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Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) have resisted explanation and have received little formal scientific attention for 75 years. A primary objective of the Galileo Project is to build an integrated software and instrumentation system designed to conduct a multimodal census of aerial phenomena and to recognize anomalies. Here we present key motivations for the study of UAP and address historical objections to this research. We describe an approach for highlighting outlier events in the high-dimensional parameter space of our census measurements. We provide a detailed roadmap for deciding measurement requirements, as well as a science traceability matrix (STM) for connecting sought-after physical parameters to observables and instrument requirements. We also discuss potential strategies for deciding where to locate instruments for development, testing, and final deployment. Our instrument package is multimodal and multispectral, consisting of (1) wide-field cameras in multiple bands for targeting and tracking of aerial objects and deriving their positions and kinematics using triangulation; (2) narrow-field instruments including cameras for characterizing morphology, spectra, polarimetry, and photometry; (3) passive multistatic arrays of antennas and receivers for radar-derived range and kinematics; (4) radio spectrum analyzers to measure radio and microwave emissions; (5) microphones for sampling acoustic emissions in the infrasonic through ultrasonic frequency bands; and (6) environmental sensors for characterizing ambient conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind velocity), as well as quasistatic electric and magnetic fields, and energetic particles. The use of multispectral instruments and multiple sensor modalities will help to ensure that artifacts are recognized and that true detections are corroborated and verifiable. Data processing pipelines are being developed that apply state-of-the-art techniques for multi-sensor data fusion, hypothesis tracki

Food protein-induced enterocolitis (FPIES) is a non-IgE cell- mediated food allergy that can be severe and lead to shock. Despite the potential seriousness of reactions, awareness of FPIES is low; high-quality studies providing insight into the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management are lacking; and clinical outcomes are poorly established. This consensus document is the result of work done by an international workgroup convened through the Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the International FPIES Association advocacy group. These are the first international evidence-based guidelines to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with FPIES. Research on prevalence, pathophysiology, diagnostic markers, and future treatments is necessary to improve the care of patients with FPIES. These guidelines will be updated periodically as more evidence becomes availabl

Background Considerable effort has been expended on tobacco control strategies in the United States since the mid-1950s. However, we have little quantitative information on how changes in smoking behaviors have impacted lung cancer mortality. We quantified the cumulative impact of changes in smoking behaviors that started in the mid-1950s on lung cancer mortality in the United States over the period 1975-2000. Methods A consortium of six groups of investigators used common inputs consisting of simulated cohort-wise smoking histories for the birth cohorts of 1890 through 1970 and independent models to estimate the number of US lung cancer deaths averted during 1975-2000 as a result of changes in smoking behavior that began in the mid-1950s. We also estimated the number of deaths that could have been averted had tobacco control been completely effective in eliminating smoking after the Surgeon General's Results Approximately 795 851 US lung cancer deaths were averted during the period 1975-2000: 552 574 among men and 243 277 among women. In the year 2000 alone, approximately 70 218 lung cancer deaths were averted: 44 135 among men and 26 083 among women. However, these numbers are estimated to represent approximately 32% of lung cancer deaths that could have potentially been averted during the period 1975-2000, 38% of the lung cancer deaths that could have been averted in 1991-2000, and 44% of Conclusions Our results reflect the cumulative impact of changes in smoking behavior since the 1950s. Despite a large impact of changing smoking behaviors on lung cancer deaths, lung cancer remains a major public health problem. Continued efforts at tobacco control are critical to further reduce the burden of this disease. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012; 104: 541-548

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Depending on silanization reaction conditions, aminophenylferrocene and tetrakis (p-aminophenyl) porphyrin can be covalently attached in monolayer or multi-molecular layer quantities to glassy carbon and superficially oxidized Pt electrodes using 4-(methyldichlorosily)butyryl chloride. This study applies various spectroscopies to surface structure of the attached porphyrin: XPS (number of surface amide bonds), fluorescence (quantity of porphyrin attached to a siloxane polymer film compared to quantity of electroactive porphyrin), and reflectance spectroscopies (spectroelectrochemical observation of oxidation state changes with electrode under potential control, including an electrochemically silent Co(III/II) porphyrin reaction). Electroactive films 500 monolayers thick can be prepared from the ferrocene by spin coating reactive silane; in aqueous sulfuric acid voltammetry of these films indicates a phase-like property. (Author)

Vinylferrocene can be polymerized in a radiofrequency Ar plasma to deposit in thin, adherent films on glassy carbon and Pt electrodes. In acetonitrile solvent containing tetraethylammonium perchlorate or tetrafluoroborate electrolyte, these films exhibit electrochemical reactivity qualitatively expectable for polyvinylferrocene films although analytical information of film composition shows some plasma damage and some oxygen incorporation has taken place. The relationship of observed electrochemistry to plasma reaction time and geometry is described. Quantities of electroactive ferrocene in the prepared films range from 0.5 - 300 x 10 to the -10th power mole/sq. cm. The thinner films exhibit non-limiting transport of electrochemical charge, while a thick film gives a diffusion-controlled response. (Author)

Reactive, deoxygenated glassy carbon surfaces prepared by mechanical abrasion under nitrogen or argon plasma etching react with selected molecules to yield surfaces with immobilized molecular surface states. Vinyl ferrocene and a ruthenium pyridine complex are immobilized on glassy carbon in this way. Introduction of vinyl ferrocene directly into an RF plasma discharge leads to electroactive ferrocene polymer deposition on glassy carbon and Pt surfaces. Surface waves corresponding to 3 x ten to the minus 8th power moles/sq cm ferrocene are obtained in this way. (Author), See also AD-A049 660.

