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At slate, Matthew Yglesias called the gesture simply "absurd."
It is partly, as slate noted, a question of voting power, as whites are more entrenched and vote in greater numbers.
Amanda Hess at slate criticized attempts at comparing Solo and Rice and the responses of their two different sports leagues.
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1520s, "to cover with slates" (earlier sclatten, late 15c.), from slate (n.). Meaning "propose, schedule" is from 1883; earlier "to nominate" (1804); the notion is of writing on a slate board. Related: Slated; slating.

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With Muslims forming 17 per cent of the state's population, and a sizeable votebank, the Samajwadi Party government is aiming to tap them in Lok Sabha elections by constituting two exclusive Waqf Tribunals for hearing cases related to disputes of waqf properties. The government claims to be aiming at expediting the disposal of waqf property related cases in the state.
A proposal in this regard is ready and is likely to be placed in next cabinet meeting by minority welfare department. One of the tribunals will have jurisdiction of taking up cases in western region of the state while another one will hear cases from eastern and central regions.
"We are hopeful of constituting these Waqf Tribunals before Lok Sabha elections. Soon it will be passed by the cabinet," Devesh Chaturvedi, Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare, said.
The state government had received demands from several Muslim clerics to clear the encroachments from waqf properties and expedite the hearing in disputes. Recently, Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad had also placed a similar demand during his meeting with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
The minority welfare department, headed by minister Azam Khan, was asked to start the process for constitution of Waqf Tribunals whose expenses will be borne by the state government. Each tribunal will be headed by a judicial officer of additional district judge (ADJ) rank, an additional district magistrate (ADM) rank officer and a nominated person who is knowledgeable in waqf affairs. It is not necessary that the nominated person be a lawyer or belong to Muslim community, confirmed a senior official.
Presently, waqf property disputes are taken up for hearing by a judge who is nominated by respective district judge as an additional responsibility.
Samajwadi Party (SP) in its 2012 Assembly election manifesto had promised to enact a separate law for removing encroachments from the waqf properties. It had also promised to exempt the waqf properties from land acquisition. A Waqf Act was planned by state government, but central government had passed the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2013 which is now applicable in the state.
The SP government is making all efforts to constitute tribunals before Lok Sabha polls to highlighted it as an achievement. UP has got a huge number of waqf properties with nearly 1.25 lakh registered with Sunni Central Board of Waqfs and another 5,000 registered with Shia Cental Board of Waqfs.
SP to contest 6 Karnataka seats
Expanding its wings, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh has now declared to field candidates on six Lok Sabha seats, including against Union minister M Veerappa Moily, in Karnataka. The party is also reportedly in talks with Janata Dal (Secular) for a seat sharing arrangement in that state.
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These four Transact-SQL samples show how to use user-defined functions. Earlier versions of Microsoft® SQL Server™ supplied only built-in functions defined as part of the Transact-SQL language. Built-in functions operate as defined in the Transact-SQL Reference and cannot be modified. Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 introduces user-defined functions that allow you to define and modify your own Transact-SQL functions.
|Transact-SQL sample. This script creates an in-line user-defined function in the Northwind database to view customer information for specific regions from the Customers table.
|Transact-SQL sample. This script creates a function that queries the Employees table in the Northwind database and shows all direct and indirect reports.
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Eugene F. Loud
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|Eugene F. Loud
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Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California. During the Civil War, he enlisted in a California Cavalry battalion in 1862, which formed a part of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry. He returned to California, where he engaged in mining and as clerk for fifteen years. He studied law, and served as a clerk in the customs service in San Francisco. He served as a member of the California Assembly in 1884. He was cashier of the city and county of San Francisco.
Loud was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He died in San Francisco, December 19, 1908. He remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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NVIDIA driver breaks DeSmuME compilation
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I heard NVIDIA driver broke DeSmuME compilation, and it's true.
1. Get desmume-0.9.2-1.
2. Extract desmume and build it.
$ tar zxf desmume-0.9.2-1.tar.gz
$ cd desmume-0.9.2-1
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib64/
$ make -j3
[with NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14]
OGLRender.cpp: In function char OGLInit():
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run --uninstall
# exit
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib64/
$ make -j3
=> I can build it without errors.
I know DeSmuME isn't important for most users, but the same thing might
happen to other softwares.
Re: NVIDIA driver breaks DeSmuME compilation
Seems to be the same bug as openoffice.
Use "-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES" in your CFLAGS, and it should be OK
Re: NVIDIA driver breaks DeSmuME compilation
guilc, thanks for your quick reply.
jrittenh wrote:
> Seems to be a similar issue with OO.org.
> Add this to src_compile() in the ebuild:
> append-flags -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES
operron replied:
> Seems to be worth...
and it doesn't work for me either.
I added "-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES" to desmume-0.9.2-1/Makefile and
Re: NVIDIA driver breaks DeSmuME compilation
I can confirm that behaviour, and that -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES doesn't fix it
Re: NVIDIA driver breaks DeSmuME compilation
It looks like the configure script for this program incorrectly ignores the CFLAGS configure parameter. It also appears to have support for getting the glActiveTexture function via the extension mechanism, but incorrectly disables that code when GL_VERSION_1_3 is defined. It should either define GL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES or make the OGLEXT/INITOGLEXT code unconditional.
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March 6th, 2009 #1
IDW #94: Transport for Two - Voting
IDW #94 Topic: Transport for Two
Deadline for voting: Saturday, March 14
No voting for your own entries! I repeat, no voting for your own entries
Give critiques and comments, we're all here to learn from each other!
