for the 2003 film AssistedLiving film Unreferenced date August 2011 Globalize US date September 2010 Howto date September 2009 Assistedliving residences or assistedliving facilities ALF s provide supervision ... services provided by a trained staff person. Assistedliving as it exists today emerged in the 1990s ... home. Assistedliving is a philosophy of care and services promoting independence and dignity. Within the United States assistedliving spectrum, there is no nationally recognized definition of assistedliving. Assistedliving facilities are regulated and licensed at the US state level. More than two thirds of the states use the licensure term assistedliving. Other licensure terms used for this philosophy of care include residential care home, assisted care living facilities, and personal ... living. Because the term assistedliving has not been defined in some states it is often a marketing ... that provide assistedliving services. Assistedliving facilities can range in size from a small residential .... Assistedliving falls somewhere between an independent living community and a skilled nursing facility ... living, assistedliving, and nursing care in one facility. People who live in newer assistedliving ... meals. Typical resident Statistically, an assistedliving resident needs assistance with an average of three ADLs. A typical assistedliving facility resident would usually be a senior citizen man or a woman ... some assistance in day to day living. Age groups will vary with every facility. The AssistedLiving Federation of America ALFA AssistedLiving Federation of America reports that the average age of assistedliving residents is 86.9 years female average age, 87.3 male average age, 85.7 . Female residents 73.6 outnumber male residents by almost 3 to 1. The majority 76.6 of assistedliving residents ... of stay for assistedliving residents is 28.3 months the median is 21.0 months . Residents of assisted ... by the assistedliving residence. It is important to remember that assistedliving residences ... more details
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Infobox film name AssistedLiving image image size alt caption director Elliot Greenbaum producer writer Elliot Greenbaum narrator starring Michael Bonsignore music cinematography editing studio distributor released 2003 start date YYYY MM DD runtime country United States language English budget gross preceded by followed by AssistedLiving is a 2003 American comedy film directed and written by Elliot Greenbaum . It depicts a day in the life of Todd, a janitor at an assistedliving facility. He befriends the residents, one of whom confuses him for her son. AssistedLiving won 4 awards at film festivals, including the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival . External links IMDB title 0361322 AssistedLiving Category 2003 films Category American films Category 2000s comedy films Category English language films 2000s comedy film stub ... more details
The AssistedLiving Federation of America ALFA is a trade association of senior living providers that manage assistedliving communities across the United States . ALFA was formed in 1990. It is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia , and has 30 affiliates and four chapters representing 34 states. references http www.theconsumervoice.org resident assistedliving additional resources references Awards programs The Best of the Best Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes senior living providers who demonstrative innovative, unique and evolutionary approaches to improving quality of life for seniors and their families and those who work in senior living communities. ALFA Best of the Best Awards are presented at the annual ALFA Conference. references http www.alfapublications.org alfapublications 20100506 pg16 references The ALFA Hero Awards Annual awards program that recognizes senior living professionals who have shown leadership, initiative and work to improve the quality of life for the residents he she serves in a senior living community. ALFA Hero Awards are presented at the annual ALFA Conference. references http www.emeritus.com blog 2009 alfa hero award references The Horace D Angelo, Jr. Memorial Awards recognizes outstanding senior living advocacy efforts. Established in 2010 to honor the late Horace D Angelo, Jr. references http caravitahomecareblog.wordpress.com 2010 06 29 beth cayce recieves alfa state advocacy award for georgia references External links http alfa.org Official website References http www.entrepreneur.com tradejournals article 188854060.html AssistedLiving Review http www.agingblueprint.org orgs ALFA.cfm Active Aging Partnership Category Industry trade groups based in the United States ... more details
largest assistedliving provider in the industry. ref http www.istockanalyst.com article viewiStockNews ... homes External links http www.emeritus.com Emeritus Senior Living References reflist Category ... more details
