Floods in the Nishnabotna River Basin, Iowa, HR-140, 1991

Flood-elevation profiles and flood-peak discharges for floods during 1972, 1982, and 1987 in the Nishnabotna River basin are given in the report. The profiles are for the 1972 flood on the West and East Nishnabotna Rivers, the 1982 flood on Indian Creek, and the 1987 flood on the lower West Nishnabotna River. A flood history describes rainfall conditions and reported damages for floods occurring 1947, 1958, 1972, 1982, and 1987. Discharge for the 1982 flood on Indian Creek is 1.1 times larger than the 100-year recurrence interval discharge.

Apego adulto en mujeres adoptadas: un estudio de caso sobre su relación con la construcción de la identidad

En este estudio partimos de un posicionamiento constructivista relacional (Botella, Herrero, Pacheco y Corbella, 2004) y de la Teoría del Apego (Bowlby, 1969) para el análisis del apego adulto y de su relación con la construcción de la identidad de una mujer de treinta y cinco años (Sara), adoptada a los tres. Es una investigación metodológicamente plural, puesto que incluye tanto metodologías cuantitativas como cualitativas. Analizamos una narrativa de identidad de Sara, mediante el método cualitativo de Grounded Theory (Glaser y Strauss, 1967). Administramos también el cuestionario ECR-S (Alonso-Arbiol, Balluerka y Shaver, 2007) para evaluar el apego adulto y la Rejilla de Constructos Personales (Kelly, 1955/1991) referida a la construcción del sí mismo (Butt, Burr y Bell, 1997) analizada mediante el programa RECORD (Feixas y Cornejo, 1996). Los resultados confirman la literatura previa (por ejemplo, Grosso y Nagliero, 2004; Negre, Forns y Freixa, 2007) y muestran una reconstrucción positiva en el modelo de funcionamiento interno de Sara, a partir de la resolución de dudas sobre su origen biológico. Los resultados del análisis de la Rejilla confirman que las características del patrón de apego con la madre y con el padre no tienen por qué ser similares y que una mujer puede construir su posicionamiento como madre a partir de la relación con su padre. También indican la presencia de conflictos cognitivos en la construcción de la identidad. Los resultados se discuten a la luz de investigaciones previas.

A Continuous Span Aluminum Girder Concrete Deck Bridge - Part 1 of 2: Field Test Performance and Evaluation, 1996

This report addresses the field testing and analysis of those results to establish the behavior of the original Clive Road Bridge that carried highway traffic over Interstate 80 (I-80) in the northwest region of Des Moines, Iowa. The bridge was load tested in 1959, shortly after its construction and in 1993, just prior to its demolition. This report presents some of the results from both field tests, finite element predictions of the behavior of aluminum bridge girders, and load distribution studies.

Access Management: A Review of Recent Literature, 1996

The Iowa Department of Transportation's Access Management Task Force was established as part of the Iowa Department of Transportation's overall Safety Management System (SMS) effort. The goal of the Access Management Task Force is to develop a program designed to educate and market the concept and benefits of access management to landowners and developers, professional planners and engineers, planning and zoning staff members, appointed and elected officials, and motorists. Access management is pursued through the design and control of driveways, curb cuts, turning movements, interior circulation of parking lots, and public street connections and intersections. Usually, state highways or major urban and suburban arterial streets are the targets of access management projects. Access management is also a concern on main county roads when there is a transition from a rural environment to a town or city.

Patient with hepatocellular carcinoma related to prior acute arsenic intoxication and occult HBV: epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic results after 14 years of follow-up

Little is known about the long-term survivors of acute arsenic intoxication. We present here a clinical case report of a man with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who developed hepatocellular carcinoma four years after acute arsenic poisoning. HBsAg was detected in serum in 1990 when he voluntarily donated blood. In 1991, the patient suffered from severe psychological depression that led him to attempt suicide by massive ingestion of an arsenic-containing rodenticide. He survived with polyneuropathy and paralysis of the lower limbs, and has been wheelchair-bound since then. During participation in a follow-up study conducted among HBV carriers, abdominal ultrasound detected a two-centimeter liver mass consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma. The tumor was confirmed by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance image (MRI). Because of his significant comorbidity, the patient received palliative treatment with transarterial lipiodol chemoembolization (TACE) on three occasions (1996, 1997 and 1999). At his most recent visit in May 2005, the patient was asymptomatic, liver enzymes were normal and the tumor was in remission on ultrasound.

