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1. K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1) is not a prohibition of three separate and distinct offenses but a prohibition of one offense that can arise by the commission of one or any combination of the three elements stated therein.
2. "Physical injury" as used in K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1) is compatible with "bodily injury" as used in K.S.A. 60-3101 et seq.
3. In determining a violation of K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1), consideration must be given to the age and physical and mental condition of the victim.
Appeal from Wyandotte District Court; J. DEXTER BURDETTE, judge. Opinion filed May 14, 1999. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Constance M. Alvey, assistant district attorney, Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellant.
William P. Mahoney, of Kansas City, for appellee.
Before RULON, P.J., WAHL, S.J., and TIMOTHY E. BRAZIL, District Judge, assigned.
WAHL, J.: Charles Bennett was charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult in violation of K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1) for allegedly mistreating his mother, Ruby Willmon. Prior to trial, Bennett filed a motion in limine asking the district court to prohibit the State from introducing evidence of physical injuries sustained by Willmon. The district court granted the motion and the State timely filed this interlocutory appeal.
Ruby Willmon suffered from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Because of her condition, she had difficulty controlling her balance and would occasionally fall down. Willmon lived with her son, Charles Bennett, his wife, Sue Bennett, and his stepdaughter, Peggy Sue Rosa. In November 1997, Sue Bennett called the police after allegedly hearing Bennett slap Willmon, and Bennett was subsequently charged. The State's Information charged in relevant part: "Charles Bennett did unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally inflict physical injury upon a dependent adult, to-wit: Ruby Willmon, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3437."
A preliminary hearing was held in February 1998 before Judge Ernest Johnson. Janet Chase, Willmon's home health-care nurse, Sue Bennett, and Peggy Sue Rosa testified at the hearing. The State introduced several pictures of Willmon into evidence, depicting a cut or scratch on Willmon's nose and one above her eye. Testimony indicated that it was unknown what caused the marks, but they were on her face before the November incident. No other evidence relating to the cause of the injuries was offered.
Rosa testified she had witnessed Bennett slap Willmon in the past and described an incident when she observed Bennett "smacking [Willmon] back and forth" for having wet her bed. Rosa stated Willmon had a black eye the day after the incident. She testified Bennett would grab Willmon by the back of the neck and wrist and push her into her bedroom whenever she attempted to enter the living room. She also stated Bennett would get upset and yell at his mother when she lost control of her bowels. Rosa testified Bennett and Sue locked Willmon in her room on at least one occasion.
Judge Johnson concluded the State failed to meet its burden of proof regarding the physical injury element of the crime charged. He noted, however, that he was required to bind a defendant over for trial on any crime that was shown at a preliminary hearing. He concluded there was probable cause to bind Bennett over on the theory he inflicted cruel punishment on his mother. The State accordingly amended the Information to read: "Charles Bennett did unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally inflict cruel punishment upon a dependent adult, to-wit: Ruby Willmon, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3437."
Bennett filed a motion in limine, asking the district court to prohibit the State from introducing physical injury evidence at trial. Judge Dexter Burdette heard arguments from both parties at the start of trial and granted Bennett's motion. In doing so, Judge Burdette stated the infliction of physical injury and the use of cruel punishment were separate and distinct acts. He stated the district court's ruling at the preliminary hearing limited the State's claim to mistreatment by cruel punishment and the probative value of physical injury evidence was outweighed by its prejudicial effect on the jury. The State's subsequent motion for a continuance pending this interlocutory appeal was granted.
K.S.A. 21-3437 governs the offense of mistreatment of a dependent adult and provides in relevant part: "(a) Mistreatment of a dependent adult is knowingly and intentionally committing one or more of the following acts: (1) Infliction of physical injury, unreasonable confinement or cruel punishment upon a dependent adult."
The State argues the district court erred in finding the definition of cruel punishment was distinct from physical injury. It claims the common meaning of cruel punishment includes actions that cause pain, suffering, rough handling, or mistreatment. The State asserts it wanted to introduce evidence of slapping, smacking, and rough handling, and the district court's ruling precluded it from doing so. It claims Judge Burdette ruled such evidence rose to the level of physical injury and, thus, was excluded.
In making his ruling, Judge Burdette concluded the State was prohibited from introducing evidence of physical injury but was permitted to introduce evidence relating to cruel punishment. It is unclear whether Judge Burdette's decision prohibited evidence of slapping and other physical contact. Judge Burdette did not expressly state what evidence constituted physical injury or cruel punishment and the record does not contain a written order.
