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Join the Arizona AFL-CIO E-Activist Network for the latest news, events and online actions. A new report from researchers from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finds that not only is rising inequality a drag on economic growth, but that policies designed to lessen inequality through a moderate level of redistribution do not slow growth. While the report is clear in stating it isn't the official opinion or policy of the IMF, researchers Jonathan D. Ostry, Andrew Berg and Charalambos G. Tsangarides make a compelling case that austerity policies are bad for economic growth and that it isn't just morally sound to reduce income inequality, it's the economically wise choice, too. While countries have pursued policies focused heavily on deficit reduction and lower government spending, the new report suggests those legislative priorities may be the wrong approach to economic growth, joining a growing chorus of evidence from economic analysts that is pushing for a move away from austerity. Read more >>> The economy added 175,000 jobs in February—62,000 more than the January job gain but still far below what is needed for recovery—and the nation's unemployment rate was nearly unchanged at 6.7%, compared with January's 6.6%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of long-term unemployed people (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) rose by 203,000, increasing the number of long-term jobless workers to 3.8 million. Read more >>> Two-Day Action Alert: For the next two days (Wednesday & Thursday), at 1:00 PM, CBA will protest the office of Cathi Herrod, the super lobbyist responsible for SB 1062. Mrs. Herrod is the President of the ultra conservative Center for Arizona Policy, which has been pushing hateful legislation like SB 1062 for years in Arizona. Cathi Herrod was also the force behind the scenes that killed an Anti-Bullying bill two years ago, claiming that it was a grand conspiracy for gays to "gain access to our schools and to our children." Last year, Denise Imundo's husband had surgery on his neck that forced him out of the job market. He went four months without work, and although he was eligible to receive disability payments, they only covered one-third of his salary. And when the holidays approached, finances were getting tight. But instead of racking up debt, the couple's Union Plus Credit Card offers special assistance for eligible cardholders. Read more>>> Maricopa Area Labor Federation There will be four scholarships awarded – (1) $2,000 – (1) $1,000 – (2) $500 Applicants may use any source available to them for this paper, but this paper must be their own work and should be in a standard research paper style. Grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and spelling will also be factors in the evaluation of each paper.
Judy Brown Professional Musicians of Arizona Radio Show Brothers and Sisters, Look for the additional information sheets... Read more >>>As Arizona's U.S. Senators and Congressmen Head Home for the Holidays We were just made aware of this hearing on Friday in Apache Junction called "Obamacare Implementation: The Broken Promise". It's a field hearing from the House Government and Oversight Committee. We need all hands on deck outside this hearing to support our Affordable Care Act, and some folks can even go inside to submit written statements to the chairman. From what we understand the room will be stacked with conservative groups who oppose the Affordable Care Act. Please let us know if you can attend, and please share with your lists. Congratulations go out to our endorsed candidates in Phoenix and Tucson. Big wins for Kate Gallego, Laura Pastor in Phoenix and Karin Uhlich, Richard Fimbres and Steve Kozachik in Tucson. Union members worked hard in both communities to help these good people win their elections and should be proud of the effort. AFGE Local 2382 is asking for anyone who has the day off on Monday to please join them and help send a strong message to Washington. Attention Federal Employees, family members, and people who are sick & tired of this government shutdown: lets rally together in sending our message to Congress to OPEN the government and put people back to work! WHEN-Monday October 14th, at 10:00am until 12:00 pm. WHERE- 2200 E Camelback Road, Phoenix As (just west of 24th street on Camelback road). HOW IS THE SHUTDOWN AFFECTING YOU? The goverment shutdown is affecting people who work for the federal government, but the affects are also trickling down to small businesses, government contractors, as well as state and local governments. It's time to tell our stories of how this is impacting everyday citizens. Just follow this link to share your story on the AFL-CIO web site: You can also sign a petition telling Congress to end the shutdown. Go here: Dispatch from Dave Mendoza, AFSCME about October 5th March for Dignity and Respect in support of comprehensive immigrationr reform: AFSCME was all in on Saturday, October 5 at the CIR action in Phoenix. We participated, along with the AZ AFL-CIO, on the CIR table representing AFSCME and organized labor, over the past several weeks. The results exceeded our expectations. It's time to stand with federal employees (AFGE) who've been locked out by the Congress. Call 602-631-4488 to RSVP or for more information. Wednesday 10/9/2013 Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Affiliation of UFCW 2013 Election Results Business Manager: Scott Barker Dear PASS AVS Brothers and Sisters, I am pleased to announce that PASS and the FAA have reached a new tentative collective bargaining agreement for our Aviation Safety (AVS) bargaining units (AFS, AFS-700 and MIDO). Most employees in these bargaining units have gone about 20 years without a new contract, and I want to thank all of you for your patience and support as we worked to come together on a tentative agreement. Read more >>>URGENT ACTION ALERT: 86,000 PETITION SIGNATURES NEEDED BY LABOR DAY We need your help to stand up to the politicians and extremists; the same people who brought us the disastrous SB 1070. Now they are striking at the very heart of our democracy: manipulating the system to make it more difficult to vote. Read more >>>IAFF Statement on Arizona Line of Duty Deaths Washington – International Association of Fire Fighters General President Harold A. Schaitberger issued the following statement regarding the line of duty deaths that occurred in the fire in Prescott, Arizona: "Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the 19 Prescott fire fighters in Arizona who have made the ultimate sacrifice in protecting the communities they serve. "When a tragedy like this strikes, all we can do is offer our eternal gratitude to the fallen and prayers for the fire fighters who continue to work side-by-side in what are, by any measure, hellish conditions. At this time, the fire is now more than quadruple in size, as crews battle triple-digit heat and erratic winds in an effort to contain the blaze. "The deaths in Arizona are the worst among fire fighters since 9/11, and it is the country's worst wildfire disaster in more than 80 years. "While there is an ongoing investigation in Prescott to determine how this happened, what we do know is that it was an unprecedented weather event that resulted in 'a wind blowout in all directions.' "As we mourn for those who have given their lives, we pray for the safety of hundreds more who are battling fires in the face of one of the worst heat waves in memory." The International Association of Fire Fighters represents 300,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics and is the leading advocate for the health and safety of first responders. More information is available at www.iaff.org There's always work to be done...even during July in Phoenix. Check out the AARA flier for more information. Union and Association Join Meeting- June 22, 2013 Join Laura in reaching out to voters to discuss how we can Put Phoenix First Come join our team of Volunteers and you too can make a difference. Join us at 8:15 am for a brief introduction and training at: Fire Union Hall We will be contacting voters between 9:00 am and noon. Refreshments will be served prior to the canvas, and lunch will be served afterward as we celebrate our success. Arizona Advocacy Network Foundation Event Exposing Arizona's Political Corruption Join us for a special showing of Bill Moyers' United States of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), exposing how Big Money uses campaign cash and freebies to buy access to OUR tax dollars for greater profit at the expense of jobs and voter priorities. We then highlight important bills being voted on by the legislature and Congress on Clean Elections, other political anti-corruption/conflict of interests bills, voting rights and election administration. Learn more about our March 18, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court hearing to defend every eligible citizen's right to register to vote without the barriers Arizona politicians keep in place. The PALF is a co-sponsor of this event along with the Arizona AFL-CIO and Progressive Democrats of Southern Arizona.
