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Calls for professional papers for presentation at the mid-year Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Orlando, Florida. Changes in the submission process to improve the quality of the presentations; Deadline for Management Case Study, professional, student and resident poster submissions; Selection criteria that will be used by a blinded peer review panel.

The article presents abstracts of research papers presented during Society for Nutrition Education 38th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, on July 23-27, 2005. According to the paper "Understanding Diabetes Self-Care Management Pathways in Low-Income Women With Type 2 Diabetes," type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that requires complex, lifelong, daily decision-making. This qualitative study was conducted to understand the process of diabetes management over time and was guided by Corbin and Strauss's Chronic Illness Trajectory Model. The paper "From "Unconcerned Healthies" to "At-Risk Uncertains": Segmenting Audiences for Nutrition Education to Prevent Obesity," describes obesity as taking center stage as one of the biggest threats to the health and welfare of adults and children alike, not only in the United States but also on a global scale. Consequently, the energy and resources of the public health community are being focused on the issue of obesity prevention and control. In order to plan effective programs and interventions, more information about specific target audience segments is needed.

On a steamy May 26, 2012 in Miami, Florida, police officers found Rudy Eugene viciously eating another man's face. Police shot Eugene at least four times, killing him, to stop the attack. Over the next month, the story of the “Causeway Cannibal” (a.k.a. the “Miami Zombie”) fueled debate about what spawned the attack. News explanations included synthetic drugs, cannibalism, Voodoo, and zombies. This textual analysis of immediate news explanations to the attack explores and speculates on why some explanations, such as mental illness, were ignored. By distinguishing between journalistic sensationalism and Ettema's journalistic “imaginative power,” this paper presents possible cultural reasons to explain why news media all but excluded mental illness as a dominant explanation for Eugene's actions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article focuses on the Electrochemical Society's 204th meeting held at Orlando, Florida. Attendees had the opportunity to choose from 1,491 technical papers on a broad range of topics. In addition to the technical papers, four short courses were held: Basics of Cleaning Processes for Integrated Circuit Manufacturing, taught by K. Reinhardt, J. Butterbaugh, J. Farber, and R. Small; Battery Design and Simulation, taught by R. Spotnitz; Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications, taught by M. E. Orazem; and Principles of PEM Fuel Cell Engineering I: Water Management and Flow Field Plate Design, taught by E. Stuve.

Abstract: A diverse array of spatial optimization models dealing with protection, service, coverage, equity, and risk can potentially aid with the effective placement of critical assets. Protection of assets can be enhanced using the p-dispersion model, which locates facilities to maximize the minimum distance between any two. Dispersion, however, is rarely the only objective for a system of facilities, and the p-dispersion model is known to be difficult to solve. Therefore, this paper analyzes the trade-offs and computational times of four multi-objective models that combine the p-dispersion model with other facility location objectives relevant to siting critical assets, such as the p-median, max-cover, p-center, and p-maxian models. The multi-objective models are tested on a case study of Orlando, Florida. The dispersion/center model produced the most gradual trade-off curve, while the dispersion/maxian trade-off curve had the most pronounced “elbow.” The center and median multi-objective models were far more computationally demanding than the models using max cover and p-maxian. These findings may inform decision-makers and researchers in deciding what type of multi-objective models to use for planning dispersed networks of critical assets. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of Puerto Rican first- and second-generation youth's migration, identity and adaptation to new lives in the Orlando, Florida, metropolitan area. This qualitative study draws on participant observations, informal conversations, newspaper articles and reports, focus groups and individual interviews with thirty adults and twenty first- and second-generation youth to describe the experiences of these Puerto Rican youth. In the paper I argue that these youth's challenges of identity and incorporation are no different from many of the first- and second-generation youth migrating from other countries. The data show that language barriers, accommodations to home, community, and school, and cultural challenges do exist among first- and second- generation Puerto Rican youth. Yet these youth indicated high levels of academic achievement and social adaptation, and overall felt supported by their families, community and school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents abstracts of papers presented at the 70th annual meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Society (ASHS) Southern Region in Orlando, Florida on February 6-8, 2010 which includes the impact of submersion and salt rates on two Taxodium genotypes, cultural challenges being faced by the blueberry industry in Arkansas and the development and splitting of blueberry fruits.

