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252. Changing Times for a Maker of Very Important Paper.
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PATRICIA R. OLSEN
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PAPER money , *STATIONERY , *COUNTERFEIT money - Abstract
AFTER more than 200 years as a wholly family-owned company, Crane & Company, a famed producer of fine stationery based in Dalton, Mass., sold a minority share to the New York investment firm Lindsay Goldberg last summer. The sole paper supplier for United States currency, the company has been on a deal-making spree. Last May, it signed an agreement to produce stationery under the Disney brand. And in December, it purchased Atlanta-based Visual Physics, whose anticounterfeiting technology will allow Crane to enhance the security of paper money in the United States and other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
253. Call for Papers: 2006 MRS Fall Meeting.
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MEETINGS , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *MATERIALS , *ELECTRONIC packaging - Abstract
The article calls for papers for the 2006 Materials Research Society's 2006 Fall Meeting to be held from November 27 to December 1 in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics to be covered include: diamond electronics; structure, processing and properties of polymer nanofibers for emerging technologies; advanced electronic packaging; solid-state ionics; and thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations in inorganic materials.
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- 2006
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254. Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History through Family Papers.
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Murrell, Amy
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WEBSITES , *UNITED States history - Abstract
Reviews the Web site Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History Through Family Papers from the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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- 2003
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255. 21st Century Paper.
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READER-printers (Microphotography) ,SONY computers ,COMPUTERS ,INFORMATION display systems industry ,COMPUTER monitors - Abstract
The article mentions the Sony® Reader, a book or document reader that has a ''screen" of digital paper called E Ink® Imaging Film. The web site of E Ink Corporation--a company that is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts--offers an explanation of how the dot pattern of electronic-ink microcapsules and "printing" process work.
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- 2006
256. Only a Paper Moon?
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Goodell, Rae
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SCIENCE - Abstract
Reports the scientific convention held at the Sheraton in Boston, Massachusetts. Effects of the sponsorship by Sun Myong Moon's Unification Church on the convention; Details on agenda's over religiosity and emphasized science in the meeting; Aims by Moon for the scientists.
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- 1979
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257. Dual Hybrid Attention Mechanism-Based U-Net for Building Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images.
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Lei, Jingxiong, Liu, Xuzhi, Yang, Haolang, Zeng, Zeyu, and Feng, Jun
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REMOTE sensing ,CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,IMAGE segmentation ,URBAN planning - Abstract
High-resolution remote sensing images (HRRSI) have important theoretical and practical value in urban planning. However, current segmentation methods often struggle with issues like blurred edges and loss of detailed information due to the intricate backgrounds and rich semantics in high-resolution remote sensing images. To tackle these challenges, this paper proposes an end-to-end attention-based Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) called Double Hybrid Attention U-Net (DHAU-Net). We designed a new Double Hybrid Attention structure consisting of dual-parallel hybrid attention modules to replace the skip connections in U-Net, which can eliminate redundant information interference and enhances the collection and utilization of important shallow features. Comprehensive experiments on the Massachusetts remote sensing building dataset and the Inria aerial image labeling dataset demonstrate that our proposed method achieves effective pixel-level building segmentation in urban remote sensing images by eliminating redundant information interference and making full use of shallow features, and improves the segmentation performance without significant time costs (approximately 15%). The evaluation metrics reveal significant results, with an accuracy rate of 0.9808, precision reaching 0.9300, an F1 score of 0.9112, a mean intersection over union (mIoU) of 0.9088, and a recall rate of 0.8932. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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258. A Dual-Branch Fusion Network Based on Reconstructed Transformer for Building Extraction in Remote Sensing Imagery.
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Wang, Yitong, Wang, Shumin, and Dou, Aixia
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TRANSFORMER models ,CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,FEATURE extraction ,EYE tracking ,URBAN planning ,FUSION reactors ,REMOTE sensing ,DEEP learning ,INTELLIGENT buildings - Abstract
Automatic extraction of building contours from high-resolution images is of great significance in the fields of urban planning, demographics, and disaster assessment. Network models based on convolutional neural network (CNN) and transformer technology have been widely used for semantic segmentation of buildings from high resolution remote sensing images (HRSI). However, the fixed geometric structure and the local receptive field of the convolutional kernel are not good at global feature extraction, and the transformer technique with self-attention mechanism introduces computational redundancies and extracts local feature details poorly in the process of modeling the global contextual information. In this paper, a dual-branch fused reconstructive transformer network, DFRTNet, is proposed for efficient and accurate building extraction. In the encoder, the traditional transformer is reconfigured by designing the local and global feature extraction module (LGFE); the branch of global feature extraction (GFE) performs dynamic range attention (DRA) based on the idea of top-k attention for extracting global features; furthermore, the branch of local feature extraction (LFE) is used to obtain fine-grained features. The multilayer perceptron (MLP) is employed to efficiently fuse the local and global features. In the decoder, a simple channel attention module (CAM) is used in the up-sampling part to enhance channel dimension features. Our network achieved the best segmentation accuracy on both the WHU and Massachusetts building datasets when compared to other mainstream and state-of-the-art methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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259. Adaptation and assessement of projected Nesterov accelerated gradient flow to compute stationary states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations.
