Organizational and direct support maintenance manual [microform] : generator, smoke, mechanical, pulse jet, M3A4 (1040-01-143-9506).

"October 1985."

Operator's and organizational maintenance manual : pulse form restorer TD-12l9/G, (NSN 5820-01-145-4939).

Includes index.

Direct support, general support, and depot maintenance manual : restorer, pulse form TD-206/G.

"November 1966."

Operator's manual : pulse generator sets AN/UPM-15 and AN/UPM-15A.

"September 1960."

Operator's and organizational maintenance : pulse signal generator SG-1205(V)1/U (NSN 6625-01-137-5369).

"5 December 1983."

Operator's and organizational maintenance manual : multiplexer TD-976/G (NSN 7025-01-048-9678) and pulse form restorer TD-982/G (NSN 7025-01-061-1245).

"October 1979."

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list : multiplexer TD-976/G (NSN 7025-01-048-9678) and pulse form restorer TD-982/G (NSN 7025-01-061-1245).

"14 November 1981."

Exponentially decaying pressure pulse moving with superseismic velocity on the surface of a half space of Von Mises elastoplastic material

Mode of access: Internet.

Pulse Pressure magnifies the effect of COMT Val158Met on 15 Year Episodic Memory Trajectories

We investigated whether a physiological marker of cardiovascular health, pulse pressure (PP), and age magnified the effect of the functional COMT Val158Met (rs4680) polymorphism on 15-years cognitive trajectories [episodic memory (EM), visuospatial ability, and semantic memory] using data from 1585 non-demented adults from the Betula study. A multiple-group latent growth curve model was specified to gauge individual differences in change, and average trends therein. The allelic variants showed negligible differences across the cognitive markers in average trends. The older portion of the sample selectively age-magnified the effects of Val158Met on EM changes, resulting in greater decline in Val compared to homozygote Met carriers. This effect was attenuated by statistical control for PP. Further, PP moderated the effects of COMT on 15-years EM trajectories, resulting in greater decline in Val carriers, even after accounting for the confounding effects of sex, education, cardiovascular diseases (diabetes, stroke, and hypertension), and chronological age, controlled for practice gains. The effect was still present after excluding individuals with a history of cardiovascular diseases. The effects of cognitive change were not moderated by any other covariates. This report underscores the importance of addressing synergistic effects in normal cognitive aging, as the addition thereof may place healthy individuals at greater risk for memory decline.

Response of the salt-freshwater interface in a coastal aquifer to a wave-induced groundwater pulse: field observations and modelling

Field observations on an unconfined coastal aquifer showed that a groundwater pulse, generated by it moderate (significant wave height, H-sig similar to 4.5 m) wave/storm event, induced significant oscillations in the salt-freshwater interface of the order of several metres in the horizontal direction. A dynamic sharp-interface model is developed to quantify the mechanism of these interface oscillations. The model uses the 50% seawater salinity contour as the location of the equivalent sharp-interface. The model was calibrated against the observed groundwater table fluctuations. It predicted reasonably well the interface oscillations with a slight over-prediction of the oscillation magnitude and a steepening of the interface. The neglect of mixing in the salt-freshwater mixing zone by the sharp-interface model is suggested as a possible contributor to the discrepancies between the model predictions and observations. In contrast with the significant wave effects, there was no observable response of the interface to diurnal or semidiurnal tides. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Left ventricular mass in patients with type 2 diabetes is independently associated with central but not peripheral pulse pressure

An increase in left ventricular mass (LVM) occurs in the presence of type 2 diabetes, apparently independent of hypertension (1), but the determinants of this process are unknown. Brachial blood pressure is not representative of that at the ascending aorta (2) because the pressure wave is amplified from central to peripheral arteries. Central blood pressure is probably more clinically important since local pulsatile pressure determines adverse arterial and myocardial remodeling (3,4). Thus, an inaccurate assessment of the contribution of arterial blood pressure to LVM may occur if only brachial blood pressure is taken into consideration. In this study we sought the contribution of central blood pressure (and other interactive factors known to affect wave reflection, e.g., glycemic control and total arterial compliance) to LVM in patients with type 2 diabetes.