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Rapid solutions to the transient response of piezoelectric elements by z‐transform techniques74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390274View Description Hide Description
Calculation of the transient response of piezoelectric elements by analytical means is only possible for a small range of exciting functions for which simple Laplace transforms exist. Calculation tends to be tedious due to the large number of terms which must be evaluated. A method is presented by which the Laplace transformed three‐port model of a piezoelectric element is approximated by a discrete time system by application of the z‐transform. A recurrent time domain solution is developed and this is applied in the manner of a digital filter to a variety of exciting functions. The method has the advantage that the response to any real input can be evaluated and it is thus of considerable use in the testing of piezoelectric elements or the measurement of their physical properties in transient tests. Experimental results are presented which show that the technique is reliable and accurate.
Effects of static and dynamic stress on the piezoelectric and dielectric properties of PVF274(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390275View Description Hide Description
The effects of hydrostaticpressure and pressure cycling on the piezoelectricproperties of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVF2) have been experimentally investigated by using an acoustic reciprocity technique. The hydrostaticpiezoelectric constants and the relative dielectric constant were measured as a function of pressure and pressure cycling for both voided and nonvoided PVF2 samples. The dynamic response of these materials to high‐amplitude pressure pulses having a rise time of 1–3 ms was also determined. The results showed that the microvoid structures in PVF2 improve the material's piezoelectricproperties but at the same time increase its pressure dependence and introduce a hysteresis effect with changing hydrostaticpressure. Nonvoided PVF2 films were also shown to have a good dynamic response to pressure pulses and, therefore, are promising for applications such as underwater shock sensors.
Integration of spectral and temporal cues in discrimination of nonspeech sounds: A psychoacoustic analysis74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390276View Description Hide Description
This study presents a psychoacousticanalysis of the integration of spectral and temporal cues in the discrimination of simple nonspeech sounds. The experimental task was a same–different discrimination between a standard and a comparison pair of tones. Each pair consists of two 80‐ms, 1500‐Hz tone bursts separated by a 60‐ms interval. The just‐discriminable (d′=2.0) increment in duration Δt, of one of the bursts was measured as a function of increments in the frequency Δf, of the other burst. A trade off between the values of Δt and Δf required to perform at d′=2.0 was observed, which suggests that listeners integrate the evidence from the two dimensions. Integration occurred with both sub‐ and supra‐threshold values of Δt or Δf, regardless of the order in which the cues were presented. The performance associated to the integration of cues was found to be determined by the discriminability of Δt plus that of Δf, and thus, it is within the psychophysical limits of auditory processing. To a first approximation the results agreed with the prediction of orthogonal vector summation of evidence stemming from signal detection theory. It is proposed that the ability to integrate spectral and temporal cues is in the repertoire of auditory processing capabilities. This integration does not appear to depend on perceiving sounds as members of phonetic classes.
Additivity of forward masking74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390277View Description Hide Description
Masked thresholds for a 1000‐Hz sinusoidal signal were measured as a function of masker level in both forward and simultaneous masking for two types of maskers: a 1000‐Hz sinusoid and a narrowband noise, 60‐Hz wide, centered at 1000 Hz. In forward masking, the noise masker produced much steeper growth‐of‐masking functions than the sinusoid. Presenting a contralateral broadband noise ''cue'' with the forward masker dramatically reduced the slope of masking for the noise masker but did not influence results for the sinusoidal masker. The noise remained the more effective masker. The amount of masking produced by combinations of equally effective narrowband‐noise and sinusoidal maskers was compared to that produced by each masker individually with and without the contralateral cue. No additional masking beyond that predicted by energy summation was measured for forward masking. Additional masking beyond energy‐sum predictions was measured for analogous conditions in simultaneous masking. Comparisons of results obtained with and without the contralateral cue suggest that signal thresholds in the presence of narrowband‐noise forward maskers can reflect nonperipheral auditory processes.
