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In this paper, we first derive some new generating functions of the products of (p, q) numbers with symmetric functions in several variables. Subsequently, we present new generating functions for the products of Vieta Fibonacci, Vieta Lucas, Vieta Pell, Vieta Pell Lucas, Gaussian Jacobsthal, Gaussian Jacobsthal Lucas, Gaussian modified Pell, Vieta-modified Pell, Vieta-Jacobsthal, and Vieta-Jacobsthal-Lucas polynomials with symmetric function in several variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1997, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), initiated a program of intensified outreach to Native Americans, initially focusing on the Pacific Northwest in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library (PNRML). This initiative, known as the Tribal Connections Project, emphasized the establishment or strengthening of Internet connections at select Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages and related needs assessment and training. The hope was that these efforts would improve tribal access to health information available via the Internet and the Web. Phase I included sixteen tribal sites--ight in Washington, four in Alaska, two in Montana, and one each in Oregon and Idaho. Phase I results indicate that the project was successful in assessing local needs and building awareness of the Internet, forging new partnerships with and between the participating Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages and other organizations, making real improvements in the information technology (IT) infrastructure and Internet connectivity at fifteen of sixteen sites, and conducting training sessions with several hundred tribal participants across thirteen sites. Most importantly, the project demonstrated the key role of tribal community involvement and empowerment and contributed to development of an outreach evaluation field manual and the evolving concept of community-based outreach. The knowledge gained from Tribal Connections Project Phase I is helping refine and enhance subsequent NLM-sponsored tribal connections and similar community outreach efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the advent of the Internet, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in the Pacific Northwest have new opportunities to access high quality and relevant health information. The Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library (PNRML), regional headquarters of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a program sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, sought to facilitate that access and worked with a selected group of sixteen tribes and native village consortia. The steps were: (1) work with AI/AN communities to arrive at mutually-agreeable health information connectivity objectives and long-term solutions, (2) provide funding to AI/AN communities to ensure Internet connectivity and the presence of Internet workstations for health workers and for the public, and (3) train in effective health information seeking. Community-based approaches helped the PNRML adjust policies and practice for improved information outreach to AI/AN communities in the region. The project participants, collaborating with our staff, successfully carried out many of the community goals and, at the same time, we gained insight about the variables that were barriers or facilitators of success. While we are coming at outreach from a library perspective, the policy and method lessons we learned could apply to a broad variety of outreach endeavors.