Noon-Glow

2097 – 2103 Friday Noon 83

naming and translation. Comprehension processes benefited from prior production in the same language, and production processes benefited from prior comprehension. However, these response time reductions were smaller than with identical process repetition, suggesting some degree of process directionality. Error rate reductions followed a different pattern, with comprehension at encoding elicitin...

Glow Clustering

We introduce Glow Clustering, a clustering technique inspired by the physics of light and the images of spiral galaxies. We discuss the genesis, design, and implementation of Glow Clustering. We evaluate Glow Clustering on test datasets and a well-known standard dataset. Finally, we attempt to describe the characteristics of Glow Clustering, giving some insight into the context of use where Glo...

Discharge before noon: an urban legend.

Discharge before noon: an achievable hospital goal.

BACKGROUND Late afternoon hospital discharges are thought to contribute to admission bottlenecks, overcrowding, and increased length of stay (LOS). In January 2012, the discharge before noon (DBN) percentage on 2 medical units was 7%, below the organizational goal of 30%. OBJECTIVE To sustainably achieve a DBN rate of 30% and to evaluate the effect of this intervention on observed-to-expected...

Sonoluminescence: When bubbles glow

In single-bubble sonoluminescence, an ultrasound-driven microbubble undergoes violent oscillations and converts part of the energy of the sound field into visible light. Since its discovery ten years ago, a consistent theory of the dynamics and stability of the bubble has been developed. The approach includes the dissociation of molecular gases inside the collapsing bubble to explain striking d...