Frequency discrimination and signal detection in band‐reject noise74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390278View Description Hide Description
An experiment was conducted in order to compare the importance of information from frequency regions remote from the nominal signal frequencies for frequency discrimination and signal detection. In both tasks, signals were presented within the ''notch'' of band‐reject noise, and different notch widths were employed. The results indicate that information is integrated over a wider range in frequency discrimination than in signal detection. Further, experiments in which a noise floor was present as well as band‐reject noise, indicate that disrupting the information from regions remote from the nominal signal frequencies impairs frequency discrimination even in the absence of any significant impairment of signal detection performance.
Discrimination of envelope frequency74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390279View Description Hide Description
Discrimination of envelope frequency was measured as the just noticeable increase in envelope frequency of monotic, 60‐dB two‐tone complexes at geometric center frequencies (CFs) of 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. (The envelope frequency is equal to the frequency separation ΔF, between the two components.) At a given CF the jnds were approximately constant up to a critical envelope frequency between 10% and 20% of the CF, roughly equivalent to the critical band, beyond which they increased to a maximum at about 40% of the CF. Below the critical envelope frequency, the jnd increased with CF. Measurements at 40 dB SPL with and without masking of the aural distortion products showed that the influence of aural distortion is minimal. Additional measurements showed that at narrow frequency separations, discrimination was better for monotic two‐tone complexes than for pure tones, three‐tone complexes, and dichotic two‐tone complexes. The results indicate that envelope frequency may serve as a cue for discrimination up to a frequency between 30% and 40% of the CF, although its effectiveness at high enevelope frequencies is severely diminished by the auditory filter. A comparison with other data on envelope frequency discrimination indicates that the jnds' dependence on the envelope frequency may depend on how the slope of the temporal envelope varies with envelope frequency.
Simulation of auditory analysis of pitch: An elaboration on the DWS pitch meter74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390280View Description Hide Description
A model was developed for estimating the pitch of complex sounds that are partially masked by background sound. Our ultimate aim is to obtain a model that can separate two simultaneous sounds on the basis of the harmonic structure of at least one of the sounds. The MDWS model is an extension of the Duifhuis, Willems, and Sluyter pitch meter (DWS) [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 7 1 1568–1580 (1982)] which is a practical implementation of Goldstein's optimum processor theory of pitch perception [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 5 4, 1496–1516 (1973)]. The main modifications incorporated in MDWS consist of a more faithful modeling of auditory frequency analysis and of an alteration to the criterion used to decide which fundamental best fits a set of resolved components. Effects of the latter modification were investigated in a comparison between model estimates of the pitch of inharmonic complex signals and results obtained for humans. Furthermore, the accuracy of model estimates of the pitch of periodic signals (among which were synthesized vowel sounds), partially masked by noise, was compared with the just noticeable difference of fundamental frequency of these sounds for human observers. The results of these two tests show that the model estimates come close to human perception.
The relationship between the cross‐correlation coefficient of two‐channel acoustic signals and sound image quality74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390281View Description Hide Description
In order to investigate soundimage quality, white and bandlimited noises with various cross‐correlation coefficients are reproduced from two loudspeakers placed in anechoic or echoic chambers. Subjects are asked to make similarity judgments and some subjective evaluations of pairs of the noises. The experimental data are analyzed by Kruskal's multidimensional scaling(MDS) program. The analysis of the experimental data shows the following: (1) soundimage quality depends mostly on the width and the distance of the soundimage, (2) the width of the soundimage depends on the absolute value of the cross‐correlation coefficient, (3) the distance of the soundimage depends on the cross‐correlation coefficient itself, (4) with respect to physical and psychological factors governing soundimage quality, there is no fundamental difference between anechoic and echoic chambers.
