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Local money found to shore up TAO after ARRA funds reprogrammed
The Territorial Audit Office (TAO) is back to being fully funded for fiscal year 2012 after the agency got a reduction of stimulus money in FY 2011 causing concern that it may not have enough to money to cover expenses for (among other things) the salary of the Territorial Auditor at the end of FY 2011 heading into the current fiscal year.
Territorial Auditor Robert Dantini told Samoa News yesterday that Gov. Togiola Tulafono stepped in to provide local funds for FY 2012.
Concerns over TAO funding were cited in the agency's fourth quarter performance report for FY 2011, which states that subsequent to its FY 2011 budget submittal, $104,000 of TAO's $250,000 had been reallocated to other projects and activities. The $250K for TAO had been received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
TAO requested that the reduced ARRA allocation be supplanted with a corresponding amount of its Interior Department Technical Assistant grant funds-which were originally planned for expenditures in FY 2012.
"Even if the reallocation is approved by DOI, our budget shortage will be postponed until FY 2012. At that time, TAO will need additional local or grant funds to sustain our existing level of operations," the report says. "Without additional funding, we will not be able to fund; either the two new auditors, or the position of Territorial Auditor."
Responding to Samoa News inquiries, Dantini says he is not sure who was responsible for reprogramming TAO's ARRA funds.
"This reprogramming required TAO to use more DOI technical assistance funds - which were initially intended to be used in 2012," he explained. "Because the remaining technical assistance funds were not sufficient to fully fund our FY 2012 operating costs as originally planned, the Governor allocated more local funding to our office to make up the difference."
"Bottom line is that we are now fully funded to meet our FY 2012 operating expenses," he added.
"Low core competence of some career service staff continues to provide substantial limitations on the complexity of audits they can work on," the report says. "Due to our relatively small audit staff, we are constrained from providing the extent of audit coverage desirable for an entity of this size."
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We had an experiment that was funded where we would have little baby piglets and we would give them some helicobacter each week. Then, a week later, we would do an endoscopy on them to see if the bacteria were causing any inflation in the stomach. Now piglets grow like you wouldn't believe. In the Midwest, people know how quickly they grow. So after three months of this experiment, I had 70-pound pigs that I was wrestling each week trying to do an endoscopy on, and it was a big mess, and the bacteria didn't take. Whenever I presented my work, the skeptics would get up and say, "Well, Dr. Marshall, that's all very nice, but let's face it. You know, people with ulcers have got such a disturbed physiology in their stomach, and these bacteria are so common, that they must just be harmless, and they're just colonizing the people with the ulcers." So I had to prove that the bacteria could infect a normal, healthy animal, cause the disease. Then I had to fish the bacteria up afterwards.
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It was a campaign, everyone was against me. But I knew I was right, because I actually had done a couple of years' work at that point. I had a few backers. And when I was criticized by gastroenterologists, I knew that they were mostly making their living doing endoscopies on ulcer patients. So I'm going to show you guys. A few years from now you'll be saying, "Hey! Where did all those endoscopies go to?" And it will be because I was treating ulcers with antibiotics.
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|All Grown Up: Chandler Massey on the Change in Will
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|Sep 16 2010, 04:44 PM Post #1
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All Grown Up: Chandler Massey on the Change in Will
When Sami moved her family into the DiMera Mansion, that move included her son Will. Naturally, as a member of the Brady clan, he wasn't initially too pleased. He's also a good kid, who was worried about her mother and her relationship with EJ (not just good, but smart, as well). But, as Chandler Massey told us about his character, he was nonetheless at first "very charmed by Stefano. He's a very charming person. He didn't really see his dark side. But after all this business has been happening he kind of realizes who he really is."
The "business" that came out involved EJ, and the fact that he was responsible for Sydney's kidnapping. Will is a good kid, and one who is close to his younger siblings, so this was devastating for him, an unforgivable offense. But Will was still living in the DiMera Mansion and so he was there when Sami made her late night visit. "He didn't see her," Chandler told us, "but he heard her go in and he saw her come out with a gun. Definitely, he's very overwhelmed by it."
So Will is the only one who knows Sami's big secret. She's the one who pulled the trigger and put the bullet in EJ's head. There are some in Salem who suspect it was really Will, but it doesn't seem like he'll ever be giving up the truth. "After the initial shock," Chandler told us of seeing his mother with that gun, "I think it really brings them closer together. Will realizes how much he loves his mom and he feels that he needs to protect her." Chandler continued, telling us that Will's initial reaction was shock, but he did "understand why she did it. He could relate because he's seen what she's gone through because of EJ and what his whole family has gone through. So I don't think he blames her and is angry with her so much as he's worried for her and scared for her."
Will is worried and scared about Sami, but Chandler is thrilled about his storyline. He loves that his character is keeping this secret, and he told us "it's great because I get to work more with Alison Sweeney, who's fantastic, and work with Galen, who is also fantastic. It's so much fun to work with them."
Chandler is having a blast, but he did tell us he was initially pretty intimidated, both by working with Alison Sweeney and Galen Gering, but also in some of the recent, pretty confrontational scenes he's shared with Joe Mascolo and Lauren Koslow. "Oh, at first, absolutely," he told us when we asked whether or not he was intimidated, "but they helped me so much and both of them really like to challenge me in the scenes. And Joe really likes to keep me on my toes! It's great. They're so much fun to work with. I'm learning so much from them."