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Antoine, Xavier, Bentayaa, Chorouq, and Gaidamour, Jérémie
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NONLINEAR Schrodinger equation , *SCHRODINGER equation , *CONVEX programming , *BOSE-Einstein condensation - Abstract
The aim of the paper is to derive minimization algorithms based on the Nesterov accelerated gradient flow [Y. Nesterov, Gradient methods for minimizing composite objective function. Core discussion paper, (2007). Available at ; Y. Nesterov, A method of solving a convex programming problem with convergence rate $ \mathcal {O}(1/k^2) $ O (1 / k 2). In Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 269, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1983, pp. 543–547; Y. Nesterov, Introductory Lectures on Convex Optimization: A basic course, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Massachusetts, 2004.] to compute the ground state of nonlinear Schrödinger equations, which can potentially include a fractional laplacian term. A comparison is developed with standard gradient flow formulations showing that the Nesterov accelerated gradient flow has some interesting properties but at the same time finds also some limitations due to the nature of the problem. A few simulations are finally reported to understand the behaviour of the algorithms and open the path to further complicate questions that require more advanced studies concerning the application of the Nesterov accelerated gradient flow to nonlinear Schrödinger equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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260. Estimate of the wind energy needed to replace natural gas with hydrogen, and electrify heat pumps and automobiles in Massachusetts.
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Cimorelli, Jack, Hammerstrom, Brian, Niezrecki, Christopher, and Jin, Xinfang
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WIND power ,NATURAL gas ,HEAT pumps ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,ENERGY industries ,FUEL cell vehicles ,NATURAL gas vehicles - Abstract
To meet 2050 decarbonization goals, Massachusetts will not be able to rely on carbon intensive energy sources (e.g. natural gas and gasoline) and hydrogen has been considered a replacement. To produce hydrogen without carbon emissions, renewable energy sources will be used to power electrolyzer stacks. However, renewable energy sources will also be in high demand for other energy sectors, such as automobiles and electrification. This paper estimates the amount of wind energy needed to replace natural gas with hydrogen and electrify automobiles. Comparisons are also made for a scenario in which heat pumps are used to replace natural gas. These energy sectors represent the bulk of energy consumed within Massachusetts and are of high interest to stakeholders globally. The analysis reveals the daunting amount of wind energy needed for replacement and that it is highly unlikely for hydrogen to replace natural gas in time to meet the state's climate goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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261. Rose Kennedy's Personal Papers Opened at Kennedy Library.
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ARCHIVAL materials ,PRESIDENTIAL libraries ,DIARY (Literary form) ,VISITING cards ,POSTCARDS - Abstract
The article reports on the availability of a collection of personal documents and memorabilia by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. It is said that Rose Kennedy, mother of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, had recorded her life in handwritten diaries. Included in the collections are items that Kennedy thought were worthy such as calling cards and postcards.
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- 2006
262. TIMS Meeting Schedule 1966-69.
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MANAGEMENT science ,MEETINGS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,OPERATIONS research ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article presents the meeting schedule for The Institute of Management Science (TIMS). The 13th International meeting will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 6-8, 1966. Warsaw, Poland, will host the European Section meeting from September 2-7, 1966. The American meeting is scheduled for April 5-7, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts. Detailed meeting information is provided.
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- 1966
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263. Extraction and Calculation of Roadway Area from Satellite Images Using Improved Deep Learning Model and Post-Processing.
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Yerram, Varun, Takeshita, Hiroyuki, Iwahori, Yuji, Hayashi, Yoshitsugu, Bhuyan, M. K., Fukui, Shinji, Kijsirikul, Boonserm, and Wang, Aili
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REMOTE-sensing images ,DEEP learning ,REMOTE sensing ,ROADS ,URBAN planning ,THEMATIC mapper satellite ,GEOSTATIONARY satellites - Abstract
Roadway area calculation is a novel problem in remote sensing and urban planning. This paper models this problem as a two-step problem, roadway extraction, and area calculation. Roadway extraction from satellite images is a problem that has been tackled many times before. This paper proposes a method using pixel resolution to calculate the area of the roads covered in satellite images. The proposed approach uses novel U-net and Resnet architectures called U-net++ and ResNeXt. The state-of-the-art model is combined with the proposed efficient post-processing approach to improve the overlap with ground truth labels. The performance of the proposed road extraction algorithm is evaluated on the Massachusetts dataset and it is shown that the proposed approach outperforms the existing solutions which use models from the U-net family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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264. It Looks Good on Paper.