MEMORIAL SERVICE Here are the winners of the MALF 2013 Andy Ward Scholarship. Congratulations to all! "My Turn" column from Arizona Republic in support of immigration reform written by an Arizona businessman. Calls for a pathway to citizenship among other things. PALF events for May and June. Volunteer announcements for Phoenix Cty Council MALF endorsed candidates. Video - Workers Memorial Day observances at the Arizona State Capitol. Employment Opportunity: The Maricopa Area Labor Federation (MALF) has issued its endorsements for two more city council races. One in Phoenix and the other in Surprise. Arizona Alliance For Retired Americans (AARA) releases two important new fact sheets. One deals with the potential impact on Seniors of the budget proposals and the other focuses on Health Care and Seniors. Arizona Republic spotlighted Sheet Metal Workers Local #359 work with area Scouts. MALF Meeting Every year we observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces. This year there will be observances in both Tucson and Phoenix. A request to sign on to a letter to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. Read more >>> Volunteer opportunity to help elect Karlene Keogh Parks to the Phoenix City Council from Distrioct 6 The Senate "Gang of 8" requested that the AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce reach a consensus on a new, additional employer-sponsored visa program for lesser-skilled, non-seasonal and non-agricultural workers. This program would not be a "guest" or "temporary" worker program but instead a "new kind of visa program." Here are some details from the agreement in principle that resulted from those talks: Read more >>>Worker's Memorial Day suggestions needed. A Major victory for organized labor in Arizona. A U.S. District Court judge says that two of the Arizona Legislature's anti-union bills are unconstitutional. MALF Meetings are moving to the AZ AFL-CIO Office Both the MALF and PALF have issued their 2013 political endorsements for city council races in Phoenix and Tucson. Read more >>> Applications for the Maricopa Area Labor Federation 2013 Andy Ward Memorial Scholarship are now available. To start please download and review both documents listed below. The TSA now says its okay for people to bring knifes on planes. Our brothers and sisters who work in the airline industries know that's nuts. They need help making sure the Administration knows that and reverses itself. Goldwater Institute Exposed In-depth report details out-of-state corporate funds, murky financial dealings & big staff bonuses after taxpayer-funded court awards -- all part of what happens behind the closed doors of the Goldwater Institute... Speakers for the AFL-CIO's March 11th rally have been announced. They include both national and local speakers all of whom are expected to address the need for a path to citizenship for America's 11 million immigrants. Communication Workers of America (CWA) President Larry Cohen will be in Phoenix on Monday March 11th to address the state AFL-CIO capitol rally. The state capitol rally scheduled for Monday March 11th 1-2pm will feature Arlene Holt-Baker, the national AFL-CIO's executive vice president. The rally will address issues ranging from the legislature's ongoing attacks on working people and unions to the new Citizenship Now campaign being launched by the AFL-CIO. Read more >>> New Contract for all US AIrways Flight Attendants. February 28, 2013 We have a new contract for all US Airways Flight Attendants. You took part in an outstanding voter turnout that resulted in a 80 percent vote in favor of the 2013 Tentative Agreement. The full voting results will be posted on ourafa.org later today. Read more >>>The Arizona Capitol Times reports that Arizona Senate Republicans are trying to continue their war against public employee unions. That comes despite the failure of one anti-union bill to pass last week. In their sights are the state's first responders. That makes it ever more important for you to call your state senator to say leave Arizona's Fire Fighters and Police Officers alone. Read more >>> Arizona Stands to Lose Massive Funding Republicans take economy hostage to protect tax loopholes for corporations and wealthy (Phoenix, Arizona February 25, 2013) A report from the Senate Appropriations Committee shows that Congressional Republicans' 'threats to harm the economy by letting automatic across-the-board budget cuts – called "sequestration" – go forward on March 1, 2013 would cause Arizona to lose enormous funding for education, public safety, healthcare and job training. Read more >>>Here's what 'sequestration' means in a nutshell: massive budget cuts that impact working families and toss hundreds of thousands of people out of work. New Report Shows Arizona Loses $503 million of Tax Revenue Every Year Arizona Working Families Hold Actions Calling on the Wealthy to Pay Their Fair Share Read more >>>Watch Rebekah Friend on Sunday Square Off Jan Brewer's Latest Outrage NEW goal - We need 15,000 signatures Worse than Wisconsin Learn about investing, good vs. bad debt and much more. Read more >>> Join us at the State Capitol on March 1, 2012! Arizona AFL-CIO Internship & Application Phoenix – The Arizona AFL-CIO is once again demanding the immediate resignation of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio following Wednesday's Department of Justice report that found Arpaio and his deputies racially profile Latinos, retaliate against its critics and have adopted a "chronic culture of disregard for basic legal and constitutional obligations." Labor Federation Endorses Congressional Leaders Who Stand for Working Families Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona AFL-CIO, which represents over 185,000 union members in Arizona, today announced its early endorsement and support of Congressman Ed Pastor (District 4), Congressman Raul Grijalva (District 7), and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (District 8), for re-election in 2012. Read more >>>Standing outside of Senator Jon Kyl's office, union activists, clergy, and community supporters gathered to send a clear message to Congress: unemployment insurance must be extended. With the national unemployment rate in Arizona sitting at 9% (10.2% for African Americans, 13.4% for Latinos, and 17.5% for anyone ages 20-24 years old), the Grand Canyon State require assistance to protect families during this economic drought. The press conference and candlelight vigil saw three Arizonans share their stories of unemployment as well as a fiery message from state senator Steve Gallardo.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "dereliction of duty" harmed children of working families PHOENIX - The leader of Arizona's largest labor federation is calling for the resignation of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio following in the wake of scandal involving hundreds of mishandled investigations into reported sexual abuse cases. New state by state numbers show the devastating impact on Arizona jobless workers