The Kansas Supreme Court has commented on the importance of the trial judge's specifically stating what evidence is to be excluded pursuant to a motion in limine:
"It is important that a proper written motion be filed to pinpoint the material or evidence to be protected against. This is necessary together with an order of the court setting forth the specific basis for exclusion or admission. A mistrial or reversible error on appeal may be avoided by having a proper motion and order drawn and filed. [Citation omitted.] We repeat, it is important for the motion to state the specific matter that the movant believes to be inadmissible and prejudicial. The motion should not be general in scope." State v. Quick, 226 Kan. 308, 312, 597 P.2d 1108 (1979), disapproved on other grounds State v. Jackson, 244 Kan. 621, 624, 772 P.2d 747 (1989).
Neither the motion nor the district court's order properly pinpointed what evidence was to be excluded.
In his motion, Bennett alleged the State sought to introduce testimony and evidence "of the physical injury in spite of the results of the preliminary hearing" and that the probative value of the evidence was outweighed by its prejudicial effect. Bennett orally argued the State should be precluded from presenting the photographs or testimony of other physical injuries at trial. He also argued the State should not be able to offer "testimony about [Bennett's] care of his mother and nothing about slapping, nothing about bruises, nothing about him having physical contact with his mother because that was found not to have been sufficient even at the preliminary hearing level."
On appeal, Bennett states:
"The Court's ruling does not preclude the Appellant from presenting evidence pertaining to how the Defendant took care of his dependent mother, victim. The only real effect of the ruling is that the highly prejudicial evidence which failed to meet the test of probable cause will not be allowed to be given to the jury."
This statement is contrary to the argument made by Bennett to the district court and does not explain whether Bennett construed the preliminary hearing ruling to exclude evidence of slapping or rough handling.
In explaining his ruling, Judge Burdette stated:
"No evidence of the infliction of physical injury should be allowed in this trial of the defendant. . . .
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"Only any evidence of cruel punishment will be allowed. There will be no evidence of any physical injury--infliction of physical injury upon the dependent adult in question will be allowed. That's the defendant's motion in limine and I am granting it in all respects. I believe the prior ruling by the preliminary hearing Judge has confined the evidence to this scope and I am limiting the State to the scope that the prior Judge has already ruled."
This statement suggests that the State was precluded from introducing evidence of slapping or physical contact, which is inconsistent with Judge Johnson's ruling.
In explaining his ruling at the preliminary hearing, Judge Johnson stated:
"I frankly think that the legislature intended to prohibit, regarding adults who are dependent, essentially the same thing that the legislature intended to prevent regarding children . . . . I'm not saying a jury is going [to] find that the slapping incidents and the squeezing of the neck incidents and those things are cruel punishment, but I am saying that, in my opinion, the State has met its burden to show probable cause to that those crimes--that crime was committed. . . .
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". . . So I'm not going to declare this statute unconstitutional, but I am going to say that physical injury carries with it certain common sense meanings. The State has attempted to show that the mark on the nose and the--the bruising around the eye satisfies that, and I'm not satisfied that the connection has been direct enough to bind the defendant over regarding that injury."
It is clear that Judge Johnson concluded evidence of slapping and other physical contact could potentially support the charge of mistreatment of a dependent adult based on a theory of cruel punishment. Judge Burdette's statement he was granting Bennett's motion in all respects is inconsistent with his statement the evidence was limited in scope to Judge Johnson's ruling.
Judge Burdette's ruling is ambiguous, and Bennett's motion and oral argument were inconsistent. The case must be remanded for clarification of what evidence was specifically excluded. See Supreme Court Rule 165 (1998 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 187); see also Burch v. Dodge, 4 Kan. App. 2d 503, Syl. ¶ 1, 608 P.2d 1032 (1980) (remanded case where trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law were inadequate and precluded meaningful appellate review).
Judge Burdette's attempt to distinguish the child abuse statute and his grant of Bennett's motion in limine in its entirety suggests evidence of slapping and physical contact was excluded under his ruling.
"We apply the abuse of discretion standard of review to the motion in limine issue. The admission of exclusion of evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court." State v. Rowell, 256 Kan. 200, 208, 883 P.2d 1184 (1994). When the facts material to a decision of the court on a motion to suppress evidence are not in dispute, the question of whether to suppress becomes a question of law. An appellate court's scope of review on questions of law is unlimited. State v. Anderson, 259 Kan. 16, 18, 910 P.2d 180 (1996).
Judge Burdette stated he excluded the evidence because he was bound by Judge Johnson's ruling, but he misconstrued Judge Johnson's ruling. Further, Judge Johnson did not rule on the admissibility of evidence at trial. He properly bound Bennett over for trial based on a showing that Bennett had committed a crime. See State v. Pioletti, 246 Kan. 49, 60-61, 785 P.2d 963 (1990) (noting defendant may be charged with one offense and bound over for another if it appears on preliminary examination he is guilty of a public offense).
