all COX-2 inhibitors, such Vioxx and PfizerInc.'s Celebrex and Bextra, appear to increase cardiovascular problems in some patients.The company's statement speaks to the central question at the meeting: whether there is adangerous "class effect" for all COX-2 drugs, and, if so, what the agency should do.Sales of the drugs, hailed in the late 1990s as a breakthrough in treating arthritis pain andaggressively advertised to patients, could be restricted or stopped as a result of the meeting.… (the rest of the article is attached)Source: Kaufman, Marc, (February 17, 2005). Merck cites ‘class effect’. The News and Observer, A3.Your company, Altanova, produces 1 or 2 prescription drugs in the COX-2 class. These drugsare not your biggest sellers, but
Page 11.1153.23factor(s) that would affect the response variables. The impact of the implementation of the DSS,modified facility layouts and ergonomic considerations were studied through these experimentsand the sensitivity analysis. It was found that the throughput would increase by 20% and theturnaround time would decrease by more than 20% with the suggested modifications. Further,with the implementation of one or more additional recommendations, the throughput wouldincrease by at least 15% over the existing system. Moreover, the application turnaround timeswould also decrease by at least 20%. The details and results of the simulation study and designfor experiments are discussed in detail in Ramakrishnan et al. 8.6.0
field, but never gave me the impression when I was younger that it was difficult or that she should have made another choice. Secondly, since I grew up in the 80's, women like Margaret Thatcher contributed to my general impression that a woman could legitimately pursue whatever sort of career she wanted. These influences, and probably a healthy dose of ignorance on my part, combined in such a way that it never occurred to me that gender might ever be an issue in my chosen profession, no matter how traditionally "male" that profession was.In terms of why respondents chose to pursue a Ph.D., 58% reported that they were interested inthe jobs one could get with a Ph.D., especially in teaching and research. Twenty
tracingbackwards starting from the last point in the matching matrix (X, Y). An optimal alignment pathis computed for each reference word template, and the one with the lowest cumulative score isconsidered to be the best match for the unknown speech sample. (X, Y) H C E i-1, j E i-1 P j-1 i, j-1 S S s P E E h HFigure 2-1 Simplified example of DTW matching
of Science in Computer Networks and Systems (CNS) will serve as the case studyin this paper. Although its concept can be traced to 1991, next fall will mark only the tenth yearof its actual existence at Ferris State University1.A fertile environment…Throughout the 1990’s domestic technology and manufacturing flourished. The explosion oftechnology and the ability to practically realize the most sophisticated applications in affordableproducts created excitement and expectations not only for engineers but also marketers,executives, stock holders and especially consumers. Embedded applications were beingdeveloped by both large and small companies for every industrial, commercial, consumer,medical, and military application. Personal Computer
origin again, from a new light. Or, inElliot,’s words 15: “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time If the premise is correct that many of the “Tech Lit” instructors are bothrepresenting their disciplines to students, and seeking self in the engineering cosmos, thentwo things naturally follow: 1. Their diversity of disciplines works against development of a consensus Page 11.1227.12 version of Technological Literacy, although one could imagine a collection of versions as constituting an encyclopedia of
meeting with the twoexperts who collaborated in this work. Over several weeks, under the guidance of their advisors,students began researching relevant material and created several drafts that were reviewed byfaculty advisors who provided feedback. The team executed the project by completing andsubmitting the draft of this research paper as the final stage in PjBL.2.1 Focus Group Activity To ensure the team was on task and felt comfortable with the performance in the co-creation process, Dr. S, one of the faculty researchers held two focus groups in the Fall semesterfor participants to share their experiences. Dr. S has her Ph.D. in Anthropology and has beenteaching in Sociology and Anthropology for over twenty years. With her moderating
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difficult to get along with, very shy, or skilled at forging relationshipswith others. While interpersonal obstacles are not always related to discrete work tasks, anengineer’s social skills can influence how tasks are carried out.An engineer who is particularly well connected socially can have an easier time gatheringinformation to complete a work task, particularly if s/he needs to gather backchannel informationor rely on colleagues’ candor. In one example, Hannah, a member of the Quality Team at a steelmill, needed to find out why a slab of steel was being transported back and forth between twostorage locations, especially since she had submitted written documentation weeks before tohave it taken to the scrapyard. One constraint in her situation
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their satisfaction with course outcomes and the UGTF(s) they worked with. For the studentsin courses with UGTF resources, the survey questions focused on their interactions withUGTFs (how often and what type), if they felt there were enough UGTFs in the classroom,and if they perceived their learning to be better supported in courses with UGTFs. Finally, thesurvey questions for UGTFs focused on their interactions with students and faculty, thepreparation and communication with the instructional team, the impact of the experience ontheir own understanding and confidence in the course material, on their connection toother students and faculty in their department, and on the development of professional skills. Inaddition, on all surveys, open-ended
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Many small low-resolution graphic display modules are available for embedded systemprototyping. A 2.4-inch 320-by-240 TFT module is shown in Figure 6. The module is abreakout board that contains a TFT display and an ILI9341 chip. The ILI9341 device is a TFTdriver with an integrated graphic RAM and an interface circuit 9. The ILI9341 device supportsthe 16-bit color (5-bit red, 6-bit green, and 5-bit blue). The graphic RAM constitutes the framebuffer. The external host writes the pixel data to the RAM and the LCD control circuit fetchesthe data and sets the pixel colors. ILI9341’s interface supports both serial and parallel transfers.The former is done by SPI lines and the latter is achieved by 8080-like memory access. To saveI/O pins, the
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applicants to M-C,twenty-two were accepted to the M-C 2019 Cohort. During a blind review of applicants, one ofthe KS HSIs placed at the top of the M-C applicant ranking and the other placed mid-range.Moving forward, KS plans to set the expectation for transitioning to M-C for ATE proposaldevelopment at the beginning of new Cohorts. KS will also more proactively recommend thateligible candidates attend the M-C orientation webinar and have M-C leaders speak at KS CohortMeeting(s) to describe the opportunity.In 2018, a pilot was conducted with one KS college participating in the M-C 2018 Cohort. Thepilot helped to improve the coordination of timelines between the two programs in thecollaborative and as a result the applications for the M-C 2019 Cohort
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Paper ID #25531Longitudinal Integration of the Same Design Project in Multiple StructuralEngineering CoursesDr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. He returned to school to obtain his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech followed by research work at the Turner- Fairbank Highway Research Center on concrete bridges. He is currently an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He