The U.S. Navy has been trying for many years to automate its personnel assignment process. Periodic assignment of personnel to new jobs is mandatory according to Navy policy. Though various software systems are used regularly, the process is still mainly done manually and sequentially by Navy personnel, called detailers. This paper is a case study in applying cognitive theories implemented via ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of micrognathic development in mouse fetus induced by Sulfadimethoxine (SDM). SDM of 3,000 mg/kg was administered orally to pregnant ICR mice on days 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of gestation. The fetuses were removed on day 15 to analyze the incidence of micrognathia. The incidence of micrognathia was the highest in the treated group on day ...

COMPARISON OF DESCBMET’S MEMBRANE DAMAGE FOLLOWING PHACOEMULSIFICATION USING CORNEAL VALVE INCISIONS WITH 2 MM CORNEAL OR SCLEROCORNEAL TUNNELS. TOULEMONT PJ’ , SERDAREVIC ON2, GROSS1 D3. ‘Dep. of Ophthalmol., Rennes I University (Fr.). 2Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York (USA) 3 Dep. of Ophthalmol., Rosario (Argentina) Puroose; We CO”lgJWC. Descemet’s membrane damage following ph...

Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are very expensive ships to build, own, and operate. The procurement cost for CVN 77 will be more than $5 billion. Each Nimitz-class carrier has an average annual operations and maintenance cost of approximately $240 million, slightly less than half of which is for shipyard availabilities. A little less than a third of the annual cost is for the pay and allowances...

PURPOSE To determine the immediate endothelial cell loss (ECL) resulting from insertion of a precut donor button using the Neusidl Corneal Inserter (NCI) and compare it with the previously published ECL resulting from insertion of a folded donor button using non-coapting forceps. METHODS Ten corneas were precut for Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and trephinated to a dia...

Paired human donor corneas (age, 73 +/- 12 yr), preserved in organ culture medium, were used to evaluate the effect of human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) on endothelial wound closure rate (WCR), on morphometric parameters (cell size, shape, and density), and on cell division in the wound area. The endothelium of the corneas was mechanically wounded (area, 4.9 +/- 0.9 mm2). For each pair, one ...