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O'brien, George
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ADAPTIVE reuse of buildings ,OFFICE buildings - Abstract
Focuses on the project to convert the former OM Colony Envelope manufacturing facility in Westfield, Massachusetts, into a Class A office building. Plan of leasing the first floor to a restaurant; Office space in the top three floors; Shortage of Class A office space outside of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts.
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- 2000
265. Nerdy Mad Libs Fool the Experts.
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Olson, Matthew
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COMPUTER software ,GRADUATE students ,RESEARCH ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,CYBERNETICS ,INFORMATION science ,PROFIT - Abstract
Focuses on a paper-generating computer program SCIgen made by graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Use of the program by the students which enabled them to submit fake research papers at the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 2005; Reasons of the students for targetting the conference; Background on the research paper Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy; Exposure of the profit-generating intentions of the conference.
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- 2005
266. P05.10. Comparison of paper surveys and computer-assisted telephone interviews in a randomized controlled trial of yoga for low back pain.
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Cerrada, C., Weinberg, J., Dresner, D., Boah, A., Sherman, K., and Saper, R.
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TREATMENT of backaches ,AUTOMATIC data collection systems ,INTERVIEWING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,STATISTICS ,SURVEYS ,YOGA ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,INTER-observer reliability ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
An abstract of the article "Comparison of paper surveys and computer-assisted telephone interviews in a randomized controlled trial of yoga for low back pain," by C. Cerrada, J. Weinberg, D. Dresner, A. Boah, K. Sherman and R. Saper is presented.
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- 2012
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267. On Heels of Negative Outlook Hit, Massachusetts Looks to Deal Paper.
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Peacock, Wayne
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COMMERCIAL paper issues ,TAX exemption - Abstract
Reports on the expected sale of the tax-exempt commercial paper notes by state of Massachusetts as of December 2001. Reasons for the sale of tax-exempt commercial paper notes; Dealers for the series notes; Introduction of the state's fourth commercial paper program; Rating of the program according to Moody's Investors Service Inc.
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- 2001
268. Paper fibers complete yard trimmings compost recipe.
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Farrell, Molly
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COMPOST plants , *YARD waste , *PAPER mills , *WASTE management - Abstract
Reports on the addition of waste residuals from five paper mills to increase efficiency at the yard trimmings composting site in Springfield, Massachusetts. Collection responsibilities; Composting steps; Proactive odor management; Compost use.
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- 1998
269. ILLEGAL CONTRACTS -- PUBLIC POLICY -- AGREEMENT TO SUE IN CERTAIN COURTS ONLY.
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LEGAL judgments , *FOREIGN corporations , *CONTRACTS , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
Reports on the ruling of a court in Massachusetts on a case regarding the validity of a contract between Nashua River Paper Co. and Hammermill Paper Co. which contains a stipulation that no action should be maintainable against the foreign corporation except in certain courts of the foreign state. Reason behind the ruling of the court; Other court cases with similar ruling.
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- 1916
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270. Development and field testing of a rapid and ultra-stable atmospheric carbon dioxide spectrometer.
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Xiang, B., Nelson, D. D., McManus, J. B., Zahniser, M. S., Wehr, R., and Wofsy, S. C.
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SPECTROMETER design & construction ,ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide & the environment ,GAS cylinders - Abstract
We present field test results for a new spectroscopic instrument to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
2 ) with high precision (0.02 ppm at 1 Hz) and demonstrate high stability (within 0.1 ppm over more than 8 months), without the need for hourly, daily, or even monthly calibration against high-pressure gas cylinders. The technical novelty of this instrument (ABsolute Carbon dioxide, ABC) is the spectral null method using an internal quartz reference cell with known CO2 column density. Compared to a previously described prototype, the field instrument has better stability and benefits from more precise thermal control of the optics and more accurate pressure measurements in the sample cell (at the mTorr level). The instrument has been deployed at a long-term ecological research site (the Harvard Forest, USA), where it has measured for eight months without on-site calibration and with minimal maintenance, showing drift bounds of less than 0.1 ppm. Field measurements agree well with those of another commercially available cavity ring-down CO2 instrument (Picarro G2301) run with a standard calibration protocol. This field test demonstrates that ABC is capable of performing high-accuracy, unattended, continuous field measurements with minimal use of calibration cylinders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2014
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271. CALL FOR PAPERS: SILVERSMITHING IN NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1815.
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SILVERWORK , *ART metalwork , *ART museums - Abstract
Reports that the Museum of Fine Arts (MOFA) in Boston, Massachusetts and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts are calling for proposals for papers to be given at a conference devoted to a scholarly research on silver and silversmithing in New England between 1620-1815. Goal of the conference to be held at the MOFA.