Although the State amended the Information in accordance with the preliminary hearing ruling, it could properly amend the Information to include the physical injury theory at any time before a verdict or finding by the district court as long as it did not allege an additional or different crime. See State v. Matson, 260 Kan. 366, 370, 921 P.2d 790 (1996).
"[A] motion in limine should be granted only when the trial court finds two factors are present: (1) The material or evidence in question will be inadmissible at a trial under the rules of evidence; and (2) the mere offer of evidence or statements made during trial concerning the material will tend to prejudice the jury. [Citation omitted.]" State v. Copridge, 260 Kan. 19, 27-28, 918 P.2d 1247 (1996).
An appellate court is not bound by the district court's interpretation of a statute; rather, interpretation of a statute is a question of law and this court's review is unlimited. See Cure v. Board of Hodgeman County Comm'rs, 263 Kan. 779, 782, 952 P.2d 920 (1998). When a statute is plain and unambiguous, the court must give effect to the intention of the legislature as expressed rather than determine what the law should be. In re Marriage of Killman, 264 Kan. 33, 42-43, 955 P.2d 1228 (1998). "[I]n construing statutes, statutory words are presumed to have been and should be treated as consciously chosen, with an understanding of their ordinary and common meaning and with the legislature having meant what it said." International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Kansas City, 264 Kan. 17, 31, 954 P.2d 1079 (1998).
Cruel punishment and physical injury are not defined in K.S.A. 21-3437 or in the criminal code. However, that the legislature used the term "cruel and inhuman corporal punishment" in K.S.A. 21-3609 does not indicate the legislature intended to exclude slapping and other physical contact from the definition of cruel punishment under K.S.A. 21-3437 as suggested by Bennett.
In Paida v. Leach, 260 Kan. 292, 917 P.2d 1342 (1996), the Supreme Court defined the term "bodily injury" as used in the Protection from Abuse Act, K.S.A. 60-3101 et seq. It stated the terms "bodily harm" and "bodily injury" were synonymous. The court noted that in State v. Taylor, 217 Kan. 706, 538 P.2d 1375 (1975), bodily harm was defined as any touching of the victim against the victim's will, with physical force, in an intentional, hostile, and aggravated manner, or the projecting of such force against the victim. 260 Kan. at 299. The Paida court also stated: "We conclude that bodily injury under the Act requires a finding of substantial physical pain or an impairment of physical condition." 260 Kan. at 301.
K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1) is plain and straightforward in its terminology proscribing the commission of "one or more of the following acts: (1) Infliction of physical injury, unreasonable confinement or cruel punishment upon a dependent adult." It is not a prohibition against three separate and distinct offenses. Physical injury could result from cruel punishment. Unreasonable confinement could also be cruel punishment. "Physical injury" as used in K.S.A. 21-3437 is compatible with "bodily injury" as defined in Paida. Evidence that Bennett slapped his mother could potentially support a charge of intentional infliction of physical injury upon a dependent adult.
At the same time, such evidence could support a charge under a cruel punishment theory. Cruel punishment as defined in Black's Law Dictionary and the case law tends to fall in the context of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Cruel and unusual punishment is "such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, and any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the common law." Black's Law Dictionary 1234 (6th ed. 1990). Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary 271, 928 (1981) defines cruel as "disposed to inflict pain or suffering . . . causing or conducive to injury, grief, or pain" and punishment as "severe, rough, or disastrous treatment." Consideration must also be given to the age and physical and mental condition of the victim.
Evidence of slapping and other physical contact with a dependent adult for the purpose of disciplining or chastising would fall under a common meaning of cruel punishment. Rosa's testimony indicating Bennett slapped, pushed, and grabbed his mother was highly probative because it tended to show Bennett intentionally inflicted cruel punishment.
The district court erred in concluding evidence of slapping or other physical contact was excluded from the meaning of cruel punishment under K.S.A. 21-3437(a)(1) and in not examining its probative value. Evidence of slapping, smacking, and rough handling should have been admitted in proof of the State's Information.
Reversed and remanded for clarification of evidence excluded and further proceedings as necessary.


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The key to developing intelligent trading systems is to start with a reliable rule-based strategy. The neural network, genetic algorithm, kernel regression or other machine-learning method should be designed to enhance the system's already positive performance.
However, this core system does not have to be the Holy Grail. While this building block may not be tradeable as a standalone system, it should demonstrate an ability to generate a positive return over time, even if that return is lacking in terms of its risk-reward balance. For example, in trend-following markets, moving-average-crossover systems perform well. Similarly, we could employ a classic n-day breakout of highs or lows. Intermarket divergence strategies also are viable, as are those that employ traditional technical indicators or fundamental analysis, such as breadth data for the S&P 500, the Volatility Index or price/earnings ratios, to name a few.
