In 1914, Margaret Sanger published ?Family Limitations,? a pamphlet describing six different types of contraceptive methods. At the time Sanger published the pamphlet, the federal Comstock Act of 1873 [4] had made distributing contraceptive and abortion [5] information through the US postal service illegal. The Comstock Act classified contraceptive information as obscene and limited the amount ...

* A c t u a r i a l C o n s u l t a n t , S o c i a l S e c u r i t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . Provision of survivor benefits under Federal old-age and survivors insurance in 1939 and under the Railroad Retirement Act in 1946 greatly strengthened and extended the protection given to wage earners and their families. The recent amendments to the Civil Service Retirement Act which, among othe...

Monitoring activated clotting time (ACT) during extracorporeal procedures is virtually universal. The ACT test is usually performed immediately following blood collection. However, certain situations may occur that delay rapid measurement. It is unknown how an aged blood sample affects the ACT measurement. It is hypothesized that the ACT will be affected as a blood sample ages. Multiple blood s...

The actVI genetic region of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is part of the biosynthetic gene cluster of actinorhodin (ACT), the act cluster, consisting of six ORFs: ORFB, ORFA, ORF1, ORF2, ORF3, ORF4. A newly devised method of ACT detection with a combination of HPLC and LC/MS was applied to the analysis of the disruptants of each ORF. ACT was produced by those of ORFB, ORFA, ORF3, and ORF4. Inst...

we construct a family of two parameter quantum grou-ps‎ ‎$u_{r,s}(mathfrak{g})$ associated with a generalized kac-moody‎ ‎algebra corresponding to symmetrizable admissible borcherds cartan‎ ‎matrix‎. ‎we also construct the $textbf{a}$-form $u_{textbf{a}}$ and‎ ‎the classical limit of $u_{r,s}(mathfrak{g})$‎. ‎furthermore‎, ‎we‎ ‎display the equitable presentation for a subalgebra‎ ‎$u_{r,s}^{b-...

We have developed a novel oxidant-free direct cross-coupling reaction of 2,6-lutidine and internal alkynes leading to five-membered carbocyclic compounds mediated by nonmetallocene cationic hafnium alkyl complexes. Mechanistic studies of the coupling reaction showed that the reaction begins with C(sp(3))-H bond activation via σ-bond metathesis, after which the coordinatively unsaturated hafnium...

Anderson and Lebiere’s (1998) modeling system ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought – Rational) has been a leading contributor to advances in cognitive science. Despite the modeling system’s success there are areas in which it may be improved. The present research advocates a suggested approach to improving ACT-R’s predictive capacity by using EEG (electroencephalography) latency data to predict t...

T his paper pos i ti ons humanoi d r es e ar ch as an appr oach t o under s t anding and r eal i z i ng com ple x r eal w or l d interactions between a robot, an environment, and a human. As a f i rs t s t ep t owar ds ex t r act i ng a com mon pr i nci pl e over t he t hr ee t er m i nt er act i ons , a conc ept of act i on or i ent ed cont r ol has bee n i nve s ti gat ed w it h a s i mul ati...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare the dose response of dalteparin versus unfractionated heparin (UFH) on the activated clotting time (ACT), and to determine whether the ACT can be used to monitor intravenous (IV) dalteparin during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND The use of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) during PCI has been limited by the presumed inabilit...