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- 1994
272. Firesafety design conference is seeking technical papers.
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CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Reports on the call for papers to be presented at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Second Conference on Firesafety Design in the 21st Century. When the conference is expected to take place in Worcester, Massachusetts; Focus of the conference; Suggested topics to be discussed at the conference; Contact point for details on the conference.
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- 1998
273. State Sues Creative Paper.
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ODORS ,LAW - Abstract
The article reports that Creative Paper Inc. of Worcester, Massachusetts was sued by the Massachusetts attorney general's office for nuisance odors and violations of the Clean Air Act.
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- 2010
274. Selected Papers from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell 11th Technical Symposium in Honor of Professor Sukant K. Tripathy.
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Kumar, Jayant
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *COLLEGE teachers , *MEMORIALS , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Published
- 2011
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275. Making the paper: Neil Ganem.
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CANCER cell proliferation , *CANCER cell growth - Abstract
The article discusses how student Neil Ganem from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts conducted his study aimed at dividing cancer cells successfully. Ganem used a microscope equipped with an incubator and watched thousands of cancer cells grow and divide. He then examined cells with multiple poles and follow the fate their daughter cells, which he said to get motion-sickness in the process. Ganem also investigated whether extra centrosomes contribute to cells' instability.
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- 2009
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276. Paper tigers.
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O'Brien
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PRINTING industry - Abstract
Reports on changes in the commercial printing industry in Massachusetts. Technology used by Marcus Printing; Other commercial printers that are investing in equipment and technology; Improvements in the technology employed by commercial printers; Opportunities presented by the practice of sending out business forms.
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- 1999
277. Making the paper: Antoine Karnoub.
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Karnoub, Antoine
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METASTASIS , *CANCER cells , *TUMORS , *BREAST cancer , *CANCER research , *BONE marrow , *MEDICAL research - Abstract
The article focuses on metastasis of cancer cells from tumors. The author, Antoine Karnoub, is a postdoctoral fellow in Robert Weinberg's laboratory at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to Robert Weinberg, owner of the laboratory, for cancer research, one has to understand how a tumor invades other tissues and metastasizes. Weinberg says that in 30% of patients with breast cancer, there are many micrometastases in their bone marrow at the time of diagnosis, but half of them never develop metastatic disease. In his study, Karnoub noticed that mesenchymal stem cells facilitated metastasis of cancer cells from tumors.
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- 2007
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278. Making the paper: Scott Manalis.
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Manalis, Scott
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MEASURING instruments , *NANOPARTICLES , *BIOMOLECULES , *RESONATORS , *NANOTECHNOLOGY - Abstract
The article focuses on the development of methods for making very sensitive measurements of biological molecules and nanoparticles by Scott Manalis and his group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Manali said that they wanted to develop methods for label-free detection that could be as sensitive as fluorescence. After three years, they came up with a vacuum-packaged resonator that could weigh individual nanoparticles, single bacteria and protein monolayers.
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- 2007
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279. SO HOW WAS YOUR CONFERENCE? PANEL CHAIRS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE 2003 ACJS MEETING IN BOSTON.
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Mueller, David, Giacomazzi, Andrew, and Wada, James
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ANNUAL meetings ,MEETINGS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
Questionnaire data from 137 panel chairs at the 2003 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meeting in Boston reveal respondent perceptions of the conference site, overall impressions of the conference, as well as panelist attendance, and the quality of information presented by panelists. The findings reveal high marks for the conference space, hotel rooms, and the city of Boston itself, resulting in an overall positive conference experience, but responses also highlight several areas of concern, including panelist attendance problems and presentation etiquette. Recommendations are provided, which may foster positive, incremental change at future ACJS annual meetings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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280. Pulp nonfiction.
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O'Brien, George
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PAPER ,BUSINESS enterprises ,PRICES - Abstract
Discusses how businesses in Massachusetts are coping with the price increase of paper. Supply and demand situation of the commodity; Tactics employed by MassMutual Insurance Co., BayBank and Big Y Foods; Effect of the shortage on paper intensive industries like banking and newspaper publishing.
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- 1995
281. 'It's been an extraordinary journey': Experience of engagement from the perspectives of people with post‐stroke aphasia.