Euthanasia Assisted suicide is the common term for actions by which an individual helps another person ... is considered to be an offense made out of unknowing, confusion, or despair, assisted suicides ... File Map of USA highlighting euthanasia.svg thumb right Map of USA highlighting euthanasia Assisted ... . Legality by country Australia main Euthanasia in Australia Assisted suicide is currently illegal ... which is different from Physician Assisted Suicide . Belgium The Euthanasia Act legalized euthanasia in Belgium in 2002, but it didn t cover assisted suicide. ref cite journal author Adams M, Nys ... with the doctors, resulting in euthanasia physician assisted suicide only being allowed for people ... Euthanasia in Canada Suicide is not a crime in Canada, but physician assisted suicide is considered ... last Prado editor first C.G. contribution Assisted Suicide, Ethics and the Law The Implication of Autonomy and Respect for Persons, Equality and Justice, and Beneficence title Assisted Suicide Canadian ... location Westport, Connecticut pages 41 url doi isbn ref Though physician assisted suicide is legal ... The controversy over legalising euthanasia and physician assisted suicide is not as big as in the United ... 2008 84 After his appeal was denied, his mother assisted in killing him by injecting him with an overdose ... first Dieter editor2 last Dahl editor2 first Edgar contribution Physician Assisted Suicide and the German Criminal Law. title Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician Assisted Suicide and Public Policy ... first Edgar contribution Physician Assisted Suicide and the German Criminal Law. title Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An international Perspective. year 2008 ... Dahl editor2 first Edgar contribution Physician Assisted Suicide and the German Criminal Law. title Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An international Perspective ... editor first Dieter editor2 last Dahl editor2 first Edgar contribution Physician Assisted Suicide ... more details
Assisted migration is the practice of deliberately populating members of a species from their present habitat to a new region with the intent of establishing a permanent presence there, generally in response to the degradation of the natural habitat due to human action. The human action most frequently considered is climate change, but assisted migration can be in response to habitat loss or other impacts to historic range. Assisted migration flies in the face of conventional management approaches that attempt to re establish habitat corridors that allow species to disperse in response to a changing climate. There is good reason to be skeptical of this conservation strategy given that history ... . In 2007 conservation biologist s began formally discussing assisted migration as a mechanism ... rss A Radical Step to Preserve a Species Assisted Migration , Carl Zimmer , New York Times. January 23, 2007. ref In July 2008, the first clear instance of intentional assisted migration in behalf ... , Torreya Guardians. August 2, 2008. ref Although assisted migration has only recently come to the forefront ... not moved to a new area to repopulate. ref http www.wired.com wiredscience 2012 02 assisted migration ... on islands across the Indian Ocean. ref http www.wired.com wiredscience 2012 02 assisted migration ?pid .... A framework for debate of assisted migration in an era of climate change. Conservation Biology .... 2009. Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution ... fulltext 123196255 PDFSTART Assisted colonization under the U.S. Endangered Species Act . Conservation ... a webpage devoted to hotlinks for following the proposals and news on assisted migration, assisted colonization, and Pleistocene Rewilding http www.torreyaguardians.org assisted migration.html Assisted Migration Hotlinks . Assisted Migration Working Group. http assistedmigration.wiki.zoho.com Managed relocation.html . Camacho, A., Assisted Migration Redefining Nature and Natural Resource Law Under ... more details
Assisted GPS , generally abbreviated as A GPS or aGPS , is a system which can, under certain conditions, improve the startup performance, or time to first fix time to first fix TTFF of a Global positioning system GPS satellite based positioning system. It is used extensively with GPS capable cellular phones as its development was accelerated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC s Enhanced 911 911 mandate making the location of a cell phone available to emergency call dispatchers. ref cite web url http www.gpsworld.com gps assisted gps a low infrastructure approach 734 title Assisted GPS A Low Infrastructure Approach publisher GPS World date March 1, 2002 accessdate 2008 06 11 ref Description Standalone or Autonomous GPS operation uses radio signals from GPS satellite satellites alone. A GPS additionally uses network resources to locate and use the