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Arizona AFL-CIO and others voice concern over the harmful political influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council and its impact on Arizona Workers Phoenix, AZ – Representatives from over a dozen local and national advocacy organizations gathered in Phoenix this week to shine a spotlight on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its growing political influence in Arizona. ALEC is a corporate-funded think tank where CEO's, lawyers, and business lobbyists collaborate with conservative state lawmakers to create "model" legislation designed to promote the self-interests of large and powerful corporations. Read more >>>VOICES OF ARIZONA: Americans Harmed by ALEC "Model Bills" Speak Out Against Undue Corporate Influence in the Democratic Process Concerned citizens hold community forum and press conference to expose the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)'s stronghold on the Arizona Legislature WHAT: Community Forum and Press Conference to expose ALEC's influence in pushing legislation in Arizona and across the country aimed at enriching specific industries by privatizing schools and prisons, suppressing the vote, blocking implementation of healthcare reform, rolling back environmental regulations and attacking workers' rights. WHEN: Forum: Tuesday, November 29, 6:00pm – 9:00pm South Mountain Community College (7050 S. 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85042) Press Conference: Wednesday, November 30, 11:00am, Arizona State Capitol Lawn New Report Documents Influence of American Legislative Exchange Council in Phoenix The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a key voice for corporate special interests in state legislatures across the county, is welcomed with an especially warm embrace in Arizona, according to a new reported released today by People For the American Way Foundation and Common Cause. With one of the highest concentrations of ALEC legislators of any state in the United States, Arizona lawmakers are working hand-in-hand with corporate leaders who make up ALEC's membership to deregulate specific industries, privatize education and dismantle unions, the report found. The report, ALEC in Arizona: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests in the Halls of Arizona's Legislature, is available here.
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America wants to work and there is plenty of work to be done to fix America's crumbling bridges. On Thursday, we'll send a clear message that there are no valid excuses for ignoring America's infrastructure and jobs deficits. It's time for lawmakers to put partisan politics aside, stop obsessing with our long-term debt problems that can be solved by fairly taxing the wealthy and Wall Street, and pass legislation to invest in infrastructure projects that will keep communities safe and create good jobs. Where: Bridge over the Grand Canal, 15th Ave., 1/2 mi. North of Indian School Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85015
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Union jobs are at stake if Congress raises airline taxes. Unions representing over 20,000 US Airways workers are fighting tax hike proposals that, if passed, could destroy hundreds of thousands of aviation industry jobs, including here in Arizona. Click here to read more and to find out what you can do to help.
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Ronnie from "Jersey Shore" has officially crossed into the music world -- releasing his very own song today ... and the track teaches two valuable lessons ... 1) auto-tune can't fix everything ... and 2) don't drink and drive.
The single's called "How The F%#k We Gettin' Home?!" -- and among the lyrics ... "We don't take it easy / Someone take my keys please / I dont think I'm able to drive."
It still sucks ... but who knows, it might save lives!!!!
Sing responsibly.
Hey..At least he's not singing about sex, drugs and violence like most mainstream rappers do. I'd rather my kid listen to this crap, then that crap.
TMZ, Save lives?
I won't listen to your audio for fear I may just slit my wrists, but thanks for the warning.
It sounds like a public service announcement with maybe cartoon characters showing kids how they are supposed to handle situations. I am picturing teddy bears singing or something. Like 'only you can prevent forrest fires, so listen to Smokey the Bear."
I think he should have sung about how he hates for Sam to be drunk, so he made fun of her feet and then went and picked up every woman he could while drunk.
Is that a different singer at the beginning? It almost sounds like three different voices on there. Are they just using sound effects all over that record?
The title of this song is hilarious. It is not what he sings in the chorus either. It sounds more like him throwing one of his steriod fits.
terrible and no worse than chris brown, kanye west , akon, milli vanilli among many others
Curiosity got the best of me. When will I learn not to click on the audio clips when a "celebrity" all of a sudden thinks they can make music.
That was terrible. This IS NOT your calling Ronnie. Now stop it...just stop please.
The funny part is that low class Jersey Shore fans will gobble this up on iTunes. A fool and his money are soon parted!


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Genres | Short Film, Children's/Family |
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The Sundance lineup shows just how much attention indie films are getting nowadays from big-name actors.
Miss Independent just announced that she is expecting a child with husband Brandon Blackstock.
We write a scene from 'The Expendables 3' in the style of 'Frasier' to honor Kelsey Grammer joining the cast.
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have maintained one of the most famous friendships in Hollywood, but do they need each other?
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Monsanto says GMO wheat find in Oregon 'suspicious'
Monsanto officials said Friday that continued extensive testing of U.S. soft white wheat supplies shows that the presence of the company's unapproved, experimental genetically altered wheat in an Oregon wheat field is highly suspicious and was an isolated incident that could not have happened through normal farming practices.
Company officials said more investigation is needed to determine how the genetically engineered wheat, which Monsanto said it stopped field testing in 2005, was growing in April in the Oregon farm field.
"What happened in this field... is suspicious," said Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley in a conference call with reporters.
Fraley said the evidence indicates someone intentionally introduced the biotech wheat seed into the Oregon field.
Monsanto said Friday that testing it had conducted, in addition to testing conducted by Washington State University, found no sign of contaminated wheat outside that one field. The sampling represents over 97 percent of Oregon wheat acres, Monsanto said.