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Let's take a closer look at some of the better starting points for a technology-enhanced approach.
Consider the moving-average crossover strategy, composed of simple moving average difference oscillators. One of our goals using advanced analysis methods might be to predict these oscillators as a percentage of the shorter moving average some time in the future.
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- Optimize a moving average crossover system, finding several robust sets of parameters.
- Test what would happen if you predicted the moving average crossovers a few bars into the future. Also, evaluate the result of being a few bars late. We want the results of slightly late predictions to be reasonable still, and we want early predictions to be far better.
- When a viable system is identified, develop a model to predict the difference between the moving average or the crossovers a few bars ahead. This is what will generate the signals.
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isn't really in much order, they still make good references. I just would
like to note that these tutorials already assume that you know why and
what networks are. That you have a reason formulated for learning about
networking etc. Basically what these do is break the information into
easily understandable slander.
A hub is either a common description of parts of a network, or an actual
piece of firmware. What a hub is, is basically a place where the data
convereges from one to multiple directions and then can be passed along to
other destinations. Also, as i went over network topologies before, in
"networking simplified - Part 03" a hub topology is basically a place
where other devices can connect and share resources (to a certain extent)
that they pass through the circuits.
An example of a hub (firmware) can be found at various sites on the
internet of course, but i would recommend either a linksys, or a netgear
(unless you wanna spend that extra huge wad of cash for a brilliant cisco
Of course, ethernet is the most wiodely used of all local area networks.
The standard is IEEE 802.3. Ethernet cables are usually coaxial (the same
type of cable that runs into your wall so you can have "cable television")
or twisted pair wires. Such as STP (Shielded twisted pair) and UTP
(Unprotected Twisted Pair).
Occasionally you will see wireless ethernet local area networks.
Giga = 10^9
Mega = 10^6
Tera = 10^12
kilo = 10^3
generally those prefixes for measurement of data transfer above are used
most. When you see Mb, that means Megabit. When you see Gb that means
Gigabit, or even MB and GB that mean MegaByte and GigaByte. Kinda like
most of your harddrives are measured in.
A switch and a hub are extremely similar as they send data from one point
to the next destination, and act as sort of a bridge. However, the OSI
model (Open Systems Interconnection), layers 2 and 3 are represented
differently with the data transfer. A switch and a hub can normally be
used for the same thing. One advantage of a switch is that it can actually
transfer data faster than a router. However this is only an advantage
whenever the switch itself has the functon of a router.
As stated above, OSI stands for (Open Systems Interconnection). The reason
i am going over this acronym by itself is mainly because it is the
"topology" of the internet. It can be used as a reference for how data
should or will be passed between places on a network. The OSI model
consists of many layers in which i will just touch on briefly and then go
into more detail in my 5th part of "Networking Simplified."
There are 7 common layers:
Layer 7. The application Layer
Layer 6. The presentation Layer
Layer 5. THe session Layer
Layer 4. The transport Layer
Layer 3. The Network Layer
Layer 2. The data-link Layer.
Layer 1. The physical layer.
Bit - Smallest unit of data in a computer, standing for Binary Digit, has
either a 1 or a 0, alive or dead (Some of you have seen the movie, i
wont mention it). These bits are designed to execture instruction in bits
* 8 which is = bytes. 1 byte = 8 bits.
Half a byte or 4 bits = a nibble.
I know some of the information has been random, but like i said its just
for reference and im just going off the top of my head for alot of this.
Thats why the order is messed up. Anyway come back for Networking
Simplified Part 5 for an extension of the OSI Model, and more, Networking
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A training and education continuum for dentistry - a Bologna-oriented concept
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Introduction: 'Bologna' is characterized by stimulation of international mobility, international competitiveness, and international employability. Stimulation is supported within
- the European Higher Education Area by 2-cycles, modulated professional qualification. Cycle 1 for undergraduate qualified and employable Bachelors, cycle 2 for postgraduate specialization.
- the European Research Area by postgraduate doctorate qualifications, as third cycle according to the concept of life-long learning.
In Germany the 'Bologna Process' is irritating: Curricula are compressed from 5 into 3 years, mass summative assessment introduced, behaviorism instead of constructivism cared, study load unbearable, misleading packages as undergraduate consecutive Bachelor/Master curricula tied up.
German students in dentistry are not positioned well in EU-competition: On average 2-4 years older as their EU-fellow students. 2x14 weeks 'Lecture Time' per year and 24 weeks 'Semester Holidays' with seldom curricular scheduled activities, in contrast to internationally 40-46 curricular defined weeks. Outcome competences are inherently lower.