Joe Mascolo likes to keep him on his toes, but from what Chandler told us about his commitment to preparation, he's more than able to handle it. "Once I get the script I read it over several times," Chandler said. "There's an acting coach here on set – her name is Maria – and I'll come in a couple of days before and the day before to work with her. Then the day of, I'll run the scenes with whoever I'm working with and kind of talk with them about how we want the scene to feel and how we want it to go. That's usually what I do. And then I'll go out on set maybe ten to fifteen minutes early and just sit in the set that I'm working on and get in the right emotional place that I need to be before the scene starts.
"I think what's still very challenging is this very fast pace," Chandler continued. "We have a rehearsal and after the one rehearsal we go straight to tape. Actually, the thing that's most challenging is getting the scene where I want it to be in the amount of time that I have to prepare for it. It's definitely challenging but also fun. It really helps you grow as an actor because you have to be able to do that."
Chandler has learned a lot from his fellow actors, and in general from the time he has spent in Salem, and it certainly sounds like he's committed to success. "I remember I couldn't sleep the night before my first day," he told us. "I could not sleep at all. I was so nervous, probably for the first month or two months, even. After that, I gradually started settling down and becoming more confident. Now I can just really go for it, let it go, not feel self-conscious and really have fun."
Chandler has grown and developed as an actor since his arrival in Salem, and it looks like his character is going through his own changes. "I'm really, really enjoying the direction that they're taking Will," Chandler said. "He's seventeen, he's about to be eighteen. They're making the transition from boy to man really, really great. I really like what they've done with him and it's so fun to be able to play that and to embody that."
|Sep 16 2010, 04:46 PM Post #2
|I want Chad & Will! Thanks for posting.
|Sep 16 2010, 04:48 PM Post #3
|He's adorable. :wub:
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|He really is doing a great job :)
|Sep 16 2010, 04:52 PM Post #5
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.
Uhhh...didn't Will move in to the DiMansion before Sami and the young 'uns?
Thanks for posting! :)
|Sep 16 2010, 04:57 PM Post #6
This is my point Will can't even be questioned with out Sami or Lucas present and it be used against him. He cannot go and confess and it be used in anyway. He is a minor.
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|Sep 16 2010, 05:13 PM Post #7
|I think Massey is growing as an actor. I don't think Dylan Patton could have pulled off some of the scenes CM has had with AS, JM and LK.
|Sep 16 2010, 05:20 PM Post #8
That's exactly what I thought too... HUH? Will moved in and them Sami followed him. He wasn't upset by it... he chose to move there himself.
Oh well, good rest of the article. TFP.
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Correct me or confirm this was the order of things: Did Wil have the talk with Caroline where she told him not to be deceived by Stefano happen before he talked to Sami about understanding what she did and keeping her secret?
|Sep 16 2010, 05:21 PM Post #10
Yes he did!!
Love him he is doing a great job!!!
Thanks for posting Angie
Edited by Criss33, Sep 16 2010, 05:22 PM.
|Sep 16 2010, 05:44 PM Post #11
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.
Yep - that's the way I remember it. Will was sort of arguing with Caroline about Stefano being a 'cool' guy before he knew anything about EJ getting shot.
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ok, so I'm wandering if that convo was what made him see what she meant. She was charmed by EJ too. It may have made him more understanding of why she accepted what he told her through the sydnapping stuff. He was getting charmed by Stefano.
That could be why that caroline convo happened. If that is, these writers need to tie things together better.
|Sep 16 2010, 05:54 PM Post #13
|That kid has the makings of a terrific actor.
|Sep 16 2010, 05:59 PM Post #14
I hope they stick with this Will. I don't want to see another recast.
|Sep 16 2010, 06:15 PM Post #15
I REALLY hope not!! Chandler is doing a great job. Can't wait to see how William will act once he finds out that Chad is a Dimera should be very interesting.. :popcorn:
|Sep 16 2010, 06:17 PM Post #16
It would probably turns him on even more. Will: "My crush is a big bad DiMera." :P
Edited by Casey, Sep 16 2010, 06:19 PM.
|Sep 16 2010, 07:31 PM Post #17
It depends on where Salem is. Seventeen year olds can be questioned alone in my state.
I like the direction they're taking Will in. It's a wonder he turned out well, considering his terrible role models.
Thanks for the article.
|Sep 16 2010, 07:33 PM Post #18
Will doesn't have all terrible role models. He had Alice, and still has Maggie, and Caroline. There good influences in his life. Speaking of Maggie she hasn't had a scene with Will in a really long time..
|Sep 16 2010, 07:36 PM Post #19
Yes, there were kind people in his life, but a child's biggest role models are usually the people who've raised him/her for the longest, and Sami and Lucas were terrible.
|Sep 16 2010, 07:40 PM Post #20
It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.
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Paolo Di Canio
This is another slide that may seem overly harsh, but Paolo Canio is a volcanic liability at Sunderland, capable of erupting at any moment.
Motivational coaches with disciplinarian ways can often prosper in the lower leagues, but highly paid Premier League stars will be far less inclined to accept his controversial methods. He's already shown he struggles during tougher times of management, regularly belittling and criticising players in public.
His excessive passion and intense match-day demeanour surely cause more harm than good and, having already endured a disappointing start, surely it's time he tried a less regimented approach?
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Release Date: November 8
Director: Alan Taylor
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Thor returns to battle a powerful enemy who has emerged from a dark realm with a plot to plunge the nine realms, including Earth into a shadowy oblivion.