A comparison between basilar membrane and inner hair cell receptor potential input–output functions in the guinea pig cochlea74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390282View Description Hide Description
Intracellular recordings were made from inner hair cells and basilar membrane motion was measured at a similar place, but in different preparations, in the first turn of the guinea pig cochlea. Potential recordings were made using glass microelectrodes and mechanical measurements were made using the Mössbauer technique. Intensity functions of DC receptor potential and basilar membrane velocity in animals with good and poor thresholds are presented. In animals with good thresholds, stimuli at and above the characteristic frequency produce similarly compressive input–output functions for both inner hair cell receptor potentials and basilar membrane motion. However, for frequencies lower than the characteristic frequency, receptor potential input–output functions obtained from animals in good and poor condition show saturation at high stimulus intensities at which basilar membrane motion is linear. This discrepancy is believed to be due to a nonlinear inner hair cell transduction mechanism. We propose that nonlinearity observed in receptor potential input–output functions is a consequence of the simple cascading of a frequency‐dependent nonlinear mechanical input and a frequency‐independent nonlinear transduction process.
Effects of acoustic trauma on the cochlear potentials74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390257View Description Hide Description
The cochlear microphonic, summating potential, and action potential were recorded from all three turns of the gerbil cochlea prior to and following a 1‐h exposure to a high‐intensity pure tone. Results proved that the depression in the cochlear microphonic was greater when recorded from the upper two turns of the cochlea. The losses for the summating potential were not dependent on recording location. Although the cochlear microphonic and to some extent, the negative summating potential, reflected locally generated activity from the hair cells, the positive summating potential appeared to be dependent on distant electrical activity.
Frequency information in the auditory brainstem response evoked by tonal transients74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390258View Description Hide Description
The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is a composite of potentials generated by neural activity stemming from several regions of the cochlea. A derivation technique is described for reducing the contributions to the ABR that arise from frequencies outside of the frequency band of interest. The technique treats averaged waveforms in an algebraic manner and uses a method of successive substitutions to obtain a derived waveform. The recorded and derived ABR waveforms were analyzed with respect to changes of latency and morphology. The behavior of the waveform components of the derived regional responses was in accord with the data of other studies in which narrow‐band responses were derived from waveforms produced by high‐pass masking of click stimuli. Frequency information was thus extracted from the ABR without the simultaneous presence of other stimuli as in masking‐based derivations. The method of successive substitutions used with brief transient stimuli of different frequencies appears to yield derived ABRs that reflect activity from different cochlear regions.
A stochastic analysis for cross‐spectral density method of measuring acoustic intensity74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390259View Description Hide Description
A stochastic analysis for the cross‐spectral density method of measuring acoustic intensity is presented. The analysis is based on the theory of linear mean‐square estimation as applied to stochastic processes and its generality is preserved through the use of some concepts from the theory of multidimensional stochastic processes. A general theoretical expression, in terms of spatial‐correlation and cross‐spectral density functions between two closely spaced microphones, is obtained for estimating acoustic intensity. The stochastic analysis presented in this paper highlights the effects of incorporating finite difference approximations. It is also shown that how the present cross‐spectral density formula can be reduced to an exact expression for the specific case of plane‐wave sound field.
The reduction of blast noise with aqueous foam74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390260View Description Hide Description
Experiments were performed to investigate the potential of water‐based foams to reduce the farfield noise levels produced by demolitions activity. Measurements of the noise reductions in flat‐weighted sound exposure level (FSEL), C‐weighted sound exposure level (CSEL), and peak level were made for a variety of charge masses, foam depths, and foam densities (250:1 and 30:1 expansion ratio foams). Scaling laws were developed to relate the foam depth, foam density, and charge mass to noise reductions. These laws provide consistent results for reductions in the peak level, FSEL and CSEL up to a dimensionless foam depth of 2.5. A two part model for the mechanisms of sound level reductions by foam is suggested.
