Study of Iowa’s Current Road Use Tax Funds (RUTF) and Future Road Maintenance and Construction Needs, 2006

The 81st General Assembly of the Iowa legislature, in Section 85 of House File 868, required the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to conduct a study of current Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF) revenues, and projected roadway construction and maintenance needs.

Les maladies infectieuses ont encore un bel avenir [Infectious diseases have again a good future!].

Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) have become major causes of morbidity and mortality among highly immunocompromised patients. Authoritative consensus criteria to diagnose IFD have been useful in establishing eligibility criteria for antifungal trials. There is an important need for generation of consensus definitions of outcomes of IFD that will form a standard for evaluating treatment success and failure in clinical trials. Therefore, an expert international panel consisting of the Mycoses Study Group and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer was convened to propose guidelines for assessing treatment responses in clinical trials of IFDs and for defining study outcomes. Major fungal diseases that are discussed include invasive disease due to Candida species, Aspergillus species and other molds, Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Coccidioides immitis. We also discuss potential pitfalls in assessing outcome, such as conflicting clinical, radiological, and/or mycological data and gaps in knowledge.

Enterprise Zone Program Report, 2007

This report on the Iowa Enterprise Zone Program was prepared by the Iowa Department of Economic Development in accordance with 2006 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2183, Section 9.

Avaliação dos Serviços VoIP em Links de Baixa Capacidade com Tráfego Compartilhado de Dados

Esta dissertação descreve os resultados das medições observadas em um dos Laboratórios de uma Operadora de Telecomunicações (LOP), onde foram avaliados e analisados alguns requisitos de QoS em redes de pacotes IP (Internet Protocol). Essas medições foram feitas no âmbito do objetivo desta dissertação que é avaliar formas de prover serviços VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) em redes de pacotes conforme a recomendação do padrão FRF.12. Essa rede é assim, uma rede de link de 512kbps que também provê serviços VoIP compartilhados, concorrentemente com dados e serviços multimídia. Dos ítens analisados destacam-se: Análise de Codecs; QoS (Quality Of Service) Diffserv; Compressão de cabeçalho RTP (Real Time Protocol) - cRTP; Fragmentação com intercalação - LFI; Comportamento da Rede em situações diversas; a adequação do software free Multi Generator (MGEN) de geração - medição - coleta de dados, em redes. A análise foi, essencialmente, em enlace Frame Relay nos CPE (Customer Premise Equipment), passando pelo Backbone IP VPN / MPLS Multicast, pois o Frame Relay Fórum v12 (FRF.12) dá suporte à intercalação de voz entre os pacotes de dados. O FRF.12 é indispensável, pois este esta dissertação tem como objetivo realizar um conjuntos de testes e medidas que avaliam a aplicação dos serviços VoIP em links de baixa capacidades com trafego de dados compartilhados. Para oferecer esse serviço e de qualidade é necessário fragmentar e intercalar frames de voz entre os pacotes de dados usando o FRF.12. Depois do estudo teórico das recomendações, normas de padronização internacional e dos fabricantes, foram realizados testes que resultam na validação prática de toda a teoria outrora analisada através de testes específicos que comprovam em definitivo a viabilidade das aplicações VoIP em uma rede de enlace de baixa velocidade. Feitos esses testes chegou-se a conclusão de que em determinados casos não se revela necessário nem preocupante o aumento da banda para se puder prover determinados serviços. Na sequência dos testes foram também avaliados o desempenho, a ocupação da banda e a eficácia dos equipamentos - softwares. Da bancada dos testes e medições, provou-se o seguinte: que de fato consegue-se melhor otimização da banda ao realizar compressão do cabeçalho cRTP; que de fato a fragmentação de pacote FTP (File Transfer Protocol) com intercalação de pacotes VoIP faz reduzir o delay e jitter1 para as aplicações de tempo real; que de fato a habilitação de QoS Intserv provê classificação e faz diferenciação dos tráfegos, e que o CODEC G729 apresenta melhor adequação em lidar com aplicações VoIP em routers2 CISCO, disponível em CRT (Centro de referência Tecnológica) de uma LOP.

MVD Quarterly Report on Building Project quarter ending March 31, 2007

Pursuant to Section 1 of House File 466 of the 81st General Assembly, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is required to make quarterly reports to the Legislative Council regarding the progress of the building project for the Motor Vehicle Division and to inform the General Assembly of any significant delays or unanticipated expenditures. During the quarter ending March 31, 2007, the project progressed as planned. The project is on schedule and no unanticipated expenditures have been made.

Quarterly Report of the Building Project for the Motor Vehicle Division

Pursuant to Section 1 of House File 466 of the 81st General Assembly, the Iowa Department of Transportation is required to make quarterly reports to the Legislative Council regarding the progress of the building project for the Motor Vehicle Division. During the quarter ending June 30, 2007, the project was delayed by two weeks. The Motor Vehicle Division moved into the new Ankeny facility on June 22 and was operational Monday, June 25. The driver's license stations reopened as scheduled Tuesday, June 26, at the Ankeny facility as well as the Oliver Plaza renewal location.

Biblia [Vetus et Novum Testamentum].

La Bible s’ouvre par deux compositions poétiques d’Alcuin qui encadrent l’Épître de saint Jérôme à Paulinus, « Frater Ambrosius... » (ff. 1-2r : Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Poetae latinae, I, 1, p. 287, LXVIII-LXX, v. 1-200 ; ff. 4r-v : Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Poetae latinae, I, 1, p. 283-284, LXV, I-III). La fin manque: la Bible s'interrompt à la fin de l'Epître de saint Paul aux Colossiens.

