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Thermo Scientific ULT2050-10-D
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Thermo Scientific ULT2050-10-D Chest freezer, -40C
Thermo Scientific
Condition: 10
Part No.
Temp Range
-40°C to -10°C
20 Cubic Feet
Box Capacity
2-inch: 396
3-inch: 264
28"H x 66.5"W x 18.5"D
Door Type
Single Solid
Shipping Weight
776 lbs
40.5"H x 96"W x 33.4"D
Locking Casters, Key Lock
208-230 V / 60 Hz     Need a Different Voltage? See 115V ULT2050-10-A
Product Details
Our CxF Series chest freezers feature all the sample protection features of our ExF and DxF upright freezers. Each freezer allows for a full range of racking solutions for maximum sample storage. Features include a state-of-the-art refrigeration system, rugged construction, and easy-to-use microprocessor controls.
Eye-level, easy-to-use microprocessor control panel features a 12-character alphanumeric LED message center to display setpoints, system status, and alarm messages.
LED Digital Temperature Display for easy and accurate readings
A visual LED screen is used for setting modes and alarm conditions
Setpoints for both high and low temperature
Access code to ensure setpoint security
Visual and Audible Alarms Included for Temperature deviation from your high and low set points, Power failure, Hot condenser, Low battery on the control system
Stainless Steel Interior will not rust or corrode
Eye-level, easy-to-use microprocessor control panel
Ergonomic, lockable door handle and spring loaded hinge for counter-balance of door
Easy-to-remove, washable air filter provides protection from dust on condenser, eliminating risk of refrigeration malfunction or risk to samples
Convenient interior covers let you minimize sample exposure to outside conditions
Inner sub-lids protect bulk samples from ambient exposure during single sample retrievals
RS-232 and 4-20 milliamp analog outputs for independent monitoring devices and recorders
Heavy duty casters with locking tandem wheel design for smooth mobility
Made with the latest energy-efficient, HFC refrigerants and a leading manufacturer's compressor
Industrial Grade Compressors are designed uniquely for the high and low stages of the cascade refrigeration system
Heavy gauge, cold-rolled steel exterior construction with a powder coat paint finish that resists chipping and rust
5" foamed-in-place, polyurethane insulation
Dry alarm contacts are included for connection to a remote alarm system (see accessories)
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is an exclusive all private villa lakeside retreat
located in the historic seaside resort of Hua Hin, one of Thailand's
oldest and most traditional resorts for both Thais and overseas visitors.
Hua Hin, a sanctuary frequented by the Thai Royal Family and nobility
is home to the summer palace of King Rama VII, built by the King of
Thailand as a hideaway naming it Klai Kang Won, meaning Far From Worries.
Today, this is home for Their Majesties. Hua Hin is rich in cultural
heritage and is within easy reach of Bangkok.
Design by the Architect of other luxury resort designed by the Architect of other luxury internationally acclaimed spa resorts, offers elegant villas with emphasis on utmost privacy and attention to detail.
AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin nestles reclusively against a gentle hillside 10-15 minutes from Hua Hin's charming town centre. Its design is elegant chic, blending traditional Thai and contemporary architecture. Fringed by mountains and blessed with natural lakes, monastic tranquility permeates AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin affording it a unique ambiance.
Guest villas are dotted around 10 acres of verdant tropical landscape and include private individual infinity-edge swimming pools, garden terraces, private courtyards and sala roof gardens. A retreat, an oasis of calm, a refuge from the pillages of modern city life, AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin offers its guests a unique opportunity to relax, rejuvenate and rediscover their zest for life.
|Enjoy Hua Hins natural beauty from an exclusive luxury villa. Each villa offers a private infinity pool, sun deck terrace and open-air sunken bath. The rooftop gardens provide the ideal setting for a meditative retreat amidst Thailand serene countryside. Hua Hins history as an exclusive royal destination instills each private villa with a touch of luxury and elegance.
Pool Villa 1 Bedroom (160 Sq. m.)
Entrance through a private garden and water pond area with foot bridge.
Deluxe Pool Villa 1 Bedroom (350 Sq. m.) (Suitable for family use)
Entrance through a private garden and water pond area with foot bridge.
Deluxe Pool Villa 2 Bedrooms (350 Sq. m.) (Suitable for 2 couples or for family)
Family Pool Villa (350 Sq. m.)
One storey, Family Pool Villa features one master bedroom with a king size bed and one bedroom facing the private infinity-edge swimming pool. A bathroom features double wash basins, landscaped sunken bathtub and garden shower enclosure. The roof top of the villa also features a sala with a bed for relaxation. The area is 350 sq.m2 large including building and landscape.
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cuisine with international fine wines. The decor is ancient rustic oriental elegance. High ceiling with charming lake and Hua Hin panoramic countryside views
Operating Hours : Lunch and Dinner
Seating Capacity : 100 persons (Indoor and Outdoor Deck terrace seating)
- Guti Pool Bar Cafe -
The Guti Pool Bar Cafe is set on the Resort main pool with pool deck terrace. The decor is chic elegance. All day dining and serves wines, cocktails and with panoramic view of Hua Hin countryside.
