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Issues in Measuring and Improving Health Care Quality
Friedman, Maria A., Health Care Financing Review
Quality has been a topic of attention in American health care since the early years of this century (Donabedian, 1989). Although quality has not been neglected in the intervening years, the focus on quality is a fairly recent phenomenon, beginning in the late 1980s (O'Leary and Walker, 1994). Since then, quality has become a front-and-center issue for providers, payers, and patients.
A number of converging influences account for the accelerated rise of the quality movement in health care today. These include the growth and transfer of quality theories and practices from the industrial sector, concerns about rising health care costs, and changes in the health care industry.
Transfer From Industry
One of the largest influences on the current environment is the growth of quality-management programs, which began to diffuse after World War II in the industrial sector (Laffel and Blumenthal, 1989). During the 1980s, the focus on quality spread beyond the shop floor to the upper echelons of management in manufacturing and white collar businesses (Gehani, 1993). The quality focus is pervasive in all sectors of the economy and is not expected to die out as such previous management "fads" as zero-based budgeting and management by objective. For example, the number of applications for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the winning of which is considered to exemplify the epitome of companywide quality, have more than tripled in recent years. Applications are received from firms in all sectors of the economy, including health care (Gehani, 1993). According to Juran (1993), the 21st century will be the "Century of Quality." It will embody better ways of defining, measuring, and improving the quality of health care.
Quality as it is practiced today in industry and other settings is an amalgamation of theories and practices set forth by a number of individuals. Many of the terms related to quality are used interchangeably, and the lines between distinct theories and practices have blurred (Reeves and Bednar, 1994). In fact, most organizations in the private and public sectors have instituted quality programs based on the teachings of several quality champions (Anderson, Rungtusanatham, and Schroeder, 1994).
It is beyond the scope of this article to compare the work of those who made significant contributions to the quality field. However, a brief overview of the main proponents is provided because various elements have been transferred to the areas of health care organization, financing, and delivery.
W. Edwards Deming (1986) organized his management philosophy around 14 principles. These included management commitment and leadership, statistical process control, continuous improvement of processes, and removal of barriers to employee participation and control of their own quality. Feigenbaum (1963) originated the concept of total quality control and emphasized that quality should be central to all aspects of the organization, from planning to production to marketing. Juran (1964) emphasized planning and product design, quality audits, and orienting quality management toward both suppliers and customers.
Crosby (1984) focused on cultural change and calculating quality costs. He emphasized the savings which can accrue from quality programs that prevent rework, elimination of waste resulting from manufacturing errors, and inspection and testing of defective goods. Crosby believed the savings generated from quality programs outweigh their costs, thus making quality inherently "free."
Ishikawa (1985) stressed training and quality as cost-control mechanisms. He also popularized use of the cause-and-effect or fish-bone diagram, a tool to help systematically identify the roots of quality-related problems. Taguchi and Clausing (1990) extended some extant practices and principles to include the development of customer-based specifications in product creation and provision. …

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Written by Joseph Forest and Vesanto Melina R.D, this cookbook is titled "Cooking Vegan" in the United States, but the copy we received north of the border went by "Cooking Vegetarian". T.O.F.U. contributor Krystle Charlton took the time to see whether or not the contents would interest people, regardless of its name. Read More »
Forks Over Knives is slowly making its way across North America this month, and it has been gaining plenty of attention previous to this. Although there are no planned showings here in Newfoundland, we're happy to note our friends in Halifax, Toronto, Montreal and plenty of other places can check it out for us. Read More »
Roger Ebert's reviews are pretty much a part of my life. I can't say I follow them closely, but I came to know the man based solely on whether or not he raised a thumb in regards to a movie. Read More »
Taken from the first issue of T.O.F.U., I still tend to believe this is one of the better pancake recipes out there, but I'm willing to have someone shovel pancakes in my mouth to convince me otherwise! Read More »
My interest in this blogger's recent decision to try veganism for thirty days is not so much in his decision to do so, as that sort of thing is happily popping up all over the web. It is more in how disinterested he was in trying it for so long. Read More »
Starting a veg association in any city is likely to be hard work, but starting one in the middle of cattle and oil country seems a little lentil, right? All bad jokes aside, David J. Parker and the folks at the Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta Association have put some serious work into spreading the word about being veg, and the results have been great. Read More »


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There are a few companies I have been looking at. I continue to hold E-future (EFUT) despite its very poor 2009 performance. I think EFUT holds the potential for long, steady growth. It has online e-commerce platforms that connection retailers and suppliers and also a wide array of products that help suppliers, distributors, and retailers work together, and work together efficiently.Right now retail is China is a very fractured market. As consolidation begins, and as 2nd and 3rd Tier cities continue to modernize, it's hard to see how small street vendors won't eventually be forced out by larger retailers who need software/services to control efficiencies in the supply chain and reduce costs.
I'm sorry,Apparently I made a glaring error. I just reread the press release and see that sales won't be impacted until after April 1, 2010.Dave
Although the last quarter would have reflected the loss of Home Depot as a customer; am I correct? I know the announcement was made in December, but I imagine orders would have slowed considerably before the announcement. They were also impressively operating cash flow positive last quarter because of a large reduction in receivables.UUU has trimmed their inventories, which I think bodes well for the next few quarters. Inventory was likely trimmed because of losing Home Depot in-store sales, but it appears that the reduction in orders from the China HKJV caused UUU to sharply cut purchases from China while relying on it's current inventory to supply other vendors, thus drawing it dawn by a 1.25 million value.Inventory can't keep declining at that rate, and UUU still appears to be selling alarms to a variety of construction companies, so I would imagine orders from China would pick up. I believe this because I think it's possible to read the tea leaves and conclude that inventories were drawn down because they already prepared for the loss of Home Depot as a customer.Dave
I think you will sell those a lot higher.