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IJR Velocity Sports Piranha SR8 Jet Bike
A two seater variant of the popular single seat Piranha SR series of high performance jet racing craft from IJR Velocity Sports.
WooHoo! I finished! I hope that everyone else finishes up soon! Good Luck to all.
I hope I attached my image right, I didn't see a paperclip icon in the "Manage Attachments" window.
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Transport For Two
Thankyou Very Much Yoitisi
March 7th, 2009 #9
A few notes on this round as usual:
Ianruff: The original topic said not to put a description with your entry...I would consider your little explanation a sort of description, especially since it says it's a two seater variant of a single seat vehicle, while the topic is specifically about transport for two (which in my eyes makes yours a weaker design if I take it from your description, since apparently the vehicle never was focussed on carrying two persons). Anyway, it's in the poll still because the rendering of it is okay
Guggemmaneuver: Somehow I liked your initial sketch much better, because it looked more dynamic and alive than this version. Also, it's a little unclear whether this vehicle is meant for one or two persons, since I can barely see inside the cockpit.
Epias: As you already said, it's a bit rushed and not completely finished so I decided not to take you to poll. Good to see you in here though!
Mr S 14: You're welcome, though as said, I let you in the finals thread so you could get some comments on your entry still. Since it's far from being finished I won't take it to poll.
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This Week has a wide range of designs and ideas for Transports For Two, I often watch the process, but this is the first time I actually participated, I thank Yoitisi for his time in hosting these.
Right so:
I liked Ianruffs image for placing riders in the Transport and the excellent coloring, it really caught my attention. however the perspective in the front appear off.
Also, It's great to See that Noche got in on this, definitely worth the smile on my face, Wow Automated Transport to the Sun huh ? very nice.
Guggemaneuver; I think your original Sketch indirectly inspired me to participate in the WIP phase, so cheers.
Trashy, I like the blue light engines of your transport, I Blue lights
Epias, You had a unique take on the subject, and It really has a solidness to it's shape, so nicework.
Did I forget anyone, oh yeah.
In The End, I voted for Deon. I Like That Deon Showed 3 angles along with a sideish view of the Tranport in action. (The Illustration also reminded me of times when myself and a friend would try playing video games with One controller each of us controlling the other side of the controller, just for laughs, especially when we won!)
Anyways it's late, and I suspect if I try to say much more it will come off as being rude, instead of Constructive.
I would appreciate comments or tips and crits I could incorporate into the next IDW; What do you like, what do you hate ? I'd also like to mention, for some reason my Transport became a sort of Taxi in the end, but I erased the front silhouette in it, =D so it would have been Transport for Two, but only on a technicality and WOW, I forgot the W in IDW...
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that thing attop the cabin is just an ad. now, why does the ad say that is a different matter. but no, it's not going to the sun.
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Hi folks - I really wish more people would've entered this round. It was such an awesome, open topic.
I voted for noche because it's an all round solid design that sticks to the brief nicely. It has a lot of character and story that noche put into the image using weathering and that little sign on top. It's a sad picture - like the sun is gone, so no-one uses the ride anymore.
Epias - very original - would have voted for it if it made it to poll.
Mr S 14 - Thanks for the comment Yea - that working-together kinda ride is what I was going for. You have some nice shapes in your design - especially where the grills are. Just make sure that you don't clutter your design with too many unnecessary shapes.
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Oh well, guess I misread the bit about the description. Was fun anyway and I thank yoitisi for still letting me in.
Really liked Epias' concept, very cool concept. And noche's is I think is a great concept in that it is strictly transport in a touristy sight seeing vein, a romantic monorail/gondola ride for two.
But, I voted for Deon as having the most developed concept of all.
Had a great time with it and as this was my first challenge ever on conceptart.org I look forward to many more!
Thanks Mr_S_14 for the compliment on the coloring! I appreciate it
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While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) intensifies its enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), covered entities and business associates may well find the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) knocking at their door. The FTC takes the position that Congress granted it broad powers to regulate unfair and deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, including concurrent jurisdiction over the privacy and security practices of companies regulated under HIPAA.
The FTC has a history of working with OCR in a parallel manner to investigate security practices. The agencies began coordinating efforts in the 2009 and 2010 with the investigations into the health information disposal practices of CVS Caremark and Rite Aid. Both pharmacy chains entered a consent decree with the FTC under the FTC Act and a resolution agreement with HHS under HIPAA.
The FTC has not shied away from independently acting in the health care industry, particularly against business associates of covered entities for conduct occurring before HIPAA regulated those companies directly. In the FTC's investigation of a hospital billing company considered a HIPAA business associate, the alleged failure to adequately safeguard laptops resulted in a 20-year consent order requiring a biennial security assessment by an external auditor. The FTC recently alleged a health care transcription provider's lack of diligence in monitoring offshore contractor's encryption and typist authentication and its statements it was "HIPAA compliant," constituted unfair or deceptive practices.
The FTC has become emboldened. In the recent LabMD, Inc. order, it set forth its basis for authority in health data security enforcement despite the HIPAA regulatory regime. While the decision was in the context of a motion to dismiss a complaint on lack of jurisdiction grounds, the FTC clearly believes that it need not express any view on HIPAA to determine whether the FTC Act has been violated. What is most troubling is the notion that HIPAA compliance may be insufficient to protect against a Section 5 enforcement proceeding, a position that will be subject to great debate without immediate resolution.
So how should health care companies strengthen their HIPAA compliance programs to manage the risk of a potential FTC investigation? Here are some tips:
Republished with permission. This article first appeared in Inside Counsel on May 15, 2014.