The Isotope Technology Group of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Radioisotopes Department was asked by the U.S. Air Force to test tritium-powered runway distance and taxiway marker signs. The tests were selected by mutual agreement of the U.S. Air Force and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and were designed to test the serviceability of these signs under adverse weather and handling conditions, determine their limiting factors, and determine their service life. The testing program results indicate that the signs will exceed strength and durability requirements for their intended purpose. This report is a discussion of the testing program and the results of those tests.

The objective of the contract was to carry out a theoretical investigation of the scattering of an incident plane electromagnetic wave by perfectly conducting bodies of somewhat irregular shape. The results were to be applicable in the so-called resonance region, where the major dimensions and of the order of a free-space wavelength in size. The objects which were investigated included a cone of finite height, a circular cylinder of finite length, a cube, a finned circular cylinder of infinite length, a finned sphere, and a hemisphere. Solutions and numerical results for the radar cross section were obtained for the finite cone, the finned cylinder, and the finned sphere. The solution for the hemisphere has been obtained and numerical results are in the process of being secured. Some attention also was given to the problem of altering the scattering characteristics of reflecting objects without altering their essential configurations. Results were obtained for scattering by a long wire. (Author)

Solutions are obtained for the scattering of an incident plane electro-magnetic wave by each of the following perfectly conducting objects: (a) an infinite circular cylinder having an attached sector, which, in the limiting case of zero sector angle, becomes a circular cylinder having a fin, (b) an infinite circular cylinder having two coplanar fins, which, in the limiting case of zero cylinder radius, becomes a strip, (c) a sphere having a fin, which, in the limiting case of zero sphere radius, becomes a circular disc. In each problem, the scatterer is described by sections of constant-coordinate surfaces and the space surrounding the scatterer is partitioned into several regions. The electromagnetic field in each region is expanded in a complete set of Hansen vector wave functions with unknown expansion coefficients. These sets of expansion coefficients are then determined by satisfying the boundary conditions. A review of scattering by the circular cylinder and sphere is also presented. Numerical results are obtained for scattering by the one-finned cylinder, the finned sphere, and circular disc. For the one-finned cylinder and the finned sphere, the results show the effect of the fin on the back scattering by the cylinder and the sphere, respectively. In the case of the circular disc, the results for the back-scattering radar cross section agree with the values given by the solution of W. Andrejewski and that of physical optics. (Author)

This report contains a discussion of the Kirchhoff, or physical optics, approximation used in determining the fields scattered from perfectly conducting obstacles. The basic assumptions implicit in this method are investigated and it is shown that this method fails to predict the depolarization phenomenon expected when obstacles lacking symmetry are considered. Finally, the Born approximation is applied to the determination of the fields scattered from a perfectly conducting finite cone immersed in a plane electromagnetic wave. The second Born approximation is calculated using spherical eigenfunction expansions. The numerical investigation indicates, however, that this solution converges slowly. (Author), See also AD-606 828.

This investigation of the radar cross-section of a finite cone can be divided into three areas. First, the exact solution for the scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by a finite cone is presented. Rigorous electro magnetic theory is used in the solution, and no approximations are made. Secondly, methods of obtaining numerical results for the radar cross-section from the analytic solution by using a digital computer are discussed. The third area is a presentation and discussion of the numerical results obtained. (Author)

Westerly view of East Kilbourn Avenue at North Van Buren. Buildings on either side of the street. Cars parked and on street. Sign for Fox Head in background. Sign for Consolidated Savings and Loan on right side., Kilbourn Avenue Widening; Looking W across N Van Buren along E Kilbourn; Taken 10-10-41; F.W.S

This photograph was taken from the intersection of N 7th St and W Kilbourn Ave. Both the Milwaukee Auditorium and City Hall can be seen in this photo., 14 / Kilbourn Avenue Widening. Looking S across W Kilbourn along N 7th. Taken 9-26-41 F W S. / City of Milwaukee Law Department

A pedestrian stands in the median of N Jackson St, waiting for traffic to clear before he crosses. A fire truck is parked at the intersection in his path., Fire Department Kilbourn Avenue Widening [after] Looking Nwly across N Jackson and E Kilbourn Taken 10-10-41 F W S City of Milwaukee Law Department

This photo shows some of the businesses along the Milwaukee river. It was taken from the Kilbourn Ave bridge., Klodes Temrs to suit at furniture co. Housekeeping furniture 840 Kodaks Trade in your old camera on a new model photoart house Netzow Piano Co. Pianos Radios Musical Instruments Cash for your old piano We refurbish piaos Trade your old piano In the name of common Sense Earl S. Lillydahl for Mayor Lawyer...Business Man Bring Back Factories and Jobs Dewey's Sport Goods 852 North Plankinton Avenue Just around the Corner Northwestern Business Furniture Kilbourn Avenue widening Advertising signs visible from east end of Kilbourn Avenue bridge looking southwesterly Taken 3/8/40 F. W. S.