Hey Mr. Jii. I've missed your presence on these here yahoo boards.I bought a few more at 2.88 today... I think anything under 4 dollars is very cheap. This stock has been very steady over the last half year, and has turned out to be a quite stress-free holding in a very stressed out environment. 2nd quarter results will be quite good as 2 hospitals will come fully back in line. AMS earnings amortizes their machines, whether they are used or not, so to have two machines go from net income negative to (most likely) net income producers should send quarterly earnings to about 300-450K for the foreseeable future; without any help from PBRT.Dave


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If you intend to stay a bit longer in Ireland and maybe even settle down here for a while (especially if you are a non-English language national), the place is also an excellent haunt to hook up with other ex-pats and suss out which company is currently looking for foreign language speakers.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Despite their names, there's little similarity between the "right" to work measure state lawmakers approved earlier this year and the "freedom" to work policy that Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard vetoed last week.
Right to work is a conservative priority that bans unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers.
Freedom to work is a liberal priority that would ban Indianapolis hotels from blacklisting hotel workers.
Talk of rights and freedoms harkens to uniquely American ideals laid out in the Constitution that are interwoven in American culture.
Relying on the names of the proposals alone, of course, gives almost no idea of what they would actually do.
That's why they win politically.
"The intended response is a visceral or emotional response. If you can get at someone's emotions, then they're going to be more likely to react," said Kristina Sheeler, chairwoman of the Department of Communication Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
By using words like "right" and "freedom," which call to American cultural values, politicians try to win over as many people as possible while alienating as few as possible, she said.
"The words have power because they're strategically ambiguous," she said.
"They're so full of meaning, but the very specific meaning is not there."
Right-to-work advocates argue that unions are denying workers' their "freedoms" when they sign contracts with mandatory representation fees.
"When you call something a right, you're implying it's something that ought not be given or taken by government," said Greg Mourad, vice president of the National Right to Work Committee, who supported efforts to make Indiana the nation's 23rd right-to-work state earlier this year.
Supporters of the "freedom to work" measure argue that it is businesses in this case depriving workers of their "rights" if they make an agreement not to hire temporary staff for full-time jobs.
"That word choice, I think, is very clear that the people deserve, in Indianapolis particularly, the freedom to work directly for the hotels instead of being trapped in these temporary positions," said Sarah Lyons, an organizer with Unite Here, a union group that is lobbying the city for the "freedom to work" measure.
Casual observers of either of these battles need to ask themselves just what these terms refer to.
"Right-to-work, well whose right to work?" Sheeler said. "People need to ask those sorts of questions, but unfortunately they don't. So if politicians and political communication people can find those strategically ambiguous, emotionally-loaded words to define their message, then they're going to get a reaction."
Some of the best examples of strategic ambiguity were President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign messages, Sheeler said.
"Hope" and "change" were vague enough to capture voters who were disappointed with the economy, the war in Iraq and other issues, she said.
But making those words stick costs money. Sheeler points to former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson, who aired an ad in the 2008 gubernatorial campaign critical of Gov. Mitch Daniels and his campaign RV.
But voters watching that piece probably walked away thinking it was another spot for Daniels, she said, because the campaign did not have enough money to drive the message home.
Sometimes the opponents themselves have a hard time breaking out of the messaging.
Indiana Democrats fighting the right-to-work measure often struggled with the name itself, a phrase that has been entrenched in labor battles for roughly six decades.
While Democratic leaders fought to recast the policy as the "right-to-work-for-less" proposal, lawmakers and union members debating the proposal frequently lapsed back to the term right-to-work law.


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Most of you probably know that the IBM mainframe turned 50 this year. IBM recently hosted a NYC event centered on the theme Engines of Progress to celebrate the mainframe's birthday. There have been many retrospectives in the formal press and on blogs over the past month chronicling the incredible story of the mainframe.
Given its age, I guess it is understandable that some folks still think of a mainframe as a behemoth that fills up cavernous rooms. After all, it has been portrayed in movies time and time again in ways not all that dissimilar to this wonderful time capsule:
Folks are captivated by the flashing lights and old reel tape drives, and as the picture seems to indicate, you can't have a mainframe without being attached to a refrigerator-sized, reel-to-reel, vacuum-assisted tape drive. It's simply cinematic magic!
The 50-year-old platform hosts many of the long-lived applications that touch us all—from airline reservation systems to credit card processing and banking transaction systems. Our grandpas' lives, and for that matter, all of our lives were changed forever by the stodgy old mainframe. There are many reasons that the mainframe is the platform of choice for these mission-critical applications but I would probably sum it in a few key points. The mainframe is:
This is an incomplete list to be sure, but you might have already had an idea that the mainframe can do these things. It is probably true that if that were all the mainframe did, grandpa's mainframe would still be the most dominate commercial platform for complex systems of record applications on the planet. Your grandpa's mainframe has a uniform, and it wears a suit and blue tie.
Green, open, modern
She is a green and mean processing machine, and she not only speaks the language of your grandpa's mainframe but she has also grown with the Generation X and Y crowd of programmers and understands their credo: openness.
What? The mainframe is open? Did you know one of the fastest growing markets for new mainframe purchases is from customers running nothing but Linux on them? Not only do the lucky programmers get to leverage running Linux on the fastest processors in the industry (5.5gHz) but they also get to tie it to the most sophisticated input/output (I/O) subsystem as well, and that leaves the processors free to do other work. This means their Linux apps scream on the mainframe.