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Optical probes having a diameter less than substantially 500 μm for use in scanning light from a long, highly flexible fiber to a sample. In one embodiment the probe includes a viscous damping fluid suitable to prevent non-uniform rotational distortion (NURD).
1. An optical probe comprising:
a sheath;
a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical transmission system positioned within said sheath, the optical transmission system comprising a transmission fiber, the transmission fiber capable of winding in response to rotation of the transmission system, said optical transmission system capable of transmitting, focussing and collecting light of
a predetermined range of wavelengths; and
a viscous damping fluid located in said sheath,
wherein both said sheath and said viscous damping fluid are transparent to at least some of said wavelengths of light,
wherein the index of refraction of said viscous fluid is chosen to substantially remove cylindrical optical distortion induced by propagation through said sheath and to reduce rotational speed variations at least partially induced by winding the transmission fiber.
2. The optical probe of
3. The optical probe of
a focusing element optically coupled to a beam director.
4. The optical probe of
5. The optical probe of
6. The optical probe of
7. The optical probe of
8. The optical probe of
9. The optical probe of
a transmission fiber attached to a piece of graded index fiber having an end face, the transmission fiber's working aperture and index profile are designed to produce a beam waist of less than 100 μm in radius at a working distance measured from the end face of up to ten millimeters in either air or fluid; and
a faceted piece of coreless fiber attached to the graded index fiber.
10. The optical probe of
11. The optical probe of
an exit beam waist less than 100 μm in radius with a working distance ranging from 0 to ten millimeters, and
a depth-of-field to 10 mm.
12. The optical probe of
13. The optical probe of
14. The optical probe of
15. The optical probe of
16. The optical probe of
17. The optical probe of
18. The optical probe of
19. An optical probe comprising:
an optical transmission system designed to operate at a predetermined wavelength range, said optical transmission system comprising:
a first sheath defining a bore, said first sheath sealed at a distal end;
a beam director located within said bore of said first sheath;
a focusing element located within said bore of said first sheath and optically coupled to said beam director located within said bore of said first sheath;
a second sheath defining a bore, said first sheath located within said bore of said second sheath;
a viscous damping fluid located within said bore of said second sheath, wherein an index of refraction of said fluid is chosen to substantially remove optical cylindrical distortion of the beam propagation through said second sheath;
a rotatable optical fiber located within said bore of said second sheath such that winding and unwinding of the rotatable optical fiber is regulated by the viscous damping fluid; and
wherein said first sheath is closed at its distal end and said optical transmission system is enclosed within said first sheath.
20. The optical probe of
21. The optical probe of
22. The optical probe of
23. The optical probe of
24. The optical probe of
25. The optical probe of
26. The optical probe of
27. The optical probe of
The field of invention relates to the design, fabrication, and use of ultra-small scanning imaging probes and more particularly to the design and fabrication and use of an ultra-small scanning imaging probes for prevention of rotational distortion.
There is a pressing need for developing ultra-small scanning optical probes. These probes require ultra-small imaging lenses and associated scanning and beam director elements. Such probes are used in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric imaging and ranging systems, as well as for delivery of other imaging modalities (e.g. fluorescence) or therapeutic optical sources. Future medical (and nonmedical) optical probes will require these miniature probes to navigate small and torturous passageways such as arteries, veins, and pulmonary airways. Present technology generally is not adequate for meeting the needs of these small probes when the probes must be less than ˜500 μm in diameter, while simultaneously having a working distance that can extend up to several millimeters and performing controlled and potentially complex scan patterns.
Although the design and construction of small lenses is known, as exemplified by a design of a catheter that uses a small (˜1 mm) GRIN lens coupled to a fold mirror for imaging the aperture of a single-mode fiber onto a vessel wall, the scaling of this design to less than 500 μm is problematic. Although techniques exist for making very small lenses that have small working distances suitable for coupling to laser diodes and other optical components, these lenses generally do not offer the >1 mm working distance and the >1 mm depth-of-field required for many applications.
Further, there are a number of commercially available 'torque wires'—miniature wire-wound devices intended to transmit torque over a long and flexible shaft. Such devices are now commonly used in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) procedures. Such ultrasound probes combined with torque wires perform rotational scanning in coronary arteries. Generally however, these devices are at least 1 mm in diameter, and are thus 2 to 4 times larger than the devices required by many applications. Presently, such torque wires are not scalable to the sizes required to permit the construction of small optical scanning probes.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,127 ('127) discloses the use of a viscous fluid located inside the bore of an ultrasound catheter. The purpose of the fluid is to provide loading of a torque wire such that the wire enters the regime of high torsional stiffness at moderate spin rates. As described in the '127 patent, this fluid is housed within a separate bore formed inside the main catheter, increasing the overall size of the device, the fluid does not contact the imaging tip, nor does the ultrasound energy propagate through this fluid unlike the present invention.
Finally, achieving uniform rotational scanning at the distal tip of a single fiber, while maintaining an overall device size less than 500 um in diameter is a major challenge. Because it is highly undesirable to add a motor to the distal tip, with the attendant wires and size issues, a way must be found to apply torque to the proximal tip and transmit the torque to the distal tip which may be as much as three meters away in a catheter application. If the extremely low inherent rotational stiffness of a glass fiber is considered (approximately 1 millionth of a N-m of applied torque will cause a 1 cm length of standard 125 μm diameter fiber to twist up one degree) the issues of uniformly spinning the distal tip by driving the proximal end can be appreciated. Uniform rotation is critically important in endoscopic techniques in order to obtain accurate circumferential images. The term 'NURD' (non-uniform rotational distortion) has been coined in the industry to describe these deleterious effects.