"The grain is clean," Fraley said. "This situation is extremely isolated, with all the testing data again concluding that this is isolated to a single field in Oregon."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced May 29 that it was investigating the discovery of genetically engineered wheat plants developed by Monsanto to tolerate dousings of Roundup herbicide. The "Roundup Ready" wheat was found on an Oregon farm in April, several years after Monsanto stopped field testing the wheat, which was never approved for commercial use.
Over the last month, exports of U.S. western white wheat have been curtailed as foreign buyers shun the U.S. supplies and demand assurances that none of the biotech wheat has contaminated the marketplace.
One area of inquiry has been what happened to GMO wheat seed sent to a government seed storage facility in Colorado when the field trials ended in 2005. Monsanto officials have said that some of the experimental wheat was shipped to the Colorado facility, called the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation.
The center uses high-tech methods to keep seeds viable for decades, much longer than they typically would remain viable. Officials with the center said this week that they were not certain if they had received the GMO wheat seed and if so what might have happened to it.
USDA said it was investigating that issue, but Monsanto said Friday that all the seed sent to the Colorado storage site was destroyed.
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The only thing suspicious is Monsanto's quality control of its transgenic 'food product'. So someone stole the wheat seeds, waited 8 years (is it even viable at 8 years?) and then planted it just in the right spot so an unknowing farmer would spray it with roundup so it could be detected... Right.
Yep your right, someone stole the seed. I have been involved in several of the GMO trials. When they were developing Smartstax sweetcorn, You know how many people wanted that seed ! I canceled the plot for fear of people stealing plants. Sure am glad they released it. Plant it myself ! Best tasting corn ever !
Ha! GM Corn 'product' and taste in the same sentence.
So someone infiltrated a Monsanto operation, stole a LOT of GM seeds, held onto them for a minimum of 7 years and then planted them in this field months before-hand knowing the field would be tested. Riiiiiiight... What's suspicious is the timing of Rep. Steve King's bill that prevents states from passing laws requiring GMO labeling and the Farmer Assurance Provision bill rider that prevents the federal government from halting growing and sales of GMO crops regardless of any perceived public health dangers.
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Monte Carlo Simulations of Supercoiled DNAs Confined to a Plane Biophysical Journal, Volume 82, Issue 2, 1 February 2002, Pages 944-962 Bryant S. Fujimoto and J. Michael Schurr Abstract Recent advances in atomic force microscopy (AFM) have enabled researchers to obtain images of supercoiled DNAs deposited on mica surfaces in buffered aqueous milieux. Confining a supercoiled DNA to a plane greatly restricts its configurational freedom, and could conceivably alter certain structural properties, such as its twist and writhe. A program that was originally written to perform Monte Carlo simulations of supercoiled DNAs in solution was modified to include a surface potential. This potential flattens the DNAs to simulate the effect of deposition on a surface. We have simulated transfers of a 3760-basepair supercoiled DNA from solution to a surface in both 161 and 10mM ionic strength. In both cases, the geometric and thermodynamic properties of the supercoiled DNAs on the surface differ significantly from the corresponding quantities in solution. At 161mM ionic strength, the writhe/twist ratio is 1.20–1.33 times larger for DNAs on the surface than for DNAs in solution and significant differences in the radii of gyration are also observed. Simulated surface structures in 161mM ionic strength closely resemble those observed by AFM. Simulated surface structures in 10mM ionic strength are similar to a minority of the structures observed by AFM, but differ from the majority of such structures for unknown reasons. In 161mM ionic strength, the internal energy (excluding the surface potential) decreases substantially as the DNA is confined to the surface. Evidently, supercoiled DNAs in solution are typically deformed farther from the minimum energy configuration than are the corresponding surface-confined DNAs. Nevertheless, the work (ΔAint) done on the internal coordinates, which include uniform rotations at constant configuration, during the transfer is positive and 2.6-fold larger than the decrease in internal energy. The corresponding entropy change is negative, and its contribution to ΔAint is positive and exceeds the decrease in internal energy by 3.6 fold. The work done on the internal coordinates during the solution-to-surface transfer is directed primarily toward reducing their entropy. Evidently, the number of configurations available to the more deformed solution DNA is vastly greater than for the less deformed surface-confined DNA. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (301 kb) |
Unlinking of Supercoiled DNA Catenanes by Type IIA Topoisomerases Biophysical Journal, Volume 101, Issue 6, 21 September 2011, Pages 1403-1411 Alexander Vologodskii Abstract It was found recently that DNA catenanes, formed during replication of circular plasmids, become positively (+) supercoiled, and the unlinking of such catenanes by type IIA topoisomerases proceeds much more efficiently than the unlinking of negatively (−) supercoiled catenanes. In an attempt to explain this striking finding we studied, by computer simulation, conformational properties of supercoiled DNA catenanes. Although the simulation showed that conformational properties of (+) and (−) supercoiled replication catenanes are very different, these properties per se do not give any advantage to (+) supercoiled over (−) supercoiled DNA catenanes for unlinking. An advantage became evident, however, when we took into account the established features of the enzymatic reaction catalyzed by the topoisomerases. The enzymes create a sharp DNA bend in the first bound DNA segment and allow for the transport of the second segment only from inside the bend to its outside. We showed that in (−) supercoiled DNA catenanes this protein-bound bent segment becomes nearly inaccessible for segments of the other linked DNA molecule, inhibiting the unlinking. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (866 kb) |
Competition between Supercoils and Toroids in Single Molecule DNA Condensation Biophysical Journal, Volume 103, Issue 1, 3 July 2012, Pages 118-128 David Argudo and Prashant K. Purohit Abstract The condensation of free DNA into toroidal structures in the presence of multivalent ions and polypeptides is well known. Recent single molecule experiments have shown that condensation into toroids occurs even when the DNA molecule is subjected to tensile forces. Here we show that the combined tension and torsion of DNA in the presence of condensing agents dramatically modifies this picture by introducing supercoiled DNA as a competing structure in addition to toroids. We combine a fluctuating elastic rod model of DNA with phenomenological models for DNA interaction in the presence of condensing agents to compute the minimum energy configuration for given tension and end-rotations. We show that for each tension there is a critical number of end-rotations above which the supercoiled solution is preferred and below which toroids are the preferred state. Our results closely match recent extension rotation experiments on DNA in the presence of spermine and other condensing agents. Motivated by this, we construct a phase diagram for the preferred DNA states as a function of tension and applied end-rotations and identify a region where new experiments or simulations are needed to determine the preferred state. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (349 kb) |
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A new Fourier series representation of supercoiled DNA is employed in Langevin dynamics simulations to study large-scale configurational motions of intermediate-length chains. The polymer is modeled as an ideal elastic rod subject to long-range van der Waals' interactions. The van der Waals' term prevents the self-contact of distant chain segments and also mimics attractive forces thought to stabilize the association of closely spaced charged rods. The finite Fourier series-derived polymer formulation is an alternative to the piecewise B-spline curves used in past work to describe the motion of smoothly deformed supercoiled DNA in terms of a limited number of independent variables. This study focuses on two large-scale configurational events: the interconversion between circular and figure-8 forms at a relatively low level of supercoiling, and the transformation between branched and interwound structures at a higher superhelical density.