Many of the customers that run Linux on the mainframe leverage a hypervisor called z/VM. Did you know that IBM has developed OpenStack adaptors to z/VM? OpenStack adaptors allow modern cloud software to work with resources on the mainframe just like any other platform.
And, did you know that young programmers worldwide are learning the mainframe through innovative engagement programs like the "IBM Master the Mainframe" contest? This was truly a worldwide affair with the first, second and third place winners hailing from Taiwan, South Africa and the United Kingdom respectively.
One last tickler just to pique your curiosity and maybe surprise you: did you know that the mainframe can run Windows? Seriously. Today's mainframe is truly a system of systems.
There certainly is much, much more material that could be said to drive home the case, but I hope that it is at least clear to you that today's mainframe can not only wear your grandpa's suit and tie but also be right at home in recycled clothing and sandals— bridging the gap between generations. It's a true engine of progress.
What do you think about the evolution of the mainframe? Feel free to leave a comment or connect with me on Twitter @StephenKinder.


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Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1697) Henry Purcell died unexpectedly on 21 November 1695. In the next few months there was an unprecedented outpouring of grief for Englands foremost musician: odes in his memory were written, and moves were made to publish some of his music. His most enduring monument was the song collection Orpheus Britannicus (1698 and 1706), though his widow Frances also issued two collections of hitherto unpublished instrumental music. On 2 April 1696 she announced proposals to print a Collection of Sonatas and other Ayres by subscription. The advertisement was repeated several times in the following weeks, but the time limit for subscriptions had to be extended, and the collect-ions did not appear until the following year, as A Collection of Ayres, Composd for the Theatre and Ten Sonatas in Four Parts.....
11Sonata No. 1 in B Minor Adagio - Canzona - Largo - Vivace
Composer: Henry Purcell05:45
12Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major Adagio - Canzona - Grave - Largo - Allegro
Composer: Henry Purcell06:25
13Sonata No. 3 in A Minor Grave - Largo - Adagio - Canzona
Composer: Henry Purcell06:48
14Sonata No. 4 in D Minor Adagio - Canzona - Adagio - Vivace - Largo
Composer: Henry Purcell07:16
15Sonata No. 5 in G Minor (Adagio) - Canzona - Largo - Allegro - Presto, Allegro
Composer: Henry Purcell06:45
16Sonata No. 6 in G Minor Adagio
Composer: Henry Purcell06:27
17Sonata No. 7 in C Major Vivace - Largo - Grave - Canzona - Allegro
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18Sonata No. 8 in G Minor Adagio - Canzona - Grave, Largo - Vivace
Composer: Henry Purcell07:00
19Sonata No. 9 in F Major Allegro - Adagio - Canzona - Grave - Allegro
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On July 10 the Expert Review Panel for high-capacity transit in Vancouver and Clark County presented our findings to the C-Tran board. This concluded a review process that began in February with appointment of five panel members from throughout the United States by Washington's governor, legislative leaders and the secretary of transportation. Each of us has expertise in various aspects of planning and implementing public transit systems in communities nationwide.
An op-ed by Joe Cortright ("Expert panel failed its duties with light-rail funds study") in the July 22 Columbian suggested that we "missed" an assumption dealing with the expected $850 million contribution from the Federal Transit Administration for extension of light rail transit into Vancouver.
Cortright was incorrect in suggesting that such an examination was within our scope. He refers to funding for the Columbia River Crossing project, a topic outside the charge to the Expert Review Panel.
Our obligation was to assess the viability of the operations and maintenance plans for two high-capacity transit proposals: extending light rail from Portland into Vancouver and building bus rapid transit on the Fourth Plain corridor.
Because the community will be voting on a sales tax measure to fund maintenance and operations for bus rapid transit and light rail transit, state law RCW 81.104.110 requires that an independent technical review of the C-Tran high-capacity transit plan be undertaken.
During our review process, which included public meetings in Vancouver in April and May, we became aware of public policy issues such as whether there should be a public vote at all, and whether light rail service should even be extended to Vancouver.
We also encountered some expectations that our Expert Review Panel would revisit the entire Columbia River Crossing system plan and assess the viability of that multibillion-dollar project, which has undergone separate, independent expert review analyses.
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The intent of the law is that voters can have some assurance that the plans up for a vote are reasonable and viable in the view of independent experts.
It was our job to test assumptions, ask critical questions and provide useful guidance based on our collective expertise in the field of public transportation.
Whether one is inclined to vote for or against the measure, it is important to have independent validation that the plans proposed to be funded are viable and, if approved, can be implemented.
Cortright suggested that we should have looked at the financing structure and assumptions that support the CRC's assertion that the FTA will fund the $850 million request. To suggest that we should have examined this assumption is clearly beyond our scope. To impugn the balance of our work based on his misunderstanding of our charge is disappointing.
Cortright may have assumed that, since we made recommendations regarding federal participation in the bus rapid transit project, we should have done the same with the CRC project. State law directed us to take a comprehensive look at the C-Tran system and finance plan for developing bus rapid transit service along Fourth Plain Boulevard.
In that case, the panel did recommend that C-Tran lower the assumption of federal capital funding from 80 percent to 70 percent.
Speaking for our panel members, I would like to thank all of the agencies and individuals who contributed to our review process. Our final Findings and Recommendations report is available for review online at www.highcapacityerp.com, and at the Vancouver Community Library in downtown Vancouver.
Dennis Hinebaugh is Transit Program Director for the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa and the appointed chair of the C-Tran High Capacity Transit Expert Review Panel.