satellites in poor signal conditions. In very poor signal conditions, for example in a city, these signals may suffer multipath propagation where signals bounce off buildings, or Radio propagation Absorption be weakened by passing ... ref An Assisted GPS system can address these problems by using data available from a network. For billing ..., known as MS Assisted, the amount of Central processing unit CPU and programming required for a GPS ... time. Modes of operation AGPS has two modes of operation Mobile Station Assisted MSA In MSA mode ... have evolved. SUPL V1.0 SUPL V2.0 See also List of devices with Assisted GPS Mobile phone tracking References Reflist Satellite navigation DEFAULTSORT Assisted Gps Category Mobile technology Category Satellite navigation systems Category GPS ar ca GPS Assistit de Assisted Global Positioning System et A GPS es GPS Asistido fr Assisted GPS ko A GPS id A GPS it GPS Assistito he AGPS hu AGPS nl Assisted GPS no Assisted Global Positioning System pl AGPS pt GPS assistido ru A GPS fi A GPS sv Assisted GPS th zh ... more details
An assisted person has several meanings in law, referring generally to indigent people. Under Great Britain statutory law , one who is eligible for Legal aid . ref http www.hrothgar.co.uk YAWS rules part43.htm English legal web site ref ref http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1988 Ukpga 19880034 en 5.htm Legal Aid Act ref It also refers to such a person under Scottish law . ref http www.jonathanmitchell.info legalaid chapter10.htm private law firm site , citing Legal Aid Scotland Act 1986. ref Under United States U.S. Bankruptcy law , it is also a person who applies to a debt relief agency. ref UnitedStatesCode 11 526 a http doney.net bkcode 11usc0526.htm Bankruptcy law site ref A debt relief agency is any person who provides any bankruptcy assistance to an assisted person in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration, or who is a bankruptcy petition preparer under UnitedStatesCode 11 110 . The term assisted person means any person whose debts consist primarily of consumer debts and the value of whose nonexempt property is less than 150,000. UnitedStatesCode 11 101 3 . ref http bovitz spitzer.com debtreliefagency debtreliefagencyoverview.htm Bovitz & Spitzer a debt relief agency web site . ref Debt relief agencies are subject to certain rules regarding information they must provide to an assisted person . ref Bovitz & Spitzer site, citing 11 U.S.C. 526 a 1 11 U.S.C. 526 a 2 11 U.S.C. 526 a 3 A 11 U.S.C. 526 a 3 B and 11 U.S.C. 526 a 4 . ref ref The Bankruptcy Code requires a debt relief agency to provide the information set forth in UnitedStatesCode 11 527 , Id. ref ref See also http thomas.loc.gov cgi bin cpquery ?&db id cp105&r n hr540.105&sel TOC 314755& Library of Congress web site, quoting section UnitedStatesCode 11 111 . ref External links The American Bar Association has an article on this topic http www.abanet.org genpractice newsletter lawtrends 0604 business whoisdebtreliefagency.html ABA web site References reflist Category Bankruptcy Category ... more details
It s a Living may refer to It s a Living 1980 TV series It s a Living 1980 TV series , an American sitcom which ran from 1980 to 1982, and from 1985 to 1989 It s a Living CBC TV series It s a Living CBC TV series , a Canadian reality television series hosted by Peter Jordan disambig ... more details
wiktionary livingLiving may refer to Life , a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms a extant taxon living species is one that is not extinct Personal life , the course of an individual human s life Living wage , refers to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of livingLiving or Benefice , in canon law, a position in a church that has attached to it a source of income Music Living 2001 2002 , a live album by the John Butler Trio Living Paddy Casey album Living Paddy Casey album , 2003 Living Judy Collins album , 1971 Other Martha Stewart Living , a magazine by Martha Stewart Living UK TV channel and Livingit , television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland Living 1950s TV series , a Canadian informational television series Living novel , a 1929 novel by Henry Green Living New Zealand TV channel , a New Zealand television station Living TV series Living TV series , a local daytime show format airing on CBC Television See also Biological material disambiguation Life disambiguation Lives disambiguation Organic disambiguation disambig br Bev fr Vivant nl Living ... more details
Infobox song See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name This Is Living Type Song Artist Elvis Presley alt Artist Album Recorded Released Start date YYYY MM DD Published Genre Language Length Duration m MM s SS Writer Composer Label Producer Tracks prev prev no track no next next no Misc This Is Living is a song by Elvis Presley . See also List of songs by Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Category Elvis Presley songs song stub ... more details