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The aim of this study is to determine if inhaled nitric oxide will improve short and long term respiratory outcomes in preterm infants. Infants born at a gestational age of 30-36 weeks and who require breathing support with high flow nasal cannula, nasal continuous positive airway pressure, or nasal intermittent positive pressure will be randomized to receive either inhaled nitric oxide or placebo. The dose will then be decreased per protocol until all respiratory support has been discontinued. Infants will be followed to evaluate safety and efficacy of non-invasive iNO delivery, up to 12 months corrected gestational age.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia |
Drug: inhaled nitric oxide Drug: Placebo Comparator - nitrogen gas |
Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
Official Title: | The Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Improve Respiratory Outcomes in Late Preterm Infants |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Primary combined endpoint of alive without the need for intubation or mechanical ventilation within the first week of life [ Time Frame: 7 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Need for exogenous surfactant [ Time Frame: 7 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Total length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: At hospital discharge, anticipate up to 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay
- Total duration of supplemental oxygen [ Time Frame: anticipate average 4 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay for use of supplemental oxygen
- Diagnosis of BPD [ Time Frame: At 36 weeks postmenstrual age ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Diagnosis of BPD by oxygen challenge test at 36 weeks PMA for infants born between 30 and 32 weeks GA. For those born 32 1/7 - 36 weeks, an oxygen challenge test will be performed at 1-2 months of age.
- Evidence of chronic respiratory morbidity at 12 months CGA [ Time Frame: 12 months corrected gestational age ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]defined by a validated system of parental diaries and pulmonary questionnaires, as well as review of medical records (medical visits, respiratory medication use, emergency room visits, and hospital re-admissions)
- Total Duration of Respiratory Support [ Time Frame: anticipate average 4 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay for respiratory support
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Study Start Date: | March 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | February 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: inhaled Nitric Oxide
iNO to start at 20ppm for the first three days of life. The dose will then be decreased to 10 ppm for three days, 5 ppm for 3 days and then 2 ppm until all high flow respiratory support has been discontinued.
Drug: inhaled nitric oxide
Other Name: iNO, INOmax
Placebo Comparator: Nitrogen Gas
Placebo gas will be adjusted the same as study gas: to start at 20ppm for the first three days of life. The dose will then be decreased to 10 ppm for three days, 5 ppm for 3 days and then 2 ppm until all high flow respiratory support has been discontinued.
Drug: Placebo Comparator - nitrogen gas |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Weeks to 36 Weeks |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- <48 hours of age,
- 30 - 36 weeks gestational age at birth based on best estimate using obstetrical sonography (first or second trimester), solid dating criteria, or Ballard examination,
- Birth weight of ≥ 1,000 g,
- 5 minute Apgar score ≥5,
- Requiring nasal cannula O2 > 1LPM, CPAP, or NIPPV for treatment of respiratory failure,
- Requiring a fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) of at least 0.25 to maintain SaO2 88-94%,
- Parent or guardian has signed informed consent and agrees to all study- related procedures, including those required after hospital discharge.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major congenital anomaly
- Intubation and surfactant in the delivery room or prior to enrollment in the NICU. Excludes intubation for suctioning.
- Known congenital infection (bacterial, viral),
- Perinatal asphyxia (5 minute Apgar <5, umbilical artery pH < 7.0 or evidence of neonatal encephalopathy),
- Mother and/or infant is enrolled in another clinical trial (excluding observational) or has received an investigational drug,
- Has undergone or is anticipated to require a major surgical procedure within the first 48 h of life,
- Any condition which could preclude receiving study drug or performing any study-related procedures,
- Use of postnatal corticosteroids,
- Parent or guardian is unable or unwilling to complete study procedures after hospital discharge.
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01748045
Contact: Christiane EL Dammann, MD | 617-636-4191 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Tufts Medical Center | Recruiting |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111 | |
Contact: Christiane EL Dammann, MD 617-636-4191 email@example.com | |
Contact: Jonathan M Davis, MD 6176364191 email@example.com | |
Principal Investigator: Christiane EL Dammann, MD |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Tufts Medical Center
Ikaria Holdings Inc.
Principal Investigator: | Jennifer W Lee, MD, MS | Tufts Medical Center |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 10, 2014
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Responsible Party: | Tufts Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01748045 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 10487 |
Study First Received: | November 20, 2012 |
Last Updated: | December 6, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Keywords provided by Tufts Medical Center:
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Late Prematurity Chronic Respiratory Morbidity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infant, Premature, Diseases Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Lung Injury Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Infant, Newborn, Diseases Nitric Oxide Bronchodilator Agents Autonomic Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |
Pharmacologic Actions Anti-Asthmatic Agents Respiratory System Agents Therapeutic Uses Free Radical Scavengers Antioxidants Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Neurotransmitter Agents Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors Vasodilator Agents Cardiovascular Agents Protective Agents |
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Helix Theatre
7980 La Mesa Boulevard,
La Mesa,
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This theater was built in 1947 and designed by architect S. Charles Lee. The Helix was a Quonset hut style theater. After WWII, theater owners were looking for ways to construct theaters cheaper. The Quonset hut was one way.
Other theaters using the Quonset hut design were the Fox Crest Theatre in North Long Beach, the Garmar (razed), Avo, Puente, Visalia, and Colorado Theaters. There are few examples of this theater style remaining in the United States.
