Medical office cluster /

"May 1998"--P. 4 of cover.

Mechanical drafting cluster /

Project staff: Alexi Carli (Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Subcouncil); Ron Engstrom (State Liason) [and] Pat Spicer (Product Developer for Mechanical Drafting Cluster).

Metal stamping skills cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Nursing cluster /

Project staff: Joseph A. Bonefeste, Kathryn Torricelli, Mary Mulcahy. Cf. p. [2] of cover.

Occupational therapy cluster /

Project staff: Joseph A. Bonefeste, Kathryn Torricelli, Patricia Johnson.--P. [2] of cover.

Physical therapist assistant cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Planning guide for wastewater cluster systems in Illinois /

Project no. 84/2002.

Plastics molding cluster /

Project staff: Steven Kopinski, Ronald Engstrom, Louis Reifschneider.

Press operations cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Swine production cluster /

These standards will guide workforce preparation program providers in defining content for their programs, and employers in establishing the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition.

Telecommunications technician cluster /

Project staff: Doug Dougherty, John Kopatz, Kris Kersey.

Welding cluster /

Project staff: Steven Kopinski, Ronald Engstrom, Rick Polanin.

Data feedback and behavioural change intervention to improve primary care prescribing safety (EFIPPS) : multicentre, three arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Funding and trial registration: Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office grant CZH/3/17. ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01602705.

An Audit and Feedback Intervention for Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dental Practice : The RAPiD Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Funding: This study was conducted as part of the TRiaDS programme of implementation research which is funded by NHS Education for Scotland (NES). The Health Services Research Unit which is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates supported the study. The funder had no influence over the design, conduct, analysis and write up of the study.

Characterization of the Galactic White Dwarf Population in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey

Halo white dwarfs remain one of the least studied stellar populations in the Milky Way because of their faint luminosities. Recent work has uncovered a population of hot white dwarfs which are thought to be remnants of low-mass Population II stars. This thesis uses optical data from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) and ultravoilet data from the GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) to select candidates which may belong to this population of recently formed halo white dwarfs. A colour selection was used to separate white dwarfs from QSOs and main-sequence stars. Photometric distances are calculated using model colour-absolute magnitude relations. Proper motions are calculated by using the difference in positions between objects from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the NGVS. The proper motions are combined with the calculated photometric distances to calculate tangential velocities, as well as approximate Galactic space velocities. White dwarf candidates are characterized as belonging to either the disk or the halo using a variety of methods, including calculated scale heights (z> 1 kpc), tangential velocities (vt >200 km/s), and their location in (V,U) space. The 20 halo white dwarf candidates which were selected using Galactic space velocities are analyzed, and their colours and temperatures suggest that these objects represent some of the youngest white dwarfs in the Galactic halo.