I-35 Corridor Trade Study Newsletter, Spring 1999

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)and the Departments of Transportation in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota combined their efforts to conduct The I-35 Trade Corridor Study.

I-35 Corridor Trade Study Newsletter, Spring 1998

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)and the Departments of Transportation in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota combined their efforts to conduct The I-35 Trade Corridor Study.

Connections, Spring 2001

Newsletter for Iowa Department of Transportation, Office of Public Transit

Digital storytelling: un’applicazione didattica per ripensare ai media attraverso i media

El presente trabajo de investigación propone un proyecto de investigación centrado en los pre-adolescentes para estudiar, a través deautobiografías digitales (digital storytelling, DST) producidas por ellos, laspracticas cultural-medial y las representaciones que ellos han construido sobre los medios, en relación con los contextos de uso significativos, como el hogar, la escuela o su grupo de par. Los medios forman parte de las actividades cotidianas de los niños quien los emplean en prácticas de socialización, aprendizaje, juego y de construcción de la identidad y del conocimiento. Los digital storytelling,insertados en el contexto escolar, serán empleados como metodología didácticapara la adquisición de competencias tecnológicas y como instrumento de lainvestigación. Los DST, como practica cultural de los chicos, constituirán nuestrocampo para la observación de las modalidades de uso de los medios por parte delos jóvenes y sus capacidad de recombinar lenguajes y construir contenidos. LosDST proporcionaran, además, la posibilidad de acceder al universo simbólicoinfantil para comprender el significado que las tecnologías tienen en sus cotidianidad

Resident Spring Turkey Hunting Information, 2006

This six page document outlines the regulations for spring turkey hunting in Iowa.

Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting Information, 2006

This three page document outlines the regulations for spring turkey hunting in Iowa.

Iowa Aviation Bulletin, Spring 2006

Quarterly newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation that contains information of interest to aviation-related persons and organizations.

Reference intervals for common carotid intima-media thickness measured with echotracking: relation with risk factors.

AIMS: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCIMT) is widely used as a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, given its predictive association with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The interpretation of CCIMT values has been hampered by the absence of reference values, however. We therefore aimed to establish reference intervals of CCIMT, obtained using the probably most accurate method at present (i.e. echotracking), to help interpretation of these measures. METHODS AND RESULTS: We combined CCIMT data obtained by echotracking on 24 871 individuals (53% men; age range 15-101 years) from 24 research centres worldwide. Individuals without CVD, cardiovascular risk factors (CV-RFs), and BP-, lipid-, and/or glucose-lowering medication constituted a healthy sub-population (n = 4234) used to establish sex-specific equations for percentiles of CCIMT across age. With these equations, we generated CCIMT Z-scores in different reference sub-populations, thereby allowing for a standardized comparison between observed and predicted ('normal') values from individuals of the same age and sex. In the sub-population without CVD and treatment (n = 14 609), and in men and women, respectively, CCIMT Z-scores were independently associated with systolic blood pressure [standardized βs 0.19 (95% CI: 0.16-0.22) and 0.18 (0.15-0.21)], smoking [0.25 (0.19-0.31) and 0.11 (0.04-0.18)], diabetes [0.19 (0.05-0.33) and 0.19 (0.02-0.36)], total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio [0.07 (0.04-0.10) and 0.05 (0.02-0.09)], and body mass index [0.14 (0.12-0.17) and 0.07 (0.04-0.10)]. CONCLUSION: We estimated age- and sex-specific percentiles of CCIMT in a healthy population and assessed the association of CV-RFs with CCIMT Z-scores, which enables comparison of IMT values for (patient) groups with different cardiovascular risk profiles, helping interpretation of such measures obtained both in research and clinical settings.

SmartNews, Spring 2006

News from the Iowa Careers Consortium

News, I-74 Iowa-Illinois Corridor Study, Issue 5, Spring 2006

Newsletter updating the corridor study of the Mississippi Bridge project for the states of Iowa and Illinois.