What We Know:
It appears that after the ordeal on Earth in The Avengers, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is still unable to rest on his laurels. Having escaped (again) from the custody of Asgard, the mischievous machinations of his half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) have reached a stunning new level of inconsiderateness, stirring the malevolent intentions of a race of dark elves in the realm of Svartalfheim, lead by its cruel, megalomaniacal master, Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston).
A conniving collaboration between Loki and Malekith is in the works designed to help Malekith gain a powerful relic kept in Asgard which the domineering dark elf will use to thrust all nine realms into a darkness more suitable to his aesthetically-unpleasing empire. The cruel conspiracy escalates to a scale too large for even King Odin of Asgard (Anthony Hopkins) to handle. However, the plot also seems to involve a more personally-vengeful aspect designed to destroy Odin's son, Thor. That feat will be accomplished by exploiting the one thing he loves the most: Earth woman, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), luring him into a battle with a brutal, powerful dark elf warrior named Kurse (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) whose mission from Malekith involves bad, bad things for the Asgardian prince.
The fate of the universe hangs in the balance and Thor's reunion with Jane will have to put love-struck sentiment on the back-burner as a grand battle is at hand between the armies of Asgard and the dark elves of Svartalfheim that threatens to shatter their respective mystical lands forever. For our hammer-hurling hero, mitigating this madness could ultimately require that he make what is being officially described as a sacrifice of "everything."
Filling the cast, are returnees, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Stellan Skarsgård, Renee Russo, and Tadanobu Asano. Additionally, Zachary Levi joins the cast, replacing Josh Dallas as "Fandral."
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Marvel Studios continues to dig deeper into its movieverse with this Norse mythology-inspired tale of the nine realms. Yet, despite the broad scope of the film and the grandiose scale of what hangs in the balance for the universe, this film will apparently manage to give us a more layered look at the personal relationships between Thor and his companions, continuing to explore the maturity of the character.
Reuniting with Natalie Portman's Jane Foster may yield other effects, specifically when it comes to Jaimie Alexander's Sif, whose role is reportedly expanded. We may see unrequited feelings of love for her childhood friend, Thor finally surface, putting him in an envious (or untenable) position of having to choose between the Earth woman scientist and the Asgardian warrior goddess. However, the subject of Jane has yielded much speculation, specifically when it comes to alleged behind-the-scenes drama involving Natalie Portman and her dissatisfaction with the dismissal of her friend, previously-named director, Patty Jenkins. With the actress reportedly unhappy and returning only in obligation to her contract, things are not looking good for Jane in this film. (And Sif's prospects of breaking free from the dreaded "friend zone" could get better.)
Another narrative making the rounds is the apparent involvement of a powerful third party in the grand conspiracy amongst villains, specifically, the giant fire demon "Surtur," ruler of the fire realm of Muspelheim. While no confirmed news of the character's involvement has surfaced, he would likely be animated, making his inclusion a lot easier to save for a surprise. With Surtur in the mix, rumors point to a surreal type of redemption for the playfully-pernicious Loki when the ultimate result of this gruesome group project exceeds even his tolerance for evil. While nothing more than a rumor at this point, it would be a fascinating turn for the character arc of Tom Hiddleston's fan-fave of a villain.
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Remote control of implanted devices through Home Monitoring™ technology improves detection and clinical management of atrial fibrillation
Aims To evaluate the impact of Home Monitoring™ (HM) technology on detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF).
Methods and results One hundred and sixty-six patients (mean age 73 ± 10 years, 112 males) received HM devices [121 pacemakers, 22 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and 23 ICDs combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy]. A nurse consulted the cardioreports on the website and submitted the alerts for AF (new onset AF, persistent AF, and AF burden of >10% for >5 consecutive days) to the physician. During a mean follow-up of 488 ± 203 days, 42 patients (26%) had alerts for AF. Twenty-two patients had no history of AF before implant. In nine patients, no further action was taken. For the remaining 33 patients, an unscheduled follow-up was performed: in 16, antiarrhythmic drug therapy was introduced/modified; in 15, anticoagulation was started; in 2, antiplatelet drugs were introduced; in 7, an external cardioversion was performed; in 2 patients, the device was reprogrammed to avoid intermittent atrial undersensing during AF; and in 4 patients, no further action was taken. In four cases the arrhythmia was not confirmed (false positive). The median time to the first intervention for AF was 50 days (148 days before the scheduled follow-up).
Conclusion The HM technology allowed early detection of AF in paced patients and early reaction to optimize medical treatment.
- Home monitoring
- Atrial fibrillation
- Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Anticoagulation
- Telecardiology
- Cardiac pacing
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.1–3 It has been demonstrated that many patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have arrhythmia recurrences during the follow-up, also when there is no history of atrial arrhythmias at implant, and that many episodes are asymptomatic.4,5 Furthermore, it has also been shown that either a high burden of atrial fibrillation, regardless of symptoms, or arrhythmia episodes lasting more than 24 h are independent predictors for stroke and mortality.6–8
Diagnostics of last-generation devices allow us to do detailed monitoring of arrhythmia, including asymptomatic episodes.9,10 However, benefits of continuous monitoring of atrial fibrillation by implanted devices are limited because data can be reviewed only during scheduled follow-ups (usually every 6 months) or in case of patient symptoms.