Given a 5-year curriculum and a half-value time of current medical knowledge of 4-6 year, students are in danger to qualify with obsolete knowledge. Beyond this, the question arises why a dentist should be a Master per se.
Method: An Aachen Think tank developed a concept in which the traditional 10-semester curriculum, without changes in content, is reorganized in trimester (3x14 weeks). This 3-year undergraduate qualification is honored with a Limited License (§13 ZHG), followed by a 2-year university supervised extramural practical training (according to the federal Academic Council's advice) to fulfil EU Parliament's Directive 2005/36 EG Art. 24, resulting in Full License (§ 2 ZHG) (see figure 1 [Fig. 1]).
Result: The intended reorganisation
- conserves the quality of the hitherto, unchanged curriculum and allows the intended curricular changes without any special hurdles.
- strengthens European competitiveness and reaches employability in a shorter as previous time.
- assures that the shorter length of study is related to the half-life time of actual medical knowledge.
- meets the Bachelor standard by delivery of an employable dentist after 3 years but without any need to install this degree.
- allows students to start specialization two years earlier as before.
Conclusion: The reorganisation has no influence on existing curricula; structures stay preserved. Graduates are younger as previously, more competitive – with an interim limited license – as a full employable and (as formerly) qualified dentist. If needed as Bachelor enabled to meet the Bologna Recommendations exemplary. Curriculum time is adapted to the half-value time of medical knowledge. These characteristics stay unchanged if the reorganisation principles are applied to a formerly 6 year curriculum with a four year result.


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With researchers from throughout the world collaborating on projects, the need to share and analyze tissue specimens remotely in real-time is ever present. To preview technology which can help meet that need, the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Comparative Pathology Laboratory hosted "Introduction to Digital Pathology" demonstrations Sept. 6-7 at the Charles C. Allen Laboratory Conference Room.
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Erin Brannick, assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, director of the CANR Comparative Pathology Laboratory and a veterinary pathologist, organized the conference with representatives from Aperio, a company specializing in digital pathology slide scanners, analysis software, and data management systems.
Digital pathology systems have many applications, and Brannick explained that during the sessions, participants were able to see how one Aperio system could meet the diverse needs of researchers, diagnosticians in human and veterinary medicine, educators and industry partners.
Multiple research application sessions offered individual researchers the chance to create and analyze virtual slides of their own research specimens. The bovine hoof and rumen, marine animal eyes and fungal organisms were among the images scanned on-site for attendees by a machine that can accommodate up to 400 glass slides at a time. Participants could then observe the virtual tissues across magnifications from a whole slide view up to 40x magnification, either on the attached monitor or on one of several laptop computers in the room.
Aperio representatives also demonstrated specific features of Genie, image analysis software that can be trained to meet the individual needs of a user. Once trained, a Genie analysis template can be applied to all virtual slides in a research study simultaneously, minimizing viewer subjectivity and lengthy time requirements typical for manual slide review by an individual researcher.
On the morning of Thursday, Sept. 6, a diagnostic applications conference was held in which diagnosticians from the UD Allen and CANR Comparative Pathology laboratories on Newark campus were able to interface with veterinary diagnosticians from Delaware and Maryland at the Lasher Laboratory in Georgetown, Del., as they held their monthly diagnostic conference. The ability to connect via computer to examine the same slides remotely in real-time is a function that Brannick said could be very beneficial to both diagnosticians and researchers. "Because our groups are so spread apart, it would be nice if we were to get this system on board to be able to conference directly using virtual slides," she said.
The groups briefly learned about the digital pathology equipment through a standard videoconference, then held a consultation on their diagnostic cases using remotely-linked computers and digital slide images that had been uploaded to Aperio's servers in California. "I was able to share cases remotely and show participants directly what the lesions were and what I was seeing that helped me make my diagnosis," said Brannick.
Participants at both locations could take turns analyzing disease lesions at multiple magnifications while discussing details of the case. "We could give Lasher laboratory participants control and they could drive the slide and ask questions," she said. Despite streaming data from servers across the country, the images uploaded with minimal delay, projected crisply, and maneuvered easily, even for first-time system users.
The diagnostic applications conference was also a first for the Aperio representatives. While remote slide conferencing is a common use for the Aperio imaging system, the UD conference marked the first time the representatives were able to fully demonstrate the intuitive ease of digital conferencing before actually installing a system at a university. "The representatives tell people how to set remote conferencing up all the time but to actually get to do it too was a lot of fun for them," said Brannick.