The Helix is one of those casualties and has been demolished.
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Here are three photos from 1948:
Here are two architect sketches from UCLA:
The Star Theater in La Puente, CA is one of the few quonset huts that are still around, although it too is on a short list to be demolished.
Here is an item in Boxoffice magazine, April 1950;
Contending it is impossible to continue operations profitably in view of the film rentals he must pay, Burton Jones has closed his Helix Theater in La Mesa. He has operated the 700 seat house there for several years.
One theatergoer says he "saw 'Jaws' and 'The Great Waldo Pepper' there the last day it was open – December 4, 1976."
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I was one of the two projectionists at this theatre when it closed. What a great experience. The full time projectionist at the time told me we were going to get to show the movie "Soylent Green" to close out this grand run of this old and wonderful place. At the last moment they cancelled that and yes i do believe "Jaws" took its place. We showed "Jaws" so much i knew every scene and line of that movie by heart. The cameras were fun. Had to monitor the carbon sticks in them to make sure they did not burn down to far or….no picture. The change over from camera one to camera two was also interesting. We would get two signal marks on the main screen. The first mark was to get the camera that had the ready reel going and the second mark we watched for on the screen from the the booth was for the exchange from the camera with the used reel to the camera with the next sequenced reel. When the screen went white (no picture) a loud bell in the booth would go off to alert us. I did not need that bell, ha. You could here the boo's from the patrons when that happened. Usually happened when a splice in the film broke more than a change over. Man, do i have some stories…………… When i was there at the end the theatre did not pack in 825 people very often but when it did or got close the place rocked. the reaction of the big crowd in there was magical. I got into acting because of that experience and am so very thankful for it.
This opened on September 7th, 1948. I uploaded the grand opening ad here.
I saw many, many films at the Helix as a kid and teenager in the 1960s. I remember coming around the curve of La Mesa Blvd. from El Cajon Blvd. and hoping not to see a giant line around the theater! Good times back then.
I grew up within walking distance of this theater. During the early 1950s there was a Saturday afternoon matinee, typically a couple of B westerns or the like. It cost two bits to get in, and with another quarter you could buy a box of popcorn and get a soft drink from a vending machine, the kind where acup dropped down. You had a choice of three favors, probably a cola, lemon-lime, or orange, but of course we all switched the selector back and forth to produce. "suicide". There was always a line from the box office, located on the right, around the front and along the west side.
As I got older, I would go to the night time showings, still walking. I am not sure whether or not there were first run showings, but at the least there were current films above the B level. This continued through high school and probably a bit during summers when I was home from college.
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What Must We Eliminate From Our Diet to Experience Health
For the past six Health Tips I have been attempting to share with our readers the positive and negative aspects of various diets. Today I want to discuss the two necessities for best healing results — and it's so simple, you may be surprised!
Two Necessities For Best Healing Results
Some people believe that all they have to do to improve their health is start adding something healthy to their diet and lifestyle like vitamin or mineral supplements, some healthy foods, or exercise, and that these additions will improve their health.
But in reality, it takes more than adding something in order to improve health – the primary thing we must do in order to improve our health is STOP doing those things which caused our poor health!
Some years ago a man in my church who was severely overweight and experiencing many physical problems came to me asking my help. I shared with him The Hallelujah Diet and he adopted it. But believe it or not, he continued to gain weight and experienced further exacerbations of his physical problems.
Why didn't he experience improvement on The Hallelujah Diet like most who adopt it do? Here is what I learned: While he did adopt The Hallelujah Diet, he continued to consume the SAD diet foods that had originally caused his weight gain and physical problems. Here is the lesson learned:
While it is of vital importance we start adding good nutrition, supplements, and exercise, if we want to improve our health, the most important thing we need to do is STOP doing what caused the physical and/or psychological problems we are experiencing.
No matter how much good we add, if we continue doing the bad, we will never experience the results we so desperately desire!
Why Hallelujah Diet Is On The Top Rung
I'm going to take us back for a moment to a song we sang during World War II. Words and Music are by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer:
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
In order for a diet to be placed on the top rung of our ladder of best diets, it must (along with adding superior nutrition and exercise) require that the harmful substances and poor lifestyle that caused the problems be eliminated.
Theoretically, that makes a lot of sense, but the application is not quite so simple.
Most people, at least in America, but increasingly around the world, have been raised on the Standard American Diet (SAD) or at least a similar diet — a diet consisting of lots of meat, dairy, refined sugar, grains, table salt, caffeine, hydrogenated oils, and trans-fats.
These substances are the cause or contributing cause of most of the physical and even psychological problem being experienced today.
The Standard American Diet (SAD) is on the bottom rung of our diet ladder because it consists primarily of these causative substances.
Animal Source Foods
- Cooked animal fat – Found in both flesh and dairy (pasteurized milk and cheese is cooked) not only makes people fat, but it also builds up on artery walls, hindering blood flow, causing high blood pressure, need for stents and by-passes, leading to heart attacks and strokes, and premature death.
- Cooked animal protein – Found in both flesh and dairy. The high amounts of protein in these animal products feed cancer. In fact, Dr. T. Colin Campbell tells us in The China Study that providing cancer with the protein casein found in cow milk, is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
- Lacking fiber – Devoid of fiber, animal source foods require a very long transit time through the 30-foot human digestive tract, not only contributing to constipation, but putrefying along its 3-to-4-day journey through the body at nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes body odor, but of even greater concern, this rotting animal flesh is the primary cause of diverticulosis, diverticulitis, IBS, Crohn's, colitis, ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer.
- All animal source foods are acidic – Cancer as well as other diseases have great difficulty surviving in an alkaline environment, but proliferate in an acid environment, and all animal source foods are acidic.
- Growth hormones and antibiotics are found in commercially grown animal products – Growth hormones in animal flesh and dairy lead to early puberty. The earlier puberty, the greater the risk of breast cancer. Antibiotics kill friendly bacteria in the gut contributing to yeast infections and there's more.
I could go on, but there is not a single redeeming feature in consuming anything of animal origin. And remember that all the protein and other nutrients found in animal source foods originated in the living grass or plant the animal ate. When we eat the animal to get these nutrients, we are getting them second-hand.