Crash Data Validation: An Iowa Case Study, February, 2007

With the quickening pace of crash reporting, the statistical editing of data on a weekly basis, and the ability to provide working databases to users at CTRE/Iowa Traffic Safety Data Service, the University of Iowa, and the Iowa DOT, databases that would be considered incomplete by past standards of static data files are in “public use” even as the dynamic nature of the central DOT database allows changes to be made to both the aggregate of data and to the individual crashes already reported. Moreover, “definitive” analyses of serious crashes will, by their nature, lag seriously behind the preliminary data files. Even after these analyses, the dynamic nature of the mainframe data file means that crash numbers can continue to change long after the incident year. The Iowa DOT, its Office of Driver Services (the “data owner”), and institutional data users/distributors must establish data use, distribution, and labeling protocols to deal with the new, dynamic nature of data. In order to set these protocols, data must be collected concerning the magnitude of difference between database records and crash narratives and diagrams. This study determines the difference between database records and crash narratives for the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Traffic and Safety crash database and the impacts of this difference.

The European Social Survey. Methodological aspects

From a scientific point of view, surveys are undoubtedly a valuable tool for the knowledge of the social and political reality. They are widely used in the social sciences research. However, the researcher's task is often disturbed by a series of deficiencies related to some technical aspects that make difficult both the inference and the comparison. The main aim of the present paper is to report and justify the European Social Survey's technical specifications addressed to avoid and/or minimize such deficiencies. The article also gives a characterization of the non-respondents in Spain obtained from the analysis of the 2002 fieldwork data file.

Iowa Department of Transportation report on funds received from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, the State Recreational Trails Fund, the Health Restricted Capitals and the Rail Revolving Loan and Grant Program in fiscal year 2007

House file 2782 (2007 Infrastructure Appropriations Act) requires state agencies that receive appropriations from specific funds to report that information. The Iowa Department of Transportation received funds from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, the State Recreational Trails Fund, the Health Restricted Capitals, and the Rail Revolving Loan and Grant Program in FY 2007. These are the status reports for those funds and the status of the FY2006 funds received from the State Recreational Trails Fund, the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund and the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.

FY 2007 Biodiesel Fuel Revolving Fund Expenditures Report

The Seventy-ninth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, 2001 Regular Session, passed Senate File 465 which was signed by the Governor on April 19, 2001. This act created the biodiesel fuel revolving fund (Fund) to be used to purchase biodiesel fuel for use in the Department of Transportation's (DOT) vehicles. The act directed that the Fund receive money from the sale of EPA credits banked by the DOT on the effective date of the act, moneys appropriated by the General Assembly, and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the DOT for deposit in the Fund. The act also directed the DOT to submit an annual report not later than January 31 of the expenditures made from the Fund during the preceding fiscal year. This is the sixth annual report under the act. In FY 2007, the DOT purchased from the Fund 14,958 gallons of neat soy oil for $31,615, or an average of $2.11 per gallon. This yielded 74,791 gallons of B 20, which is 20 percent biodiesel by volume. Since the beginning of FY 2008, the Fund has received deposits totaling $59,000 which are being used for continued biodiesel purchases.

Flex Fueled Vehicles Registered in Iowa

House File 2754 requires the Iowa Department of Transportation to deliver a report to the Governor and legislative service agency regarding flexible fueled vehicles registered in Iowa. The report shall include: 1. The number of flexible fuel vehicles according to year of manufacture; 2. the number of passenger vehicles according to year of manufacture; and 3. the number of light pickup trucks according to year of manufacture.

B-1 Monthly Report of Medical Services Provided under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, April 2008

B-1 Medicaid Reports The monthly Medicaid series of eight reports provide summaries of Medicaid eligibles, recipients served, and total payments by county, category of service, and aid category. These reports may also be known as the B-1 Reports. These reports are each available as a PDF for printing or as a CSV file for data analysis. Report name Report number Medically Needy by County - No Spenddown and With Spenddown IAMM1800-R001 Total Medically Needy, All Other Medicaid, and Grand Total by County IAMM1800-R002 Monthly Expenditures by Category of Service IAMM2200-R002 Fiscal YTD Expenditures by Category of Service IAMM2200-R003 ICF & ICF-MR Vendor Payments by County IAMM3800-R001 Monthly Expenditures by Eligibility Program IAMM4400-R001 Monthly Expenditures by Category of Service by Program IAMM4400-R002 Elderly Waiver Summary by County IAMM4600-R002

B-1 Monthly Report of Medical Services Provided under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, March 2008

B-1 Medicaid Reports The monthly Medicaid series of eight reports provide summaries of Medicaid eligibles, recipients served, and total payments by county, category of service, and aid category. These reports may also be known as the B-1 Reports. These reports are each available as a PDF for printing or as a CSV file for data analysis. Report Report name IAMM1800-R001 Medically Needy by County - No Spenddown and With Spenddown IAMM1800-R002 Total Medically Needy, All Other Medicaid, and Grand Total by County IAMM2200-R002 Monthly Expenditures by Category of Service IAMM2200-R003 Fiscal YTD Expenditures by Category of Service IAMM3800-R001 ICF & ICF-MR Vendor Payments by County IAMM4400-R001 Monthly Expenditures by Eligibility Program IAMM4400-R002 Monthly Expenditures by Category of Service by Program IAMM4600-R002 Elderly Waiver Summary by County