Effects of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act (PA 91-0656) : report to the Illinois legislature /

Describes the effects of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act on the availability of housing for seniors in Illinois.

Reports of the sub-committees appointed by the American committee from its own members assisted by associates, for the fourth session of the congress to be held in London, September 17, 1888.

At head of title: International congress of geologists. American committee ...

The Canadas as they now are. Comprehending a view of their climate, rivers, lakes, canals, government, laws, taxes, towns, trade, &c. With a description of the soil ... Derived from the reports of the inspectors made to the justices at quarter-sessions, and from other authentic sources, assisted by local knowledge ...

Sabin 10390; Staton and Tremaine, no. 1638.

Mnemonics : or, The new science of artificial memory; explained in its application to the study of numbers, the sciences, and to useful occupations of life, whereby the natural memory is greatly assisted and strenghtened ...

Preface signed: T. W. D.

Commercial structure and commercial blight : retail patterns and processes in the city of Chicago / assisted by Robert J. Tennant, Barry T. Garner, James W. Simmons.

"A study made under contract with the Community Renewal Program of the city of Chicago."

Geographic information system : a computer assisted approach to managing forest pest area.

"October 1983"--P. [1]

Computer assisted publishing system : bookmaster user's guide.

Shipping list no.: 90-577-P.

Assisted reproductive technology success rates /

Vol. for 1995 in 3 pts.: v. 1 Eastern United States ; v. 2 Central United States ; v. 3 Western United States.

Ancilla-assisted quantum process tomography

Complete and precise characterization of a quantum dynamical process can be achieved via the method of quantum process tomography. Using a source of correlated photons, we have implemented several methods, each investigating a wide range of processes, e.g., unitary, decohering, and polarizing. One of these methods, ancilla-assisted process tomography (AAPT), makes use of an additional ancilla system, and we have theoretically determined the conditions when AAPT is possible. Surprisingly, entanglement is not required. We present data obtained using both separable and entangled input states. The use of entanglement yields superior results, however.

A novel laponite clay-based Fe nanocomposite and its photo-catalytic activity in photo-assisted degradation of Orange II

A novel laponite RD clay-based Fe nanocomposite (Fe-Lap-RD) has been successfully synthesized through a reaction between a solution of iron salt and an aqueous dispersion of laponite RD clay. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results reveal that the Fe-Lap-RD mainly consists of Fe2O3 (maghemite) and Fe2Si4O10(OH)2 (iron silicate hydroxide), which have tetragonal and monoclinic structures, respectively, and has a high specific surface area as well as a high pore volume. The photo-catalytic activity of the Fe-Lap-RD was examined in the photo-assisted degradation of an organic azo dye Orange II. It was found that the mineralization of Orange 11 undergoes a slower kinetics than discoloration, and 70% total organic carbon (TOC) of 0.2 mM Orange 11 can be removed in 90 min, implying that the Fe-Lap-RD exhibited a high photo-catalytic activity in the presence of H2O2 and UV light (254 nm) in the photo-assisted degradation of Orange II. In addition, our experiments also illustrate that the Fe-Lap-RD has a long-term stability but is of low cost. This study illustrates the possibility of photo-assisted degradation of organic compounds without the requirements to remove the Fe ions after reaction. Two possible catalytic reaction mechanisms are also proposed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Wind-assisted flight of Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx may be envisaged as an occasional or opportunistic flier that maintained an essentially dinosaurian life style on the shore but took to the air when circumstances were favourable. Such an interpretation is fully consistent with what is known of the anatomy, the taphonomy and the habitat of Archaeopteryx.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of buprenorphine-assisted heroin withdrawal

The purpose of this study was to conduct a cost - effectiveness analysis of detoxification from heroin using buprenorphine in a specialist clinic versus a shared care setting. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with a total of 115 heroin-dependent patients receiving a 5-day treatment regime of buprenorphine. The specialist clinic was a community-based treatment agency in inner-city Sydney. Shared care involved treatment by a general practitioner supplemented by weekend dispensing and some concurrent counselling at the specialist clinic. Quanti. cation of resource use was limited to inputs for treatment provision. The primary outcome measure used in the economic analysis was the proportion of each group that completed detoxification and achieved an initial 7-day period of abstinence. Buprenorphine detoxification in the shared care setting was estimated to be $24 more expensive per patient than treatment at the clinic, which had an average treatment cost of $332 per patient. Twenty-three per cent of the shared care patients and 22% of the clinic patients reported no opiate use during the withdrawal period. These results suggest that the provision of buprenorphine treatment for heroin dependence in shared care and clinic appear to be equally cost - effective.