Motor Grader Operator Maintenance of Granular Surfaced Roads : Tips from Iowa Operators, 1991

This booklet is a compilation of notes taken during motor grader operators workshops held at some 20 different locations throughout Iowa during the last two years. It is also the advice of 16 experienced motor grader operators and maintenance foremen (from 14 different counties around Iowa), who serve as instructors and assistant instructors at the "MoGo" workshops. The instructors have all said that they learn as much from the operators who attend the workshops as they impart. Motor grader operators from throughout Iowa have shown us new, innovative and better ways of maintaining gravel roads. This booklet is an attempt to pass on some of these "tips" that we have gathered from Iowa operators. It will need to be revised, corrected, and added to based on the advice we get from you, the operators who do the work here in Iowa.

Air Formed Arch Culvert Construction: Crawford County, Construction Reports, HR-314, 1991

Iowa's secondary roads contain nearly 15,000 bridges which are less than 40 feet (12 m) in length. Many of these bridges were built several decades ago and need to be replaced. Box culvert construction has proven to be an adequate bridge replacement technique. Recently a new bridge replacement alternative, called the Air-0-Form method, has emerged which has several potential advantages over box culvert construction. This new technique uses inflated balloons as the interior form in the construction of an arch culvert. The objective of research project HR-314 was to construct an air formed arch culvert to determine the applicability of the Air-O-Form technique as a county bridge replacement alternative.

A Different Perspective for Investigation of PCC Pavement Deterioration, HR-2074, Interim Report, 1996

Many early Iowa Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavements provided good performance without deterioration for more than 50 years. In the late 1950's, Iowa was faced with severe PCC pavement deterioration called D cracking due to crushed limestone containing a bad pore system. Selective quarrying solved the problem. In 1990, cracking deterioration was identified on a three year old US 20 pavement in central Iowa. The coarse aggregate was a crushed limestone with an excellent history of performance in PCC pavement. Examination of cores showed very few cracks through the coarse aggregate particles. The cracks were predominately confined to the matrix. A high resolution, low vacuum Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersion detector was used to investigate the deterioration. Subsequent evaluation identified very little concentration of silica gel (silicon-Si), but did identify substantial amounts of sulfur-s and aluminum-Al (assumed to be ettringite) in the air voids. Some of these voids have cracks radiating from them leading us to conclude that the ettringite filled voids were a center of pressure causing the crack. The ettringite in the voids, after being subjected to sodium chloride (NaCl) brine, initially swells and then dissolves. The research has led to the conclusion that the premature deterioration may be due to ettringite and may have been mistakenly identified as Alkali-Silica reactivity (ASR).

Evaluation of Recycled Rubber in Asphalt Concrete, HR-330, Construction Report, 1991

Discarded tires present major disposal and environmental problems. The recycling of those tires in asphalt cement concrete is what this research deals with. The Iowa DOT and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) are evaluating the use of discarded tires in asphalt rubber cement and rubber chip mixes. The project is located on US 61 between Blue Grass and Muscatine in Muscatine County. It contains four rubberized asphalt sections and control sections. One section consists of reacted rubber asphalt cement used in both the binder and surface courses, and one section, both lanes, contains a rubber chip mix. The reacted rubber asphalt and the rubber chip mixes were laid in July 1991. The project construction went well with a few problems of shoving and cracking of the mat. This report contains information about procedures and tests that were run and those that will be run. It also has a cost comparison since this is a major concern with the use of asphalt rubber. Evaluation of this project will continue for five years. Three more research projects containing rubberized asphalt were constructed in 1991 and another is to be constructed in 1992.

Burden of Diabetes in Iowa 1991-2009, Final Report, May 2010

The Iowa Diabetes Prevention and Control Program provides educational opportunities for health care providers via the Iowa Communications Network interactive fiber optic system. The program also certifies diabetes outpatient education programs in Iowa based on minimum criteria for quality programs. In Iowa during the past 20 years, the prevalence rate of diagnosed diabetes increased dramatically among adults: Between 1991 and 2009 the crude diabetes prevalence rate rose by 84%, from 3.8% to 7.0%. Between these years, the age‐adjusted adult diagnosed diabetes prevalence rate increased by 64%, rising from 3.7% to 6.4%. During the 18 years 1991‐93 through 2006‐08, the number of Iowa adults with diagnosed diabetes more than doubled, increasing from 78,000 to 162,000. While the Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), upon which the numbers cited above are based, provides reliable state‐level self‐reported data on adults with diagnosed diabetes, it is unable to provide estimates of undiagnosed diabetes. National estimates put the prevalence of undiagnosed adult diabetes at about 5%, raising the estimated adult diabetes prevalence rate in Iowa to 12% (280,000 adults) (Cowie,2009). Another 5% of all Iowa adults are estimated to have diagnosed pre‐diabetes, while 25% of all Iowa adults, based on national estimates from the 2005‐06 National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES), likely have undiagnosed pre‐diabetes. (Cowie, 2009)