Operating Hours-All day
Seating Capacity : 100 persons (Indoor and Outdoor Deck terrace seating)
- Lobby Sala -
Lounge at infinity-edge water pond Salas located in the reception area with panoramic countryside view of Hua Hin. Serves a selection of beverages, cocktails, light snacks and afternoon tea.
Operating Hours : All day
Seating Capacity :15 persons
- Villa Dining -
Villa Dining within private courtyard gardens, ideal for maximum privacy. Private Villa Dining allows guests the choice of menu style and cuisine to suit their occasion.
The Pool A 30 metre lake view infinity-edge
swimming pool alongside the resort lake and river canal. The Pool is
surrounded by decks with luxury contemporary sun beds and Thai parasols.
Lake and Canal Three separate lakes situated within private Resort grounds provide tranquility and relaxation areas. A canal running alongside the Restaurant and Cafe and other resort ground areas provide both outdoor and indoor scenic views.
The Spa The Spa at AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin provides luxurious and relaxing Spa treatments and massages. The Spa also features open-air treatment salas with outdoor sunken baths and garden shower enclosures.
Jogging Trail A scenic countryside walking or jogging trail runs within the Resort's private grounds with mountain, lake and canal views.
AKA Atelier Spend a creative afternoon or evening adding to your very own painting collection. Try AKA Art sessions. Join a group or organize private sessions. Artists and non-artists alike, explore your creative side and paint away to your heart's content on canvas with acrylic paints. AKA Art is for everyone, kick back in a relaxed, tranquil and inspiringly picturesque setting.
Leisure Concierge The Resort concierge will arrange leisure activities, including walks, trekking, visits to Hua Hin town centre, nearby National Country Parks, golf and other activities upon request.
Conference Facilities The Resort conference facilities are provided with outdoor private garden for Resort guests' use for private functions and business retreats. Conference facilities can accommodate up to 20 delegates.
|Situated in the picturesque village of Hin Lek Fai (Earth, Metal
and Fire), AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin is a magnificent lakeside retreat
merely 10-15 minutes (5 kms.) by car from Hua Hin's white sandy beaches, charming
town centre, fishing pier, the Royal Thai King's Palace and other cultural
heritage. With an abundance of fresh air and water, AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin revels
in the essential elements of nature.
Hua Hin, a coastal town with a splendid stretch of pristine white sandy beach, national country parks, beautiful countryside dotted with rice terraces, tranquil lakes and mountains, is an easy two hour drive south of Bangkok. Hua Hin has excellent weather, a relaxing climate and cool sea breezes all year round.
Six major world class golf courses fall within a 20 minute drive from AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin, with several championship golf courses within 10 minutes of the Resort.
Transfer from Bangkok International Airport
Located approximately 180 kilometers south of Bangkok, AKA Resort & Spa Hua Hin is conveniently accessible from Bangkok International Airport by chauffeur-driven private car or taxi.
Hua Hin can also be reached by rail, coach and short commuter flight from Bangkok. Additionally, a domestic flight by SGA Airlines (a 12-seat turboprop Cessna Grand Caravan) from Bangkok to Hua Hin takes app. 40 minutes. Also a private plane and a jet can land at Hua Hin Airport with pre-arrangement.

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Ark. lawmaker, Rep. Nate Bell, criticized for Boston manhunt tweet
An Arkansas lawmaker is apologizing for the timing - but not the content - of a tweet he sent questioning whether "Boston liberals" wished they had an assault weapon to protect themselves while police searched for a Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
Republican Rep. Nate Bell on Friday morning posted on Twitter: "I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?" Bell's comments rapidly spread online, as police hunted for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing that killed three.
Bell said he regretted the timing of the tweet.
The tweet controversy sparked a number of comments and statements from state lawmakers and party leaders.
Republican House Speaker Davy Carter apologized for Bell's remark, calling it insensitive. The top Democrat in the House called the tweet "tasteless."
The Democratic House Leader Greg Leding of Fayetteville said the tweet from the state representative was "uncaring," continuing,
"I can't speak for them, but I would imagine every other member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, the Arkansas Senate, and Arkansans everywhere find Rep. Bell's comments to be as reprehensible as I do. Boston is a city of patriots, and all Arkansans should stand with them today."


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The Museum of Broadcast Communications presents "A 75th Anniversary Salute to FDR," 7 p.m. July 2 at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre, 50 East Congress Parkway. General admission tickets are $25 each. For more information, go to www.museum.tv.
In the mid-1960s, the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." regularly saved the world from the forces of evil. But can he help stimulate interest today in a stalled museum project in Chicago?
Actor Robert Vaughn - who starred as the suave super-spy Napoleon Solo for four seasons - will headline a July 2 fund-raiser for the Museum of Broadcast Communications as the organization inducts President Franklin D. Roosevelt into its National Radio Hall of Fame. Vaughn will read excerpts from the speech FDR made 75 years ago in Chicago as he accepted the Democratic nomination for president.