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Tierney‐Hendricks, Carla, Miller, Jennifer, Lopez, Ruth Palan, Conger, Sarah, and Vallila‐Rohter, Sofia
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STROKE , *SPEECH therapy , *PATIENT participation , *SOCIAL support , *RESEARCH methodology , *INTERVIEWING , *PATIENT-centered care , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *PHENOMENOLOGY , *REHABILITATION of aphasic persons , *HOSPITAL care , *STROKE patients , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *PATIENT-professional relations , *JUDGMENT sampling , *DATA analysis software , *VIDEO recording , *TRUST , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
Background: Engagement is recognized as an important factor in aphasia treatment response and outcomes, yet gaps remain in our understanding of engagement and practices that promote engagement from the client perspective. Aims: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how clients with aphasia experience engagement during their inpatient aphasia rehabilitation. Methods & Procedures: An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach guided the study design and analysis. Data were collected through in‐depth interviews with nine clients with aphasia, recruited through purposive sampling, during their inpatient rehabilitation admission. Analysis was completed using a variety of analytic techniques including coding, memoing, triangulation between coders and team discussion. Outcomes & Results: The analysis revealed that for clients with aphasia in the acute phrase of recovery, the rehabilitation process resembles travelling on a journey through a foreign land. Successful engagement in the journey was accomplished when one had a therapist who served as a trusted guide and was able to be a friend, invested, adaptable, a co‐creator, encouraging and dependable. Conclusions & Implications: Engagement is a dynamic, multifaceted and person‐centred process involving the client, provider and rehabilitation context. Findings from this work have implications for measuring engagement, training student clinicians to be skilled facilitators in engaging their clients and implementing person‐centred practices that promote engagement within clinical settings. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on the subject: Engagement is recognized as an important factor in rehabilitation treatment response and outcomes. Prior literature suggests that the therapist plays a critical role in facilitating engagement within the client–provider relationship. Communication impairments associated with aphasia may negatively impact a client's ability to develop interpersonal connections and participate in the rehabilitation process. There is a dearth of research directly exploring the topic of engagement in aphasia rehabilitation, particularly from the perspective of clients with aphasia. Capturing the client perspective can provide novel insights regarding practices to foster and maintain engagement in aphasia rehabilitation. What this paper adds to existing knowledge: This interpretative phenomenological study revealed that for individuals with aphasia in the acute phase of recovery, the rehabilitation process resembles travelling on a sudden and foreign journey. Successful engagement in the journey was accomplished when one had a therapist who served as a 'trusted guide' and was able to be a friend, invested, adaptable, a co‐creator, encouraging and dependable. Through the client experience, engagement is seen as a dynamic, multifaceted and person‐centred process involving the client, provider and rehabilitation context. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?: The current study highlights the complexity and nuance of engagement within the rehabilitation context, which has implications for measuring engagement, training student clinicians to be skilled in engaging their clients and implementing person‐centred practices that promote engagement within clinical settings. It is necessary to recognize that client and provider interactions (and thus engagement) are embedded in and influenced by the broader healthcare system. With this in mind, a patient‐centred approach to engagement in aphasia care delivery cannot be achieved through individual efforts only and may require prioritization and action at the systems level. Future work is needed to explore barriers and facilitators to enacting engagement practices, in order to develop and test strategies to support practice change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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282. Optimal selection of time windows for preventive maintenance of offshore wind farms subject to wake losses.
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Zhang, Junqiang, Chowdhury, Souma, Zhang, Jie, Tong, Weiyang, and Messac, Achille
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OFFSHORE wind power plants ,WIND power plants ,WIND power ,ENERGY dissipation ,WIND speed - Abstract
The maintenance of wind farms is one of the major factors affecting their profitability. During preventive maintenance, the shutdown of wind turbines causes downtime energy losses. The selection of when and which turbines to maintain can significantly impact the overall downtime energy loss. This paper leverages a wind farm power generation model to calculate downtime energy losses during preventive maintenance for an offshore wind farm. Wake effects are considered to accurately evaluate power output under specific wind conditions. In addition to wind speed and direction, the influence of wake effects is an important factor in selecting time windows for maintenance. To minimize the overall downtime energy loss of an offshore wind farm caused by preventive maintenance, a mixed‐integer nonlinear optimization problem is formulated and solved by the genetic algorithm, which can select the optimal maintenance time windows of each turbine. Weather conditions are imposed as constraints to ensure the safety of maintenance personnel and transportation. Using the climatic data of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the schedule of preventive maintenance is optimized for a simulated utility‐scale offshore wind farm. The optimized schedule not only reduces the annual downtime energy loss by selecting the maintenance dates when wind speed is low but also decreases the overall influence of wake effects within the farm. The portion of downtime energy loss reduced due to consideration of wake effects each year is up to approximately 0.2% of the annual wind farm energy generation across the case studies—with other stated opportunities for further profitability improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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283. Hazen Receives Chain of Custody Certifications.
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ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,PAPER industry - Abstract
The article reports that Holyoke, Massachusetts-based Hazen Paper Co., has received chain of custody tri-certification, which makes it eligible to supply converted paper and paperboards that are certified by three forest development organizations including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC). It is stated that it recognizes Hazen's long term commitment to protect the environment.
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- 2009
284. MECA-Net: A MultiScale Feature Encoding and Long-Range Context-Aware Network for Road Extraction from Remote Sensing Images.