Abstract: This paper develops and applies a model that locates hydrogen stations to refuel the maximum volume of vehicle flows. Inputs to the model include a road network with average speeds; the origin–destination flow volumes between each origin and destination; a maximum driving range between refueling stops; and the number of stations to build. The Flow-Refueling Location Model maximizes the flow volumes that can be refueled, measured either in number of trips or vehicle-miles traveled. Geographic Information Systems and heuristic algorithms are integrated in a spatial decision support system that researchers can use to develop data, enter assumptions, analyze scenarios, evaluate tradeoffs, and map results. For the Florida Hydrogen Initiative, we used this model to investigate strategies for rolling out an initial refueling infrastructure in Florida at two different scales of analysis: metropolitan Orlando and statewide. By analyzing a variety of scenarios at both scales of analysis, we identify a robust set of stations that perform well under a variety of assumptions, and develop a strategy for phasing in clustered and connecting stations in several stages or tiers. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

McDonald and Newey [J.B. McDonald and W.K. Newey, Partially adaptive estimation of regression models via the generalized t distribution, Econ. Theor. 4 (1988), pp. 428-457.] introduced the generalized t(GT) distribution. In this paper, several explicit formulas for its cumulative distribution function (cdf) are derived. These formulas will be useful for future developments in the theory and applications of the distribution. One such situation is explained and an application is provided to rainfall data from Orlando, Florida. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about papers discussed at the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) Conference that was held in Orlando, Florida from February 23-24, 2008 is presented. Titled "The ALARA concept in pediatric imaging: building bridges between radiology and emergency medicine: consensus conference on imaging safety and quality for children in the emergency setting," it was the fourth in the series of conferences conceived and executed by the Safety Committee for the Society for Pediatric Radiology.

The 12th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco was held February 15–18, 2006, in Orlando, Florida, at the Disney Coronado Springs Hotel. Before the official program started, we were pleased to have two preconference symposia, one focused on the National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for Nicotine Addiction and the other on a national forum of how to address tobacco use in health care. The formal scientific program covered all three major areas of the SRNT (preclinical, clinical, and public health/epidemiology research), with many sessions emphasizing an integration across disciplines and levels of analysis. The program benefited from a distinguished keynote address, plenary theme lectures, symposia, oral paper sessions, and poster presentations, all of which played a critical role in the exchange of information at our annual meeting. The meeting was brought to order by SRNT president David Balfour, who provided opening remarks and introduced the 2006 keynote speaker, Robert West. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents 2003 annual report of Electrochemical Society (ECS). With 4,430 presentations, the Society's two meetings in 2003 combined drew the largest number of papers ever scheduled. The two meetings also drew the largest number of attendees ever: 4,618. At 2,936, the spring 2003 meeting in Paris alone drew the single largest number of attendees for a single, non-jointly sponsored ECS meeting. The fall 2003 meeting was held in Orlando, Florida, a new meeting destination for ECS. Many attendees brought their families to enjoy Disney World and the other Orlando attractions during the meeting week.

• The spatial and temporal evolution of traffic flow reconstructed for all highways in Florida for hurricane Irma evacuation. • A simplified framework is built to reconstruct evacuation traffic flow based on limited highway camera data. • The data reconstructed could improve survey-based evacuation demand simulators. Hurricane evacuation has long been a difficult problem perplexing local government. Hurricane Irma in 2017 created the most extensive scale of evacuation in Florida's history, involving about 6.5 million people in a mandatory evacuation order and an estimated 4 million evacuation vehicles. Traffic jams emerged in mid-Florida and rapidly spread to involve the entire state. To understand the hurricane evacuation process, the spatial and temporal evolution of the traffic flow is a critical piece of information, but it is usually not fully observed. Based on game theory, this paper employs the available traffic observation of main highways to reconstruct the traffic flow on all highways in Florida during Irma. The reconstructed traffic conditions compare well with those simulated by dynamic models while the reconstruction model is computationally much cheaper to use. Validation with smartphone data further confirms that the reconstruction model captures the traffic conditions for real evacuation processes. The reconstructed data show that the evacuation rates for 5 representative cities -- Key West, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville-- in Florida were about 90.1%, 38.7%, 52.6%, 22.1%, and 7%, respectively. The peak evacuation traffic flows from Tampa and Miami arrived in the Orlando region at almost the same time, triggering the catastrophic congestion through the entire state. Also, the evacuation for Hurricane Irma was greater than that predicted by an evacuation demand model developed based on previous event and survey data. The detailed evacuation traffic flow reanalysis accomplished in this article lays a foundation for studying evacuation demand as well as developing evacuation management policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ISES recently launched its latest White Paper, “Renewable Energy Future for the Developing World” at the Solar World Congress 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Professor Dieter Holm, author of the paper, provides an overview of its main messages. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Highlights the 2003 TAPPI Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions (PLACE) Conference held on August 3-7, 2003 in Orlando, Florida. Attendees; Presentation of the Best Paper Award to John Perdikoulias and Jiri Vicek for the paper "Analysis of Film Extrusion Problems with Flow Simulation"; Recipients of the Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards; Grant of the 2003 TAPPI PLACE Division Technical Award to Gary D. Oliver, senior corporate scientist at Cloeren Inc.