Noise monitoring in the vicinity of general aviation airports74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390261View Description Hide Description
In order to examine issues related to noise monitoring in the vicinity of moderate‐sized airports, monitoring was performed for 5 months at three sites in the vicinity of the Decatur, Illinois Municipal Airport. The study issues included (1) comparison of predicted and measured day/night average sound levels (DNL), (2) comparison of individual aircraft levels with prediction, (3) temporal sampling requirements for monitoring, and (4) validation that the measurednoise is aircraft noise and not other community noise. The measured DNL and the computer predictions compare quite favorably, and most individual aircraft levels compare favorably with data in the FAA computer models. In terms of temporal sampling requirements, it appears that one can use a strategy of choosing four random weeks throughout the year (one from each quarter) to achieve a +2 to −3‐dB tolerance. It was not possible to differentiate ''airport'' noise from other ''community'' noise. The results show that it may be better (and far less complex) to choose quiet sites where the airport noise predominates and measure only the total daily DNL values.
A survey of community attitudes towards noise near a general aviation airport74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390262View Description Hide Description
This paper describes a community attitudinal noise survey performed in the vicinity of the Decatur, Illinois Airport. Two hundred thiry‐one respondents were drawn from four distinct noise zones in populated areas near the airport. The day/night average sound levels (DNL) ranged from 44–66 dB. The area is otherwise quiet, residential with large (l/2 acre) lots. The primary analysis arrayed the percent of respondents highly annoyed versus DNL. Good agreement was found between the results of this survey and the general relation developed by Schultz from surveys worldwide, primarily in the vicinity of large commercial airports and highways. In addition, reasonable comparisons were found between respondent estimates of the number of aircraft operations and actual traffic counts. It was also found that respondents who were highly annoyed by aircraft noise were three to four times as likely to be highly annoyed by some other noise than were other respondents.
Experimental investigation on the effect of some temporal factors of nonsteady noise on annoyance74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390263View Description Hide Description
The effects of some temporal factors of nonsteady noise on annoyance was investigated by means of six experiments. The factors are rising speed, fluctuation speed, fluctuation frequency, and fluctuation deviation. The results show that the ratio of annoyance and the rising speed are in linear relation in log–log coordinates and the annoyance increase with the increase of rising speed from 25 to 1000 dB/s corresponds to the increase of sound pressure level of 2.6 dB. The fluctuation speed, the fluctuation frequency, and the fluctuation deviation have little effect on annoyance provided the equivalent sound level (L eq) is constant. The validity of some rating scales of fluctuating noise is discussed on the basis of the present experimental results.
Use of ''corner microphones'' for sound power measurements in a reverberation chamber74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390264View Description Hide Description
A comparison was made between acoustic measurements conducted with microphones mounted in the trihedral corners of the 425‐m3 NBS reverberation chamber and similar measurements using microphones located in the room interior, away from the room boundaries. Measurements of broadband and discrete‐frequency sound pressure and of reverberation time were included. It was found that for frequency bands below the 200‐Hz 1/3‐octave band, the difference in sound pressure level between the corner and interior locations was, in general, more than 9 dB. In addition, the variations in the broadband steady‐state sound pressure level and in the reverberation time were much less among the corners than among the interior locations for frequencies below 100 Hz. It is concluded that for the lower frequency bands, use of the corner locations may reduce systematic errors associated with the interference patterns and provide greater measurement precision because of the lower spatial variance.
New ultrasonic resonator method using optical diffraction for liquids74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390265View Description Hide Description
A new resonator method has been developed for measuring ultrasonicabsorption in liquids in the frequency range 0.3–10 MHz. This method utilizes Raman–Nath light diffraction to detect a resonance spectrum of standing waves in a cylindrical cavity. Comparison with the spectrum obtained by conventional resonator method demonstrates that distortion of plane‐wave peaks by higher modes can be avoided with the present method. The use of a concave reflector is found to reduce a cavity loss considerably, enabling us to measure absorption down to a few hundred kHz. Results for water obtained using three types of reflectors with curvature radius 100–400 mm are shown.