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Jie, Yongshi, He, Hongyan, Xing, Kun, Yue, Anzhi, Tan, Wei, Yue, Chunyu, Jiang, Cheng, and Chen, Xuan
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ROAD closures ,URBAN planning - Abstract
Road extraction from remote sensing images is significant for urban planning, intelligent transportation, and vehicle navigation. However, it is challenging to automatically extract roads from remote sensing images because the scale difference of roads in remote sensing images varies greatly, and slender roads are difficult to identify. Moreover, the road in the image is often blocked by the shadows of trees and buildings, which results in discontinuous and incomplete extraction results. To solve the above problems, this paper proposes a multiscale feature encoding and long-range context-aware network (MECA-Net) for road extraction. MECA-Net adopts an encoder–decoder structure and contains two core modules. One is the multiscale feature encoding module, which aggregates multiscale road features to improve the recognition ability of slender roads. The other is the long-range context-aware module, which consists of the channel attention module and the strip pooling module, and is used to obtain sufficient long-range context information from the channel dimension and spatial dimension to alleviate road occlusion. Experimental results on the open DeepGlobe road dataset and Massachusetts road dataset indicate that the proposed MECA-Net outperforms the other eight mainstream networks, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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285. GBC AWARDS CONTRACT TO HOLYOLE.
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SUBSIDIARY corporations ,CONTRACTS ,PAPER industry - Abstract
Reports that Lawrence, Massachusetts-based Merrimac Paper Co. subsidiary Holyole Card Co. has received a three-year contract from GBC for paper supplies.
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- 2004
286. The Impact of an Integrated Pre-K STEM Curriculum on Teachers' Engineering Content Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Teaching Practices
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Sibuma, Bernadette, Wunnava, Susmitha, John, Melissa-Sue, Anggoro, Florencia, and Dubosarsky, Mia
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This paper reports a pilot study to determine the potential impact of an integrated STEM curriculum on Pre-K teachers' engineering content knowledge, self-efficacy and teaching practice. Using a randomized control trial design, researchers examined the impact of the curriculum in 17 Pre-K classrooms (8 intervention classrooms, 9 control classrooms) in central Massachusetts. Questionnaires measuring STEM and engineering content knowledge, self-efficacy and teaching practice were administered to participating Pre-K teachers (N = 42; 21 intervention, 21 control) in Fall 2017 and again in Spring 2018. Baseline analysis showed no significant differences in engineering and STEM content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, or teaching self-efficacy at the start of the pilot study between intervention and comparison classroom teachers. Fidelity of implementation was measured using an observation instrument developed by the project team based on a published implementation science framework. We hypothesized that teachers who implement the integrated STEM curriculum will have significantly higher engineering pedagogical content knowledge and self-efficacy than teachers in the comparison group. As well the teachers who implement the integrated STEM curriculum will show significant gains in their engineering pedagogical content knowledge and self-efficacy in teaching engineering and STEM as a result of their participation. [This paper was published in: "2018 IEEE Integrated STEM Conference (ISEC)" p234-237. ISBN 978-1-5386-3309-0. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.]
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- 2018
287. The new term-paper mills?
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- MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON (Mass.), UNITED States, BOSTON University
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Discloses that Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, has filed suit against several companies in seven states for allegedly selling term papers over the Internet to someone posing as a student.
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- 1997
288. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER software - Abstract
The article discusses the forthcoming events related to computer science. Focusing on "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer Science Conference," it states that software engineering, fifth generation computers, and artificial intelligence are among the topics to be covered at the 1986 ACM Computer Science Conference. The conference is to be held during February 4-6, 1986, in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is further added that the "Second Annual ACM Northeast Regional Conference" is planned for October 28-30, 1985, in Framingham, Massachusetts. The conference theme is "Integrating the Information Workplace: The Key to Productivity." Focusing on yet another conference the article states that "Eurit 86; European Conference on Information Technology in Education," is to be held during May 20-23, 1986, in Enschede, Netherlands is to deal with the development of educational software and courseware.
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- 1985
289. Cold fusion reproduced--on paper.
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Holden, Constance
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COLD fusion - Abstract
Reports on the revival of the cold fusion debate on the `Technology Review' publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Indignation of MIT researchers who had previously refuted the technique; Claim of reports of energy-releasing nuclear reactions at room temperature.