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Advanced Mathematics and Science Courses Offered
in High Schools
Advanced Mathematics and Science Coursetaking
in High School
A Nation At Risk attributed the disappointing performance
of U.S. students, in part, to "extensive student choice" in high
school coursetaking (National Commission on Excellence in Education
1983). The report called for strengthened curricular requirements
and graduation standards. In subsequent years, many states and school
systems increased their graduation requirements (Blank
and Engler 1992 and Clune and White
1992), including requirements for mathematics and science (figure
1-9 ).
In addition to specifying the number of courses students must complete
to graduate, some states also introduced requirements for particular
courses, most commonly algebra, biology, and physical sciences (CCSSO
Increases in student coursetaking in mathematics and science followed.
(See sidebar "Requirements and Coursetaking.")
High school graduates now earn more mathematics and science credits
overall and take more advanced courses.[6]
When students complete challenging courses, their overall achievement
improves. (See sidebar "Coursetaking and Achievement.")
This section looks at overall coursetaking patterns with a specific
look at early enrollment in algebra. It then examines patterns in
advanced course offerings and in students' advanced coursetaking
In 1982, high school graduates earned an average of 2.6 mathematics
credits and 2.2 science credits (1 credit equals 1 year of a daily
1-hour course). By 1998, those numbers grew to 3.5 and 3.2 credits,
respectively (NCES 2001a). This
expansion of academic coursetaking included all racial/ethnic groups
and both male and female students.
The proportion of high school graduates completing advanced mathematics
and science coursework also increased over this period. From 1982
to 1998, the percentage of students completing at least one advanced
mathematics course (defined as more challenging than algebra II
or geometry) grew from 26 to 41 percent. In science, the proportion
completing at least one advanced course (defined as more challenging
than general biology) increased from 35 to 62 percent.
Algebra is considered a gatekeeper course for the more advanced
mathematics and science courses (Oakes
et al. 1990; and Schneider, Swanson,
and Riegle-Crumb 1998). Compared with their peers who do not
take algebra in grade 8, students who begin studying algebra during
that year are more likely to complete algebra III, trigonometry,
and calculus (Atanda 1999).
NAEP data indicate that the proportion of students who take algebra
early increased between 1986 and 1999 (figure 1-10
In 1986, 16 percent of 13-year-olds enrolled in algebra and an additional
19 percent enrolled in prealgebra; by 1999, these figures had risen
to 22 and 34 percent, respectively.
Nevertheless, a study using TIMSS data showed that about 20 percent
of 1995 U.S. eighth graders attended schools that offered none of
the more challenging eighth grade mathematics courses: enriched
mathematics, prealgebra, algebra, or geometry (Cogan,
Schmidt, and Wiley 2001). One in three eighth graders in the
United States attended schools that did not offer them an algebra
class. Lack of access to rigorous coursework likely has negative
effects on achievement. Two measures of the difficulty of a mathematics
class (time spent on various topics and combining the challenges
posed by course content and textbook content) were both positively
related to students' average TIMSS assessment score in this
study (Cogan, Schmidt, and Wiley 2001).
In the nation as a whole, enrollment size and concentration of
minority students were both related to students' access to challenging
mathematics content: more eighth graders had access to three of
the more difficult mathematics courses (enriched mathematics, prealgebra,
and algebra) as the size of eighth grade enrollment increased and
as the percentage of minorities in the school decreased.
Student coursetaking is constrained by the courses schools offer.
Advanced courses are not equally available in all schools. Oakes
et al. (1990) reported that as the proportion of low-income
and minority students increased, the relative proportion of college
preparatory and advanced courses decreased. For example, schools
serving students from primarily high-income families offered approximately
four times the number of sections of calculus per student as schools
serving large proportions of students from low-income families.
The 1990, 1994, and 1998 NAEP assessments collected information
on the courses high schools offered (appendix tables
and 1-9 ).
Much larger percentages of graduates attended schools that offered
advanced courses compared with the proportion of graduates who actually
completed these courses. For example, although 86 percent of 1998
graduates attended schools that offered calculus, only 12 percent
of graduates completed it (appendix tables 1-8
and 1-10 ).
Compared with 1990, greater percentages of graduates in 1998 attended
schools that offered precalculus/analysis, statistics/probability,
and calculus.[7]
Schools did not widely offer International Baccalaureate (IB) precalculus
or AP statistics courses, but the majority (64 percent) of students
could take AP/IB calculus courses. (The AP and IB programs provide
students in participating high schools with advanced coursework
across a variety of subjects, allowing them to potentially earn
college credit while in high school. Starting in 1998, AP and IB
coursetaking were reported separately by the National Center for
Education Statistics.)
Precalculus/analysis and AP/IB calculus courses were more commonly
available to students in urban and suburban than in rural schools.
Course offerings in precalculus/analysis, calculus, and AP/IB calculus
tended to increase as student enrollment increased. Significant
differences in course offerings by school poverty level occurred
only for precalculus and statistics/probability.
Advanced science courses were more widely available than advanced
mathematics courses (appendix
tables 1-8
and 1-9 ).
In 1990, 1994, and 1998, more than 90 percent of high school graduates
attended schools that offered advanced biology, chemistry, and physics,
or all three. High schools attended by 27 percent of 1998 graduates
offered AP/IB physics, schools attended by 39 percent offered AP/IB
chemistry, and schools attended by 46 percent offered AP advanced
Despite an overall prevalence of advanced science offerings, availability
varied by school characteristics. Students attending urban and suburban
schools were more likely to be offered advanced science courses,
particularly AP/IB courses compared with students in rural schools.
