FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J AU Sabin, R AF Sabin, Roger TI The indie school (Peter Bagge) SO SIGHT AND SOUND SN 0037-4806 PD AUG PY 2008 VL 18 IS 8 BP 27 EP 27 UT ISI:000258563000016 ER PT J AU Newman, EJ Grosset, KA Grosset, DG AF Newman, Edward J. Grosset, Katherine A. Grosset, Donald G. TI Geographical Difference in Parkinson's Disease Prevalence Within West Scotland SO MOVEMENT DISORDERS LA English DT Article DE Parkinson's disease; prevalence; epidemiology; prescription database ID MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE AB The wide range in reported prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the United Kingdom (between 108 and 164 per 100,000) is usually attributed to differences in study methodology. We report prevalence of PD in four geographic areas within West Scotland, which was calculated using the same methodology, from prescription database searches within primary care, combined with full case record review. Crude prevalence was 119.2 per 100,000 (95% CI 109.7-128.6) and age-adjusted prevalence was 129.5 (95% CI 119.6-13.4) in 92 General Practices covering a Population of 511,927. Prevalence was significantly lower in South Glasgow (men 98.3, CI 78.7-117.9; women 83.9, CI 65.6-102.2) than South Lanarkshire (men 202.7, CI 175.0-230.4; women 151.1, CI 127.7-174.5), age-adjusted rates, both P < 0.001. Factors associated with higher prevalence of PD, such as lower cigarette smoking rates, higher education level, and rural living, were higher in South Lanarkshire than South Glasgow, but the magnitude of the difference was greater than expected considering studies describing relative risk for these factors. Access to services, and specialist clinic attendance were both higher for South Glasgow, which may influence diagnostic accuracy, time to diagnosis, and time to initiating antiparkinson therapy. Exploration of these factors is justified to explain further Such wide variation in PD prevalence. (C) 2008 Movement Disorder Society C1 [Newman, Edward J.; Grosset, Katherine A.; Grosset, Donald G.] Univ Glasgow, So Gen Hosp, Inst Neurol Sci, Dept Neurol, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. RP Newman, EJ, Univ Glasgow, So Gen Hosp, Inst Neurol Sci, Dept Neurol, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. 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Disord. PD FEB 15 PY 2009 VL 24 IS 3 BP 401 EP 406 DI 10.1002/mds.22359 PG 6 SC Clinical Neurology GA 412TN UT ISI:000263747200012 ER PT J AU Tao, SY Ho, KW Chung, CW Liu, BJ Liu, CC AF Tao, Shu-Yuan Ho, Kuang-Wen Chung, Chen-Wei Liu, Baw-Jhiune Liu, Chen-Chung GP IEEE Computer Soc TI Designing a groupware with handheld devices for learning mathematics SO FIFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS, MOBILE AND UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION, PROCEEDINGS LA English DT Proceedings Paper CT 5th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education CY MAR 23-26, 2008 CL Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA SP IEEE TCLT HO Beijing Normal Univ AB This study proposed a groupware and a flow of learning activity to guide students in learning arithmetic word problem with handheld devices. Appropriating the concept of semi-situated learning which was aided by the 4-frame comic embedded into the PDA, this study expected the comic to play as a catalyst to trigger students in articulating some theme associated with the content of the 4-frame comic. The scenario and features of this groupware are presented in the paper and a preliminary study at an elementary school is also described and discussed. 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Several million gallons of fuel oil were released into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a huge oil spill. To assess the extent of the spill, two types of satellite images were used. First, the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS)-Terra images were obtained in near real-time immediately following the event and second advanced space-borne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) images were taken about 1 month later. Results showed an oil plume with areal extent of approximately 3,100 km2 shortly after the event, reaching the northern coast of Lebanon. However, after 2 months, satellite monitoring showed the geographic distribution of oil was reduced to 185 km2. The bio-environmental impact of this oil spill, due to its size and hydraulic dynamics, makes a major disaster. C1 [Shaban, Amin; Hamze, Mouin] Natl Council Sci Res, Beirut, Lebanon. [El-Baz, Farouk; Ghoneim, Eman] Boston Univ, Ctr Remote Sensing, Boston, MA 02215 USA. 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Forensics PD Dec PY 2009 VL 10 IS 1 BP 51 EP 59 DI 10.1080/15275920802659735 PG 9 SC Environmental Sciences GA 412DP UT ISI:000263704000006 ER PT J AU Blondel, A GP CERN, CERN TI The readout system of the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeters SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONICS FOR LHC EXPERIMENTS SE C E R N REPORTS LA English DT Proceedings Paper CT 8th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments CY SEP 09-13, 2002 CL COLMAR, FRANCE SP Inst Rech Subatom Strasbourg AB The ReadOut Driver (ROD) system is a key element of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeters readout system. It processes a predetermined number of samples of the bipolar output waveform from the calorimeter front-end electronics and precisely determines the energy deposited in each calorimeter cell and the timing of these signals at the Level one trigger output rate of 100 kHz. It applies an optimal filtering algorithm while minimizing the pileup and electronic noise and using coefficient constants determined from the calibration. Around 190000 channel outputs are processed through the Liquid Argon ROD system. Only their energy, timing and a quality flag are sent to the data acquisition. The impossibility to recover the original data imposes severe reliability requirements to the ROD system. The system consists of around 200 ROD modules, 200 transition modules and 16 custom-made backplanes. A ROD module receives data from 1024 calorimeter cells through eight 1.6 Gbit/s optical fibers and consists of one mother board with four daughter boards (called processing units) which contain two Digital Signal Processors (DSP) each. This modular design offers the possibility to use the latest development on DSP technology in the future. Two different DSPs have been tested and the results compared. 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