The present invention relates to a small optical fiber probe that experiences substantially no NURD.
The invention relates to an optical probe including a sheath; a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable optical transmission system positioned within the sheath; and a viscous damping fluid located in the sheath. The optical transmission system is capable of transmitting, focussing, and collecting light of a predetermined range of wavelengths. The sheath and the viscous damping fluid are transparent to at least some of the wavelengths of that light. The index of refraction of the viscous fluid is typically chosen to remove the optical effects induced by propagation through said sheath. In one embodiment, the optical transmission system is less than substantially 300 μm in diameter. In some embodiments, the sheath is substantially cylindrical. In some embodiments the optical probe further comprises a lumen for providing catheter flushes. In other embodiments, the catheter flushes are maintained substantially at body temperature to minimize temperature induced-viscosity changes in the viscous damping fluid.
In another aspect, the optical transmission system includes an optical fiber and a focusing element optically coupled to a beam director. The focusing element creates an exit beam waist having a radius of less than 100 μm with a working distance ranging from zero to several millimeters, and a depth-of-field up to several millimeters. In one embodiment, the sheath is less than substantially 500 μm in diameter. In one embodiment, the transmission fiber is rotatably driven at its proximal end.
In one embodiment, the focussing element and the beam director comprises the transmission fiber attached to a first segment of silica fiber, which is attached to a graded index fiber attached to a second segment of coreless fiber. In another embodiment, the second segment of coreless fiber has one or more angled facets to form the beam director. In yet another embodiment, the focussing element and beam director includes a transmission fiber attached to a graded index fiber whose working aperture and index profile are designed to produce a beam waist with a radius of less than 100 μm at a working distance, measured from the end of the lens, of several millimeters.
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In general, in highly multimode beams (mode number of approximately 10 or higher), the waist location 20 and the classical image location are nearly coincident. For the single-mode beams employed here, however, these locations can differ significantly. The lens/imaging system has a depth of focus 22 that is inversely related to the square of the spot size. For many imaging systems, including Optical Coherence Tomographic imaging systems, light emitted from the fiber is focused on a sample and retro-reflected light is then coupled back through the lens and into the single-mode fiber. In these and other imaging or light delivery/collection applications the best optical performance is obtained when the light impinges on a sample that is located within the depth of focus or field 22.
Single-mode Gaussian beams expand from their minimum width (the 'waist' 20) according to the well-known relationship:
The radius of curvature, R(z), of a Gaussian beam follows another well-known relationship:
To solve the current problem, a desired working distance 16 and depth of field 22 are first chosen. This determines the required waist size which is to be created by the lens. The required waist size and desired location 16 in space in turn determine the required beam size as well as the phase front radius of curvature (of the outgoing beam) at the lens surface 27. Thus, the lens system 12 must allow the beam to expand from the exit of the fiber to match the beam size required at the lens surface 27, and must also bend the phase front of the incoming beam to match that of the outgoing beam. Hence the lens system can be uniquely determined given the two input requirements, the working distance 16 and the depth of field 22.
Forming microlenses out of graded index materials ('GRIN') is the preferred embodiment for the probes described herein, although lenses created from curved surfaces can be effectively used as well. The essential ingredient of a GRIN lens is the radial variation in the material index of refraction which causes the phase front to be bent in a way analogous to the phase bending in a conventional curved-surface lens. A simple instructive relationship between GRIN lenses and standard curved lenses can be formed by treating both as 'thin' lenses; essentially considering the length within the lenses as negligible. This relationship is:
Thus in one embodiment, customized GRIN materials are grown for the requirements described herein. In order to do this successfully, a more rigorous calculation is required, taking into account the length of the GRIN material for beam propagation as well as focusing strength. That is, as the Gaussian beam propagates through the GRIN material it is continuously modified by the gradient profile. Because the lenses here have requirements for relatively both large apertures and low focusing powers they cannot be considered 'thin' lenses as above.
Thus to calculate the required GRIN gradient profile, the well-known ABCD matrix formalism for treating Gaussian beam propagation in the paraxial approximation may be used. The ABCD matrix describing the propagation from the single mode fiber, through the GRIN material, and into the medium interface is given by:
Where A′ is (√A)/a, and nsmf is the index of the single-mode fiber. As is known in the art, the ABCD law for the transformation of Gaussian beams can be used here to solve for the A′ parameter, given the other material parameters and, as before, the desired depth of field 22 and working distance 26. With some algebraic manipulation, two equations can be derived:
If the exact GRIN parameters cannot be achieved, especially the gradient coefficient A which in these designs is significantly lower than commercially available GRIN fibers, it is possible, as is known in the art, to affix an intermediate piece of fiber between the single mode fiber and the GRIN material. The purpose of this intermediate piece of fiber is to allow the beam to expand as it exits the single mode fiber and before it enters the GRIN fiber. This intermediate piece is preferably pure silica so it will have no beam shaping or guiding effects other than simple expansion. The combination of the expander and GRIN material allow a wider choice of gradient coefficients to be used and still achieve the desired working distance and depth of field. Adding the expander in the ABCD formalism is particularly easy because the matrix for the expander,
However, even though the fiber is only 125 μm in diameter and the largest beam size required is less than 100 μm as seen in
The first facet 50 can then be either metal or dielectric coated or can be coated with a dichroic beam splitter to allow simultaneous forward and side viewing via different wavelengths. Alternatively, if the angle is greater than the angle for total internal reflection given by Snell's law (˜43 degrees for a silica/air interface) then it is not necessary to coat the fiber. This results in a significant reduction in cost and complexity because coating the tip of the fiber for internal reflection (as opposed to much easier external reflection) is a significant technical challenge.
