Regional Approach to Landslide Interpretation and Repair, TR-430, 2001

The objective of this report is to provide Iowa county engineers and highway maintenance personnel with procedures that will allow them to efficiently and effectively interpret and repair or avoid landslides. The research provides an overview of basic slope stability analyses that can be used to diagnose the cause and effect associated with a slope failure. Field evidence for identifying active or potential slope stability problems is outlined. A survey of county engineers provided data for presenting a slope stability risk map for the state of Iowa. Areas of high risk are along the western border and southeastern portion of the state. These regions contain deep to moderately deep loess. The central portion of the state is a low risk area where the surficial soils are glacial till or thin loess over till. In this region, the landslides appear to occur predominately in backslopes along deeply incised major rivers, such as the Des Moines River, or in foreslopes. The south-central portion of the state is an area of medium risk where failures are associated with steep backslopes and improperly compacted foreslopes. Soil shear strength data compiled from the Iowa DOT and consulting engineers files are correlated with geologic parent materials and mean values of shear strength parameters and unit weights were computed for glacial till, friable loess, plastic loess and local alluvium. Statistical tests demonstrate that friction angles and unit weights differ significantly but in some cases effective stress cohesion intercept and undrained shear strength data do not. Moreover, effective stress cohesion intercept and undrained shear strength data show a high degree of variability. The shear strength and unit weight data are used in slope stability analyses for both drained and undrained conditions to generate curves that can be used for a preliminary evaluation of the relative stability of slopes within the four materials. Reconnaissance trips to over fifty active and repaired landslides in Iowa suggest that, in general, landslides in Iowa are relatively shallow [i.e., failure surfaces less than 6 ft (2 m) deep] and are either translational or shallow rational. Two foreslope and two backslope failure case histories provide additional insights into slope stability problems and repair in Iowa. These include the observation that embankment soils compacted to less than 95% relative density show a marked strength decrease from soils at or above that density. Foreslopes constructed of soils derived from shale exhibit loss of strength as a result of weathering. In some situations, multiple causes of instability can be discerned from back analyses with the slope stability program XSTABL. In areas where the stratigraphy consists of loess over till or till over bedrock, the geologic contracts act as surfaces of groundwater accumulation that contribute to slope instability.

Regional deterministic characterization of fracture networks and its application to GIS-based rock fall risk assessment

The study investigates the possibility to incorporate fracture intensity and block geometry as spatially continuous parameters in GIS-based systems. For this purpose, a deterministic method has been implemented to estimate block size (Bloc3D) and joint frequency (COLTOP). In addition to measuring the block size, the Bloc3D Method provides a 3D representation of the shape of individual blocks. These two methods were applied using field measurements (joint set orientation and spacing) performed over a large field area, in the Swiss Alps. This area is characterized by a complex geology, a number of different rock masses and varying degrees of metamorphism. The spatial variability of the parameters was evaluated with regard to lithology and major faults. A model incorporating these measurements and observations into a GIS system to assess the risk associated with rock falls is proposed. The analysis concludes with a discussion on the feasibility of such an application in regularly and irregularly jointed rock masses, with persistent and impersistent discontinuities.

Cáncer y precáncer bucal: evolución conceptual

En este trabajo se presenta una revisión bibliográfica actualizada sobre lesiones precancerosas y cáncer de la mucosa oral, presentando datos epidemiológicos correspondientes a España y Portugal. Por otro lado, se justifica el papel fundamental y la responsabilidad del odontólogo/estomatólogo en el diagnóstico precoz y la prevención de esta patología.

Audit report on the North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Regional Utility Service Systems Commission for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Regional Utility Service Systems Commission for the year ended June 30, 2013

Evaluation of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease in a regional controlled case study.

AIMS: This study evaluated the evolution of the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) between 2003 and 2008 and its repercussion for the CHD prevalence rate at birth in a well-defined population (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland). METHODS AND RESULTS: All 572 cases of CHD reported in the Eurocat Registry of Vaud-Switzerland between 1.5.2003 and 31.12.2008 were analysed and compared with the cases in our clinical database. CHD cases were divided into five different groups according to heart disease severity. The prenatal detection rates increased significantly between 2003 and 2008, with a mean detection rate of 25.2%. There was a significantly higher rate of prenatal diagnosis in the first four groups of CHD severity, with the highest detection rate (87.5%) found in the group with the most severe CHD (group 1). In this group, 85.7% of cases resulted in a termination of pregnancy, and there was a consequent 75% reduction in the prevalence of severe major cardiac malformation at birth. Detection rates were 66% in group 2, 68.6% in group 3, and the lowest in groups 4 and 5, with rates of 25.9% and 12.9%, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the prenatal detection rate for CHD increased in a well-defined population over the study period. Prenatal diagnosis thus has had a major impact on patients with the most severe types of CHD and has resulted in a significant reduction in severe CHD at birth.

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2013

Regional veterans affairs office study, 2008

This is a report that deals with a recommended plan for establishing regional veterans affairs offices that was part of House File 817, passed by the General Assembly in 2007.

Quelles applications raisonnables pour l'anticoagulation régionale au citrate en épuration extrarénale [What reasonable applications for regional citrate anticoagulation in renal replacement therapy?].

Regional citrate anticoagulation of the extracorporeal circuits (CRA) experienced considerable growth over the past decade. This development is partly explained by the significant progresses made in the field of bioengineering. These allow a secure administration of citrate, while an increasing availability of ionized calcium measurement at the bedside allows reactivity in monitoring the treatment. An increasing severity of the medical condition of patients requiring blood purification treatment gives more contrast to the profile of patient who may benefit from a CRA. If some methods of renal replacement therapy are well suited to this mode of anticoagulation, others are, to date, only at the stage of development and are applied under close medical supervision.