Home Monitoring™ (HM) technology (Biotronik GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany) is a long-distance telemetry system that provides automatic transmission of data stored in the pacemaker memory on daily basis to a Service Centre. Here, information is decrypted and uploaded in a secure website, which can be accessed by the physicians. Automatic alerts are sent to the clinical staff in case of trigger events.11
A potential benefit of the HM technology in patients with atrial fibrillation is the prevention of arrhythmia-related adverse events by early detection and early reaction to arrhythmia recurrences mainly for asymptomatic episodes.12–14 Furthermore, unnecessary out-patient visits may be reduced and healthcare resource allocation may be optimized.15–17
Aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of the HM technology on detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation in pacemaker and ICD patients.
Patient population
From April 2006 to March 2008, 166 patients (mean age 73 ± 10 years, 112 males) received HM devices [121 dual-chamber pacemakers, 22 dual-chamber ICDs, and 23 ICDs combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D)]. In the pacemaker group, implant indications were sinus node disease in 55% patients, atrio-ventricular or intra-ventricular blocks in 24%, and neuromediated syncope in 21%. In the ICD group, implant indications were primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in 73% and secondary prevention in 27%. Forty-five patients in the pacemaker group (37%) and 4 in the ICD group (9%) had a history of atrial fibrillation before implant. Clinical characteristics of enrolled patients are summarized in the Table 1. Antithrombotic and antiarrhythmic drug therapy at implant is reported in the Table 2.
|PM (n = 121)
|ICDs (n = 45)
|Age (years)
|74.7 ± 8.7
|Age (years)
|68.7 ± 12.5
|Male (%)
|Male (%)
|PM implant indication
|Ejection fraction (%)
|32.8 ± 10.2
|67 (55%)
|ICD implant indication
|AV block
|29 (24%)
|Primary prevention
|33 (73%)
|Neuromediate syncope
|25 (21%)
|Secondary prevention
|12 (27%)
|Structural heart disease
|Structural heart disease
|48 (40%)
|6 (13%)
|22 (18%)
|21 (47%)
|6 (5%)
|0 (0%)
|2 (2%)
|14 (31%)
|43 (36%)
|4 (9%)
|Prior atrial fibrillation
|45 (37%)
|Prior atrial fibrillation
|4 (9%)
|Prior myocardial infarction
|10 (8%)
|Prior myocardial infarction
|10 (22%)
|Prior myocardial revascularization
|Prior myocardial revascularization
|9 (7%)
|4 (9%)
|3 (2%)
|3 (7%)
|Prior RF ablation
|3 (2%)
|Prior RF ablation
|0 (0%)
SSS, sick sinus syndrome; AV, atrio-ventricular; PM, pacemaker; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; RF, radiofrequency.
|Patient number
|Anticoagulation therapy
|Antiplatelet drugs
|Beta blockers
|Calcium antagonists
|Class 1A antiarrhythmics
|Class 1C antiarrhythmics
Main features of Home MonitoringTM
The main features of HM have been described previously.17 In summary, data are retrieved from the implanted device through a wireless receiver for long-distance telemetry and forwarded to a unique Service Centre, by connecting to the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) network in the form of encrypted 'short message system' (sms) messages. The Service Centre anonymously decodes, analyses, and organizes the data and posts them on a secure website. Transmission is automatic and patient independent. Reports and alerts are available for the clinical staff on daily basis. The HM features transmits data every night and notifies Event Report whenever pre-selected critical events have occurred.
Device and alerts programming
Pacemaker and ICD programming was tailored according to the patient's individual clinical profile. Mode switch function was switched on with an atrial fibrillation detection rate of 160 bpm. Spontaneous atrio-ventricular conduction was preserved as far as possible either by programming a long atrio-ventricular delay or by switching on the IRS plus algorithm, which periodically checks for spontaneous atrio-ventricular conduction and, if present, automatically lengthens the atrio-ventricular delay. The atrial sensitivity value was set by applying a safety margin of 3 after measuring the atrial electrogram amplitude in sinus rhythm. Anyway, the values of atrial sensitivity higher than 1.0 mV were not allowed. The total atrial refractory period was programmed at the nominal value of 425 ms. The post-ventricular atrial blanking was programmed at the nominal value of 56 ms. The pacemaker used in the study is provided by an internal electrogram recording of atrial tachyarrhythmias, high ventricular rate episodes, and pacemaker-mediated tachycardias. At each follow-up, all internal electrogram recordings were reviewed and classified as true arrhythmias or R-wave far-field oversensing.
All the patients received and were trained to use the transmitter Cardiomessenger, which is designed to retrieve data from the implanted device and to forward them to the Service Centre. All enrolled patients provided written informed consent on the use of HM system and data management.
Alerts for atrial fibrillation were defined as follows: new onset atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation burden of >10% for more than 5 consecutive days or persistent atrial fibrillation (defined as two consecutive days showing 100% of atrial fibrillation burden). An expert nurse received the alerts from the HM service as email in a dedicated box and as short message service (sms) through a commercial mobile phone. The nurse consulted the cardioreports on the website and submitted the critical cases to the responsible physician for clinical decision. Settings for trigger alerts could be modified after the first intervention according to clinical judgment.
Standard in-hospital follow-up
Standard in-hospital visit intervals were extended because of HM remote control. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients had scheduled follow-up every 6 months (instead of 3 months) whereas pacemaker patients were checked once a year (instead of every 6 months).
Statistical analysis
Normally distributed continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation, while median values with the inter-quartile ranges were reported for not-normally distributed variables. Ninety-five per cent confidence interval was calculated for rates and percentages. Survival rates were estimated by means of the Kaplan–Meier method. Paired comparisons of not normal variables were performed with the Wilcoxon sign test. Differences were considered significant when P is <0.05.