If all goes well, the special event at the historic Auditorium Theatre will raise more than $250,000 in operating funds, museum founder, president and CEO Bruce DuMont said.
As for the museum's bricks-and-mortar home at State and Kinzie streets, that's another matter.
Construction stopped more than a year ago on the not-for-profit's $31 million headquarters, amid a dispute with Gov. Rod Blagojevich over $6 million in state assistance.
Administration officials continue to say they cannot deliver a $3 million grant and a $3 million loan until the museum secures the rest of the money it needs to complete the project. But DuMont says potential donors are skittish about cutting checks until the state money arrives and brings the work crews back.
"As long as there is doubt that exists, it's going to be very difficult to raise funds," DuMont said from his temporary offices overlooking the dormant site, just north of the Loop. "I've not giving up on the project. ... We're not in a bankruptcy situation. Our assets far exceed our liabilities, because of what the building is worth."
He said the latest strategy is to try to raise enough capital funds to open the 70,000-square-foot tourist attraction in phases. He estimated another $13.5 million is needed to complete the four-story building near the House of Blues Hotel.
DuMont said the asking price for permanent naming rights to the museum is $10 million.
"At this point, I can't think of anything that would be inappropriate," he said when asked about potential underwriters. "Nobody is going to buy the intellectual focus of the museum with a naming opportunity."
The broadcast museum was popular with visitors when it was a tenant at the Chicago Cultural Center at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, but the exhibits were packed up in late 2003 for the move to a permanent base. Visitors could view memorabilia ranging from Bozo the Clown's blue jumpsuit and red wig to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's famous dummy, Charlie McCarthy. They also could listen to archival recordings from the Golden Age of Radio.
For now, the broadcast shrine and its Radio Hall of Fame exists largely on an intellectual plane, but organizers continue to increase the list of all-stars. The idea to add Roosevelt came from sports broadcasting historian Curt Smith, a former speechwriter for the first President Bush.
Roosevelt's July 2, 1933 speech at the old Chicago stadium - in which he talked about a "New Deal" for Depression-plagued Americans - was the first time he was heard by a national audience. His post-election "fireside chats" with the listening public are legendary.
"This is a man who changed forever how presidents communicated," said Smith, a lecturer at the University of Rochester. "Every president has competed with the voice and ghost of FDR."
Vaughn was selected to portray FDR at the forthcoming event because he has played the World War II president twice in films, including a one-man show for the HBO Network in 1982.
"Basically the platform that he put forth in the New Deal ... was a very socialistic operation," Vaughn said in an interview. "I'm sure he would be harangued by conservatives today as being too socialist, but at the time he was the answer to the problem, and it worked very successfully in terms of getting people their pride back and getting back on their feet financially."
Political commentators, including Jonathan Alter of "Newsweek" and David Broder of the The Washington Post, will discuss FDR as part of the event.
Vaughn on Vaughn Film and television actor Robert Vaughn, best known for his starring role in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," will appear at a Chicago event July 2 to benefit the Museum of Broadcast Communications. In a recent telephone interview, the 74-year-old cult icon recalled his 50-year show business career. Here are some excerpts. On the long shadow cast by 'U.N.C.L.E.,' the James Bond-like TV series that ran from 1964-1968 (expected on DVD soon): "There's hardly any curse; mostly blessing. It completely changed my life. I went from being a working actor to being a negotiating actor. I could ask for changes in the scripts, I could ask for more per diem. I could get more first-class tickets ... all as a result of that." On being the only heroic lead from 'The Magnificent Seven' (1960) to survive today: "Well, considering the alternative, I think it's very good." On the calmness of 'Magnificent' co-star James Coburn, even after a valet parking attendant crashed Coburn's brand-new sports car: "Jim put his arm around me and said the following: 'Man, Roberto, we're never going to get a cab this late.' ... He just was one of the coolest guys." On being one of the first celebrities to speak out against the Vietnam War (at a 1966 Democratic function in Indianapolis): "They expected me to give a regular speech raising hell to get out the troops, get the money and re-elect LBJ. ... I was very naïve at the time to have said what I said. I re-read it today; it was far out in the field, in terms of the language I use." On his villainous role in the classic - though confusing - Steve McQueen police thriller `Bullitt' (1968): "Steve sent me this script ... I said, 'Separate and apart from our friendship, I think this script is really unbearable. I have no idea what's going on.' ... Then he came back to me a second time and a third time. ... He kept upping the money, the salary, each time. I finally understood the role completely, with the last increase in salary. But to this day people still say ... 'I don't really get what's going on in the film.'" Mike Ramsey can be reached at (312) 857-2323 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Used 2017 FordEdge Titanium SUV
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- Odometer
- 8,936 miles
- Fuel Economy
- 20.0/27.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Magnetic Metallic
- Interior Color
- Ebony
- Body
- Transmission
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Detailed Specifications
- 1st and 2nd row curtain head airbags
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It took me over 13 years to figure out the ultimate retirement plan advice prospecting process. I am happy to save you the same amount of time.