Dispersion of extensional waves in fluid‐saturated porous cylinders at ultrasonic frequencies74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390266View Description Hide Description
Ultrasonic dispersion of extensional waves in fluid‐saturated porous cylinders is studied by analyzing generalized Pochhammer equations derived using Biot's theory. Cases with open‐pore surface and closed‐pore surface boundary conditions are considered. For both cases, the dispersion of the fast extensional wave does not differ much qualitatively from the dispersion expected for extensional waves in isotropic elastic cylinders. A slow extensional wave propagates in the case with a closed‐pore surface but not in the case with an open‐pore surface. The propagating slow wave has very weak dispersion and its speed is always lower than, but close to, the bulk slow wave speed.
A comparison of two techniques for measured iodine release as an indicator of acoustic cavitation74(1983); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.390267View Description Hide Description
A spectrophotometric and a radioactive‐label technique were used to assess for acoustically induced iodine release from sodium iodide. For both techniques there was a dose‐dependent relationship between the percentage of iodine released and the ultrasound intensity (1 MHz, I S P to 30 W/cm2, continuous wave for 1 min). Iodine release decreased with increased atmospheric pressure or increased concentrations of the radical scavenger cysteamine, thus confirming that the release was related to cavitational processes.


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Need to purchase my first real time piece.
I am thinking of getting a silver bracelet, which I can always change to leather later.
The watch has to be automatic too.
I came up with these choices, they are all under my £900 budget.
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The top ones would be fine if the sole were black as well (maybe you could dye them if decided to purchase them), or at least not brown. As for the bottom ones, I've just never been a fan of brown Chelsea boots; I've always preferred them in black.
I'll echo kindofyoung's suggestion to look out for Margiela or APC on sale—they'll be of better quality, better comfort, and they will certainly be better looking.There's also a brand called Moma, and they surface on B&S every now and then. But yeah, Margiela, APC, Surface 2 Air, n.d.c., and Moma are all worth seeking out on B&S.
But, if you can't find anything like the brands listed above, here's another Frye boot that I think looks just fine:
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A decent cobbler could dye the sole black. Synth and I are spoiled in that respect, all my side zips are at perry's getting the vibram heel treatment. The muffa treated MMM are getting resoled because I've worn them with white jeans almost every other day since I bought them. That being said something, is about both pairs of boots is not quite right. For me, its the wrinkled leather effect on the first and the wide gore on the second. I would wait, I managed to get MMM for $350. I got APCs for 32% off using a code from TBS. These MMM are on B&S at the moment for $420, they're beautiful (I don't even know the guy; so no advertising here). This is what a brown side zip should look like imo. Also S2A are decently well built (even if people here hate on them), but the cuban heel is too pronounced for me, and they're difficult to put on. Whether to get black or brown is a decision that is based on personal taste and what is in your wardrobe, pairing black boots with indigo is difficult; as is pairing brown boots with black jeans.
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ask for pictures of the back heel, it looks like its on its way out. I don't think its worth paying so much for converse style glued rubber soles like these that wear out within a year.