However, there was no statistically significant difference in chemistry
offerings by location or in physics offerings for students in rural
schools compared with suburban ones. School size was related to
offerings for all seven advanced science categories, with the likelihood
of attending a school offering advanced courses rising with school
size. A particularly pronounced association occurred in the AP/IB
categories. In AP/IB chemistry and AP/IB physics, a link existed
with school poverty, with students in low-poverty schools more likely
to be offered these courses.
In the 1990s, as more high schools offered more courses, students
increased their advanced coursetaking in mathematics. (Mathematics
courses considered "advanced" include trigonometry/algebra III,
precalculus/analysis, statistics/probability, and calculus.) In
conjunction with the 12th grade NAEP assessments, the National Center
for Education Statistics collected information on courses completed
by 1990, 1994, and 1998 high school graduates. In 1998 (compared
with 1990), larger proportions of students completed precalculus/analysis
(23 versus 14 percent), statistics/probability (4 versus 1 percent),
and calculus (12 versus 7 percent) (appendix
table 1-10 ).
Only a few students completed AP/IB courses. For example, in 1998,
only 6 percent of high school graduates completed an AP/IB calculus
course. Male and female graduates were equally likely to have taken
advanced mathematics courses in high school, including AP/IB courses.
However, considerable racial/ethnic differences existed in advanced
mathematics course participation. In general, Asians/Pacific Islanders
were most likely to take advanced courses, followed by whites, then
blacks and Hispanics; the latter two groups exhibited similar advanced
coursetaking patterns (appendix
table 1-10 ).
Advanced course participation also varied by type of school attended.
High school graduates from urban and suburban schools were more
likely to complete precalculus and AP/IB calculus than students
from rural schools, but no significant differences existed by school
location for the remaining categories of advanced mathematics courses.
Course participation in AP/IB calculus was higher in medium and
large schools than small ones, but participation in other course
categories did not differ significantly by school size. The completion
of advanced mathematics courses decreased as school poverty increased
for precalculus, statistics/probability, calculus, and AP/IB calculus
but not for trigonometry/algebra III.
For science, increased advanced coursetaking also occurred from
the beginning of the 1990s to the end of the decade (appendix
table 1-11 ).
(Science courses considered "advanced" include advanced or AP/IB
biology, any chemistry, and any physics.) Compared with 1990, larger
proportions of 1998 high school graduates completed courses in advanced
biology, chemistry, and physics. Relatively low participation in
AP/IB science courses occurred in 1998, with 5 percent of graduates
completing an AP/IB course in biology; 3 percent, one in chemistry;
and 2 percent, one in physics.
In contrast to mathematics, sex differences existed in advanced
science coursetaking. In 1998, female high school graduates were
more likely than males to take advanced biology, AP/IB biology,
and chemistry, although males were more likely to have completed
a physics course (including an AP/IB course). For racial/ethnic
groups, a pattern of participation existed similar to that for mathematics.
Smaller proportions of blacks and Hispanics tended to complete advanced
science courses compared with whites and Asians/Pacific Islanders.
Consistent with mathematics findings, high school graduates from
urban and suburban schools were generally more likely than their
counterparts from rural schools to have completed advanced science
courses. A significant relationship with school size existed for
AP/IB biology and AP/IB chemistry, with participation rising with
enrollment. As school poverty increased, fewer students completed
courses in chemistry and physics.
Increasing requirements appears to affect course-taking behavior,
especially among lower achieving students. Clune
and White (1992) examined the coursetaking patterns of
graduates from high schools that enrolled mostly lower achieving
students and were located in four states that had adopted
higher-than-average graduation standards during the 1980s.
These students exhibited better academic coursetaking patterns
than their peers around the nation. In schools with more demanding
requirements, the average number of credits earned in academic
subjects increased, as did the average difficulty level of
the classes. Research by Chaney,
Burgdorf, and Atash (1997) using NAEP data suggests that
more demanding requirements have a greater impact on coursetaking
by lower achieving students than on coursetaking by higher
achieving ones. Students with low grade-point averages were
more likely to take geometry, algebra, physics, and chemistry
if they attended a school that required 3 credits in science,
whereas coursetaking among high achievers was not related
to schools' graduation requirements.
The National Education Commission
on Time and Learning (1994) found that minority and at-risk
students did fail more courses after the introduction of stronger
graduation requirements. Other studies found that increasing
requirements led to students taking more academic courses,
but increases in coursetaking in advanced courses were not
as great as those in introductory or basic courses (Blank
and Engler 1992; Chaney,
Burgdorf, and Atash 1997; Clune
and White 1992; and Finn, Gerber,
and Wang 2002).
The association between coursetaking and achievement has
been well documented (Campbell,
Hombo, and Mazzeo 2000; Chaney,
Burgdorf, and Atash 1997; Cool
and Keith 1991; Hoffer, Rasinski,
and Moore 1995; NCES 2001c
and 2003b; Rock
and Pollack 1995; and Schmidt
et al. 2001). A 1995 study that analyzed data from the
National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) and that controlled
for student background characteristics reported a positive
relationship between the total number of mathematics and science
courses completed and gains in achievement test scores from
grade 8 to grade 12 (Hoffer,
Rasinski, and Moore 1995). Other studies that also use
the NELS data report similar findings; for example, see Lee,
Croninger, and Smith 1997.
Completion of advanced coursework may be more important than
completion of a greater number of courses. Students who complete
higher level mathematics and science courses have, on average,
higher achievement scores in these subjects. Studies that
controlled for prior achievement indicate that the association
does not simply result from stronger students selecting (or
being selected for) the more demanding courses. Meyer
(1998) found that taking advanced mathematics courses
led to achievement gains for all students on assessments conducted
as part of the High School and Beyond Study of 1980 high school
sophomores, including college-bound and non-college-bound
students and students with varying levels of mathematics skills.