CITRICULTURA BRASILEIRA: EFEITOS ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIROS, 1996 ¾ 2000

Este estudo analisa a importância econômica da citricultura na balança comercial brasileira, no qüinqüênio 1996 -- 2000, bem como a movimentação econômico-financeira na cadeia citrícola ao longo de 1999. Mostra, através desta análise, a relevante participação do suco concentrado de laranja na balança comercial paulista, onde só recentemente perdeu o 1º lugar para aviões. Evidencia, ainda, a importância do suco concentrado entre os principais produtos brasileiros exportáveis, colocando a fruticultura nacional em destaque na pauta de exportação.

High-pressure metamorphism in the Adula nappe - Guide to the excursion of the Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (September 29 - October 5, 1991)

1st day: Lithology and structure of the northern Adula nappe around Zervreila 2nd day: High-pressure rocks of the Suretta nappe, the middle Adula nappe and its Mesozoic cover - Eclogite near Innerferrara, Suretta nappe - Crossite-bearing prasinite from schistes lustres near Nufenen - Eclogites south of Hinterrhein, Adula nappe - Blueschists and eclogites from Neu-Wahli, Misox zone 3 days: Eclogite boudin and associated whiteschists in the uppermost Calanca valley, middle Adula nappe 4th day: Eclogites, associated metapelites and granitoid gneisses of Trescolmen, middle Adula nappe 5th day: The ultramafic-mafic suite of the Cima Lunga nappe around Cima di Gagnone 6th day: Garnet peridotites and eclogites from Alpe Arami, Cima Lunga nappe

Optiojärjestelyt HelsinginPörssin pankit- ja rahoitustoimialalistan yrityksissä 1996-2004

Tiivistelmä Tekijä: Veikko Huhta Nimi: Optiojärjestelyt Helsingin Pörssin pankit- ja rahoitustoimialalistan yrityksissä 1996-2004 Osasto: Kauppatieteiden osasto Vuosi: 2005 Pro gradu-tutkielma. Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto. 84 sivua, 8 kuviota, 1 taulukko, 5 liitettä. Tarkastajina professori Jaana Sandström ja professori Ulla Kotonen Hakusanat: Optiojärjestelyt, omistajalähtöinen johtaminen, agenttiongelma, pankit- ja rahoitustoimiala Tutkielman tavoitteena oli selvittää, millaisia optiojärjestelyjä HelsinginPörssin pankit- ja rahoitustoimialan yrityksissä on käytössä. Optiojärjestelyjätutkittiin ensinnä tarkastelemalla niiden omistajille aiheuttamaa diluutiovaikutusta. Seuraavaksi tarkastelun kohteena olivat option merkintähinta, optiojärjestelyn voimassaoloaika sekä osinkokorjaus. Optiojärjestelyjen toimivuutta tutkittiin tunnuslukujen ja yrityksen markkina-arvon näkökulmasta. Optiojärjestelyn taustalla olevia tavoitteita tutkittiin omistusrakenteen näkökulmasta. Tutkimuksen kohteena olevat yritykset olivat Sampo Oyj, OKO Oyj, CapMan Oyj sekä Ålandsbanken Ab. Pankit- ja rahoitustoimiala ei ole ns. suurten tuotto-odotusten toimiala. Tasainen osingonjako on optiojärjestelyjen ehtojen valossa omistajille tärkeää. Toimialalla optiojärjestelyjen ensisijainen tehtävä näyttää olevan sitouttaa avainhenkilöitä yritykseen. Vain yhdessä yrityksessä omistajat voivat olla markkina-arvon kehitykseen tyytyväisiä. Omistuksen ja johdon yhdistyminen johtaa optiojärjestelyillä tavoiteltavaan suureen sitouttamisvaikutukseen. Omistusrakenne osoittautui suureksi selittäjäksi optiojärjestelyjen ehtoja asetettaessa.