The follow-up lasted on average for 488 ± 203 days. Three patients were excluded from the analysis because of permanent atrial fibrillation at implant (one patient implanted with ICD) or because the implanted device (Lexos A+ single lead, Biotronik GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany) did not allow detailed monitoring of atrial fibrillation (two patients). One hundred and sixty-three patients had data suitable for the analysis.
Atrial fibrillation recurrences and burden
At HM data analysis, 109 patients (67%) had no episodes of atrial fibrillation during the follow-up, including 23 with a prior history of atrial fibrillation. Fifty-four patients (33%) had at least one episode of atrial fibrillation lasting more than 15 min. Among them, 22 had a prior history of atrial fibrillation. Arrhythmia duration was >2.5 h (daily burden >10%) in 42 (26%), >6 h (daily burden >25%) in 34 (21%), >12 h (daily burden >50%) in 25 (15%), and >24 h (daily burden 100%) in 18 (11%), as represented in Figure 1.
Kaplan–Meyer curves for survival from atrial fibrillation occurrence has been analysed separately for episodes lasting more than 2.5, 6, 12, and 24 h, respectively, and reported in Figure 2.
Home MonitoringTM web data analysis and clinical interventions
Forty-two patients (26%, 37 with pacemaker and 5 with ICD) had alerts for atrial fibrillation. Patient with atrial fibrillation alerts had on average 2.0 ± 1.2 atrial fibrillation detections (range from 1 to 6). Twenty-two patients (52%, 19 with pacemaker and 3 with ICD) had no history of atrial fibrillation before implant was done. Among the pacemaker patients, atrial fibrillation alerts were triggered in 22 of 67 with sinus node disease (33%), in 9 of 29 with atrio-ventricular block (31%), and in 6 of 25 with neuromediated syncope (24%). In nine patients, no further action was taken since the patient was judged to be already on optimal treatment. In detail, in six patients with alert triggered by an atrial fibrillation burden slightly above 10% for >5 consecutive days an extra follow-up was not scheduled since they were judged to be at low risk according to their clinical profile. In three patients, of whom one with recent isthmus ablation and two with a prior myocardial infarction, all in anticoagulation, a 'wait and see' decision was taken.
For the remaining 33 patients, an unscheduled follow-up was performed, in-hospital in 26 and by phone contact in 7. Five patients had both in-hospital and by phone unscheduled follow-ups. Among the 33 patients who had an unscheduled follow-up, 24 (73%) were asymptomatic, six (18%) were mildly symptomatic, and only three (9%) had severe symptoms, which require urgent clinical evaluation, and two cases require hospitalization because of progression of heart failure after atrial fibrillation recurrence. After the additional follow-up, the following reactions were established: in 16 patients (48%), antiarrhythmic drug therapy was introduced or modified; in 15 patients (45%), anticoagulation was started; among them, there was no history of atrial fibrillation in 6 patients and anticoagulation therapy was introduced only because of HM data; in 2 patients (6%), antiplatelet drugs were introduced; in 7 patients (21%), an external cardioversion was performed. One ICD patient experienced undersensing of 2:1 atrial flutter. The arrhythmia could be detected by the HM analysis since the data showed a sudden increase of the mean ventricular rate combined with a sudden increase of the atrial sensing percentage. The patient received an external cardioversion, and sinus rhythm was restored. In two cases (6%), the device was reprogrammed to avoid intermittent atrial undersensing during atrial fibrillation: in one of them the atrial sensitivity was reprogrammed from 0.5 to 0.2 mV with significant improvement of the arrhythmia detection. In the other one, the atrial sensitivity was not actually modified, since higher values of atrial sensitivity led to R-wave far-field oversensing. In four cases (12%), no further action was taken and the ongoing therapy was confirmed. In detail, in two patients, antiarrhythmic therapy and anticoagulation were confirmed and, in one patient at low risk with no structural heart disease and relatively low atrial fibrillation burden, no therapy was added. One patient with persistent atrial fibrillation did not accept anticoagulation and cardioversion. Finally, in four cases (12%), the arrhythmia was not confirmed due to detection of far-field R-wave oversensing (false positive). In all of them, blanking periods were programmed at nominal values according to the study protocol. Reprogramming the atrial sensitivity from 0.5 to 1.0 mV significantly reduced far-field oversensing in two patients as shown in the case reported in Figure 3. Atrial sensitivity reprogramming was unsuccessful in the other two patients. Among the seven patients who underwent the electrical cardioversion, three had atrial fibrillation recurrence and went into permanent atrial fibrillation, while in four cases stable sinus rhythm was maintained on average after 232 days. Figure 4 illustrates the case of a patient with asymptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation recurrence early detected by the HM analysis. After electrical cardioversion, the HM analysis allowed us to confirm long-term persistence of stable sinus rhythm. In 10 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in whom the antiarrhythmic drug therapy was either introduced or modified, atrial fibrillation burden was analysed and compared 10 days prior to the drug therapy change and 10 days after one month of therapy effect stabilization. After changing of antiarrhythmic drug therapy the atrial fibrillation burden decreased from 7.5% ± 9.2% to 0.4% ± 1.0% (P < 0.02). Figure 5 presents the case of a patient with recurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. After antiarrhythmic therapy introduction, the HM analysis demonstrated a reduction in the number and duration of tachyarrhythmia episodes.