On the other hand, lower level courses contributed little
to students' mathematics performance.
The benefits of completing advanced mathematics and science
courses extend beyond improved test scores to include success
in both postsecondary education and the labor force. Analyzing
the High School and Beyond data, which were derived from tracking
a national sample of 1980 10th graders for 13 years, Adelman
(1999) found the rigor of students' high school curricula
to be the best predictor of earning a bachelor's degree, and
the best indicator of curriculum rigor was the most advanced
mathematics course taken. Finishing a course beyond algebra
II in high school more than doubled the odds that a student
who entered postsecondary education would complete a bachelor's
degree. Among students who successfully completed rigorous
mathematics courses, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status
had little or no impact on their likelihood of completing
A recent study examined the relationship between advanced
mathematics coursework and earnings 10 years after high school
graduation (Rose and Betts 2001).
The findings revealed a positive association only partly explained
by the ultimate level of education attained. The authors credited
cognitive gains from studying higher level mathematics with
making students more productive, speculating that students
"learn how to learn" from advanced mathematics coursework.
National Science Board
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics
Science and Engineering Indicators 2004
Arlington, VA (NSB 04-01)
[May 2004]


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How to cite this article: Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and related disorders by flow cytometry. Borowitz MJ, Craig FE, DiGiuseppe JA, Illingworth AJ, Rosse W, Sutherland DR, Wittwer CT, Richards SJ. Cytometry Part B 2010; 78B: 211–230.
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and related disorders by flow cytometry†‡
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DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20525
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Borowitz, M. J., Craig, F. E., DiGiuseppe, J. A., Illingworth, A. J., Rosse, W., Sutherland, D. R., Wittwer, C. T. and Richards, S. J. (2010), Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and related disorders by flow cytometry. Cytometry, 78B: 211–230. doi: 10.1002/cyto.b.20525
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Publication History
- Issue online: 21 JUN 2010
- Version of Record online: 28 APR 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 22 MAR 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 13 MAR 2010
- Manuscript Received: 25 NOV 2009
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare hematopoietic stem cell disorder characterized by a somatic mutation in the PIGA gene, leading to a deficiency of proteins linked to the cell membrane via glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors. While flow cytometry is the method of choice for identifying cells deficient in GPI-linked proteins and is, therefore, necessary for the diagnosis of PNH, to date there has not been an attempt to standardize the methodology used to identify these cells.
In this document, we present a consensus effort that describes flow cytometric procedures for detecting PNH cells.
We discuss clinical indications and offer recommendations on data interpretation and reporting but mostly focus on analytical procedures important for analysis. We distinguish between routine analysis (defined as identifying an abnormal population of 1% or more) and high-sensitivity analysis (in which as few as 0.01% PNH cells are detected). Antibody panels and gating strategies necessary for both procedures are presented in detail. We discuss methods for assessing PNH populations in both white blood cells and red blood cells and the relative advantages of measuring each. We present steps needed to validate the more elaborate high-sensitivity techniques, including the need for careful titration of reagents and determination of background rates in normal populations, and discuss technical pitfalls that might affect interpretation.
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Newcomer Curt Becker and incumbent Theresa Romens were elected to fill a pair of at-large seats on the Glenwood Board of Education Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Becker was the clear-cut winner, receiving 437 votes. Romens, the longtime president of the board, defeated former school board member Henry Clark by 14 votes, 342-328, to claim the second seat.
In the East Mills School Board race, Tim Jackson was elected to the DD2 seat with 361 votes. Matthew Urban received 267 votes and Michael Irvin tallied 38. Janet Zanders was unopposed for the DD1 seat and received 541 votes.
The new Glenwood Community High School auxiliary gym is still a month from being completed.
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Last week, as construction workers were moving dirt and doing some concrete work at the site adjacent to the new Glenwood Community High School gymnasium, a crew from Mid American Energy was relocating electrical lines.
PACIFIC JUNCTION - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad last visited Mills County just over 11 months ago. The event that day was the ribbon cutting for the Highway 34 Bridge connecting U.S. Interstate 29 in Mills County and to Sarpy County and Highway 75 in Nebraska.
Last Tuesday, Sept. 8, Branstad was back in Pacific Junction for a stop at the Loess Hills Harley Davidson with some words on economic development and the power of infrastructure improvements on rural businesses.
Glenwood Community High School senior Jessica Arnold has been named a semifinalist in the distinguished National Merit Scholarship program.
Arnold, the daughter of Gary and Kim Arnold, is among 16,000 national semifinalists who will have the opportunity to compete for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million. The scholarships will be awarded next spring.
Iowans will elect representatives to their local school boards in statewide elections Tuesday, Sept. 8. Voting will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at all polling sites.
Seats are being contested in both the Glenwood and East Mills Community School Districts.
In Glenwood, incumbent board president Theresa Romens is running for one of two at-large seats up for election, along with former board member Henry Clark and Curt Becker.
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Skip to comments.30th Anniversary of Beirut Bombing: Survivor Shares his Story
Posted on 10/23/2013 5:27:36 AM PDT by LSUfan
Oct. 23, 2013, marks the 30th anniversary of the Beirut Bombing. 241 American and 58 French service members were killed when two trucks filled with explosives crashed into the two barracks buildings. One of the 300 service members who lived in the building shares the story of the attack, his survival and how he lives with the memories.
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RIP Lance Corporal Stowe.