Main Street Messenger, Spring 2006

News from the Iowa Downtown Resource Center and Main Street Iowa

Iowa EHDI News, Spring 2006

The purpose of the newsletter is to communicate with parents and professionals about newborn hearing screening in Iowa. We will share information about: Hearing screenings Intervention Resources available for parents and professionals “Best practices” by hospitals, AEAs (Area Education Agencies), or private practive audiology offices System goals Family stories Highlights from the EHDI Advisory Committee Updates on Iowa’s EHDI program It is important to point out that we are a diverse team of individuals working together to ensure that all newborns and toddlers with hearing loss are identified as early as possible and provided with timely and appropriate audiological, educational and medical intervention. Each newsletter will introduce you to various team members of the EHDI system in Iowa.

Premissas historicas do surgimento e desenvolvimento dos mass-media nos paises lusofonos

A nossa investigacao esta dedicada a paises que falam essencialmente a lingua portuguesa, nao sera de admirar que a maioria dos livros por nos usados sejam de autores e ediccao portuguesa. No decorrer deste trabalho recorremos a livros e trabalhos academicos de autores como: Carvalho, Arons de: A Censura À Imprensa Na Época Marcelista; Minerva,Coimbra, 1999; Evora, Silvino Lopes: As fontes jornalísticas na televisão caboverdiana, ediccoes FCC, Universidade do Minho,2004; Fontcuberta: Mar de, A Notícia – Pistas para compreender o mundo; Editorial Notícias “Tradução de Fernando Cascais”,Lisboa, 1999; Mata, Maria José: A Autocrítica no Jornalismo – O ombudsman na imprensa nacional e estrangeira; Minerva Editora,Coimbra, 2002; Pigeat, Henri: Médias et Déontologie – Règles du jeu ou jeu sans règles; Presses Universitaires Francaises, Paris, 1997; Sodré, Nelson Werneck. História da imprensa no Brasil. 2ª ed., Rio de Janeiro: Graal, 1977; Sousa, Jorge Pedro: As Notícias e os seus Efeitos; Minerva Editora,Coimbra, 2000; Veiga Manuel: Cabo Verde insularidade e Literatura, editions Karthala, Paris, 1998; Bem como, um conjunto de leis e projectos de lei ligados a comunicacao social, e algumas entrevistas. Estrutura do trabalho: Esta tese e constituida de: introducao, tres capitulos, conclusao, bibliografia e alguns anexos num total de . Na introducao explica-se a escolha do tema, a sua actualidade, o objecto de investigacao e claro a sua inovacao. No primeiro capitulo estudamos o context do aparecimento dos media nos paises lusofonos nos exemplos de Cabo Verde, Brasil, e Portugal. No Segundo cappitulo, analizamos as leis, os processos de controlo e financiamento dos mass-media e a regulacao dos conteudos dos programas de radio e televisao. No terceiro capitulo, a situacao actual dos meios de comunicacao social e do Jornalismo na CPLP, nele esta tambem exposta a parte practica do trabalho ou seja a analize da relacao do publico com os media e o nivel de confianca do publico na informacao por eles veiculada.

Stoneley wave modeling in heterogeneous porous media with viscous pore fluids

We implemented Biot-type porous wave equations in a pseudo-spectral numerical modeling algorithm for the simulation of Stoneley waves in porous media. Fourier and Chebyshev methods are used to compute the spatial derivatives along the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively. To prevent from overly short time steps due to the small grid spacing at the top and bottom of the model as a consequence of the Chebyshev operator, the mesh is stretched in the vertical direction. As a large benefit, the Chebyshev operator allows for an explicit treatment of interfaces. Boundary conditions can be implemented with a characteristics approach. The characteristic variables are evaluated at zero viscosity. We use this approach to model seismic wave propagation at the interface between a fluid and a porous medium. Each medium is represented by a different mesh and the two meshes are connected through the above described characteristics domain-decomposition method. We show an experiment for sealed pore boundary conditions, where we first compare the numerical solution to an analytical solution. We then show the influence of heterogeneity and viscosity of the pore fluid on the propagation of the Stoneley wave and surface waves in general.