Benefits and challenges of using unmanned aerial systems in the monitoring of electrical distribution systems

This paper presents a study coming from an academic and industry partnership with the goals of exploring potential uses for UAS in distribution system operation and maintenance, establishing baseline costs and capabilities via equipment field tests, and simulating the cost benefits of increased maintenance. Existing UAS technology is shown to be capable of providing situational awareness for disaster response as well as increasing the number of maintenance inspections and speeding them up.     

Semantic and phonological activation in noun and pronoun production.

Speakers can refer to objects and other entities by nouns or pronouns. The present article investigated the production of gender-marked pronouns in German. Four picture-word interference experiments are reported, addressing 2 questions. First, is the lemma of a referent noun (i.e., the representation of the referent noun's semantic and syntactic properties) accessed when producing a pronoun? Second, if so, is this access confined to the lemma, or will the referent noun's phonological form be activated, too? The results suggest that in generating pronouns, speakers accessed the lemma of the referent noun, whereas its phonological form was not substantially activated. The results are discussed in the context of other recent experimental studies of pronoun and noun production. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Zur Kenntnis der antimikrobiellen Wirkung von Biphenyl und Derivaten des Biphenys

Zusammenfassung Es wind der Partialdampfdruck von Biphenyl bei verschiedenen Temperaturen im Bereich zwischen 0° C and 40° C berechnet.Die Verflüchtigung des Biphenyl in einem Gasraum bis zu 21 geschieht bei 30° C in 5–8 min. Biphenyl läßt sich mit Hilfe von Tween 80 and Aceton in bestimmten Grenzen mit Wasser mischen.Für mikrobiologische Zwecke wird die Biphenylbestimmungsmethode nachSouci undMaier-Haarländer vereinfacht.Das Biphenylderivat Na-o-Phenylphenolat (SOPP) zeigt bei alkalischem pH-Wert eine deutliche Zunahme der antimikrobiellen Wirkung.[/p]Fran Dr.R. Donner-Maack (Mannheim) danken wir für die Hilfe bei der Berechnung der Dampfdruckwerte, Herrn Dr.W. Riedel für die Hilfe bei der Literaturdurchsicht.     

Zur Kenntnis der antimikrobiellen Wirkung von Biphenyl und Derivaten des Biphenyls

Summary Experiments with sodium-o-phenyl-phenolate (SOPP) and biphenyl inhibited cells ofE. coli showed strong inhibition of glutamic dehydrogenase and weak inhibition of glutamic-oxalic Glutamat-pyruvat-transaminaseng, resp. durch die Alanin-keto-transaminase katalysiert werden. Allerdings wurde die Empfindlichkeit des letztgenannten Enzyms gegen beide Substanzen nicht untersucht.

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Die Untersuchungen wurden im Rahmen eines Grant des US. Department of Agriculture Nr.: FG-Ge-102 durchgeführt. FräuleinChr.Waibel danken wir für die sorgfältige technische Hilfe.     

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der antimikrobiellen Wirkung der schwefligen S?ureIII. Mitteilung Aufhebung der antimikrobiellen Wirkung durch Bildung von Sulfonaten

Zusammenfassung Es wurde versucht, den Einfluß von Carbonylen auf die antimikrobielle Wirkung der schwefligen Säuren zu charakterisieren. Die Arbeiten wurden mitSaccharomyces cerevisiae durchgeführt.Durch die Bildung eines rel. beständigen Sulfonats hebt Acetaldehyd die antimikrobielle Wirkung der schwefligen Säure - wenn der Aldehyd bis zu äquimolaren Konzentrationen vorliegt - in bestimmten Bereichen vollständig auf. Auch Benzaldehyd mit einer rel. starken Eigenhemmung vermindert die Giftwirkung von schwefliger Säure bedeutend, da das Sulfonat ebenfalls ziemlich beständig ist. Ist dieses Sulfonat unbeständig, so wird die antimikrobielle Wirkung der schwefligen Säure wesentlich weniger vermindert, wie z. B. mit Salicylaldehyd, Vanillin, Glucose, Fructose und Arabinose. Die drei Ketone, Aceton, Na-Pyruvat und -Ketoglutarsäure vermindern die Wirkung der schwefligen Säure rel. stark, obwohl die Konzentrationen der Abbindung stark differieren.Es ergaben sich bei den Untersuchungen deutliche Hinweise auf eine eigene antimikrobielle Wirkung der gebildeten Sulfonate.Die Arbeit wurde mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft durchgeführt, der wir hierfür unseren Dank sagen. Frau E.Niebäumer danken wir für die sehr sorgfältige technische Unterstützung.     

The lateral calcaneal artery

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether application of topical aqueous lidocaine to a laceration attenuates the pain from the subsequent lidocaine injection in children. DESIGN: Prospective, double-blind study. SETTING: A large, urban, tertiary care children's hospital emergency department. PATIENTS: A convenience sample of 100 children, five to 16 years of age, presenting with simple lacerations over a six-month period. INTERVENTIONS: An unlabelled 3-ml solution of either 1% lidocaine or placebo (saline) was used to soak a Telfa pad (Kendall, Mansfield, MA) and then placed onto the laceration for 10 minutes. The wound was then injected with 1% lidocaine, irrigated, and sutured per standard emergency department protocol. Independent pain response was elicited from the patient and parent four times: before any intervention, after the soak, after the injection, and at the end of the procedure. Blood pressure and heart rates were recorded at the same intervals. RESULTS: Four patients were excluded. Of the 96 remaining patients, 46 received the placebo and 50 received lidocaine. Age, sex, race, and laceration length and location were similar between groups. Physiologic parameters did not differ between groups. For all four pain ratings, the independent variables of age, sex, race, and laceration length or location did not differ between groups. Topical lidocaine was ineffective in relieving pain from the injection. When groups were combined, a significant negative correlation was noted for age versus injection pain (P = .035), with older children reporting less pain from injection than younger children. CONCLUSION: For children, soaking a simple laceration with 1% lidocaine does not decrease pain from the subsequent lidocaine injection.     

Selective responding by autistic children to multiple sensory input.

Reinforced 6 autistic, 5 retarded, and 5 normal children for responding to a complex stimulus involving the simultaneous presentation of auditory, visual, and tactile cues. After discrimination was established, elements of the complex were presented separately to assess which aspects of the complex stimulus had acquired control over the S's behavior. It was found that (a) the autistics responded primarily to only 1 of the cues, normals to all 3 cues, and retardates to 2 cues; and (b) conditions could be arranged such that a cue which had remained nonfunctional when presented in association with other cues could be established as functional when trained separately. Data fail to support theories that any 1 sense modality is impaired in autistic children. When presented with a stimulus complex, autistic Ss' attention was overselective. Findings are related to the literature on selective attention. Since much learning involves contiguous or near-contiguous pairing of 2 or more stimuli, failure to respond to 1 of the stimuli may be an important factor in the development of autism. (27 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Migraine in pregnancy: what are the safest treatment options?

In today's business environment people can no longer afford to be 'out of touch' when they are away from the office, with the result, the car has become a mobile office for many workers. The aims of this study were * to review current technology in the mobile office, * to determine problems of office working in the car, * to offer design solutions. Case studies gained an insight into working practices and problems in the car. Diaries quantified the types and amounts of work done in the car and an interview survey measured the extent of mobile office technology implemented into cars, problems relating to working in the car and some potential solutions. People do experience problems trying to do office work in their car. These problems include lack of space, lack of storage, nowhere flat to rest work on, inadequate temperature control in the car and poor communication facilities.     

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