And although organic, grass-fed meat and dairy products are leaner and contain no growth hormones or antibiotics, all the other negatives shared above still hold true.
Refined Sugar
- Immune system suppressant – God, in His infinite knowledge, placed in each of us an immune system to protect us from germs, viruses, and bacteria. Refined sugar seriously compromises that protection. This is one of the reasons why people who consume refined sugar suffer with colds, the flu, and numerous other physical problems.
- Lacking in fiber – Refined sugar contains zero fiber and, like animal-source foods, contributes to constipation.
- Extremely acidic – Acid foods are the primary cause of osteoporosis because, in an effort to reduce acidity the body, calcium is drawn from the bones, which leads to porous bones. And as we shared above, disease proliferates in an acid environment.
- Causes weight gain – If a person consumes just one 12-ounce can of sugar sweetened soft drink a day for one year their weight gain will be about 15-pounds. This sugar also contributes to and promotes diabetes. Artificial sweeteners like aspartame are no better. They are not only toxic but contribute to weight gain by tricking the body into craving more food, as sugar does.
- An addictive drug – To top it off, refined sugar is an addictive drug that upsets body chemistry, affecting a person not only physically, but also mentally, and has been found to be a major cause of aggressive behavior and emotional upset. Many of the emotional, physiological, and depression problems being experienced today can be traced to refined sugar.
Although fresh, raw fruits are a better source of sugar because the fiber contained in the fruit slows sugar uptake, even the natural sugars found in fruit (fructose) can present problems if consumed in large amounts.
Refined Grains
- Lacking in fiber – Refined carbohydrates, like animal sourced foods and refined sugar, contain no fiber and contribute to constipation.
- Refined grains convert rapidly to sugar – This causes the negatives found in refined sugar above and, because it has no fiber to slow sugar uptake, means that refined grains act as an addictive drug as sugar does.
- Extremely acidic – Because it is so acidic, refined grain causes the body to draw calcium from the bones in an attempt to neutralize acidity (like refined sugar), contributing to osteoporosis.
- Causes weight gain – Our bodies require sugar for energy but excess sugar (from refined grain) is stored as fat.
Unrefined grains are an excellent source of a wide variety of nutrients, but like the fruit, they are not advisable in large quantities. Certainly they should not be consumed every day.
Rung Position On Dietary Ladder
Any diet that contains any of the above listed so-called foods deserves bottom rung position on our diet ladder. They are not only the cause of our physical problems, but hinder healing. And the more a diet contains of any one of these foods, especially the animal source foods, the lower the rung position it deserves.
The Hallelujah Diet Deserves Top Rung Placement
If we want to obtain the best healing results and maintain those results, we must eliminate all substances that cause or hinder our obtaining those results. The above are the main items that must be eliminated, but I would also add all white table salt, food dyes, preservatives, trans-fats and hydrogenated oils.
Because The Hallelujah Diet discourages the inclusion of all animal source foods, refined sugars, and refined carbohydrates, along with caffeine, table salt and other listed items, this alone helps qualify it for top rung placement.
But when in place of these non-garden foods a person adds a diet consisting of 100% plant-based foods — the very foods God told us we should consume to nourish our bodies with in Genesis 1:29 — you can better understand why The Hallelujah Diet deserves top rung placement over all other diets available today.
What Does The Hallelujah Diet Consist Of?
The healthiest foods we can place into our bodies are those foods God told us we should eat in order to properly nourish our glorious, God made, physical bodies. God clearly articulates what these foods are in Genesis 1:29. And modern science says "AMEN" to that statement!
Here's what God said we should eat:
"AND GOD SAID, Behold, I have given you every herb (VEGETABLE) bearing seed; which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the FRUIT of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat (FOOD)." (Genesis 1:29)
Raw Vegetables – Raw vegetables contain enzymes, antioxidants, protein, natural sugars, vitamin,s and minerals, which in turn provide the body with the living nutrients God designed our living bodies to run on. Raw vegetables are the primary and most abundant foods found in The Hallelujah Diet
A large, raw vegetable salad is the main course of the evening meal each day, followed by a cooked vegetable. A raw vegetable salad may also be consumed for the noon meal. Raw vegetable juices make up a significant and vital part of The Hallelujah Diet.
Raw Fruit – Raw fruit contains enzymes, protein, natural sugars, vitamins, and minerals, which provide nutrients and fuel for the physical body. But we must be careful to not consume too much of today's fruit.
Much of the fruit today is grown without a full complement of nutrients being available to it in the soil and is usually picked long before it is ripe. This produces a product that we must be very careful about consuming too much of.
But we do recommend some fruit in green smoothies — a green smoothie with leafy greens and frozen fruit is great for breakfast!
Hallelujah Acres recommends that no more than 15% of the total volume of one's daily diet should consist of fruit. If a person is experiencing diabetes, hypoglycemia, or yeast problems, it would be best to not consume any fruit until the problem is resolved.
Raw Seeds And Nuts – Raw seeds and nuts are very high in protein and fats. They are also difficult for the body to digest and should not be consumed in large quantities. If they are going to be consumed it is best to soak them in distilled water overnight prior to consuming to help break down the enzyme inhibitors to make them more digestible.
Cooked Foods – The Hallelujah Diet suggests that 15% of one's daily vegetable intake be in cooked form. Though all raw sounds like it should be the ideal, we have learned from personal experience and the testimonies of thousands of people that all raw does not provide the best results.
Some people become too skinny on all raw; while others find it difficult to chew enough veggies to obtain enough calories. If enough calories are not consumed, there is a great risk of becoming underweight, having insufficient body energy, and even a deficiency in protein.
To make sure there is not a lack of calories, baked sweet potatoes, steamed vegetables, brown rice, whole grains, baked squash and beans are suggested following a large salad.
Exercise – No matter how good the diet a person consumes, without vigorous, daily, physical exercise, a person will never experience the ultimate health God designed for them. Any diet that omits daily vigorous exercise also falls short of top rung position on our diet evaluation ladder.
Hallelujah Acres recommends that every person who adopts The Hallelujah Diet, if they are able, begin a daily walking program. Beginning with a slow walk and building up speed until a 15-minute mile is obtained. Goal is 2 miles in 30 minutes daily. Adding stretching and resistance exercises should also be included as a person is able to perform them.