The total diameter of the optical lens 12′/beam director 14″ in
Special attention must be given to the relationships between the angles of the facets 50, 54 when imaging using optical coherence tomography. Since the sensitivity of OCT systems routinely exceeds 100 dB, it is important to prevent back reflections from the second facet 54 from coupling back into the transmission fiber 10. Even a 4% reflection (silica to air interface) is strong enough to saturate and effectively 'blind' a sensitive OCT system. Thus, the angles must be chosen such that the back reflection angle is greater than the acceptance angle of the single-mode transmission fiber 10. For example, a reflection facet 50 polished with an angle of incidence of 50 degrees, and a transmissive facet 54 polished at 5 degrees to the axis of the lens, will return a beam exceeding the acceptance angle of standard SMF-28 single mode fiber 10. These particular angles offer another advantage; the 50 degree angle exceeds the angle for total internal reflection for a glass-air interface (nominally 43 degrees). Furthermore, this design allows the fiber 10 lens 12′/beam director 14″ assembly to be tested in air prior to any coating process.
As shown in
However, the sheath 44 must allow the OCT light to exit with minimal loss and distortion to the outgoing beam in order to achieve the most optically efficient system possible. Without minimizing absorption, scattering, and distortion losses through the sheath 44, it is possible to lose more than 30 dB of system sensitivity. Of these losses, optical distortion is the more difficult to control (in a cylindrical sheath) and can account for 15-20 dB of loss. The distortion occurs as the beam passes through the curved surface of the sheath 44 which acts as lens. The power of lens is governed by the radius of the sheath 44 and the index differences between the sheath 44 and surrounding medium(s).
The sheath 44 may itself be transparent, or it may incorporate a suitable transparent material in the region of the beam director 14. A transparent sheath 44 is preferred since there are many materials that minimize absorption and scattering losses for OCT while still exhibiting good mechanical properties. Materials with these properties include Teflon, acrylic, polycarbonate, and several thermoplastics, such as Hytrel� from E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company. Hytrel is a thermoplastic polyester elastomer. Note that several of these materials can be opaque at visible wavelengths while still transmitting OCT wavelengths. A transparent sheath is also preferred since it allows the rotating fiber to be translated longitudinally within the sheath to perform three dimensional imagining without moving the sheath and fiber back and forth as a unit.
Flat window materials, or flats formed on the sheath 44 can of course be used to minimize the optical distortion effects, which makes the optical image properties easier to deal with, but greatly increases the fabrication complexity and costs. Also flat windows cannot be made to accommodate 360-degree scanning as required in a circumferential scanning device. If cylindrical sheaths 44 or windows are chosen, consideration must be given to the effects on the image quality that the window material and shape will impart.
Standard equations from classical (circular) optics give a good insight into the nature of the problems encountered:
The optical effect of the sheath 44 on the transmitted beam is twofold. First, referring again to
It is apparent from examining the above equations that to minimize the optical effects of the sheath 44 (i.e., drive the focal lengths f1 and f2 towards ∞ which is the equivalent of a flat surface), the most important issue is matching (equalizing) the three indices, followed by decreasing the thickness, followed by increasing the radius of curvatures. It is understood that the above equation is for a spherical surface, whereas here the effect is only in the direction perpendicular to the sheath axis. However, this serves to illustrate the effect. Generally, it is very difficult to match all three material indices; minimizing the thickness introduces mechanical integrity concerns; and increasing the radius leads to unacceptably large probe diameters.
Another possibility is effectively 'neutralizing' the effect of the curved surface by choosing a medium inside the sheath such that the two refractive effects (inside and outside diameter of the sheath/window) cancel each other to first order. Choosing the proper index 'neutralizing' fluid can be accomplished using the following relationship:
Here n1 is the optical index of the neutralizing fluid or gel, n2 is the index of the window material, and n3 is the index of the surrounding medium. This approach gives one new degree of freedom, making it possible to balance the sheath size, thickness and available fluid indices to neutralize the optical effects to first order (e.g. reduce the effects to less than 10% of their original levels).
The effect of the neutralizing fluid is shown in FIG. 6B. The uncompensated curve 60 is for an air-filled acrylic sheath, 355 um in diameter and 50 microns thick, using a fiber lens 12 designed to produce a 30 μm waist at a depth of 2 mm into saline. The uncompensated case has a rapidly diverging beam, giving an extrapolated waist of 6 um located approximately 400 μm to the left of the interface. The compensated curve 64 is also shown, using a commercially available fluorosilicone fluid, which gives a circumferential waist near 1800 μm—very close to the ideal. The overall coupling losses are over 12 dB in the uncompensated case and less than 1 dB in the compensated case representing a 90% reduction in unwanted losses.
To avoid the complication of coating the internally reflective facet 50, total internal reflection is preferred. As noted, for a glass/air interface this occurs for any angle of incidence greater the 43 degrees. However, once the fiber is immersed in an environment such as water or saline in which the refractive index is much larger than unity (air), total internal reflection becomes impractical. Thus it is desirable to maintain the glass/air interface.