In a previous blog post on AdvisorOne, I wrote about how a simple phone conversation with a client over 13 years ago subsequently lead to the growth and development of a major part of my current investment advisory practice.
At the time I started to build an individual company retirement plan advice niche, I did not pay any attention to who I called or what I said. Years later I now realize that each of the three classic prospecting steps I followed can be replicated by any other advisor.
All three of my prospecting steps listed below take advantage of existing client relationships. Ask a selected group of your existing clients for their interest in your advice to help better manage their individual company retirement plan account. You will be amazed at the response!
The first step in the development of an individual company retirement plan advice niche begins with one of Bill Good's greatest telephone-prospecting strategies. That strategy is to put together a prospecting list together "on which word of mouth can occur."
I received exactly zero prospecting training from the local brokerage firm that first hired me in 1984. For that reason, I read every month the Bill Good prospecting column in Research Magazine. Neither of us knew it then, but Bill Good was my first sales manager in the securities business.
I began prospecting the law firms, doctor's groups, and Fortune 500 companies where my existing clients worked 13 years ago. And I have kept doing it ever since. I now have dozens of individual company retirement plan advice clients at a small handful of private and public companies in my local market.
The second step in the development of a retirement plan advice business is to ask for the company retirement plan menus of your best clients.
I call this step the "misery loves company" part of my retirement plan advice telephone prospecting program. Non-performance over a long period of time in a company retirement plan offering will sooner-or-later be a topic of discussion and frustration within a company community.
What do people talk about at work? Kids, school, weather, vacations, losing money in their company retirement plan account….all the important life events, right?
A copy of a company retirement plan menu will elevate you as an expert source of independent, third-party information regarding the company retirement plan menu of options. Immediately, you become the best source of investment advice and analysis on the company retirement plan menu that an individual prospect at that company will ever talk to.
Have you ever had a difficult time gaining referrals from long-time clients? With a copy of the company retirement plan menu, you will never need to ask for a referral again. Everyone that works at the same company as your client becomes a prospect for your individual company retirement plan advice offering.
How confident do you think you will sound on the telephone prospecting call when you have knowledge of the company retirement plan menu of the prospect you are calling?
The third step in the development of a retirement plan advice niche prospecting process is to put together a list of all the professionals that your existing clients know at other similar companies. High school friends, college buddies or graduate school classmates should all fall into the same prospecting list you are building.
Lawyers know other lawyers. The same can be said about doctors, health care administrators, or engineers. In my experience, all I have ever asked a client is, "Do you know so-and-so at such-and-such company?" Clients will go out of their way to become a great source of prospect information.
My individual company retirement plan advice clients are all-to-happy to provide me the name of other professionals they know who are likely to have similar investment management problems regarding their company retirement plan accounts.
When I call these referrals and explain to them the company retirement plan investment advice work that I provide for my client, it makes my existing client look great in the eyes of the prospect.
My existing retirement plan advice client has a logical, organized and discipline investment management game plan for the assets in his or her company retirement plan account. The prospect I call more than likely does not. Have the chances increased that the prospect wants to listen to the reason my existing client told me to call?
Put these three key steps together with the help of your existing clients in order to build an individual company retirement plan advice niche for your advisory practice.
Ric Lager is founder of Lager & Company, Inc, co-creator of the "No More Pies" investment series for financial advisors and author of "Forget the Pie: Recipe for a Healthier 401(k)."


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The IRS announced on Nov. 16 that Americans affected by Hurricane Sandy would be able to take advantage of relaxed rules regarding loans and hardship withdrawals from 401(k) and employer-sponsored plans.
Victims of the hurricane will be able to take a loan or hardship distribution up to the limit specified by their retirement plans. A person who lives outside the area affected by the hurricane may take a distribution or loan from their own plan if it's being used to assist any child, parent, grandparent or other dependent who does live or work in the affected area.
Additionally, the IRS is relaxing administrative rules that will let participants taking hardship withdrawals access their money more quickly and with less paperwork. A plan may grant a distribution before receiving documents that would normally be required prior to approval, as long as the plan administrator makes a "reasonable effort" to obtain those documents as quickly as possible after the distribution is made.
The relaxed rules also waive post-distribution contribution rules that banned 401(k) or 403(b) participants from making contributions in the six-month period after a distribution. Distributions may be used for any type of hardship, not just those listed in plan regulations.
Furthermore, plans that don't normally allow hardship withdrawals may do so for hurricane victims, even before the plans are amended, but plans must be amended before the end of the first plan year after Dec. 31, 2012.
The amended rules will apply to withdrawals made after Oct. 26 and before Feb. 1, 2013. They affect participants in 401(k)s, 403(b) plans with tax-sheltered annuities and 457(b) deferred-compensation plans. IRA owners will not be able to take advantage of the relaxed rules for loans, but may be able to take hardship withdrawals under the relaxed rules.