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text: Kalmar Nyckel, Wilmington, Delaware waterfront - The Brandywine Valley NO. 1 ONLINE GUIDETO THE HISTORICBRANDYWINE VALLEYSINCE 1999. HOME TO LONGWOOD GARDENS, WINTERTHUR, BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM, HAGLEY MUSEUM, NEMOURS MANSION & MORE FIND IT FAST! HOMEPAGE ABOUT THE VALLEY GETTING HERE LODGING RESTAURANTS ATTRACTIONS EVENTS CALENDAR SHOPPING RECREATION ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT DAYTRIPS & SIGHTSEEING GOLF PHOTO GALLERY BUSINESS LINKS ADVERTISING DIRECTORY BOOKSTORE LINKS BRANDYWINE MAP CHADDS FORD Weather WILMINGTON Weather ......................................... ABOUT US ADVERTISING RATES SPONSORS CONTACT US Photo courtesy of wilmcvb.org Menu of ATTRACTIONS Barns-Brinton House Brandywine Battlefield Brandywine River "Wyeth" Museum Brandywine Valley Wine Trail Brinton 1704 House, Dilworthtown Chaddsford Winery Christian Sanderson Museum Delaware Art Museum Delaware Natural History Museum Hagley Museum & Gardens John Chad's House Kalmar Nyckel Longwood Gardens Nemours Mansion & Gardens Newlin Grist Mill Old New Castle QVC Studios, West Chester Rockwood Museum University Museums - U of D Winterthur Museum & Gardens Kalmar Nyckel Delaware's Tall Ship 1124 E. 7th Street,Wilmington, DE 19801 302.429.7447www.kalmarnyckel.org Overview The Kalmar Nyckel landed on the banks of the Christina River on March 29, 1638, five months after setting sail from Goteborg, Sweden. She had 24 settlers aboard, hailing from Sweden, Finland, Holland, and Germany, and a black freedman from the Caribbean. The landing site, known today as "The Rocks," can be visited at Fort Christina Park off Wilmington's East 7th Street. It was these 25 men who founded Fort Christina and built the first log cabins in America modeled after a typical Finnish building form. When the Kalmar Nyckel returned carrying women and children two years later, she found all 25 settlers alive and well in what is today the State of Delaware. In all, Kalmar Nyckel made to make four round-trip crossings of the Atlantic... more than any other "settlers' ship" of the time. The original ship, a Dutch-built three-masted pinnace, was lost in the late 1600s, but not before she had written a piece of history that forever tied Sweden, Delaware and the United States. In 1986 a group of committed citizens established the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation to design, build and launch a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel at a shipyard adjacent to the original landing site. The new Kalmar Nyckel was built in Wilmington, launched on September 28, 1997 and commissioned on May 9, 1998. Today the Kalmar Nyckel is a sea-going Ambassador of Good Will for the state of Delaware. A fully functional sail training vessel, she has represented Delaware at festivals from Virginia to New York. You can take a tour of the new Kalmar Nyckel at the Wilmington waterfront. Click to their Web site and consult their calendar for times and dates. © Unica Online


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Transfer Bocklet Brings Instant Impact to Virginia
Nets hat trick in Cavaliers debut
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|Casey Bocklet, who transferred to
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BALTIMORE — Casey Bocklet got her Virginia career off to a great start in the Cavaliers' 10-9 victory over Loyola on Saturday afternoon at Loyola's Ridley Athletic Complex.
The sophomore attacker, who transferred to Virginia from Northwestern after winning the 2012 championship with the Wildcats, led the Cavaliers with three goals and an assist. She prevailed against a tough Loyola defense, overcoming a faceguard from Greyhound freshman defender Maddy Lesher, who had three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
"They were definitely pressuring a lot. But last year at Northwestern, that was the defense, and I was going against it every single day [in practice]. Personally I don't mind it. I think it's more exciting because it gives us the opportunity to work the ball more," Bocklet said. "In order to break them down, you have to stay composed and stay confident and have each other's backs, and we definitely did that."
Bocklet's slick crease moves and expert feeding helped jolt a tentative Virginia attack in the second half. Early in the game, the Cavaliers offense came in fits and starts. They tied the game three times but never pulled ahead, and the Greyhounds led 5-4 at halftime. With Loyola freshman goalie Molly Wolf hot in her first career game — she finished with 11 saves — the Cavaliers needed to quicken the pace if they wanted to win their season opener.
"We were playing fine but we were playing flat," Virginia coach Julie Myers said. "We were playing a little bit slower than how we like to play. So we said, 'Let's get back to practice pace again.'"
Bocklet got the second half off to a hot start. She scored off an Ashlee Warner pass just 36 seconds into the period to tie the game at 5, and then gave Virginia its first lead of the day on an unassisted tally at 27:52. The Cavaliers never trailed again.