Regional economic growth and human capital: the role of overeducation

This article analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using various indicators of human capital calculated from census microdata, we conclude that the recent economic performance of European regions is associated with an increase in overeducation. In fact, measures of educational mismatch seem to be more strongly connected to regional economic performance than do other traditional measures of human capital stock.

Els grups de suport enforteixen emocionalment les dones afectades de càncer de mama

L'objectiu principal d'aquest TFG consistirà en demostrar d'una forma objectivable amb entrevistes, proves d'avaluació i com a observadora participant, els beneficis dels grups de suport a dones que han patit càncer de mama.

Síndrome del dolor regional complejo tipo I en las fracturas del extremo distal del radio

Introducción: Las fracturas distales de radio (FDR) presentan diferentes resultadosfuncionales siendo desfavorables entre el 24% y el 31% de los casos. Una de lascomplicaciones más frecuentes es el síndrome del dolor regional complejo tipo I(SDRC-I), cuyo origen es desconocido. Sólo el 20-30% de los pacientes recuperarán sugrado de funcionalidad anterior.Objetivos: Estimar la prevalencia de SDRC-I tras una FDR de acuerdo a cuatro tipos detratamiento.Métodos: estudio de una serie de casos retrospectivos. La población de referencia hansido los 391 trabajadores afiliados a una Mutua en Cataluña y diagnosticados deFDR tras una lesión por accidente laboral durante lo años 2008-2010.Los casos han sido trabajadores accidentados que tras una FDR desarrollaron el SDRCI.Como variable dependiente se ha utilizado el diagnóstico de SDRC-I; como variablesindependientes el tipo de tratamiento, la edad, el sexo, la ocupación y el mecanismo dela lesión.Resultados: el 19,7% de la muestra ha desarrollado SDRC-I, siendo esta prevalenciasuperior en los pacientes intervenidos mediante la técnica de tracción bipolar o conagujas de Kirschner; 29,17% y 30,56% respectivamente, que para aquellos en los quese ha realizado un tratamiento conservador o una intervención quirúrgica con placa en Ty tornillos; 15,92% y 15,79%.Conclusiones El tratamiento conservador y la técnica quirúrgica de fijación con placaen T y tornillos han dado una menor prevalencia de SDRC-I.Los mecanismos de lesión asociados a una mayor fuerza presentan fracturas másinestables y requieren un tratamiento quirúrgico. Los tratamientos conservadores sonlos más usados en edades mayores relacionados con fracturas estables.A nivel clínico se extrae una recomendación profiláctica con Vitamina C para evitar laaparición de SDRC-I sobre los pacientes de edad comprendida entre los 36 y los 55años, con mecanismo lesional de caída o caída desde altura, intervenidos con agujas de Kirschner o tracción bipolar.

Experiencias vividas por niños y niñas con cáncer a través de la musicoterapia: un proyecto de acción- participación

Justificación: este trabajo muestra una mirada más profunda acerca de cómo viven los niños y niñasla experiencia de vivir con el Cáncer, enfermedad que representa la primera causa de mortalidadentre los 5-14 años, en Cataluña.El profesional de Enfermería es clave en indagar y reflexionar acerca de la experiencia, y endesarrollar el papel que juega la intervención enfermera denominada Musicoterapia comoherramienta de expresión y comunicación, para descubrir que hay detrás de su realidad.Indagar en este contexto puede contribuir a mejorar la calidad de vida del colectivo infantil inmersoen la patología.Objetivo: conocer cómo viven la experiencia oncológica los niños y niñas, utilizando comoherramienta de trabajo la Musicoterapia en el escenario del Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d´Hebrónde Barcelona.Diseño: proyecto de Investigación Acción-Participativa (IAP), enmarcado en el paradigma cualitativo.Metodología: se llevó a cabo una búsqueda en bases de datos: Pubmed, CINAHL, Cuiden, Cuidatge,entre otras y diferentes fuentes de información. Los sujetos de estudio fueron 14 niños y niñas entre8 y 12 años de edad ingresados en la planta de Oncología durante al menos 8 semanas. Para larecogida de datos se utilizaron las siguientes estrategias: entrevistas semiestructuradas, notas decampo y grupos de discusión.En cuanto al análisis mencionar que se siguió un riguroso trabajo para asignar unidades de significadoa la información obtenida.Consideraciones finales: Este proyecto ha permitido avanzar hacia el conocimiento enfermero yprofundizar en el cuidado holístico de los niños.

Regional income inequality in Italy in the long run (1871–2001). Patterns and determinants

The chapter presents up-to-date estimates of Italy’s regional GDP, with the present borders, in ten-year benchmarks from 1871 to 2001, and proposes a new interpretative hypothesis based on long-lasting socio-institutional differences. The inverted U-shape of income inequality is confirmed: rising divergence until the midtwentieth century, then convergence. However, the latter was limited to the centrenorth: Italy was divided into three parts by the time regional inequality peaked, in 1951, and appears to have been split into two halves by 2001. As a consequence of the falling back of the south, from 1871 to 2001 we record σ-divergence across Italy’s regions, i.e. an increase in dispersion, and sluggish β-convergence. Geographical factors and the market size played a minor role: against them are both the evidence that most of the differences in GDP are due to employment rather than to productivity and the observed GDP patterns of many regions. The gradual converging of regional GDPs towards two equilibria instead follows social and institutional differences − in the political and economic institutions and in the levels of human and social capital – which originated in pre-unification states and did not die (but in part even increased) in postunification Italy.

Midwest Regional Rail Passenger Initiative and Passenger Rail Service in Iowa, 2015

This report provides the status of the Passenger Rail Service Revolving Fund and the development and operation of the midwest regional rail system and the state's passenger rail service.