Once the optical effects have been addressed, it is crucial to perform uniform rotational scanning so that high quality, understandable, and reproducible images may be obtained. In the endoscopic imaging industry, much effort has been devoted to this problem. Essentially three viable techniques have evolved in the prior art. The first is the development of torque wires 40, already discussed. The second is the development of phased array systems (in ultrasound imaging), which can effectively steer the beam via electronic control of the distal transducers. Lastly, software image correction can try to compensate for NURD by post-processing the image.
As mentioned, torque wires 40 are generally not scalable to the sizes considered here and add significant cost. Phased array systems are highly complex since they involve many transducers and additional control electronics. Multiple fiber solutions are possible, but add significant costs. Lastly the software-based correction is quite complex and fallible and the resultant image is generally of much poorer quality than if the NURD had been prevented a priori.
A new method for controlling rotational speed variances for fiber optic probes is disclosed and described herein. Given the very low torsional stiffness of the glass fibers (as detailed earlier), significant winding of the fiber can be expected over a length and rotational speed practical for many applications, especially medical applications. For example, a 2 meter length of 125 um diameter fiber coated with 7.5 m of a polyimide coating, spinning at 10 Hz inside a water-filled catheter housing experiences over 10 complete turns of winding. Although the distal tip must spin on average at 10 Hz it will experience speed variations, (NURD) during fractions of a rotation due to winding and unwinding caused by frictional variations, slight eccentricities in the glass fiber itself, catheter movements, temperature variations, and so forth.
As conceptually depicted in
Since the viscosity-induced torque loading increases with speed and will act to slow down an unwinding fiber, the negative feedback is established. By controlling the variables a, l, and it is possible to precisely control the rotational characteristics of the distal end of the optical transmission system. This technique offers the advantage of controllability, low cost, low complexity, and negligible increase in probe size while permitting NURD-free operation of endoscopic imaging systems. Even more control of NURD can be had, for instance, by placing different viscosity fluids at different locations where the inherent high viscosities help prevent mixing except near the fluid boundaries. This facilitates the isolation of the various fluids while still allowing free rotation. Distributing a viscous fluid over the entire length of the catheter is also possible, but distally located viscous damping is usually more effective for NURD control.
Finally, the fluid used for viscous control must also possess the required transmissive and preferably neutralizing optical characteristics as detailed earlier. There are a number of fluids and gels, for example fluorosilicone compounds, that are suitable both optically and mechanically for the purposes described herein. In addition, suitable viscous damping fluids typically have a kinematic viscosity index of between 500 and 20,000 centistokes and an optical index of refraction between 1.32 and 1.65 in some embodiments.
Several classes of compounds meet these requirements, fluorosilicones, syrups, synthetic and natural oils, even radiographic contrast agent used in many interventional cardiology procedures (such as RenoCal-76 ™, a solution of Diatrizoate Meglumine and Diatrizoate Sodium, manufactured by Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton N.J.).
Many viscous fluids exhibit a strong interdependency between viscosity and temperature. This can be used advantageously in various embodiments. Temperature effects can detrimentally impact the use of viscous fluids in some embodiments. One aspect of the invention relates to regulating viscous fluid temperatures in order to achieve a reduction in NURD. For example, an advantageous use of the temperature dependence is heating the viscous damping fluid to facilitate easy injection into a tight orifice, such as a long catheter sheath. A potentially detrimental effect is seen in intravascular imaging applications, where saline flushes are often used. If the saline is not at body temperature, the viscosity of the viscous damping fluid will change and the delivery fiber will wind or unwind (depending on whether the viscosity increases or decreases), causing the observed OCT image to spin. A simple solution is to ensure that any injected saline, or other suitable catheter flush, is maintained at or near body temperature. An example of this temperature sensitivity is given by MED-360, a silicone fluid manufactured by NuSil of Carpinteria, Calif. For Med-360, the viscosity at room temperature (25 C.) is 1010 centistoke and drops to 750 centistoke at body temperature (38 C.).
It is worth noting, that the concept of a distally located viscous fluid for NURD reduction can be applied to situations other than fiber optic imaging. For example an ultrasound catheter can use this technique in place of the standard and expensive torquewires.
Although this discussion has focused on medical applications it is clear that there are a large number of non-medical applications in industrial inspection and materials analysis that are possible. Furthermore, while single-mode fibers are preferred for OCT imaging, multimode fibers may be used as well in the embodiments described herein.
The interrelation of some of the various elements of the invention are shown in the illustrative embodiment of the probe 130 shown in
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|Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
|भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान, उदयपुर
|Public business school
|CK Birla
|Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
24°50′N 73°30′E / 24.83°N 73.5°ECoordinates: 24°50′N 73°30′E / 24.83°N 73.5°E
|Urban, 253 acres (1.02 km2) proposed
|Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (Hindi: भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान, उदयपुर), also known as IIMU, is a graduate business school in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Established as an autonomous body in 2011, the institute offers the two year postgraduate programme (PGP), one year postgraduate programme (PGPX) and other management development programmes. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Management set up by the central government during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.[1]
The institute is set in the picturesque backdrop of Udaipur, one of the busiest tourist attractions in India.[2]
- 1 History
- 2 Campus
- 3 Academic programs
- 4 Board of Governors
- 5 Campus life
- 5.1 Council of Student Affairs
- 5.2 Academic Council
- 5.3 Placements
- 5.4 Media and Industry Interaction Cell (MIIC)
- 5.5 Prayatna
- 5.7 ConnectIT
- 5.8 Potpourri
- 5.9 ConsultU
- 5.10 LakeSiders
- 5.11 Finomina
- 5.13 Silvertongues
- 5.14 Skein
- 5.16 Saksham
- 5.17 CodeRED
- 5.18 Iris
- 5.19 Marclan
- 6 Student Exchange
- 7 References
IIMs play a leading role in the nation's managerial manpower development in addition to carrying out research in emerging areas. As role models for other Indian B-Schools, they share knowledge and skills with these institutions to improve their quality in management education.