The IRS outlined the relief in detail in Announcement 2012-44.
The relaxed rules apply to participants and family members who live or work in areas identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as disaster areas, including:
- Connecticut: Fairfield, Middlesex, New Haven and New London counties; Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribal Nations
- New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren
- New York: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Sullivan, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester
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== Full Dengue Disease Transmission Model ==
== Full Dengue Disease Transmission Model ==
We created a so called "full model" in order to capture a comprehensive picture of dengue transmission in STEM. Details can be obtained on the introductory page [[Dengue Disease Transmission Model]].
We created a so called "full model" in order to capture a comprehensive picture of dengue transmission in STEM. Details can be obtained on the introductory page [[Dengue Disease Transmission Model]].
== Nonlinear Models ==
== Nonlinear Models ==
Revision as of 20:10, 5 January 2012
New models are continually being added to STEM. Today STEM comes with a variety of basic models which implement algorithms such as those found in RM Anderson & RM May's textbook on Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0198545991. STEM also includes more advanced models created by groups investigating current problems in epidemiology. As a framework users are also encouraged to create their own models and to even contribute them back to STEM.
Basic Models
STEM comes with implementations of many standard epidemiological compartment models. These include both Stochastic and Deterministic SI, SIR, and SEIR models as well as models with seasonal forcing and nonlinear interaction terms.
SI and SIS models
The simple two-state SI or SI(S) model is useful in describing some classes of microparasitic infections to which individuals never acquire a long lasting immunity. Certain RNA viruses such as rhinoviruses and coronaviruses (the common cold) mutate so rapidly that individuals recently recovered from a cold will still be susceptible to other strains of the same virus circulating in a population. In a simple model for this process, individuals never enter a recovered state, but rather alternate between being susceptible and being infectious.
SIR and SIRS models
More generally, after exposure to microparasitic infection, individuals who recover from a disease will enter a third state where they are immune to subsequent infection. This Recovered State, R, appears in the SIR(S) compartment models. For infections that confer lifelong immunity in the recovered state, an SIR model is appropriate. Typical examples for which an SIR model is used include Paramyxovirus (measles) and Viral Parotitis (mumps). In cases involving the Orthomyxoviridae viruses (which cause seasonal flu), immunity is not lifelong and may decrease over time. Immunity loss can reflect a decrease in an individual's immune response, or a genetic drift in the circulating strain of virus that diminishes the effectiveness of the acquired immunity. In either case, an SIRS model represents the rate at which people in a Recovered state return to a susceptible state.
SEIR and SEIRS models
Some infectious diseases are also characterized by an incubation period between exposure to the pathogen and the development of clinical symptoms. If the exposed individual is not infectious during this incubation period (e.g., not shedding virus), it is important to model the incubation time explicitly. Note that there is a difference between an incubation time and a period of latency. A virus may or may not be dormant when an individual is in an exposed state. It is important to model the exposed (E) state explicitly when there is a delay between the time at which an individual is infected and the time at which that individual becomes infectious. In this case an SEIR(S) model is appropriate. Smallpox, for example, has an incubation period of 7-14 days
The disease models in STEM are implementations of these compartment models expressed as differential equations. These differential equations have a variety of parameters that are similar to the constants in a chemical rate equation. Users can easily change the basic parameters of any model in STEM with a text editor (called the property editor). This tunes the model based on the particular disease of interest. New models with even more advanced mathematics can easily be added to STEM - but that does take some knowledge of the Java programming language and of Eclipse. Please see the Tutorials and User Guides for detailed information on how to do this.
Once you have put together a model with a geographic region and other data (like transportation, time, and human population) you can easily export your work and share it with other users of STEM. In this way STEM is intended to promote scientific collaboration allowing researchers to build on each others work. See the section on Importing and Exporting Projects for instructions on how to do this and for information on some example scenarios.
Advanced Models
MacDonald Ross Disease Model
Our model for malaria transmission is based on work originally carried out by Ross (1911) and MacDonald (1957). The cycle of the malaria and its transmission between secondary human hosts and primary vectors of the genus Anopheles is complex. It suffices to say that a human infection begins when sporozoites are injected by an infected female mosquito into the blood stream. The sporozoites migrate to the liver, and after some period of time they enter the bloodstream in the form of gametocytes which can be injected into a mosquito when it ingests human blood. Through a series of development within the mosquito, the injected gametocytes becomes gametes which (in the sexual phase) turns into a zygote, then a motile ookinete which bores through the gut of the mosquito and releases a large number of sporozoites. This completes the cycle.