infobox Book name For a Living The Poetry of Work orig title translator image Image ForaLivingCover.jpg thumb author Nicholas Coles & Peter Oresick cover artist country flag USA language English language English series subject Working class literature genre Poetry publisher University of Illinois Press release date September 1995 media type Print paperback pages 432 isbn ISBN 978 0 25206 410 4 oclc 29845143 followed by For a Living The Poetry of Work is a literary anthology of United States American labor poetry written during the 1980s and 1990s. The book identifies within American literature of the current Information Age or service economy a new work poetry about the nature and culture of nonindustrial work White collar worker white collar , pink collar , domestic, clerical, technical, managerial or professional. The poems cross lines of status, class, and gender and range from mopping floors to television news reporting, Wall Street brokerage, and raising children. The anthology offers nearly two hundred poems by ninety six poets, most of whom are of the baby boomer generation. The collection was edited by Nicholas Coles and Peter Oresick , both of the University of Pittsburgh . It is a companion volume to their critically acclaimed Working Classics Working Classics Poems on Industrial Life , an anthology of blue collar work poetry. For a Living remains in print since its first publication in 1995 by the University of Illinois Press . quote This new anthology . . . challenges the view that work is a less provocative subject than nature, spirituality or even love. . . . For a Living liberates the voices of those we work alongside every day without perhaps really hearing ... Sonnets from the Employees 1995 , The Wall Street Journal , September 4, 1995. ref Selected Poets in For a Living ... and Peter Oresick, editors title For a Living The Poetry of Work location Urbana and Chicago publisher ... books?ie UTF 8&sourceid ca print uofillinois press&vid isbn0252064100 Look inside For a Living ... more details
About the 2011 film starring Ryan Dunn the instructions given by an individual in the event of medical incapacity Advance health care directive Infobox Film name Living Will... image Living Will.png caption director Matthew Lauyer producer Ryan Dunn br Roy Koriakin writer Roy Koriakin br Allan Delikat starring Ryan Dunn br April Scott br Gerad Haitz editing Matthew Lauyer distributor KPHAT Productions running time 102 Minutes released October 4, 2011 direct to video country USA language English Living Will... is an American comedy film starring Ryan Dunn , Gerard Haitz and April Scott . Plot Will s best friend and roommate, Belcher, returns from the dead as a cocky, mischievous and perverted ghost who discovers that Will has shacked up with his cousin, Krista. Belcher does everything in his ghostly powers to end the relationship. Production In 2011, the domestic distribution rights to the film were purchased by Lions Gate Entertainment . The studio had originally planned an October 2011 release for the film but after the death of Ryan Dunn on June 20, 2011, the studio announced that it no longer had any plans to release the film theatrically. The film was released direct to video on October 4, 2011. Cast Ryan Dunn Belcher Gerard Haitz Will April Scott Krista Bam Margera Hillbilly 1 External links http www.livingwillmovie.com Official Website for the movie IMDb title 1754141 ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Living with the Living Type studio Artist Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Cover Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Living with the Living cover.jpg Border yes Released March 20, 2007 Recorded September October 2006 Genre Rock music Rock , punk rock , indie rock Length 61 07 Label Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Producer Brendan Canty Last album Shake the Sheets br 2004 This album Living with the Living br 2007 Next album The Brutalist Bricks br 2010 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 3.5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r1020796 review pure url yes Allmusic review ref rev2 Aversion rev2score Rating 5 5 ref http www.aversion.com bands reviews.cfm?f id 3021 Aversion review ref rev3 No Ripcord rev3score 5 10 ref http www.noripcord.com ?q node 561 No Ripcord review ref rev4 Pitchfork Media rev4score 7.5 10 ref http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 41769 living with the living Pitchfork Media review ref rev5 Rolling Stone rev5score Rating 3 5 ref http www.rollingstone.com reviews album 13646096 review 13750796 living with the living Rolling Stone review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Living with the Living is the fifth album by the Washington, D.C. Rock music rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists , released in 2007 by Touch and Go Records . It was the band s first album for the Touch and Go label and debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 109, selling about 8,000 copies in its first week. ref Katie Hasty, http www.billboard.com bbcom news article display.jsp?vnu content id 1003563939 Modest Mouse Steers Its Ship To No. 1 Debut , Billboard.com, March 28, 2007. ref . Music videos were filmed for the singles Bomb. Repeat. Bomb. and Colleen . The iTunes download version of the album included a bonus track entitled The Vain Parade , while first run copies of the CD version included the bonus Mo Living Extended ... albums Category Touch and Go Records albums fr Living with the Living ... more details