"She brings a lot of skill and a lot of game sense out of Northwestern, and we knew it would be important," Loyola coach Jen Adams said of Bocklet.
For Bocklet, the transition from Evanston to Charlottesville has been an easy one. As a Wildcat, she was primarily a feeder. As a Cavalier, she both dodges and passes. As a righty, Bocklet developed good chemistry with the left-handed Warner, who had two goals and two assists. Bocklet was surprised to draw a faceguard in her first game for Virginia; Myers was not.
"She handles it [a faceguard] pretty well. We'll throw it at her in practice and in a couple of scrimmages," Myers said.
Sophomore midfielder Courtney Swan (1g, 1a) also had a big day for the Cavaliers, leading them to a 14-7 draw advantage and getting six draw controls on her own.
"Typically they like to push it forwards," Swan said, "so I was trying to equal that pressure, and a lot of [the draws were] popping right up to me so I could just grab it and the girls on the circle were doing a great job of getting the ones that they pushed successfully. It was a real team group effort on that."
Bocklet contributed a single draw control, but her best spot on the field is still the crease, not the draw circle.
"She's so good on the crease, she can use the lines on the field to get free, and her teammates are a bonus," Myers said.
Virginia has two more road games (Feb. 20 at Richmond and Feb. 24 at Syracuse) before it returns to Charlottesville, Va., for a March 1 matchup against Maryland. But Bocklet feels at home with the Cavaliers already.
"It's actually been pretty easy, because my teammates and my coaches are just so supportive and everyone was so welcoming," she said. "It felt so natural."
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The dose recommendation for entecavir (ETV) is 0.5 mg daily for treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and 1.0 mg daily for lamivudine-refractory patients; however, few data are available for the efficacy of a 1.0-mg daily dose in treatment-naïve CHB patients. Our goal is to examine the treatment outcome of treatment-naïve patients placed on ETV 0.5 mg or ETV 1.0 mg daily through week 48.
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Father Emmanuel Malau stands with internally displaced children inside his Church in the village of Mayun Abun in Southern Sudan. The children had fled the heavy fighting in the oil contested area of Abyei which was overrun this week by President Omar al-Bashir's northern troops and tanks.
Three years ago, hundreds of families arrived in Mayen Abom after northern troops attacked Abyei. When the Rev. Emmanuel Malau heard that northern troops had again invaded Abyei last weekend, he knew villagers were heading his way.
"Sunday was like a funeral mass," he said, as the villagers talked over the looting and burning of their kinsmen's homes to the north. "People arrived very hungry and thirsty. Some collapsed totally."
After Mass, Malau drove slowly along the main road, calling for the fearful to come out. More than 300 children did, and his small church is now a shelter bursting full of people, many of them women and children, who have abandoned their homes and fear for their futures. Over 80,000 people have now fled the disputed oil rich region.
On Thursday, John Prendergast, co-founder of the advocacy group the Enough Project, said the international community must intervene to halt the north's actions. Prendergast said: "The ultimate strategy is to ethnically cleanse Abyei, similar to what the regime has done in parts of Darfur." The capture of the city has been widely condemned by the international community as a threat to peace between north and south.
A referendum on the future of southern Sudan was held in January under a 2005 peace agreement that ended more than two decades of civil war between the north and the south. The south voted overwhelmingly to secede from Sudan, Africa's largest country.
Both the north and south claim Abyei, a fertile region located near several oil fields. Abyei is sometimes referred to as the country's Jerusalem because of its symbolic status and the deeply emotional debate over its control.
Sudan is the third-largest oil producer in Africa, and geologists hope that unexplored territory cut off by the war might hold more deposits. Author and Sudan expert Douglas Johnson said that if the north tries to occupy other border areas near oil fields that it would inflame violence, giving the south justification to make alliances with rebel groups in the western Sudan region of Darfur.
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