Our model can be described by a set of differential equations describing the dynamics of the disease in both the human and the Anopheles vector. From the description of the malaria cycle above, it is clear that we need to model some period of latency from the time of the blood meal to the infectious stage in both human and vector. For humans, the latent period is defined as the time from initial infection to the appearance of gametocytes in the blood. For the Anopheles vector, the latent period is defined as the time from initial infection to the appearance of sporozoites in the mosquito saliva glands (also called sporogonic cycle). Once the Anopheles mosquito is infectious, it is assumed to stay infectious for the rest of its life. Humans, on the other hand, are able to clear gametocytes from the blood stream over time and do not stay infectious indefinitely. Once recovered from an infection, a human has built up antibodies against the parasite. However, antibodies decay over time and long periods of no exposure tend to result in lowered antibody titres within individuals.
The set of differential equations determining the state of a human population for a single region r is defined as:
where (leaving out the region) s(t), e(t), i(t) and r(t) are the relative number of susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered humans, a is the biting rate on humans by a single mosquito (defined as the number of bites per unit of time), b is the fraction of infectious bites on humans that produces an infection, is the total number of mosquitoes at time t (from our Anopheles model described earlier), N is the total number of humans (assumed constant over time), is the relative number of infectious mosquitoes, is the immunity loss rate, is the human latent period and is the rate at which humans recover from an infection.
The corresponding set of differential equations for the Anopheles mosquito population has fewer variables (since the mosquitoes never recover from an infection):
where (again leaving out the region), , and are the relative number of susceptible, exposed and infectious mosquitoes, a is the biting rate (same as above), c is the fraction of bites by susceptible mosquitoes on infected people that produces an infection, is the latent period for the mosquito, is the background mosquito birth rate and is the background mosquito death rate.
The background mosquito birth rate () and death rate () deserve further explanation. The Anopheles model we described earlier determines the number of female mosquitoes in a region at any given time . depends on the four environmental factors as well as the human population density, and varies over time. However, when remains constant, the background birth rate and death rate is for the mosquito is assumed the same ( = ) and it is described by a single parameter of the model. When the mosquito population is growing, we simply increase the birth rate to reflect the growth. When the population is shrinking, we reduce the birth rate. In some cases however, the mosquito population is shrinking so rapidly that setting the birth rate to zero is not enough. When this happens, we increase the death rate to keep up with the drop in the mosquito population.
Ross R (1911) The prevention of malaria (2nd ed.). Murray, London
Macdonald G (1957) The epidemiology and control of malaria. Oxford University Press, London
Full Dengue Disease Transmission Model
We created a so called "full model" in order to capture a comprehensive picture of dengue transmission between host (human) and vector (mosquito) populations in STEM. Details can be obtained on the introductory page Dengue Disease Transmission Model.
Nonlinear Models
STEM also implements nonlinear versions of the basic compartment models where the bilinear transmission kinetics term (bSI) is replaced with a modle of nonlinear transmission (e.g., bSIν, ν > 1 (see Liu, W-M., Hethcote, H. W. and S. A. Levin. 1987. Dynamical behavior of epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence rates. J. Math. Biol. 25: 359-380). Nonlinear models can be used to model saturation or " swamping " of the immune system as a function of disease burden or repeated exposure.
Seasonal Tranmission (Forcing Function) Models
Sinusoidal Model
Many diseases exhibit periodic or quasi-periodic epidemics, the most well being seasonal influenza. Recent experiments using guinea pigs suggest that seasonal variations in influenza incidence may be explained by small changes in transmission rate due to changes in temperature and relative humidity (Lowen et al., 2007; Shaman et al., 2009). Since SIR(S) disease models have an intrinsic tendency to oscillate (although with dampened effect), such changes can be further amplified by dynamic resonance caused by the population dynamics of the host-pathogen system (Dushoff et al., 2004).
As defined by Dushoff (2004), a SIR(S) model has a natural frequency
where γ is the recovery rate, α the immunity loss rate, and Ro the basic reproductive number. While a deterministic SIR(S) model with constant transmission will not exhibit sustained oscillations, it can demonstrate "damped" oscillations at this natural frequency, with the epidemic eventually dying out or tending to a fixed point of endemic infection. If the transmission rate includes a periodic excitation term (a forcing function) tuned to the same resonant frequency, seasonal oscillations may be sustained. If the frequencies differ, as is the case for any forced harmonic oscillator, the system may exhibit sustained oscillations with "beats" resulting in some epidemics that are larger than others.
STEM includes advanced models seasonally modulated transmission coefficient β(t). A deterministic SIR(S) model with constant transmission will never produce sustained periodic epidemics or seasonality (Dushoff et al., 2004). The simplest seasonal transmission function implemented in STEM uses periodic forcing function:
β(t) = βo[(1 - x) + x sin(ωt + φ)]
where βo is the(max) transmission amplitude and x determines the periodic part of the excitation function (0<=x<=1).
Gaussian Model
We are also developing a periodic excitation function based on a linear combination of (periodic) gaussian excitations. This function may be useful in modeling data where the size of the epidemic varies year to year based on known differences in transmissibility of a disease (for example variations in the dominant serotype or strain).