The median time from the last in-hospital follow-up visit to the detection and the first intervention for atrial fibrillation was 50 days (inter-quartile interval: 10–244 days). The median value of reaction time to atrial fibrillation in advance to the scheduled follow-up was 148 days (inter-quartile interval: 75–170 days).
Main findings of the study
In the present study, atrial fibrillation episodes lasting >2.5 h were detected in 26% of the enrolled pacemaker/ICD patients. Atrial fibrillation was completely asymptomatic in 73% of patients with device-detected episodes. Through remote monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection and notification by the physician occurred on average 148 days earlier than with scheduled follow-up visits. An early warning of atrial fibrillation occurrence as soon as the arrhythmia has been detected and stored in the device memory may induce prompt clinical reaction by the physician and may prevent arrhythmia-related severe adverse events caused by long-lasting undetected atrial fibrillation. That is particularly meaningful in asymptomatic patients.
Atrial fibrillation occurrence in paced patients and prognostic value
Atrial fibrillation is very common in patients with implanted pacemakers and ICD, even when there is no history of the arrhythmia before implant. It has been reported that in patients implanted with dual-chamber pacemakers, device diagnostics show atrial fibrillation episodes in up to 50% of patients already after a short-term follow-up, regardless of indication for pacing and that the majority of the episodes are asymptomatic.4,5 In patients candidate for ICD implant, it has been demonstrated that 20% had a prior episode of atrial fibrillation before implant and that during the life-span of the device at least 50% may experience atrial fibrillation.18
Atrial fibrillation is not a benign arrhythmia; a high burden of atrial fibrillation, regardless of symptoms, or arrhythmia episodes lasting >24 h have been identified as independent predictors for stroke and mortality.6–8
Reliability of the Home MonitoringTM technology
Reliability and safety of remote control of implanted devices using the HM technology have been definitely demonstrated by several studies.11,15,17,19–22 It has been reported that the clinical staff may be alerted within 3 min for more than 97% of messages. Clinical studies showed that, in clinical practice, >90% of days could be actually monitored and that data and electrogram transmission were reliable and comparable with data retrieved during a standard in-hospital follow-up. Patient compliance and acceptance were good in all the studies.
Home MonitoringTM technology in atrial fibrillation management
The main potential advantage of remote control application in atrial fibrillation management is represented by early detection and early reaction to the arrhythmia occurrence.12–14 The current device diagnostic is very sophisticated and may give to the physician full information about arrhythmia episodes:9,10 number and duration, date and time of occurrence, onset mechanism, arrhythmia burden, effects of antitachycardia therapies, and heart rate during the arrhythmia. Unfortunately, this information is available only during in-hospital follow-up, usually scheduled every 6 or 12 months, significantly delaying the reaction to atrial fibrillation. This represents a great limitation, mainly for asymptomatic patients and for those with mild symptoms.
In the present study, 42 patients (26%) had alerts for atrial fibrillation and in 33 (20%) an unscheduled follow-up was performed on average 148 days in advance to the scheduled follow-up. The majority of patients with alert (73%) were asymptomatic. The HM-guided unscheduled follow-ups lead to clinically significant reactions to atrial fibrillation such as antiarrhythmic drug therapy introduction or modification (48%), anticoagulation starting (45%), or external cardioversion performing (21%).
An open issue is how to select appropriate alerts for atrial fibrillation and how to apply international guidelines for atrial fibrillation treatment23 in patient remote management. It is not known, for instance, if treatment of asymptomatic episodes detected by the device should be the same applied for symptomatic episodes. Anyway, it has been demonstrated that the risk for stroke is independent from symptoms.6,7
The present study was not designed to evaluate if the HM-induced atrial fibrillation reaction actually improved overall patient outcome. In our series we did not actually have stroke events. Among the patients submitted to electrical cardioversion, 57% showed long-term persistence of stable sinus rhythm. In the patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, in whom antiarrhythmic drug therapy was introduced or modified, the burden of atrial fibrillation significantly decreased after the intervention. To this regard, it has to be kept in mind the spontaneous variability of atrial fibrillation burden as well as its uncertain clinical value.24,25
To evaluate the impact of remote monitoring on hard clinical end points, large randomized trials with longer follow-up are warranted.
Study limitations
The main limitation of the present observational study without control group is the lack of clinical outcome criteria. The study was aimed at evaluating changes in clinical management of patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation through remote monitoring, but it has not been proved if early atrial fibrillation detection by the HM combined with earlier clinical reactions had any positive impact on patient clinical status.
Alert definitions for atrial fibrillation were arbitrary. They were defined at the beginning of the study, according to the present knowledge. Criteria for drug therapy modification or device reprogramming as well as indication for electrical cardioversion were defined according to standard guidelines, but in each case they were established after individual medical judgement.
Remote control of patients with implanted devices allows early detection of atrial fibrillation, significantly in advance if compared with standard in-hospital follow-up, and early reaction to arrhythmia occurrence. Changes in pharmacological or electrical therapy may prevent severe complications, mainly in asymptomatic patients. Controlled studies are needed to evaluate if such early reaction may improve patient's clinical outcome.
The authors warmly thank Dr Maria Teresa Laudadio, PhD, for her help in data analysis and manuscript review. They are grateful to Dr Alessio Gargaro, PhD, for his help in the statistical analysis.
Conflict of interest: None of the authors received grants or consultancy fees for this work. R.P.R. and M.S. previously received minor consultancy fees from Medtronic and St. Jude Medical.