POV date March 2012 Animal assisted therapy AAT is a type of therapy that involves animals as a form .... ref cite web title Animal Assisted Therapy url http www.americanhumane.org interaction programs animal assisted therapy publisher American Humane Association ref A therapist who brings along ... 2006 . ref File Therapiehund.jpg thumb Dogs are common in animal assisted therapy. History The earliest ... journal Handbook on Animal Assisted Therapy Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice ..., greatly influencing the morale of the patients living there. ref name Serpell Sigmund Freud kept ... Stanley Coren chapter Foreword title Handbook on Animal Assisted Therapy publisher Academic Press year ... Animal Assisted Therapy File Pies asystuj cy golden retriever 2009 pl.jpg thumb Golden Retrievers ... Kathryn S. year 1998 title The Effects of Animal Assisted Therapy on Anxiety Ratings of Hospitalized ... F.A., Breuer P., & Hanlon R., title Animal assisted therapy at an Outpatient Pain management clinic ... title Animal Assisted Therapy in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure journal American Journal .... Benefiting children Children also can receive positive benefits from Animal Assisted therapy in the class setting. Frieson ref cite journal last Friesen first L title Exploring Animal Assisted ... first4 Avshalom year 2001 title Animal Assisted Therapy for Elderly Schizophrenic Patients A One Year ... url http journals.lww.com ajgponline Abstract 2001 11000 Animal Assisted Therapy for Elderly Schizophrenic.13.aspx ... Capital Therapy Dogs Inc., a non profit, all volunteer organization that provides animal assisted ... of Animal Assisted Therapy There are many types of AAT ranging from the use of dogs, to cats, even ... therapy, and Equine therapy. Dolphin Therapy Dolphin assisted therapy refers to the practice of swimming ... and breakthroughs in outcomes , ref cite web url http www.dolphinassistedtherapy.com title Dolphin Assisted ... Term Effectiveness of Dolphin Assisted Therapy for Children with Severe Disabilities journal Anthrozoos ... more details
orphan date April 2012 Fluorophore assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis or FACE is a biochemical technology suited for detecting complex mixtures of high molecular weight N glycans. ref name Harish cite journal last Harish first P. M. Kumar date July 23, 1999 title Use of Fluorophore Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis FACE in the Elucidation of N Linked Oligosaccharide Structures journal Methods in Biotechnology volume 10 pages 221 234 url http www.springerprotocols.com Abstract doi 10.1007 978 1 59259 261 6 18 doi 10.1007 978 1 59259 261 6 18 ref A specialized form of this technique is the DSA FACE, which is an acronym for DNA sequencer assisted flurophore assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis. DSA FACE has higher resolution and sensitivity than classical FACE. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Fluorophore Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis Category Molecular biology techniques Category Molecular biology ... more details
The Special Program of Assisted Reproduction SPAR is a program offered to HIV discordant couples serodiscordant at the Bedford Research Foundation s clinical laboratory. The program takes advantage of ART Reproductive technology Assisted Reproduction Technology procedures including sperm washing ref cite web url http americanradioworks.publicradio.org features evading virus howworks.html title Sperm Washing How it Works publisher American Radio Works ref to assist couples achieve a pregnancy who would otherwise risk transmitting the father s HIV infection to the mother and the child through intercourse. SPAR employs extremely stringent safety standards samples will only be submitted for sperm washing and cryopreservation that have first been screened for HIV virus particles and infected cells by specialized molecular biology tests. Only samples that have been determined to have an undetectable HIV viral burden will be submitted for infertility procedures. Reproductive technology Assisted Reproductive Technologies ART , such as In Vitro Fertilization IVF , treat many disorders of the female, but until recent years, treatment