As for a teaching tool, Brannick brought the undergraduate and graduate students in her animal histology class in to try the Aperio system to demonstrate to other educators in attendance how beneficial it can be when an entire class can look at the exact same specimen on computer screens as opposed to a variety of samples under individual microscopes.
"If you were to use digital pathology in a lab setting, you could actually have a computer lab where everyone gets the same electronic slide set and then students pull up image after image. You can directly talk with students and guide them as a class through an image," said Brannick. "Then you could turn control over to the students and have them drive around and show others what they're looking at and what they see. So that's a real strength of this system."
Brannick is now looking to move forward, trying to bring the Aperio brightfield and/or fluorescence digital imaging system to UD on a full-time basis. "We really feel like it will greatly benefit all of these aspects for UD: the research, the teaching and the diagnostics."
For more information about the Aperio digital pathology technology, contact Erin Brannick at 831-1342.
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Campbell is a bona fide living legend with a career that spans more than 50 years. He is considered one of the outstanding guitar musicians of his generation, has one of the most formidable chart histories in country music and has recorded such standards as "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Gentle On My Mind," "Galveston," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman," and more. He has released more than 70 albums and sold more than 45 million records. His final studio album, Ghost on the Canvas, was released last fall.
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At the American Public Health Association's (APHA) annual meeting in Boston this week, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will formally recognize public health educators from the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) for their ground-breaking survey of public health needs in western Massachusetts and their creative plans to meet those needs.
Stuart Chipkin, Research Professor of Kinesiology, and Dan Gerber, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, with Dawn Heffernan, director of the Western Massachusetts Public Health Training Center (WMPHTC), and several other UMass Amherst colleagues, recently received the national "Promising Practice" award from HRSA for their new 10-week, 60-hour pilot training plan and curriculum, expected to meet the requirements for the voluntary state certification program for community health workers in 2014.
Heffernan and others on the training center team will give a presentation at the APHA meeting, which attracts more than 13,000 physicians, nurses and other public health professionals. She says WMPHTC plans to become a recognized training center for community health workers and has developed workshops and trainers to meet this goal. SPHHS Dean Marjorie Aelion observes, "It's very exciting for our school and the training center to be among the elite schools of public health in the country and to be acknowledged for excellence in teaching, research and community outreach."
The UMass Amherst researchers point out that just as Massachusetts was a model for the federal Affordable Care Act, so too the Commonwealth is now a national model for addressing unmet training needs of community health workers who at present have little or no access to relevant public health education. Fewer than 10 states now certify community health workers, says Heffernan, while Massachusetts is on the verge of identifying requirements and writing a state examination.
As Chipkin explains, "Your health care is changing. It is no longer just in the doctor's office, exam room or lab. Health care delivery is changing from a hierarchical model to a team approach and in a wide variety of settings." In western Massachusetts, it's estimated that scores of patient navigators, promotores and other community volunteers at YMCAs, exercise clubs, food banks and senior centers could be certified. Heffernan adds, "There's a lot of interagency partnering going on." Promotores are community health workers in the Spanish-speaking community.
She points out, "We got this award because we have asked and continue to ask the people directly involved: 'What are the things you need to be trained effectively as a community health worker?' We had discussions with various managers and we did a survey, asking the workers themselves to identify needs, rank them in importance and their ability to address them. We got more than 100 responses in one survey and spoke to dozens of key managers in the qualitative part of our assessment."
Chipkin says many community outreach workers, both paid and volunteer, have little formal health care education, yet they are rich in experience helping individuals in high need/low resource communities. "One of our goals is to take them to the next level," he says. "We want to introduce what we call core competencies for public health, most likely through a combination of online and in-class training, to transform the impact of community health workers from the individual level to the population level."
Gerber explains, "The old model used to be that community health workers were trained in categories by disease and their knowledge wasn't transferrable. The new philosophy is, if we do this right, skills needed by a community health worker will be transferable from one case to another. The program is oriented to this new approach."
Al Bashevkin, director of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition in North Adams, says, "It would be really great if we could add health issues to our community outreach efforts, because let's face it, we do have some major health issues in our region." High rates of smoking, diabetes, heart disease and other "lifestyle" diseases make the need obvious, he adds.
The north Berkshire coalition already sponsors a 15-week, 30-hour program that has trained 42 outreach volunteers. Bashevkin thinks that given the right timing and support, perhaps a dozen of them might take the WMPHTC's 60-hour curriculum leading to state certification because it might lead to a future job and certainly would increase their impact on communities they care about. "People learn information they need from friends and neighbors," he explains. "They trust their neighbor who has the facts about things like fuel assistance, food and nutrition assistance and child care resources. If we could use this networking to get the word out about living a healthier lifestyle and how to get support for that, it would be a great benefit to our community."