We define β(t) as:
where i is the index of the yearly influenza season; βi is the peak transmission coefficient for season i; (1-ρi) is the fraction by which transmission varies seasonally in season i (0 < ρi < 1.0); ti is the day of peak transmission for season i; g(x, σi) is the probability distribution function of a Gaussian distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation σi; and ξ(t,ti) is the mixing function. The day of peak transmission, ti, is defined so that the transmission function has a period of exactly 1 year, with constant phase, φ. That is transmission peaks φ days after January 1 of season i. The joining function, ξ(t,ti), smoothly joins adjacent Gaussians so that β(t) is only dependent upon a single Gaussian during the period of season i where most transmission occurs
Interpolation of Sampling Points
The seasonal variations of the incidence of a disease can be caused by different things. Climate changes can be the reason as mentioned above, but even the beginning and the end of the school year can have an influence on the disease. In order to be able to model all kinds of seasonal variations, the STEM user should be able to specify every possible excitation function, which can be done as shown in the following. The user specifies the transmission rate for several days in the year and interpolation is used to compute the transmission rate for all remaining days. The simplest interpolation method is linear interpolation. To get a smooth function spline interpolation can be used.
Models of Population
Basic Models
Standard Population Model
The standard population model can be used to model a population that growths or shrinks by a background birth rate and death rate. It is commonly used to model basic human population dynamics.
Advanced Models
Mosquito Population Model
The mosquito population model in STEM uses environmental earth science data (available in the STEM library) to estimate the average mosquito population for a region. Our goal is to compute temporal and regional probability for presence of mosquitoes from environmental variables. If we assume that the mosquito probability at time t and location r follows a Poisson distribution, and if the density depends on independent variables describing or defining the local environment at (t,r), then the logarithm of the expected value for the (un-normalized) probability can be expressed as a linear combination of the independent environmental variables (Charoenpanyanet 2009, Cameron 1998, Christensen 1997):
P(t, r) = kP(T, t, r)*P(R, t, r)*P(V, t, r)*P(E, r) (Equation 1)
Suppressing the space and time variables (t,r), P(T) represents the temperature dependence, P(R) represents the rainfall dependence, P(V) represents the NDVI dependence and P(E) the elevation dependence. If any of functions is zero, then the joint probability is also zero. By expressing the total risk as a joint probability distribution based on a product of environmental functions, we can normalize or rescale the expected mosquito probability using a single population calibration constant k. This calibration constant is chosen such that the value of P is calibrated to the observed mosquito burden.
In Equation 1, the temperature factor P(T) uses average night time surface temperature (Celsius). Daily mosquito survival p (assuming constant humidity) is defined as (Martens 1997):
Another temperature dependent variable is the larval duration ld (Jepson 1947):
We define our temperature factor P(t) as the combined effect of ld and p (Craig 1999):
P(T) = (-4.4+1.31T-0.03T^2)*(0.00554T-0.06737) (Equation 4)
If the temperature is less than 16 C or greater than 40 C, we set P(T) to zero. This figure shows a plot of P(T) versus temperature T:
The elevation factor in Equation 1 uses altitude above sea level in meters. Field studies of Anopheles in Thailand along with remotely sensed elevation data in both wet and dry seasons suggest Anopheles population size is strongly peaked at an elevation of ~400 meters (Charoenpanyanet 2009). We parameterize the Thailand observations with an elevation function that increases linearly from 0-400 meters, and falls linearly from 400-1200 meters, and is zero above 1200 meters.
The dependency on rainfall P(R) is based on mosquito density surveys. In a rural town in western Kenya, the average number of blood fed An. Gambiae and funestus mosquitos per house was measured (per month) between October and May 2000 (Okara 2010). The data suggest an approximately linear relationship between mosquito population and rainfall level. Hydrologic studies suggest rainfall leads to increases in standing water necessary for larval growth. We model P(R) with a simple linear approximation:
P(R) = R(t, r) (Equation 6)
where R(t, r) is the monthly average rainfall (mm) at location r and time t.
The vegetation factor P(V) is based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The NDVI algorithm used in the TERRA/MODIS mission is described in detail by (Huete et al. 1999). The NDVI scale ranges between -0.1 and 0.9 where -0.1 represent bodies of water; values close to 0 correspond to sand, rock, desert or snow; and values between 0.2 and 0.4 represent shrubs and grassland. NDVI near 0.8-0.9 corresponds to tropical rainforests or other forested areas with high density of green leaves. NDVI changes seasonally and over longer time scales with global climate change and deforestation.
A field survey of 26 sites in Thailand measured the dependence of mosquito density on NDVI, as determined by the number of female mosquito bites per person-hour (Charoenpanyanet 2009). A survey in South Korea showed the effect of NVDI on the local density of larvae (Rueda 2010). In both studies, the mosquito population was found to be approximately zero below NDVI <0.3, and to increase approximately linearly for NDVI > 0.3. Based on these works we approximate the vegetation factor as:
Our model for Malaria transmission (see below) depends on an estimate of the actual number of mosquitoes in a region. We assume that female Anopheles mosquitoes feed exclusively on humans (no malaria reserve is assumed in animal populations). So if no humans inhabit an area, no mosquitoes can survive. Furthermore, we assume a mosquito travels at most 50 meters in search of a blood meal, so if the human areal density is less than 127 people/km2 (1 person in a 50 meter radius circle), mosquito survivability is reduced.