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- 1994
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290. Program and Working Group Meetings.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,INTERNATIONAL trade conferences ,FOREIGN investments ,HOUSEHOLDS & economics - Abstract
The article offers information on various working group and program meetings of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). It states that the Working Group on Entrepreneurship meeting took place on December 2, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It says that the Program on International Trade and Investment meeting was held on December 2-3, 2011 in Stanford, California. It adds that the Working Group on Household Finance meeting took place on December 16, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- 2012
291. LABOR HOLDINGS AT THE SCHLESINGER LIBRARY, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE.
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Moseley, Eva
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LABOR unions ,HOLDINGS (Bibliographic data) ,LABOR ,WOMEN'S rights ,LIBRARY records ,DOCUMENTATION ,HISTORY of libraries - Abstract
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America in Cambridge, Massachusetts was founded in 1943 when Radcliffe College, Cambridge, accepted the Woman's Rights Collection (WRC) . The WRC documents several woman's suffrage organizations and includes the papers of Maud Wood Park and other women active in the women rights movement. But it does not end with 1920, the year the federal suffrage amendment was ratified, and it includes the library's first labor collection, papers of Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-45, and the first woman in the Cabinet. Thus despite the emphasis on suffrage and women's political and legal rights, labor issues, from the beginning have been an integral part of the Schlesinger Library. At about the time the WRC arrived at Radcliffe, president Wilbur K. Jordan and Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, of the Harvard University's history department decided to make it the centerpiece of a growing research library on women, rather than a static memorial to the suffrage movement. Soon after, in December 1945, another major labor collection arrived, the papers of Leonora O'Reilly. O'Reilly's papers make up one major series in the micropublication, "The Papers of the Women's Trade Union League and Its Principal Leaders," a project sponsored by the Schlesinger Library, edited by Edward T. James, and published by Research Publications Inc. in 1981.
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- 1990
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292. For Proper Bostonians.
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NEWSPAPER publishing ,NEWSPAPER circulation - Abstract
The article reports on the efforts by newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts in boosting circulation after implementing price increases. Among the newspapers that posted reduced profits were "Post," "Herald," and "Globe." The reasons cited for the problems faced by Boston's newspapers include an overcrowded market, display advertisements, and oversized headlines. In response to a drop in circulation, the newspapers launched contests to lure readers back.
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- 1950
293. The Boston Process Approach and Digital Neuropsychological Assessment: Past Research and Future Directions.
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Libon, David J., Swenson, Rod, Lamar, Melissa, Price, Catherine C., Baliga, Ganesh, Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, Au, Rhoda, Cosentino, Stephanie, and Andersen, Stacy L.
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ALZHEIMER'S disease ,ARTIFICIAL intelligence ,NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests - Abstract
Neuropsychological assessment using the Boston Process Approach (BPA) suggests that an analysis of the strategy or the process by which tasks and neuropsychological tests are completed, and the errors made during test completion convey much information regarding underlying brain and cognition and are as important as overall summary scores. Research over the last several decades employing an analysis of process and errors has been able to dissociate between dementia patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia associated with MRI-determined white matter alterations, and Parkinson's disease; and between mild cognitive impairment subtypes. Nonetheless, BPA methods can be labor intensive to deploy. However, the recent availability of digital platforms for neuropsychological test administration and scoring now enables reliable, rapid, and objective data collection. Further, digital technology can quantify highly nuanced data previously unobtainable to define neurocognitive constructs with high accuracy. In this paper, a brief review of the BPA is provided. Studies that demonstrate how digital technology translates BPA into specific neurocognitive constructs using the Clock Drawing Test, Backward Digit Span Test, and a Digital Pointing Span Test are described. Implications for using data driven artificial intelligence-supported analytic approaches enabling the creation of more sensitive and specific detection/diagnostic algorithms for putative neurodegenerative illness are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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294. PAPER CHASTENED.
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Fleischer, Matt
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LAW schools ,LAW students - Abstract
Focuses on Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Harvard University School of Law's response to student gripes that life at the law school is cold and hard.
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- 2000
295. Student Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Digital Textbooks.
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Weisberg, Mitchell
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PSYCHOLOGY of students ,STUDENT attitudes ,ELECTRONIC books ,BUSINESS schools ,IPADS - Abstract
The purpose of this article is to add to the collective body of knowledge on student behavior and attitudes relative to the adoption of digital textbooks. The article summarizes an ongoing research project that examines past, current and evolving behavior in the classroom related to digital textbooks and school. It includes students, faculty and administrative attitudes behaviors and perceptions. This research was undertaken at the Sawyer Business School of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Student attitudes and behavior toward their use of digital textbooks (eTextbooks) in higher education was examined in an ongoing longitudinal study over two years at Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University. Students in the class were divided into six teams. Five of the teams were assigned an eTextbook device and the sixth team was given a paper textbook for use through the semester. The digital technologies examined were: Amazon Kindle, Sony eReader Touch, Apple iPad, enTourage eDGe, and CourseSmart. Student attitudes and behaviors were examined pre and post class by survey each semester, and during the semesters through quizzes, journals and classroom discussion. Differential learning was measured between the six teams. Student attitudes and behaviors are becoming more receptive to and accepting of using digital textbooks each year. There was no significant difference in learning between the eTextbook devices teams or between them and the paper textbook team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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296. MASSACHUSETTS METABOLIC DISORDERS SCREENING PROGRAM. I. TECHNICS AND RESULTS OF URINE SCREENING.
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Levy, Harvey L., Madigan, Phyllis M., and Shih, Vivian E.