The WMPHTC won a four-year, $2.5 million grant in 2011 to improve the public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competence of current and future public health workers in Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties.
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A Brief History of the '58 Les Paul Junior Doublecut
In 1954, to widen the solid-body electric market still further, Gibson issued the Gibson Les Paul "Junior." Although previously, the Melody Maker was marketed toward the novice guitarist, Gibson targeted to the beginner again with a Les Paul "Junior" design; however, over time, this Gibson design has proven well-suited for even professional use.
There were marked differences between the Les Paul and the Les Paul "Junior." For instance, although the "Junior's" body outline was clearly reminiscent of the original upmarket Les Paul guitar, the Junior issue was characterized by its flat-top "slab" mahogany body, finished in traditional Gibson Sunburst. The "Junior" was touted as an inexpensive option for Gibson electric guitar buyers: it had a single P-90 pickup, simple volume and tone controls, and the unbound rosewood fingerboard bore plain dot-shape position markers. However, as a concession to the aspirations of the beginning guitarist buyer, the "Junior" did feature the stud bridge/tailpiece similar to the second incarnation of the upscale Gold-Top.
Later, in 1955, Gibson launched the Les Paul "TV "model, which was essentially a "Junior" in what Gibson called a "natural" finish. This finish was actually more of a translucent mustard yellow through which the wood grain could be seen, and was not unlike the finish that competitor Fender called "butterscotch yellow." The idea behind this "TV Yellow" was that white guitars would glare too much on early black and white television broadcasts, whereas TV Yellow guitars would not cast a glare.
In 1958, Gibson made a radical design change to their "Junior" and "TV" models: with the design change came cosmetic changes to these guitars that would later take on enormous importance. To accommodate player requests for more access to the top frets than the previous designs allowed, Gibson revamped both these electric guitar models with a new double-cutaway body shape. In addition, the "Junior's" fresh look was enhanced with a new cherry red finish, while the re-shaped "TV" adopted a new, rather yellow-tinged finish for its new design...now reissued by Gibson Custom.
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Quite a few guitarists have been seen, over the years, playing the TV Yellow 1958 Les Paul Junior:
In the early 70's, Keith Richards was converted to the Les Paul Junior, which became one of his favorite guitars at the time. But when it came time to record (and re-record, and re-record, and re-record, as the song's slinky grooves proved difficult to capture) the Exile single "Tumbling Dice," Richards turned to a battered, TV yellow double-cutaway Junior that was forever after christened "Dice."
In the cramped, stiflingly humid basement studio of Villa Nellcotte, Richard's tax-exile estate in the South of France, Richards tuned his Junior to open-G, slapped a capo on the fourth fret and let the slippery doublestops of the song's intro spill out into rock 'n' roll history. Often heralded as the greatest rock record ever made, Exile is a sprawling masterpiece, and "Tumbling Dice" is one of its highlights. The song's chunky rhythm and stinging slide runs are classic examples of both Keith's musical swagger and the 1958 Les Paul Junior's nasty mix of growl and chime.
In the late 70's, punk guitarists re-discovered the 1958 Les Paul Junior, and it became a firm favorite amongst players such as Mick Jones (The Clash) and Johnny Thunders (The New York Dolls - left). Mick Jone's Les Paul Junior is now on display at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, USA (see pic below)
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3) While the method is powerful, the authors may want to add more caveats in their Discussion about the limitations. For instance, the subcellular compartment of the antigen distribution may affect its utility-a plasma membrane associated antigen is not going to be very useful for targeting a recombinase. Their in vivo results are mostly derived from a single, transgenically expressed GFP variant, etc.
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Recommendation: This is a nice, clever piece of work. All of the experiments are very carefully conducted and controlled. With some revisions (see below), and definitely a more even-handed Discussion of the limitations and true "killer apps" of the technique, rather than those that are more of a cute way to accomplish something that can be done already a different way (and sometimes more robustly), this paper should be very nice.
1) In the second paragraph of the Introduction: Nbs can indeed have "high" affinity and specificity, but by and large both of these are lower than for larger-format antibodies. This bears mentioning.
2) Results: "Strikingly, many variants showed fusion TagBFP aggregates within the cell when YFP is absent, but became soluble in the cytoplasm when YFP is present (data not shown)", I think the authors should show this data in a supplementary figure This sort of information is critical for people trying to develop similar reagents to get a feel for how "soft" the engineering problem is.
3) I think the Discussion should be toned down a bit. It's great that they mention all the possible applications for dNbs, but they should also mention downsides versus other approaches. Many of the demonstrated applications are "toy" proof of principle, with many other more straightforward ways to accomplish the same end. Targeting endogenous proteins in non-genetic organisms is very intriguing, though, with few other immediate options. But the Discussion should be more even-handed to say that even though the data are great and it clearly works, these are not really experiments that one would find oneself doing.
