Crush characteristics of the Ford Festiva FOIL test numbers: 91F049, 92F032, and 92F033.

Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Va.

Finite element model of a small automobile impacting a rigid pole. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research Development, McLean, Va.

Final report of 180 degree fixed flat barrier impacts of a 1983 Ford Thunderbird 2-door coupe in support of CRASH III damage algorithm reformation.

Mode of access: Internet.

Final report of 270 degree contoured moving barrier impact into a 1983 Ford Tempo 4-door sedan in support of CRASH III damage algorithm reformation. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

School of Nursing Class of 1989

Top Row: Lisa Abe, Benita C. Aldrich, Elizabeth A. Alexander, Christina Andrakovich, Andrea A Astalos, Aimee K. Baptiste, Jacqueline A. Baransri, Paula A. Bonell, Tonya T. Boven, Sara L. Briggs, Heidi M. Brogger, Maureen A. Burns, Mike R. Byrd

Row 2: Julie A. Camilleri, Maria C. Cano, Sally J. Clement, Martra Finneren, Elizabeth Lobbestael-Monte, Cherryl Drongowski, Laura Stuckey, Elizabeth Scamperle, Amy Wenk, Karin B. Colvin, Gloria R. Crandall, Kristen T. Crane

Row 3: Rita J. Curtis, Cheri K. Davis, Patrick Ahearne, Lynne Yarger, Patricia Tibbits, Kathleen Donahoe, Rosemary Defever, Theresa A. Dietz

Row 4: Maureen Donnelly, Alysse E. Donohue, Susan Holmes, Tina Alexandris, Pam S. Dunbrock, Beth A. Elya

Row 5: Michelle L. Everly, Nazanin Farah, Kathie Fetting, Tanya Meier, Richard A. Fons, Cheryl D. Ford

Row 6: Tonya M. Forton, Alvira Galbraith, Holly B. Goldrick, Sally Sample, Violet Barkauskas, Rhetaugh G. Dumars, Share' Ketefian, Janice B. Lindberg, Elizabeth Pennington, Cheryl A. Grega, Michelle L. grinwis, Paula C. Haffner

Row 7: Peggy A. Harper, Michele R. Haseluhn, Christina M. Hayosh, Michele M. Hopkins, Martha A. James, Elizabeth J. Jameson, Jan I. Joyce, Henry Justusson, Shamrock E. Kealy, Linda A. Kendall, Karrie C. Kerby, Diane M. Kilian, Rene E. Kloosterman, Marie T. Kolar

Row 8: Regina M. Kudla, Julie A. Lasecki, Jenny K. Lindholm, Beth M. Luttrell, Mary E. Malone, Tami J. Nishon, Leah D. Olson, Lori J. Painter, Peggy A. Paulson, Jill A. Rodman, Sherri R. Runciman, Joanne A. Sandler, Patricia L. Sano

Row 9: Leah A. Shults, Catherine E. Slusher, Jennifer A. Snell, Abbe E. Sorin, Iliana I. Staneva, Jennifer R. Stouffer, Jane A. Tanton, Margaret O. Tear, Andrea L. Vandenbergh, Michele M. Vandenburg, Carol A. Waycott, Julie A. Westmeyer, Jane C. Zapytowski, Patricia L. Zickuhr

Historical and Personal Perspectives on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989: address to 20th anniversary forums.

The story of the fall of the Berlin Wall was an aspect of the “imagination gap” that we had to wrestle with as journalists covering the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in Europe. It was scarcely possible to believe what you found yourself reporting, and that work became a two-track process. On one hand a mass social movement was dictating the pace and direction of events; on the other, the institutional business of politics as usual, to provide a framework for all the change that was happening, had to be managed – and reported on. In later analyseds we could see, that crisis in the Soviet Union led to the crisis over the Berlin Wall; and from the fall of the Wall, came Germany’s reunification, and with that also, formation of the European Union as it is today. The government of the Federal Republic of Germany convinced its neighbours that a reunited Germany, within an expanded EU, would be a very acceptable “European Germany” -- not the leader of a “German Europe”. It committed itself financially, supporting the new Euro currency. The former communist states of Eastern Europe demanded to join and expand the EU; in order to remove themselves from the Soviet Union, enjoy human rights, and share in Western prosperity. So today, following on from the events of 1989, the European Union is an amalgam of 27 member countries, with close to 500 million citizens and accounting for 30 % of world Gross National Product.

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in an Australian cohort, 1989-2003 : evidence for the low prevalence of the toxic shock toxin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes

The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of the toxic shock toxin gene (tst) and to enumerate the circulating strains of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Australian isolates collected over two decades. The aim was to subtype these strains using the binary genes pvl, cna, sdrE, pUB110 and pT181. Isolates were assayed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for mecA, nuc, 16 S rRNA, eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and for five binary genes. Two realtime PCR assays were developed for tst. The 90 MRSA isolates belonged to CC239 (39 in 1989, 38 in 1996 and ten in 2003), CC1 (two in 2003) and CC22 (one in 2003). The majority of the 210 MSSA isolates belonged to CC1 (26), CC5 (24) and CC78 (23). Only 18 isolates were tst-positive and only 15 were pvl-positive. Nine MSSA isolates belonged to five binary types of ST93, including two pvlpositive types. The proportion of tst-positive and pvl-positive isolates was low and no significant increase was demonstrated. Dominant MSSA clonal complexes were similar to those seen elsewhere, with the exception of CC78. CC239 MRSA (AUS-2/3) was the predominant MRSA but decreased significantly in prevalence, while CC22 (EMRSA-15) and CC1 (WA-1) emerged. Genetically diverse ST93 MSSA predated the emergence of ST93- MRSA (the Queensland clone).