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Up for sale, Mobil Gargoyle oil cabinet globe. Many people think that this is a gasoline globe but it was in fact used on top of an oil cabinet. This is not a reproduction. This is "new old stock" and the finest one I've ever seen. It is in perfect It has been in a private collection, sitting in a showcase, protected from any dust, dirtor grime, for the last 30 years. Gargolye preceeded Pegasus...this is an early globe and would look great in any collection of tin or porcelain sign, pumps, oil bottles, oil cans and general petrolinia.
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5 Arisi Sakkarai Pongal Recipe - Ingredients
Recipe Category: Dessert | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Raw Rice - 1 cup
Moong dhal - 3 tbsp
Coconut - 2 tbsp
Cashews - few broken and fried in ghee
Milk - 2 cups
Water - 2 cups
Salt - to taste
- First roast moong dhal and keep aside.Rinse rice and add it along with moong dal in a pressure cooker. Add 1 cup milk and 2 cups water.Make sure your pressure cooker is big enough the water milk and rice mixture should just be to 1/4th of the cooker so that it will not overflow.
- Pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles until soft. Mash it well with a laddle and add the remaining milk say 1/2 cup of milk in intervals twice and mix well.Allow it to boil for 3mins until its thick.Add required salt.
- Add coconut, ghee and give a quick stir.Add the ghee fried cashews and switch it off.
My Notes:
- Don't skip coconut here as its the only main ingredient that gives flavour to the pongal.
- Any veggie gravy will get along with this very well, so when combined and had, no salt is required!
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I don't really have a lot to say on this, the 10th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks on our country. It seems that we have learned so little when it comes to dealing with Islamic terrorism, but we've gone out of our way to teach ourselves a newer, more inconvenient way to live. So instead of going off on a tangent or a bender, instead I will sit quietly today and remember the horrors that we endured on that terrible day.
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Today, Customer Data Integration (CDI) initiatives are an integral step in most Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementations. CDI allows companies to obtain a single, consistent and updatable 360º view of customer information across multiple, overlapping data sources. This paper explores the pros and cons of using a do-it-yourself CDI hub verses a third-party, full-service approach.


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Volume 110, Issue 7, 15 February 1999
Concept of interbasin mixing and extension of the Lyapunov exponent in multiple potential-basin dynamics as in structural isomerization of clusters110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478191View Description Hide Description
For Hamilton dynamics on a potential that has multiple local basins as in structural isomerizationreaction of clusters, a notion of interbasin mixing is introduced that is responsible for Markov-type stochastic appearance of molecular structures. An extension of the Lyapunov exponent to quantify the time scale to reach interbasin mixing is proposed. The present dynamics also serves as a prototype of multichannel chemical reactions.
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Can Monte Carlo simulation describe dynamics? A test on Lennard-Jones systems110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478192View Description Hide Description
A new estimation of physical time in Monte Carlo simulations is derived from the requirement that the self-diffusion coefficient measured by Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations have the same value. The dynamics of the particles using both simulation methods are compared by measuringvelocity autocorrelation functions. Simulations of pure Lennard-Jones liquids and a binary Lennard-Jones solution show that at small time scales the particle dynamics are different, but at larger time scales they become similar. As a critical test crystal growth from the melt is simulated using the proposed time scale. Both for Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics a linear dependence of the growth rate on undercooling is found and the measured proportionality constant (the kinetic coefficient) is equal to within 6%, i.e., within the statistical error of both methods.
Molecular dynamics algorithms for path integrals at constant pressure110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478193View Description Hide Description
Extended system path integral molecular dynamics algorithms have been developed that can generate efficiently averages in the quantum mechanical canonical ensemble [M. E. Tuckerman, B. J. Berne, G. J. Martyna, and M. L. Klein, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 2796 (1993)]. Here, the corresponding extended system path integral molecular dynamics algorithms appropriate to the quantum mechanical isothermal–isobaric ensembles with isotropic-only and full system cell fluctuations are presented. The former ensemble is employed to study fluid systems which do not support shear modes while the latter is employed to study solid systems. The algorithms are constructed by deriving appropriate dynamical equations of motions and developing reversible multiple time step algorithms to integrate the equations numerically. Effective parallelization schemes for distributed memory computers are presented. The new numerical methods are tested on model (a particle in a periodic potential) and realistic (liquid and solid para-hydrogen and liquid butane) systems. In addition, the methodology is extended to treat the path integral centroid dynamics scheme, [J. Cao and G. A. Voth, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 10070 (1993)], a novel method which is capable of generating semiclassical approximations to quantum mechanical time correlation functions.
Reversible molecular dynamics for rigid bodies and hybrid Monte Carlo110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478194View Description Hide Description
A time-reversible molecular dynamics algorithm is presented for rigid bodies in the quarternion representation. The algorithm is developed on the basis of the Trotter factorization scheme, and its structure is similar to that of the velocity Verlet algorithm. When the rigid body is an asymmetric top, its computationally inconvenient Eulerian equation of motion is integrated by combining the computationally convenient solutions to the Eulerian equations of motion for two symmetric tops. It is shown that a larger time step is allowed in the time-reversible algorithm than in the Gear predictor–corrector algorithm. The efficiency of the hybrid Monte Carlo method for a molecular system is also examined using the time-reversible molecular dynamics algorithm in the quarternion representation.