options for male factor infertility were limited, and donor sperm was routinely recommended to achieve a pregnancy. Advances in ART, however, have created new possibilities for men with male factor infertility, including those whose sperm counts have been decreased by cancer treatment and other diseases, and men with incurable, sexually transmissible virus diseases. Infectious diseases transmissible by semen for which there is no cure include Hepatitis B and possibly Hepatitis C Human T Cell Leukemia Virus HTLV 1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV History ... , the Assisted Reproduction Foundation now the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation directed by Dr ..., seven collaborating clinics around the country were caring for couples living with HIV disease ... www.sementesting.org Special Program of Assisted Reproduction at the Bedford Research Foundation Clinical ... more details
The European Assisted Conception Consortium EACC is an organization whose aim is to bring together national Assisted reproductive technology ART regulators and practitioners within the European Union for professional cooperation and joint action. See also European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology External links http www.eshre.com emc.asp?pageId 678 European Assisted Conception Consortium EACC Category Embryology Category Scientific societies sci org stub ... more details
Assisted zona hatching AZH is a procedure of assisted reproductive technology in which a small hole is made in the zona pellucida , using a micromanipulation, thereby facilitating for zona hatching to occur. ref name IVF . ref name IVF http www.ivf infertility.com ivf hatching.php IVF infertility.com ref . Zona hatching is where the blastocyst gets rid of the surrounding zona pellucida to be able to implant in the uterus. Efficacy A systematic review and meta analysis came to the result that assisted zona hatching is related to increased rates of clinical pregnancy and multiple pregnancy in women with previous repeated failure or frozen thawed embryos. ref name Martins2011 cite doi 10.1093 humupd dmr012 ref However, it is unlikely to increase clinical pregnancy rates when performed in fresh embryos transferred to unselected women, to those without poor prognosis or to women of advanced maternal age . ref name Martins2011 References references Assisted reproductive technology DEFAULTSORT Assisted Zona Hatching Category Human reproduction Human repro stub ... more details
Original research date August 2008 State assisted suicide is the use of government to commit suicide. It is usually committed by committing a capital crime and receiving a capital punishment . State assisted suicide was a popular method in Medieval and Enlightenment Era Scandinavia, Fact date October 2008 where religion forbade suicide and suicidees were prohibited from religious burial. The usual method was to kill an infant Fact date October 2008 infanticide was a capital crime and infants, once baptized, were considered to be pure and sinless and therefore certain to receive salvation . The death penalty, usually by decapitation beheading , gave the condemned a chance to atone his or her sins before death. Timothy McVeigh , who had contemplated suicide in the past, notably called his execution state assisted suicide. ref http archives.cnn.com 2001 fyi news 06 11 mcveigh.execution ref Zacarias Moussaoui also sought to kill himself through the justice system. ref http www.crimeandjustice.org.uk opus35 zacarias moussaoui 2006.pdf ref A typical strategy for this purpose is to commit a capital offense and then refuse to plea bargain in the face of overwhelming evidence, all the while showing no remorse and making statements calculated to cause grave offense. Amnesty International said While volunteer executions are sometimes referred to as a form of state assisted suicide, prisoner assisted homicide would be a more accurate label. ref http asiapacific.amnesty.org library Index ENGAMR511282006?open&of ENG 2M4 ref See also Suicide by cop Capital punishment Assisted suicide References reflist Category Suicide methods ... more details
Laser assisted water condensation is an experimental technique for artificially causing rainfall that was developed in 2011 by scientists from the University of Geneva . ref http www.ibtimes.com articles 207623 20110902 laser assisted technique control the rainfall and reduce the flooding cloud seeding.htm Laser Assisted Technique Can Control Rainfall and Reduce Flooding Study . International Business Times , 9 2 2011. ref It is related to cloud seeding . The technique works by creating nitric particles in the clouds that cause condensation with laser pulses. ref Ian Sample. http www.guardian.co.uk science 2011 aug 30 firing laser beams atmosphere rain Firing laser beams into the sky could make it rain, say scientists . The Guardian , 8 30 2011. ref References references Category Weather modification ... more details