The article discusses the highlights of the 24th annual conference Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) held in Orlando, Florida on July 8-12, 2016. Special interest group meetings and satellite meetings are included in the ISMB conference. Particular focus is given to the review process for conference papers. Also included are charts about themes, areas associated with each theme and submission statistics.

Information on several papers discussed at the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) 55th Annual Convention held in Orlando, Florida on December 5-9, 2009 is presented. Topics include the enhancement of the efficiency and profitability in equine veterinary practice, developments related to drug pergolide mesylate and equine pregnancy. The convention features several speakers including Steve Gilliland, Bonnie R. Rush and Scott E. Palmer.

Information about several papers discussed during the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) held in Orlando, Florida on March 13-17 is presented. Topics include the efficacy of the tarenflurbil drug to significantly delay time to a psychiatric event in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, and the effectiveness of the Dimebon drug in improving cognition and activities of daily living in patients with AD.

Information about several papers discussed at the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Florida is presented. The 2007 educational program featured more than 400 speakers and instructors, providing more than 1,400 hours of continuing education. Stephen J. Withrow was given the Mark L. Morris Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award. The conference featured several veterinarians including Mark Spire, Michael Cranfield, and Genny Dumonceaux.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA—With nine major theme parks dominating the landscape here, fantasy reigns supreme. But nearly 14,000 chemists, materials scientists, and physicists tore themselves away from wild roller coaster rides long enough to present some 6500 papers. Among the highlights: a color-switching molecular motor, a novel scheme for improving hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells, and a safer way to make an antismog fuel additive that's more environmentally friendly than the most widely used additive, MTBE. INSET: Snapshots From the Meeting, by R.F.S.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the 8th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America held on February 26, 1998 in Orlando, Florida. Eleven papers were presented at the meeting by several physicians. Physician Caroline Koblenzer spoke on the psychology of sun-exposure and tanning. Despite increasing and convincing evidence that prolonged exposure to the sun accelerates the signs of aging and promotes skin cancer, a review of published studies shows that people continue deliberately to expose themselves to natural and artificial sunlighight in order to tan and often to burn. The fact that knowledge fails to change behavior, suggests powerful psychological motivating forces.

The article provides information on the FlexPackCon held in Orlando, Florida on December 14 to 16, 2006. The event was organized by the Society of Plastics Engineers' Flexible Plastics Packaging Division and the topics include Flex Pack industry issues and sustainable materials. The keynote speakers were Marla Donahue, the president of the Flexible Packaging Association, Kay Cooksey and JoAnn Hines.

The article reports that applications are due January 12, 2005, for the computer-based OCN, CPON, AOCNP, and AOCNS certification tests. OCN and CPON test application received by this date will save $75 off the application fee. Candidates who are applying for the April, computer-based AOCNP or AOCNS tests will save an additional $100 off the test fee. All other applications must be received by January 26 with full fee. Paper and pencil tests will be offered on April 27 in Orlando, Florida and test site outside North America, pending a sufficient number of registrants.

Highlights the papers presented at the 51st Electronics Components and Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida from May 29 to June 1, 2001. 'Over GHz Power RF Clock Distribution for a Multiprocessor Digital System'; 'Modeling and Simulation of Core Switching Noise for ASICs'; 'A Quasi Three-Dimensional Distributed Electromagnetic Model for Complex Power Distribution Networks.'

Focuses on the 'Conference on Severe Local Storms' in Orlando, Florida. Oral and poster presentations on the aspects tornadoes; Presentation of papers dealing with radar and satellite observations; Information on the lightning data.