Imaging; a progress report

1991 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 350-353
Author(s):  
R.C. Vermeulen ◽  
J.E. Conway
Keyword(s):  
Progress Report ◽  
Preliminary Results

AbstractThe practical limits of phase referenced VLBI imaging are not well known. If it would be feasible to use target-reference separations of a few degrees, most of the sky would be accessible to the technique. Preliminary results at 6 cm using baselines of up to 1000 km are encouraging.

scholarly journals Independent Distance Determinations to Milky Way Cepheids in Open Clusters: A progress report on four stars

1995 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 361-362
Author(s):  
Wolfgang P. Giere ◽  
Jaymie M. Matthews ◽  
Jean-Claude Mermilliod ◽  
Douglas Welch
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Open Clusters ◽  
Open Clusters And Associations ◽  
Preliminary Results

AbstractWe have undertaken a programme to calibrate the Cepheid PL relation zero-point by obtaining distances of Cepheids in open clusters and associations via the visual surface brightness technique. Results are now available for four stars (SZ Tau, CF Cas, CV Mon and DL Cas) and others are currently under analysis. Preliminary results suggest the ‘ZAMS-fitting’ distances to the host clusters are systematically smaller than those we derive from Cepheid surface brightnesses.

Progress Report on the Activities of the Independent Evaluation Office

Policy Papers ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Exchange Rate Policy ◽  
Independent Evaluation ◽  
Rate Policy

Since its April 2007 Report to the IMFC, the IEO has released its report on The IMF’s Advice on Exchange Rate Policy, continued work on three other evaluations, and issued its Annual Report for 2006–07.

Characterization of G12 Sandwich ELISA, a Next-Generation Immunoassay for Gluten Toxicity

2012 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Halbmayr-Jech ◽  
Elisabeth Hammer ◽  
Richard Fielder ◽  
Jacqueline Coutts ◽  
Adrian Rogers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Celiac Disease ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Sandwich Elisa ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Cross Reactivity ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Sample Extraction

Abstract In this work, a monoclonal antibody called G12, raised against the most immunotoxic peptide to celiac disease patients, was used to develop a sandwich ELISA. Preliminary results on cross-reactivities, recoveries, and extraction methods of the new assay are presented. The assay calibration was performed using material from the Prolamin Working Group. The antibody's specificity was determined by cross-reactivity studies on different grains, nuts, oils, and starches. Recovery of the assay was determined by spiking experiments on common food matrixes, as well as on problematic matrixes. Furthermore, sample extraction methods using ethanol, cocktail solution, and a proprietary buffer have been compared.

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