Nightmare help: Treatment of trauma survivors with PTSD.

Describes strategies, techniques, and implementation of nightmare therapy for psychotherapy clients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Case examples of combat veteran trauma survivors are included. Approaches discussed include dream group, storyline alteration, story title conversion, sandplay, and face and conquer techniques. Based on a posttreatment survey administered to 25 clients, 65% of Ss reported the elimination of nightmares while the remaining 35% reported diminished distress. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Manufacturing Bespoke Architecture

At the disposal of today??s architect is an evolving array of interoperable tools and processes that allow the fabrication of design propositions to be increasingly complex, non?Cstandard and adaptive. How are we equipped to deal with such a growing breadth of new potential, and how are the philosophies that underpin this potential being defined? This paper attempts to address what is something of a contemporary dilemma in architecture, as the constraints of industrial standardisation are relaxed. Have the roles of designers and makers changed in a way that we??ve not experienced before, and is a new approach to making architecture emerging?     

Plasma Metabolomics Analysis of Polyvinyl Chloride Workers Identifies Altered Processes and Candidate Biomarkers for Hepatic Hemangiosarcoma and Its Development

Background: High-level occupational vinyl chloride (VC) exposures have been associated with hepatic hemangiosarcoma, which typically develops following a long latency period. Although VC is genotoxic, a more comprehensive mode of action has not been determined and diagnostic biomarkers have not been established. The purpose of this study is to address these knowledge gaps through plasma metabolomics. Methods: Plasma samples from polyvinyl chloride polymerization workers who developed hemangiosarcoma (cases, n = 15) and VC exposure-matched controls (n = 17) underwent metabolomic analysis. Random forest and bioinformatic analyses were performed. Results: Cases and controls had similar demographics and routine liver biochemistries. Mass spectroscopy identified 606 known metabolites. Random forest analysis had an 82% predictive accuracy for group classification. 60 metabolites were significantly increased and 44 were decreased vs. controls. Taurocholate, bradykinin and fibrin degradation product 2 were up-regulated by greater than 80-fold. The naturally occurring anti-angiogenic phenol, 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, was down-regulated 5-fold. Top affected ontologies involved: (i) metabolism of bile acids, taurine, cholesterol, fatty acids and amino acids; (ii) inflammation and oxidative stress; and (iii) nicotinic cholinergic signaling. Conclusions: The plasma metabolome was differentially regulated in polyvinyl chloride workers who developed hepatic hemangiosarcoma. Ontologies potentially involved in hemangiosarcoma pathogenesis and candidate biomarkers were identified.     

胶管胶带用硫化剂和防老剂

越来越高的汽车发动机温度对在汽车中使用的胶管和胶带用聚合物提出了更严格的要求。本综述了胶管和胶带中使用的聚合物，并针对提高耐热、耐屈挠疲劳和耐臭氧老化性能讨论了每一种聚合物用的硫化体系和防老剂搭配。     

Practical Design Model for Calculating Bubble Diffuser Contactor Ozone Transfer Efficiency

Ozone transfer to water or wastewater is necessary before desirable, effective ozone reactions occur. Several factors affect ozone transfer efficiency, including water quality characteristics, contactor configuration, and applied ozone characteristics. The design model presented in this paper addresses all factors affecting ozone transfer. The model was used to compare measured transfer efficiency with predicted transfer efficiency at four full-scale wastewater ozone disinfection facilities. A relatively good prediction was obtained at each plant.

The paper presents an example calculation of ozone transfer efficiency. Also, the effect of changes to some of the factors affecting transfer efficiency is presented, such as changes in diffuser depth, plant elevation, ozone concentration, water quality (i.e., ozone demand), pH, detention time, temperature, and acombination of factors. The design model may be used to evaluate the effect of changes in plant design on transfer efficiency, but cannot provide an absolute value for transfer efficiency until difficult-to-measure parameters, such as bubble diameter, are known.     

Microstructure and creep behavior in AE42 magnesium die-casting alloy

The micro structural analysis of die-cast AE42 reveals a correlation between micro structure and creep strength. A lamellar-phase Al₁₁RE₃, which dominates the interdendritic microstructure of the alloy, partly decomposes above 150‡C into Al₂RE and Al (forming Mg₁₇Al₁₂). The increased solubility of aluminum in magnesium at higher temperatures may also promote the decomposition of Al₁₁RE₃. The creep strength decreases sharply with these phase changes. A mechanism for the decrease in creep strength of AE42 is proposed whereby the reduced presence of lamellar Al1₁₁RE₃ and/or the presence of Mg₁₇Al₁₂ contribute to the observed poor creep strength at higher temperatures.     

Categories of quantum and classical channels

We introduce a construction that turns a category of pure state spaces and operators into a category of observable algebras and superoperators. For example, it turns the category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces into the category of finite-dimensional C*-algebras and completely positive maps. In particular, the new category contains both quantum and classical channels, providing elegant abstract notions of preparation and measurement. We also consider nonstandard models that can be used to investigate which notions from algebraic quantum information theory are operationally justifiable.     

Introduction: In-Use,In-Situ: Extending Field Research Methods—Part 2

This study used protocol analyses and user drawings of their models of the system to investigate the “getting lost” problem in hypertext navigation. The “getting lost” problem is viewed as occurring when routine expectations of naive users, concerning appropriate linear sequences, are violated. Several ways in which users persistently attempt to work within a linear model, despite its inapplicability, are examined. The transition to more hierarchical user models is described.     

Implementation of a transient adaptive sub-cell module for the parallel-DSMC code using unstructured grids

A method of transient adaptive sub-cells (TAS) suitable for unstructured grids that is modified from the existing one for the structured grids of DSMC is introduced. The TAS algorithm is implemented within the framework of a parallelized DSMC code (PDSC). Benchmarking tests are conducted for steady driven cavity flow, steady hypersonic flow over a two-dimensional cylinder, steady hypersonic flow over a cylinder/flare and the unsteady vortex shedding behind a two-dimensional cylinder. The use of TAS enables a reduction in the computational expense of the simulation since larger sampling cells and less simulation particles can be employed. Furthermore, the collision quality of the simulation is maintained or improved and the preservation of property gradients and vorticity at the scale of the sub-cells enables correct unsteady vortex shedding frequencies to be predicted. The use of TAS in a parallel-DSMC code allows simulations of unsteady processes at a level to be carried out efficiently, accurately and with acceptable computational time.