4) Figure 1—figure supplement 1 : Is that a significant difference in unmodified GBP1 +/- YFP? Does YFP compete for transcription/translation? Does this complicate the analysis throughout?
5) Figure 2G : There are some increases in fluorescence by addition of antigen to unmodified Nb. Almost every one. This bears commenting.
6) Figure 2G : The color plots shown for dNb don't look consistent with the bar plots. For instance, 3K7U looks tiny in color plot, ~7x on bar plot; 4EIZ looks big on color plot, ~4x on bar plot.
By 2060, India may be the world's largest economy. It will certainly be the world's most populous country. At that point, Australians will ask, "What did we do in the 2020s to build a relationship with this superpower?" They may also ask: "How did economic cooperation with India benefit both countries in the early 21st century?"
The Australian federal government's report, An India Economic Strategy to 2035 , was launched last week in Brisbane. Written by University of Queensland chancellor Peter Varghese, it is an excellent basis for reflecting on these questions and the wider issue of Australia-India cooperation.
The strategy identifies numerous sectors—health, education, and tourism, for example—that can help enhance economic cooperation, and in which Australia has some comparative advantage. It also specifies ten Indian states as targets for collaboration based on their economic heft, commitment to reform, and relevance to the sectors in which Australia has competitive advantages.
Importantly, the strategy is ambitious. It sets itself the goal by 2035 to lift India into Australia's top three export markets. It intends for India to become "the third largest destination in Asia for Australian outward investment," and for it to be brought "into the inner circle of Australia's strategic partnerships."
The strategy emphasises two areas that need attention in order to meet these objectives. First, Australia needs to leverage the strengths of the Indian diaspora, which now numbers about 455,000.
The rapid growth of the Indian diaspora population can be a spur to economic cooperation. The Indian population in places like Silicon Valley drive the IT and biotech booms in India and the US. Canada is highly adept in enrolling its Indian diaspora in projects of national and international development.
Second, Australia needs to build more knowledge of India and support organisations that work on the bilateral relationship. While Australia made a pivot towards China in the last quarter of the 20th century, businesses, governments, and the public developed comparatively little knowledge about India.
The emphasis on China led to a neglect of India in education, media, and the policy sphere. There is a need to rebuild public understanding of India and the institutions that can activate this understanding to achieve lasting impact. Culture and arts will be very important here, both as a sector and enabler—points implicit in the strategy.
For the last 10 years of his life, Stephen Hawking communicated only by tensing his cheek .
The famed physicist, known for his theories on black holes and for surviving ALS far longer than doctors' estimates, wore a device on his glasses that monitored whether his cheek was flexed or not, and used the signal as a mouse-click to control his computer. When he first adopted this method, which one of his graduate students introduced in 2008, it was painfully slow and prone to error. It relied on a program called Word+ in which sentences had to be typed letter-by-letter, according to Wired .
Artificial intelligence helped make the system faster. Frustrated with the speed at which he could communicate, Hawking reached out to Intel, which had in the past provided him with the computers he used to speak. The company sent a team to Hawking, and after years of testing new systems, worked out a solution with smartphone keyboard company SwiftKey, called ACAT (Assistive Contextually Aware Toolkit).
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Bilingual people begin to experience symptoms of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia about 4.5 years later than those who speak only one language – even when factors like education level and literacy are factored in, a new study found.
The study, published in the journal Neurology, examined the records of 648 people with three different types of dementia, including Alzheimer's, who attended a memory clinic in India between June 2006 and October 2012. Nearly half of the patients spoke more than one language since early childhood.
Experts say there have been similar findings in the past – so the most recent study, carried out by researchers from Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom and Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India, was not startling.
"I'm not totally surprised" about the new study, said Adrián García-Sierra, a Mexican-born research scientist at the University of Connecticut who has done work on bilingualism and brain functions, mentions. "The bilingual brain has to work a little harder to sort through all this ambiguity in sound and meaning."
Canadian psychologist Ellen Bialystok published similar findings in 2007, though the new study is more than three times its size. There have also been studies showing that regularly solving Sudoku or crossword puzzles can help delay the onset of dementia.
In his own research, García-Sierra found that people who speak more than one language since childhood, "can focus their attention better. In a setting with a lot of background noise like at a loud restaurant, most people's attention breaks down. But bilinguals are better able to pick up verbal cues – the big difference is that they can focus that attention longer."
Which is almost exactly what the Neurology study has found, García-Sierra points out – but in a scale that last years, not minutes.
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