Our estimate for the number of (female) mosquitoes in a region, N(t, r) , is:
where A(r) is the area (in km^2) for region r, is the human population density of region (in humans/ km^2). Observe that in this case, the scaling factor k in Equation 1 is calibrated to observed mosquito areal density.
Charoenpanyanet A (2009) Anopheles Mosquito Density Predictive Model Based on Remotely Sensed Data. Doctoral Dissertation Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Cameron AC, Trivedi PK (1998) Regression Analysis of Count Data. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Christensen R 1997 Log-Linear Models and Logistic Regression, 2nd edn. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Martens WJM, Jetten TH, Rotmans J, Niessen LW (1995) Climate change and vector-borne diseases. Global Environmental Change, Vol 5. No. 3. pp. 195-209, 0959-3780(95) 00051-8
Jepson WF, Moutia A, Courtois C (1947) The malaria problem in Mauritius: the bionomics of Mauritian anophelines. Bull. Entomol., Res. 34, 89
Craig MH, Snow RW, le Seue D (1999) A climate-based sistribution model of malaria transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. Parasitology Today, vol. 15, no. 3.
Huete A, Justice C (1999) MODIS VEGETATION INDEX (MOD 13) Algorithm theoretical basis document (http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod13.pdf)
Rueda LM, Brown TL, Kim HC, Chong ST, Klein TA, Foley DH, Anyamba A, Smith M, Pak EP, Wilkerson RC (2010) Species composition, larval habitats, seasonal occurrence and distribution of potential malaria vectors and associated species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea. Malaria J 9:55. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-55.
Multipopulation Models
Demographic Population Model
The Demographic Population Model allows to divide the whole population into groups. This can be useful to model disease it must be distinguished between men and women, children and adults etc.. The model is based on the Standard Population Model, so the population growths or shrinks by a background birth rate and death rate.
Aging Population Model
This model is an enhancement of the Demographic Population Model. It allows to divide the population into groups regarding the people's age. The process of aging is also implemented, which means that fractions of each age group move to the respective next age group as time passes. Additional documentation may be bound on the tutorial page Using Aging Populations in STEM.


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Many former bankers will 'have to find something completely different'
The job cuts announced by the banking industry as it restructures itself are so vast, many of those formerly working in the field–particularly in Europe–will find themselves pursuing alternate careers in the years to come. And while most of the cuts so far have come in Europe, the U.S. is on track to follow, say analysts.
Reuters reported Friday that job cuts announced by some 29 banks since the beginning of 2011–some 160,000 of them–have hit Europe far harder than Asia or the U.S. But, hard as that has already been, particularly on Britain where the financial industry accounts for about 10% of the economy, that could change as the full tally of slashed jobs in the sector has yet to be revealed.
The 160,000 positions already announced as being on the chopping block are far from the end, with many banks not having revealed the full toll of their changes. Also, numerous smaller firms, banks and brokers both, also either downsizing or closing. Commerzbank, for instance, was reported to be planning another 6,000 job eliminations, although in the report it had declined to confirm that.
And Swiss-based UBS said in October that it intended to lay off an additional 10,000; that would come on top of the 3,500 job cuts it had said in 2011 that it would make. The bank also said last month that it had decided to exit most of its rates and debt trading units.
With the number of new hires being outnumbered by those on their way out the door by a two-to-one margin, many in the field will be looking elsewhere for new careers. One top executive at an international bank based in London, who asked for anonymity, was quoted saying, "When I let go tons of people in cash equities this year, I knew most would be finished in this business. It is pretty dead. Some will just have to find something completely different to do."
Zaheer Ebrahim at recruiters Kennedy Group said in the report, "It is structural as well as in response to cycles in the market. The market is still over-broked." And it is still looking to cut costs.
Caio Gilberti, from the financial services practice of consultancy AlixPartners, seemed to agree, and was quoted saying, "There are still 300,000 too many full-time employees in the top financial services players in Europe." Gilberti added that if those additional positions were eliminated, banks' collective cost base could be cut by just a bit more than 20 billion euros ($25.470 billion).
However, if most of the cuts have come so far in Europe, that doesn't mean the U.S. financial industry is immune. Sanford C. Bernstein analysts led by Brad Hintz and Chirantan Barua said in a Bloomberg report that Wall Street firms will also have to drastically cut both pay and headcount, as well as divesting of nearly a third of their trading business assets to be able to keep earning even half the returns they formerly made.
"This implies that the industry is likely to shrink, and more firms will ultimately need to follow UBS to the exit," the analysts wrote in a report. "Over the next few years we expect rampant consolidation."
They added, "We believe the advantages of scale, technological efficiency, and trading discipline will become increasingly important, particularly to firms attempting to be among the last standing."