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Warrantless surveillance of Americans is once again in the public eye, at a moment when its impact on communities of color, immigrants, and protesters has become increasingly clear. On April [...]

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Abstract Chile is host to several types of temperate forests, many of which are plantations of moderate- to low-value woods. In an effort to explore potential methods of adding value [...]

The article focuses on the experience of a woman searching for a new home with her husband, highlighting her memories and emotions triggered by the houses they visit. Topics discussed include the significance of linoleum in her memories, the interactions with real estate agents, and the contrast between new and old houses.

Military medicine has a long history of humanitarian efforts globally, including responses to natural disasters and as planned medical civil action projects. However, ending two decades of war in Afghanistan, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) was tasked to receive up to 63 injured patients with less than 96-hour notice on August 27, 2021. As part of Operation Allies Refuge and transition to Operation Allies Welcome, this article highlights the complicated cross-organizational and multidisciplinary response at WRNMMC where ultimately 277 Afghan patients and nonmedical attendants received medical care and other requirements for resettlement. Lessons learned from coordinating the complex short suspense medical, cultural, and logistic efforts are noted as considerations and practical recommendations for future missions.

The article focuses on a mother's reflections and observations of her baby and her own role as a parent. She contemplates the complexities of motherhood, the changing dynamics of her relationship with her child, and her desires and fears for his future. The mother grapples with a sense of longing and the realization that her child is an independent individual, separate from her own expectations and desires.

Abstract Copper sulfate can be utilized to stimulate fungal pigment production for commercial spalting applications. This research explored two larger-scale uses for fungus stimulation by copper: 'drawing' exclusion areas on [...]

Abstract Woodworkers have long used spalted wood because of its unique coloration and patterns. Most wood is found and used after fungal invasion; however there has been growing interest in [...]

Abstract No current ASTM method exists for determining the machinability of spalted wood. Soft, punky areas can create obstacles for those who utilize spalted wood, and a repeatable test is [...]

The properties and uses of the functional silicate filters in coatings have been the subject of a series of articles in PCI. (1-6) This, the concluding article of the series, [...]

Feldspars are the most widespread mineral group, comprising approximately 60% of the earth's crust. The feldspar minerals are sodium, potassium and calcium aluminosilicates. Their ores are commonly associated with quartz [...]

Kaolin is the common name for the mineral products comprised totally or substantially of the aluminum silicate clay mineral kaolinite. Milled and air-classified grades of raw kaolin may contain small [...]

Micas are sheet silicates, historically significant for their ability to be split into large, thin sheets that are uniquely useful for their electrical, thermal and mechanical properties. They have high [...]

Talc is a magnesium silicate mineral with the simplified molecular formula [Mg.sub.3][Si.sub.4][O.sub.10][(OH).sub.2]. The talc products used by the coatings industry contain the mineral talc, but also accessory minerals in varying [...]

Wollastonite is a naturally occurring calcium silicate mineral with the molecular formula CaSi[O.sub.3]. Known as tabular spar in the late 1700s, it was named wollastonite in 1822 to honor the [...]

Vertebrate surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) activity usually focuses on three types of vertebrates: horses, passerine birds, and sentinel chicken flocks. However, there is a variety of wild vertebrates that are exposed to EEEV infections and can be used to track EEEV activity. In 2009, we initiated a pilot study in northern New England, United States, to evaluate the effectiveness of using wild cervids (free-ranging white-tailed deer and moose) as spatial sentinels for EEEV activity. In Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont during 2009–2017, we collected blood samples from hunter-harvested cervids at tagging stations and obtained harvest location information from hunters. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention processed the samples for EEEV antibodies using plaque reduction neutralization tests (PRNTs). We detected EEEV antibodies in 6 to 17% of cervid samples in the different states and mapped cervid EEEV seropositivity in northern New England. EEEV antibody-positive cervids were the first detections of EEEV activity in the state of Vermont, in northern Maine, and northern New Hampshire. Our key result was the detection of the antibodies in areas far outside the extent of documented wild bird, mosquito, human case, or veterinary case reports of EEEV activity in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. These findings showed that cervid (deer and moose) serosurveys can be used to characterize the geographic extent of EEEV activity, especially in areas with low EEEV activity or with little or no EEEV surveillance. Cervid EEEV serosurveys can be a useful tool for mapping EEEV activity in areas of North America in addition to northern New England.

With the proper formulation, wollastonite offers the benefits of cost control and improvements in color, shrinkage control and strength. Wollastonite (calcium metasilicate, CaSi[O.sub.3]) is already known and generally accepted as [...]

Wollastonite enhances the performance of anti-corrosion coatings. This was the conclusion reached by researchers at NYCO Minerals Inc of New York after an experiment with a water-based acrylic/urethane coating composed of conventional inhibitor pigments and treated wollastonite. Besides performance issues, wollastonite may also reduce production costs from 68 cents to $2 per gallon. A more comprehensive report of the results is available from NYCO Minerals., SURFACE-TREATED wollastonite has created an expanding niche in speciality coatings. For coatings in need of improved anticorrosive properties, the chemically engineered wollastonites do not function by passivation or sacrificial action. [...]

In 2007, a routine second dose of varicella vaccine was recommended in the United States for children aged 4 to 6 years to better control varicella-zoster virus circulation and outbreaks. Sentinel varicella outbreak surveillance was established to assess feasibility of surveillance and describe outbreaks that are occurring.