In 2009, the Indian government decided to start seven new IIMs including IIM Udaipur. IIM U started its PGP programme with 57 students in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building, Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), Udaipur. It also started its PGPX programme with 16 students.
Shri CK Birla, the Chairman of CK Birla Group, was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for IIM Udaipur while Prof. Janat Shah, an IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus, formerly with IIM Bangalore, was appointed as the Institute's Director.[3]
IIM Udaipur was inaugurated on 30 July 2011 by C. P. Joshi, Minister of Road Transport and Highways.[4]
IIM Udaipur became operational from 2011 in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building, Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), Udaipur, Rajasthan.[5] Construction has started at the 253 acres (102 ha) of land in the Balicha area of Udaipur, Rajasthan, which have been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan for the institute's new Campus.[6] The construction of the new campus would be completed in two phases.
Academic programs[edit]
Similar to the other IIMs, IIM Udaipur offers diplomas in management and not degrees.[21] It offers the following full-time academic programmes:
Postgraduate programme in Management (PGP)[edit]
The Postgraduate programme in Management (PGP) is a two-year, regular, full-time residential programme. This is similar to PGP offered by other IIMs. It is the flagship programme of IIM Udaipur. Admission to the PGP course of IIM Udaipur is competitive and is through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted each year. The PGP course consists of six trimesters covered over two years. The first year consists of three trimesters covering foundation courses of different business functions. Second year consists of elective courses and have three trimesters. IIM Udaipur offers an elective in the second year "International business and practices" where students get a chance to work on a live project outside India.
The coursework also requires the completion of an internship between the two years lasting for a total of eight weeks. The admissions for the first batch of students for 72 seats was completed through its mentor institute IIM Indore. Third batch of the program was convocated in March 2015.[7]
Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX)[edit]
The Postgraduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) is an intensive one-year regular full-time residential programme for aspirants with work experience. It is similar to 1 year MBA programmes offered by other IIMs, ISB, XLRI and other renowned MBA colleges. It is not an executive or part-time MBA. Admission to the course is competitive and is through the GMAT. The PGPX provides students with the same solid foundation in key management concepts and disciplines as a two-year MBA, with similar rigor and grading criteria. A key advantage of the PGPX is that the course work builds on the work experience of the students.
The students spend the fall module in Purdue University, USA for their international immersion segment. Purdue University, founded in 1869, is a highly ranked public university in US. Since its inception, the Krannert School of Management has been recognized as one of the top business schools in the country — its overall master program is ranked #16 worldwide in Business Insider's Spring 2010 report. In the 2013 U.S. News & World Report ranking, Purdue is ranked #7 in Operations and Production and #9 in Supply Chain Management/Logistics. The coursework also requires the completion of an internship lasting for a total of eight weeks. The students are awarded with both the PGPX Diploma from IIM Udaipur and a MS degree from Purdue. The 15 month dual degree program between Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur and Purdue University is designed to cater to the present industry requirements and equips students to deal with complex supply chains. The admissions for the first batch of students for 16 seats are completed. Second batch of the program convocated this year in March 2015.[8]
Board of Governors[edit]
Janat Shah, a fellow from IIM Ahmedabad and the former mentor of IIM Bangalore, is the Director at IIM Udaipur.[9] CK Birla, the Chairman of CK Birla Group, is the Chairman of the board of governors for the institute. Personalities like Raghunath Salgame, President, CISCO Systems India Pvt. Ltd, Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman NIIT Limited, Smt. Jyotsna Suri, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Hotels Ltd, Burzin Wadia, Executive Vice President, Godrej Appliances Ltd. constitute the board of governors of the institute.
Campus life[edit]
There are many student-run clubs and societies at IIM Udaipur. The student bodies are divided into clubs and societies are managed by the students themselves and are governed by the Student Affairs Council headed by Joel Xavier. The following are the clubs and societies: Societies
Council of Student Affairs[edit]
It is the apex body which controls all the aspects of student life including other clubs and societies.
Academic Council[edit]
The Academic Council is an elected body that facilitates the management of the academic system at IIM Udaipur. The Council acts as the interface between students and faculty and is also responsible for course bidding process.
Companies of India visit the campus every year for summers and final placements. The placement processes are governed and facilitated by the Placement Committee.[24]
Media and Industry Interaction Cell (MIIC)[edit]
The Media Cell serves as the channel between IIM Udaipur and the outside world. The Industry Interaction Cell serves as the single point of contact for all industry related activities at IIM Udaipur. The cell facilitates exchange of ideas amongst students, faculty, and the industry. The cell organizes guest lectures, leadership talks, competitions, scholarships and business conclaves. Recently first TEDX at IIM udaipur was organized by MIIC.[citation needed]
'PRAYATNA'[10] is an initiative directed towards sensitizing the future business leaders of IIM Udaipur with their social responsibilities. Some of the major events of the club include Campus Connect,[11] in which students from local government schools visit IIM-U campus for a career counselling and personality development sessions. Some of the speakers who visited the campus to share their stories of inspiration include Chhavi Rajawat,[12] Dr.Subodh Agrawal.[13] Members of Prayatna worked with State government of Rajasthan's project, Gatimaan Prashasan,[14] a service delivery model
CUL COMM[edit]
The Cultural Committee of IIM Udaipur provides the students with an opportunity to display their creative talents. The committee organizes cultural activities like music nights, dance events, dramatics, painting competitions, etc.