Thomas David Stowe had been promoted to Corporal before he was killed on 23 October. He was an 0352 Dragon gunner and spent most of his deployment attached to a rifle platoon (1/C/1/8) until a piece of shrapnel found his neck. If Stowe, Buckmaster, Boulos and McNeely hadn't been chopped back to that damned headquarters building, they'd be 30 years older and gray today like the rest of us. RIP.
My first trip home from the Air Force was for the funeral of Danny Estes, killed in Beruit.
Major John Macroglou
Capt. Bill Winter
Semper Fi.
(LSUFan, I posted something similiar a few years back. Got a private reply from Major Mac's widow. She was thankful the Major was remembered, along with all the other Marines, sailors and soldiers murdered that day. I will never forget or forgive.) JAB USMC 1970-1981
Thanks for the article. We'll never forget. Unfortunately the Marines have never been able to get payback on the shiite Islamo Fascists...
May those good men rest in peace. Eric Hammel's book, The Root, is an excellent read. It gives insights into some of these men, the mission, the region, and implications for the future. After reading it, I was better informed but hoped that WE had learned from it. I was also confused and angry, saddened and feeling we should celebrate these men! May they never be forgotten.
And we invaded Grenada, on OCT. 25th.
KT McFarland in a rare show of candor spilled the beans on WMAL radio one day. She was there in the situation room as an adviser to Reagan during the Beirut Barracks fiasco. In a nutshell Reagan was advised to not do anything and pull out. He actually wanted to pull the trigger but he went with the cowardly consensus. She is actually proud of that decision. Quislings all.
I was in a WW II barracks at Ft Bragg, NC., situated near the end of Pope AFB, when C5 Galaxy cargo planes began to land and take off, throughout the night and into the next day. "Cattle cars" with their distinctive jake brakes added to the cacophony. My teammates and I fist pumped, high fived each other and whooped and hollered as we surmised that Uncle Sam was opening up a can of whoop ass on the ragheads in Beirut. To a man, when word reached us that Grenada was the objective, we were left stunned and speechless.
What a colossal missed opportunity to bring justice to Tehran. Remember a little old episode where our embassy was overrun and the staff and security personnel were taken hostage? When some posters around here get on their soap boxes and go into a worship Reagan mode, I am reminded of the black eye that Hezbollah gave Uncle Sam. Needless to say, I don't get the same goose bumps as many of them do.
There were hijackings, bombings, kidnappings, tortures, murders, etc. We didn't do jack!!! So... we got 9-11, and EVERYTHING that's followed, which is a direct result of an emasculated nation doing too little too late. Cause... and effect.
The Grenada invasion was already started when the bomb went off, Reagan had his hands full, his eye was on the big picture that was seen as impossible to accomplish at the time, (destroying the Soviet Empire) and he made the right decision to not become mired in the Middle East.
Being less than Reagan I wanted revenge, but he was right and was fighting a global war for mankind and the future, a lessor man would have reacted emotionally.
Reagan made a mistake in Lebanon and knew it.
Reagan brought down the Soviet Union and invading Grenada was part of that, and the invasion that was already taking place when the bomb went off, Reagan was right.
I guess we will disagree. If Reagan had unleashed hell we wouldn't have the muzzie problem we have now.
Do you realize that the invasion of Grenada was already started?
Do you realize that the Soviet Union is gone, global nuclear annihilation gone, Europe freed, and that the Middle East would still be a mess?
Quit fantasizing about whatever you are imagining and look at the impossible dream that actually came true.
Those things have nothing to do with what happened in Lebanon in '83. The CIA was still a functioning organization back then. There was detail intel on who did this horrible thing. We knew everything, where they were and who they were. The intel said they were expecting huge reprisals from the Expeditionary force. Targets were plotted and attack plans were ready to go. You do not know the whole story.
I doubt that the "whole story" was that Reagan could not only invade Grenada and bring down the Soviet Union globally, but simultaneously cure Islam and end the problems in the Middle East once and for all.
We had plenty of firepower to do the job right there ready to go. There was nothing to do but say go.
wow... can't believe it's been 30 years. My best friend in college was killed in that one. RIP Capt. Joe Boccia.
Plenty of firepower to accomplish what, fix your emotions?
I felt those emotions at the time also, I was even in the military at that time, but I could see that Reagan was looking at a much larger picture.
You condescending POS - you're being and idiot and unworthy of further discussions.
Reagan's initial response was to go. He was talked out of it.
They dumped their munitions in the Mediterranean.
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NEW ORLEANS — In his best English yet, Serge Ibaka explained how he's gone from wide-eyed rookie to poised impact player. How, in his first year in a new country and inaugural season in the world's best basketball league, he's transitioned from a player who registered one "DNP" after another to one who is capable of 11 minutes, 46 seconds of crunch-time action at New Orleans on Wednesday night and manages to be effective despite all the difficulties.
"I don't feel pressure because I am 40 games into the NBA," Ibaka said.
Something about the simplicity of his explanation summed up his maturity over four short months and potentially foreshadowed what's in store for the 2008 24th overall pick.
Ibaka is developing faster than anyone with the Thunder could have projected. And anyone in the organization is more than willing to admit as much. The 6-foot-10 post player from Congo has blossomed into a bonafide post threat, one that rebounds, blocks shots and patrols the paint like no one this franchise has seen since Shawn Kemp more than a decade ago.
Coach Scott Brooks trusted Ibaka in the tightest of spots Wednesday night against an ailing but hungry Hornets team the Thunder needed to beat to maintain ground in the Western Conference race. But the big man has made it easy on his coach, showing Brooks since mid-December that if he supplies meaningful minutes he won't let his coach or his teammates down.