DIGITAL ASSETS REASSEMBLED FOR BETTER USE A FEW YEARS BACK, CNN EXECUTIVES MET TO DISCUSS THE future of many thousands of hours of archived video footage capturing some of the […]

ISP, CONTENT OWNERS CLASH POLICING COPYRIGHTS BECAUSE OF AN AMBIGUITY IN A 1998 COPYRIGHT law, Internet service providers are at loggerheads with copyright owners over the extent to which they […]

IMPROVING THE WEB, TWO BITS AT A TIME WHEN A PIECE OF E-MAIL WHIZZES ACROSS THE INTERNET, IT DOESN'T TRAVEL in one piece; it is broken into a bunch of […]

When it comes to promoting optical networking technology, companies -- and the writers who report on them -- just can't resist tossing in references to the speed of light. Do […]

A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER A KEY technology for managing the distribution of digital content has been launched, and the first volley is InterTrust Technologies' lawsuit against Microsoft for patent infringement. […]

CHAINCAST'S CHEAPER STREAMING JOINING THE FRENZY FOR ALL THINGS peer-to-peer, ChainCast Networks officially unveiled its streaming technology last week at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas. ChainCast's […]

NEW PROTOCOL MAKES MULTICASTING EASIER AS BANDWIDTH-HOGGING MULTIMEDIA TRAFFIC SWARMS over the Internet, multicast -- a technology designed to reduce Internet congestion -- is undergoing a transformation that will make […]

MPEG-4 GAINS SUPPORT AS ALTERNATIVE TO PROPRIETARY FORMATS WHEN REALNETWORKS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH that it was starting MusicNet, a music subscription service, as a joint venture with three major […]

START-UP DIGITAL FOUNTAIN TODAY WILL introduce its first products: servers enabling efficient distribution of rich content, such as multimedia, over the Internet. In addition to selling its servers directly, the […]

WHILE THE BIG RECORD LABELS AND LEADing online companies strike nearly a deal per day for e-music delivery services, traditional CD retailers suspect they're getting purposely cut out of the […]

PRINT-ON-DEMAND COULD BE PUBLISHING'S FUTURE A FEW YEARS BACK, E-BOOKS LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY WOULD TAKE THE market by storm. The grand promise was that the low cost of publishing […]

INTERNET BROADCASTER RADIO FREE VIRGIN plans to announce today that its users can now click on a record button to save copies of songs onto their computers. Radio Free Virgin […]

ENTERTAINMENT AND ELECTRONICS DIVISIONS CLASH SONY CORP. OF AMERICA IS STUMBLING over its own big feet. The media behemoth is the umbrella for both Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Electronics […]

PREVIOUSLY STATIC PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT FILES ARE FINDING A NEW ROLE on the Internet. An electronic forms suite announced last week by Cardiff Software enables users to fill out, sign, […]

WHILE OBSERVERS WERE QUICK TO PREDICT the demise of Napster after last week's preliminary injunction, the terms could have been a lot worse for the music swapping service. Unlike the […]

NAPSTER USERS OVER THE WEEKEND MAY have found themselves unable to trade music, as the service began blocking access to thousands of copyrighted songs. After a court hearing in San […]

NAPSTER RULING FELT ELSEWHERE THIS MONTH'S ANTI-NAPSTER APPELLATE court ruling struck a sour note for many businesses interested in new technologies. The legal precedent will affect the ability of consumer […]

Record giants hold the licensing baton THE MUSIC LOVER'S DREAM OF A DIGITAL 'CELESTIAL JUKEBOX' HAS turned into an entrepreneur's nightmare, and critics maintain major record companies are to blame. […]

CRITICISM SURROUNDS SDMI'S SECURITY CHALLENGE A HACKING CHALLENGE, SPONSORED BY THE MUSIC RECORDING INDUSTRY, IS DRAWING fire from academic researchers who feel the ballyhooed contest was as much a public […]

GRACENOTE SPINS BEYOND CDs SLIP YOUR FAVORITE CD INTO YOUR COMPUTER. If your CD software works like most, it will almost instantly display the title and artist of the CD, […]

A 3-day pharmacy summer camp for high school and college students was implemented, which included active learning and information on the pharmacy curriculum, preparatory coursework, and the university community. The program served as a recruitment tool for participants to enter the pharmacy profession and our Doctor of Pharmacy program. Enrollment data from 4 cohorts (2016–2019) were examined, along with assessment data collected from 1 cohort (summer 2022).

WHY SECURE DIGITAL MEDIA FLUNKS THE VENDORS OF DIGITAL RIGHTS MANagement technology have been taught an old and painful lesson: The customer is always right. In the pre-Napster era, digital […]

REALNETWORKS UPGRADES STREAMING MEDIA SOFTWARE REALNETWORKS WILL RELEASE A NEW VERSION OF ITS STREAMING MEDIA SOFTWARE this week that represents a substantial departure from earlier versions of the infrastructure software […]

MP3.COM'S LICENSING DEALS SET COSTLY PRECEDENT IN THE WAKE OF MP3.-com's costly legal battles with the recording and publishing industries, Internet music companies are saying they, too, are paying a […]

WHILE STREAMING VIDEO IS BECOMING A FUNDAMENTAL component of media sites, encoding it and distributing it can be awkward, to say the least. Start-up Telestream, near Nevada City, Calif., hopes […]

New paradigms for computing and data security JONATHAN DOWLING KNEW HIS RESEARCH WAS INTERESTING. HE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE how interesting until government intelligence officials tracked him down. The call came […]