IIM Udaipur's IT Club, ConnectIT, aims at meeting software and hardware requirements for the campus. The IIM Udaipur campus has access to a 1Gbit/s Optical Fiber Cable network from BSNL, and an additional backup of 5Mbit/s from TATA Network Services. The club members host and manage the college website iimu.ac.in. The supervision of the entire network is also under the ambit of ConnectIt.
IIM Udaipur's Literary Club, Potpourri caters to activities, which include quizzes, JAM and late night movie sessions. Potpourri manages the Institute's fortnightly magazine/newsletter which provides a glimpse into life at IIM Udaipur through articles about the institute, and contributions from the students.
Consult-U, the consulting club of IIM-U serves as a channel between Indian Institute of Management -Udaipur and the consulting industry. The club invites leaders from consulting firms to share their experiences with the students. Consult-U organizes case study events and challenges the students to put forward their best strategies. The club is a self sustainable one which through its quality of work attracts stipends from corporate houses in exchange for the business insights and acumen provided by the students through live projects. The club also provides its services to NGOs without charging any remuneration.
Sports club gives students opportunities for participation in recreational and competitive programs. Sports Club facilitates formation of IIM U representative teams, thus allowing the sportsmen and sportswomen of the institute to participate in events outside the college. It also aims at developing leadership skills by providing opportunities for students in organizing, administrating and problem solving. Facilities include cricket, football, basketball, badminton, dodge ball, cycling and table tennis. The club also organizes intra-college events, most prominent of them being Cricket League of Udaipur(CLU) and Football League of Udaipur(FLU).
FINOMINA is the finance club of IIMU. The club's activities cover concepts including investment banking, equity research, corporate finance, retail banking and micro finance. The club helps them pursue careers in the finance sector by assisting them in preparing for their summer internships and final placements. The club organizes talks with names from within the industry and with faculty from other IIMs.
Finomina has a bi-weekly newsletter to help students keep in touch with the latest developments in the industry. The club encourages students to come up with their own business plans by acquainting them with business concepts through the newsletter. The club endeavors to comprehend and analyze economic reports published by companies like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. As a part of the club's initiatives, Finomina will conduct finance-based competitions so as to help students get acquainted with the stock market functioning.
The committee aims to build the IIMU brand and promote it through merchandise like T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, caps, bags etc. It strives to support the activities of other club/committees of IIM Udaipur through merchandise support. MERC has eight members.
IIM Udaipur joined the list of institutions having their own Toastmasters International chapters with the initial meeting of 'Toastmasters Udaipur' that took place on the campus on November 13. The meeting was convened by three experienced Toastmaster mentors: Mr. Sumeet Miglani, Mr. Kaushik Chakrabarty and Mr. Navneet Suneja, who came down from Gurgaon to help with the icebreaker meeting and explain to the IIM-U inductees about what was expected of them now that they had joined the Toastmasters family. They did this by conducting exercises that mirrored the actual structure of a regular Toastmasters session.
This included a demo Prepared Speech from one of the mentors themselves, a round of Impromptu Table Topics and review speeches by students who had earlier volunteered to keep track of all the speakers' performances, keeping their confidence, grammar and time management skills in mind. The mentors also conducted a Q & A session with the students addressing any personal queries the latter was regarded the chapter and its proposed activities. The initiative for setting up a Toastmasters chapter at IIM – U has been undertaken with the objective of improving the communication skills of the students through leveraging the experience that the Toastmasters Organization provides. The membership number stands at 46 and the activities of this group will be coordinated by seven Office Bearers who would also be the chapter's liaisons with the rest of the Toastmasters family.
SKEIN, the SCM and Operations student body of IIMU serves as a platform for the student community to hone their knowledge of the operations and supply chain. The club boosts the skills of students in the field of operations by facilitating industry-student interaction and sharing of ideas. Recently club organized supply chain summit in which various prominent people from the supply chain domain participated. [15]
MESS COMM[edit]
The mess committee organizezs food to the students and the staff. Food and mess related issues include hygiene, taste of the food, food variety and nutrition. The Mess menu is changed fortnightly after taking feedback from the batch. Regional dishes are a part of the weekly mess menu, and special dishes for festive occasions and events.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club.
CodeRED was established to create a vibrant life for the students of Indian Institute of Management Udaipur. Life in an IIM can be at time hectic and tiring with case studies, assignments and midnight submissions.The Club has diverse activities starting from Farewell Parties, Kite flying completion, Quizzes, Races etc. anything that helps students rejuvenate and celebrate life on campus. The club conducts events both as standalone entity as well as in collaboration with other clubs/committees. The Club also is a logistics partner for various other clubs and Committees and provides support for organizing their events.
The photography club.
The marketing club of IIM Udaipur conducts a lot of learning sessions and competitions. Samvaad, the annual marketing conclave would be organized which would serve as a platform for industry practitioners to share and learn about the current trends in the domain of marketing.
Student Exchange[edit]
The institution has links with seven institutes across the world including EDHEC Business School -France, Ecole de Management Normandie -France, FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg -Germany, HHL Leipzig -Germany, EBS Oestrich-Winkel-Germany, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Purdue University-USA. Students who goes to HHL Leipzig -Germany, EBS Oestrich-Winkel-Germany and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management can apply for DAAD for the scholarship. Students of the PGP programme can go an exchange program during the 5th term of the course. The students of the PGPX programme go to Purdue University, USA for their international immersion stint.
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