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URINALYSIS , *METABOLIC disorders , *PAPER chromatography , *CYSTINURIA , *PHENYLKETONURIA - Abstract
Screening of filter paper urine specimens for metabolic and transport disorders has been conducted in Massachusetts for the past few years. Disorders not identifiable by blood screening are detectable by this program. Specimens are obtained routinely by the parents on 3- to 4-week-old infants and mailed to a central laboratory. Testing is performed on discs punched directly from each specimen utilizing several methods of paper chromatography. Cystinuria, histidinemia, Hartnup disease, and iminoglycinuria (Group I) is each approximately as frequent as is phenylketonuria (PKU) in Massachusetts (1:14,219). Other disorders identified, including the hyperglycinemias, argininosuccinic aciduria, hyperlysinemia, hyperornithinemia, and the Fanconi syndrome (Group II) each has a frequency that seems to be no greater than 1:200,000 of the population. Transient abnormalities, such as tyrosinuria-tyrosyluria, generalized hyperaminoaciduria, iminoglycinuria, cystine-lysinuria, and others have been noted. Also diaper creme or fetal contamination of specimens as well as the ingestion of formulas supplemented with DL-methionine, of ampicillin, or of n-acetylcysteine may result in unusual amino acid patterns. A program such as this requires multiple testing procedures, access to proper evaluative and investigative facilities, and cooperation among the various participating groups. The total expense of this program is about $80,000 per year or approximately $1.00 per infant tested. Pediatrics, 49:825 1972, SCREENING, METABOLIC DISORDERS, TRANSPORT DISORDERS, NEONATAL URINE TESTING, PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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297. THE PAPER CHASE.
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Stein, Lisa
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SECURITY classification (Government documents) ,REPRODUCTION of money, documents, etc. ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Observes the removal of classified documents from the National Archives allegedly committed by Sandy Berger, a former security adviser to President Bill Clinton. Analysis of theories as to why the documents were removed; Suspicion as to whether he took them inadvertently; Questionable timing of the story being leaked immediately before the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- 2004
298. The Taylor and Francis Group Ltd Award for Excellence in Research on the topic of venture capital.
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AWARDS ,VENTURE capital ,RESEARCH ,AWARD presentations - Abstract
Reports on the presentation of the Taylor and Francis Group Ltd. Award for Excellence in Research in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Recognition of the best paper on a venture capital topic presented at the annual Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference; Procedure for choosing the prize-winning paper; Names of the winners for the 2003 awarding.
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- 2004
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299. The Eagle Tradition.
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NEWSPAPER employees ,WAGES - Abstract
The article offers information on the Berkshire, Massachusetts "Eagle" newspaper owned by Lawrence K. Miller. It states that the newspaper, which offers only 216 dollars per week salaries to its employees, maintains its 45-55 ratios for editorial and advertising and provides greater space for news compared to other papers. It adds that "Eagle" also gains unanimous popularity and had endorsed several politicians including Adlai Stevenson, Senator George McGovern, and Mayor Donal Butler.
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- 1973
300. Coalition Building: What Happens When External Facilitators Put CBPR Principles in Practice? Ethnographic Examples from the Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study.
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Drainoni, Mari-Lynn, Walt, Galya, Martinez, Linda Sprague, Smeltzer, Rebecca, Santarpio, Savanna, Munoz-Lopez, Rosie, McClay, Craig, Keisling, Lauren, Harris, Aumani, Gillen, Faizah, El-Alfi, Valerie, Crable, Erika L., Cogan, Allyson G., Carpenter, Jane F., Barkowski, Laura K., and Battaglia, Tracy A.
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COMMUNITY involvement ,ORGANIZATIONAL transparency ,COMMUNITY-based participatory research ,COALITIONS ,ETHNOLOGY ,HEALING ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is a large-scale multisite study testing community engagement using coalition facilitation as an approach to addressing the worsening overdose crisis. Within community engagement, community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles guide researchers on best practices for working in partnership with communities, yet these principles have not been well researched in large, complex, multisite studies. This paper uses ethnographic methods to explore how coalitions operationalized CBPR principles during early coalition formation. Two coders independently analyzed 101 ethnographies from HCS coalition meetings in eight Massachusetts communities held between November 2019 and December 2020. Themes were developed through consensus between the coders, followed by group discussions among the authorship team. We found that mutual trust, shared goals, addressing power dynamics, meeting structure, and attending to the sociopolitical community context are critical elements that can either hinder or advance the use of CBPR principles in practice. These findings provide unique suggestions for future community-engaged multisite studies, and demonstrate the importance of research teams mitigating inherent power imbalances by acknowledging and creating spaces for community ownership. The findings also highlight the value of a community engagement facilitator (CEF) role, as well as strategies like transparency, uniting over shared interests, and bringing in a wide range of stakeholders when operationalizing CBPR principles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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