Up Next… A Typical Day On The Hallelujah Diet
In future Health Tips, if the Lord tarries and the creeks don't rise too high, we will take a closer look at The Hallelujah Diet to see why it works so well and produces such dramatic healing results, as well as give you an example of a typical day on The Hallelujah Diet. Trust you will join us.
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26 April 2001
Better robots through clean living
by Bob Felton
Wear and microdebris are primary causes of MEMS device failures.
Microengines and microrobots will last longer and perform more reliably if designers minimize surface contacts, especially in the area of pin joints, and develop a satisfactory microlubricant, according to a report released by Sandia National Laboratories.
The report, "MEMS Reliability: Infrastructure, Test Structures, Experiments, and Failure Modes", details Sandia National Laboratories' three-year effort to develop a sound theoretical basis for assessing the reliability of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Before the study, the conventional wisdom among engineers was that the devices failed because the minute pieces of polysilicon used in MEMS devices were brittle at such small sizes. The researchers learned that's not the case, though; actually, the minuscule pieces are extremely flexible and tough.
Multiple failure causes
The research began with hand construction of a one-of-a-kind test bed for running large, statistically significant numbers of microengines to failure. The bed let engineers control ambient environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, and monitor the operation and failure of the microengines using microscopes.
"We found they fail by wear," said lead researcher Bill Miller, "much like a car engine fails without oil. The individual parts get so worn that they jam." The study allowed Miller and his team to develop a model that predicts the life of a machine. "We can now predict wear outhow long the device will lastfor these tiny machines through accelerated testing and the model," he said.
The researchers found that "by far, the major failure mechanism that we have observed in operating microengines is wear. The polysilicon rubbing surfaces in the pin joint and hub region of the microengines are most susceptible to wear. These regions are quite constrained, with gaps of 0.5 microns or less. Once the wear debris is produced, it cannot escape the region and then participates in three-body wear."
The team was surprised to learn that the intensity of wear is mitigated with increased humidity. Apparently, atmospheric moisture lubricates the tiny devices. "The optimum region to operate a microengine for low wear," the team reported, "is between 30% and 60% relative humidity at 25°C.
A second form of failure, adhesion, occurred when a machine could no longer complete a full revolution. Adhesion failures are of three types:
- Sticking arises from localized surface roughness or varying adhesive properties but usually is a precursor to rocking or seizing.
- Rocking occurs when the gear cannot rotate through a complete revolution and compensates by rocking through an angle. It is caused by failure of a signal line, a sticky spot, or microdebris buildup that impedes motion.
- Seizure is the inability of the gear to turn, and the cause is usually in the region of the gear hub or pin joint. It may be brought on by microdebris or adhesion.
Though microengines are assembled and tested in clean rooms, they work in the real world. There, particulate contamination causes problems, especially for machines subjected to shocks and vibrations. "These environments," the researchers found, "cause the particles to move and can short out working devices. Of particular concern is the edge of the die, where the polysilicon layers are free to peel and crack, which forms rather large debris."
Researchers observed electrical current arcing across comb fingers, too. The result is often that adjoining fingers are welded together, destroying the onboard circuitry. They also learned that capillary forces associated with surface coatings could increase stiction, or the force required to cause a body in contact with another to begin to move. "Some microengines start right up after the release," they wrote, "while others require a 'slight poke' with the manual prober to function. These microengines may be side by side on the same die. There are many unresolved issues surrounding the stiction problem."
The researchers also discovered there's a lot more to learn about the forces at work. "One of the really disturbing failure modes," they reported, "is that of dormancy, when these microengines fail during storage in a benign environment." Relative humidity may be a factor; generally, machines fared better under dry storage. But they also noted that "the issue of intermittence also arises in these dormancy experiments. There have been occasions where a previously failed part begins to function again. The only difference between the two tests was time in storage."
Reliability is mission critical
Boosting MEMS reliability is vital to the technology's chief sponsor, the U.S. military, and to the eventual users of spin-off products in manufacturing facilities. Presently, plans are afoot for a host of tiny battlefield devices, including lab-on-a-chip sensors that will sniff for chemical warfare attacks and even micro air vehicles (MAVs) no larger than a hummingbird that will be used to deliver payloads and conduct aerial reconnaissance.
In a 1997 paper describing the battlefield of the future, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager James McMichael and U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Francis discussed the use of MAVs in future conflicts: "The small speck in the sky approaches in virtual silence, unnoticed by the large gathering of soldiers below. In flight, its tiny size and considerable agility evade all but happenstance recognition. After hovering for a few short seconds, it perches on a fifth-floor windowsill, observing the flow of men and machines on the streets below. Several kilometers away, the platoon leader watches the action on his wrist monitor. He sees his target and sends the signal."
Battlefield MEMS won't be the high-end toy of generals, either: "MAVs are envisioned as an asset at the platoon level or below. Locally owned and operated, they will greatly reduce the latency inherent in current reconnaissance assets. They will give the individual soldier on-demand information about his surroundings, resulting in unprecedented situational awareness, greater effectiveness, and fewer casualties."
DARPA is also funding development of a "smart shirt," a garment made of a lightweight fabric with integrated sensors that monitor heart rate, respiration, EKG, temperature, and other vital signs. The garment can pinpoint for battlefield medics the location of wounds and assist triage. The garment also supports voice communications and global positioning systems.
Design recommendations
The researchers concluded that the most important step toward minimizing wear is using a satisfactory microlubricant. The best of the available lubricants are self-assembled monolayers. Humidity can help, too. In the range of 30% to 60% relative humidity, it acts as a lubricant and minimizes the formation of microdebris. Devices last longer at low humidity but are less effective because of wobble and degraded performance. If the devices are sealed in hermetic packages, ambient relative humidity becomes moot, and satisfactory lubrication assumes primary importance.
The second design recommendation, commonsensical but easy to overlook, is to design to minimize surface contacts and the associated normal forces. Candidate areas for redesign include the pin joint region of the drive gear, the hub of the drive gear, the shuttle guides that constrain motion, and the clamping actuator. An additional step toward diminishing the forces at work is to ramp up to full speed over multiple cycles, thereby reducing the magnitude of the impact or impulsive forces. IT
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