unreferenced date February 2012 Sociology Computer assisted personal interviewing CAPI is an interviewing technique similar to computer assisted telephone interviewing , except that the interview takes place in person instead of over the telephone. Either the respondent or the interviewer sits at a computer terminal and enters the answers. If no interviewer is present, the term Computer assisted self interviewing CASI may be used. Either the respondent or an interviewer sits at a computer terminal and answers a questionnaire using the keyboard or mouse. Help screens and courteous error messages are provided. Colorful screens and on and off screen stimuli can add to the respondent s interest and involvement in the task. This method has been classified as a personal interview technique since an interviewer is usually present to serve as a host and to guide the respondent. This approach is used in shopping malls, preceded by the intercept and screening process. It is also used to conduct business to business research at trade shows or conventions. For example, CAPI is used as the method of data collection for the British Crime Survey . Advantages This form of interview is substantially cheaper when a large number of respondents is required, because There is no need to recruit or pay interviewers. There is no need to transcribe the results into a computer form. The computer program ... think the question asks one thing, when it actually asks another Computer assisted self interviewing The big difference between a computer assisted self interview CASI and a computer assisted personal interview is whether or not an interviewer is present. There are two kinds of computer assisted ..., both types have a big advantage over computer assisted personal interviewing, because subjects are more ... privative. See also Computer assisted web interviewing Category Statistical survey software Category Data collection Category Market research CAPI Category Sociology index de Computer Assisted Personal ... more details
Image Gerber FAST assisted opening.gif thumb right 320px A Gerber Legendary Blades Gerber Assisted opening knife in action. An assisted opening knife is a type of folding knife which uses an internal Mechanism technology mechanism to finish the opening of the blade once the user has partially opened it using a flipper or thumbstud attached to the blade. ref name winter Winter, Butch 2004 King of the Assisted Openers , Blade Magazine, August 2004 ref The first assisted opening knife was designed by Blackie Collins in 1995 and was named the Strut and Cut it was based on the strut of his Ducati motorcycle. ref cite book title Blade s Guide to Knives & Their Values first Steve last Shackleford edition 7 page 232 publisher Krause Publications year 2010 isbn 9781440203879 ref A similar concept was developed years later by knifemaker Ken Onion with Onion s idea based on a similar mechanism in his Harley Davidson motorcycle. ref name winter Onion applied for a patent on his design in 1998 ref cite web url http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph Parser?Sect1 PTO1&Sect2 HITOFF&d PALL&p 1&u 2Fnetahtml 2FPTO 2Fsrchnum.htm&r 1&f G&l 50&s1 6,145,202.PN.&OS PN 6,145,202&RS PN 6,145,202 title US patent 6145202 Opening and closing assisting mechansim for folding knife authorlink Ken Onion last Onion first Ken publisher United States Patent and Trademarks Office accessdate 23 November 2011 ref . When the knife is in the closed position, the blade is held in place by means of torsion springs and an additional ... control button , the user of an assisted opening knife must apply some manual pressure to the blade ... of gravity, the assisted opening mechanism is not considered a switchblade. ref Gardner,Jim 2004 Sweet ... Folders , Knives Illustrated, February 2007 ref Other trade names for assisted opening knife are Forward Action Spring Technology, A O Knife, Torsion Assist Knife, Assisted Knife, Spring Assist Knife, Spring Assisted Knife, Quick Release, Quick Draw, Alternative Automatic, Outburst, SpeedSafe ... more details
Vacuum assisted breast biopsy VAB is a minimally invasive procedure Biopsy to help in the diagnosis of breast cancer . VAB is characterized by single insertion, acquisition of contiguous and larger tissue samples, and directional sample capability. It also offers 10x the tissue of core needle biopsy. ref name pmid20130983 cite journal pages 469 79 doi 10.1007 s10549 010 0750 1 title Diagnostic value of vacuum assisted breast biopsy for breast carcinoma A meta analysis and systematic review year 2010 last1 Yu first1 Ying Hua last2 Liang first2 Chi last3 Yuan first3 Xi Zi journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment volume 120 issue 2 pmid 20130983 ref References reflist Pathology stub Category Breast surgery Category Biopsy Category Breast cancer ... more details
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