Ibaka's latest testament was a two-point, four-rebound, one-assist effort in the fourth quarter against the Hornets , a performance that proved one day Ibaka could become much more than a bit player whose name the PA announcer had to be reminded how to pronounce for the second time this season.
"He's just calmer on the court," said Thabo Sefolosha. "At first he just wanted to do a little bit of everything. Now he's starting to figure out his game and understand the NBA game, the way it's supposed to be played. He's doing good things and I think he can improve so much."
You'd be equally impressed if you heard Ibaka communicate his role through his improving but still choppy English. He speaks with an intelligence that bellies his youth and will bolster your belief in his basketball IQ.
"The last minute is very important for the team," Ibaka said. "So it's better for me to give more focus to my job, protect the paint, rebound, screens. That's important."
Ibaka was asked about his four big rebounds in the fourth quarter, when the Hornets made their run and any second-chance opportunity for them could have been the difference.
"I know my team needs the rebound," Ibaka started. "It's very important for my team because before we lost some games because of rebounds. So I know that is my job. That is my specialty, to help my teammates. I need to be very strong and go in and get rebounds."
For now.
Ibaka finished with six points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots in just 23 minutes Wednesday night. The belief is the blocked shots will increase over this season's second half and progress even more into next season as he learns opponent's tendencies. So too will his scoring, when he masters footwork and positioning in the post.
"That kid is improving," Brooks said. "He's really helping us win games. He's just solid. Every game he brings solid effort and he's picking things up. He still has communication issues with me in the heat of the moment when I'm talking a mile a minute and talking basketball talk. But he's picking it up. He's working and improving and it's great to see."
- With a game-high 30 points, Kevin Durant extended his streak of 25-point-plus games to 23 games. I'm beginning to wonder when a team, or even an individual defender, is going to get a hold of that stat and decide it stops with them.
- Russell Westbrook assembled another big-time performance with 26 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and only two turnovers. The best thing about his performance tonight and any other like it is you never get the sense that Westbrook is dominating the ball when he puts up these eye-popping stats.
- David West, who New Orleans/Oklahoma City fans remember as being the most clutch player in the team's two-year stay, didn't play the entire fourth quarter. Coach/General manager Jeff Bower went with…..Darius Songaila down the stretch. Makes me believe a trade is in the works for Mr. West. The decision by Bower can't be criticized, however, because the Hornets nearly won the game.
- West was absolutely destroying the Thunder in the first half, though.
- Peja Stojakovic hit a late 3-pointer over Jeff Green and all Green could do was shake his head. Peja's been known to have that effect on defenders.
- The Thunder had 18 turnovers tonight. OKC had seven in the first quarter alone, just one night after finishing with a season-low seven for the game against Atlanta. New Orleans scored 25 points off those giveaways.
- Durant had a season-high tying eight turnovers. Not good.
- Maybe I missed something. But I can't help but wonder what Thabo Sefolosha did well tonight. He went scoreless with zero rebounds, two steals, two assists and one block and Hornets rookie guard Marcus Thornton had a team-high 22 points and a career-high six assists.
- Overlooked stat of the game — 11 free throw attempts by the Hornets. The Thunder's opponent season-low is eight (against the Bulls last Wednesday), but that indicates OKC was playing solid defense without fouling, always a good way to go. The Thunder's 15 fouls were one shy of tying a season-low, set back on Dec. 29 at Washington.
- The 28 total fouls was a season-low for any Thunder game.
- Without injured guard Chris Paul, the Hornets had 30 assists against nine turnovers. Wow.
- Has James Harden hit the rookie wall or is he getting lost in the shuffle of Durant's scoring outbursts?
- Nick Collison's 10 rebounds were huge, helping the Thunder out-rebound the Hornets 43-37.
- Etan Thomas was back with the team tonight. Still no word on why he wasn't in the arena Tuesday night.
- Make that two straight games in which Nenad Krstic has put together a nice second half.
- The Thunder is now a season-high seven games above .500 at 28-21.
- Scott Brooks on the win: "I thought our guys at the start of the game came out with good energy. It was a back-to-back game but we didn't use that as an excuse, which we never do. But I liked it. We played a tough, hard fought defensive game. They made a run. They hit some shots. It was kind of like last night. We didn't fall apart. We stuck together."
- Brooks on the Thunder's frontcourt play: "Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison and Nenad did a tremendous job of battling their bigs. Their bigs are good and they did a great job of rebounding. Nick had 10. Serge had eight and Nenad was 7-for-8 from the field. We had good frontcourt play tonight."
- Brooks on Russell Westbrook's game-clinching shot: "That was a great decision on his part. They were worried about KD and he stepped up and hit a 12-foot shot. That's a shot that he can make."
- Brooks on the team's turnovers: "Kevin had the turnovers tonight. Other than that we were fine. We had 18 and KD had eight of them. A lot of KD's were from driving hard, trying to pick the ball up and make the pass to his teammates. And they did a good job of stripping down. KD, he's gotten away from turning it over. Hopefully this is just a one game thing."
- Kevin Durant on his 30-point game: "My teammates did a great job of finding me, so I just try to do my best to finish for them. I've got a long ways to go to become the player I want to be, so I've got to continue to work hand get better."
- Durant on beating the Hornets: "I've never beaten the Hornets. They've been playing well as of late, so it feels good to come into a hostile environment and get the win."
- Hornets coach Jeff Bower on the game: "I think the story of the game was our inability to get them under control, particularly Westbrook early on in the game."
1: Biggest lead by the Hornets.
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7: Games above .500 for the Thunder, a season-high.
8: Turnovers for Kevin Durant, tying a season-high.
12: Biggest lead by the Thunder.
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