Unambiguous formalism of molecular vibrations: Use of redundant coordinates and canonical matrices110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478195View Description Hide Description
This paper introduces a new approach to the problem of describing molecular vibrations in redundant valence coordinates. A consistent definition for canonical force field, which is different of that by Kuczera and Pupyshev et al., is outlined. This new definition is also generalized to other matrices like kinetic-energy matrices and transformation matrices between different sets of vibrational coordinates. The importance of such canonical matrices follows from the fact that they are uniquely determined and allow us to consider the redundant coordinates as though they were independent.
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Photodissociation of OClO and Ar/OClO and clusters studied by the resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization-time of flight method110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478196View Description Hide Description
The photodissociation of jet-cooled OClO following excitation into the state at around 350 nm was investigated in homogeneous OClO and large heterogeneous Ar/OClO and clusters (estimated cluster size by probing the O and ClO photofragments using the resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization-time of flight technique. Action spectra, photofragment excitation spectra and photofragment speed distributions were recorded and compared to those for monomerdissociation. OClO was found to occupy both surface and interior sites in the heterogeneous clusters with the percentage of surface and interior dissociation processes being for large cluster sizes. Both O and ClO photofragments generated in the cluster interior are translationally thermalized with K and the ClO fragments are strongly rotationally and vibrationally relaxed. This is most important for vibration as monomerdissociation yields ClO containing up to 8 vibrational quanta at this photolysis wavelength. Photodissociation on the cluster surface is found to proceed with little interaction with the cluster host. The distribution of counterfragment masses leads to a broadening of the speed distributions compared with monomerdissociation. In addition, cluster chemistry was found to occur in OClO-rich heterogeneous clusters as manifested by detection of O photofragments with velocities exceeding the highest thermodynamically possible value. This result, consistent with that from homogeneous OClO cluster dissociation, indicates the presence of small OClO aggregates on the surface and within heterogeneous clusters. From a standpoint of atmospheric chemistry, clusters yield a substantial fraction of thermalized primary photofragments, in contrast to OClO monomerdissociation.
Photodissociation of propyne and allene at 193 nm with vacuum ultraviolet detection of the products110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478197View Description Hide Description
Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) laser photoionization is combined with time-of-flight(TOF)mass spectrometry to determine the photofragments produced from the laser photodissociation of allene and propyne in a molecular beam. Detection of confirms that atomic hydrogen elimination is the primary process for both of these molecules. A hydrogen molecule elimination channel and a low mass carbon fragmentation channel of allene to produce and respectively, have also been identified. Different ratios of various dissociation channels from these two molecules suggest that the dissociation mechanisms of these two isomers are different. Dissociation must occur before complete isomerization. These results are discussed in terms of recent theoretical calculations on the ground and excited states of these molecules. Secondary photodissociation of the products has been observed, even though the laser energies that have been used are less than 8 mJ/cm2 and the photolysis laser is not focused. Therefore, the present results show how important it is to determine product distributions as a function of the laser energy.
Quantum dynamics of overtone relaxation in 30-mode benzene: A time-dependent local mode analysis for110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478198View Description Hide Description
We report the results of a detailed quantum dynamical investigation of energy flow in 30-mode benzene. The overtone was examined by propagating an initial bright state in an active space of dimension for 9.6 ps. Two sets of initial conditions were investigated: one in which the overtone energy was distributed as in one of the symmetries appropriate for dipole excitation from the ground state and the other in which the overtone energy was localized in a single CH stretching motion. The rate and extent of energy flow out of the CH chromophore is dictated by the choice of initial conditions. Conclusions from the model where energy is localized in a single CH stretch indicate that the meta in-plane CH wags and para out-of-plane CH bend are the major recipients of bursts of energy for the ipso CH stretch retains only 10% of the overtone energy by 9.6 ps. For the model, the initially excited CH stretches retain 30% of the overtone energy in long time; the ipso out-of-plane CH bend is activated before the ipso in-plane CH wag and with less energy, mimicing the results of previous classical investigations. For both models examined, energy is equipartitioned within the CC stretches, in-plane CH wags, and out-of-plane CH bends by 9.6 ps; the magnitude of energy taken up by the CC stretches and in-plane CH wags is the same. CCC in-plane bends and CCCC out-of-plane ring torsions are of relatively minor importance (on the time scale considered) in intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution in benzene.
Single and multiple collision effects observed in the femtosecond spectroscopy of -rare gas collision complexes: a statistical description110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478199View Description Hide Description
We use a simple statistical model to simulate recent femtosecondexperiments on the caging dynamics of in high pressure rare gas environments [Wan et al., J. Chem. Phys. 106, 4353 (1997)]. The collision-induced bound state motion in and its appearance in the pump/probe signal is perfectly reproduced in our calculation. In the case where He is used as the collision partner we find multiple collisions to be important. The numerical results can be explained analytically under simplified assumptions.
Photofragment angular momentum distributions in the molecular frame: Determination and interpretation110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478200View Description Hide Description
Photolysis of a molecule typically yields open-shell photofragments having angular momenta. A procedure is described for the measurement of the photofragment angular momentum distribution in terms of polarization parameters which are expressed in the molecular frame and which may be related to the transition dipole matrix elements. The index (p) indicates either a parallel transition (∥), a perpendicular transition (⊥), or a mixed transition (∥,⊥) having both parallel and perpendicular character. This procedure has the advantage that it decouples the angular momentum distributions in the molecular frame from the photofragment angular distributions in the laboratory frame, which gives new insight into the photodissociationdynamics. For cases in which and with linearly polarized photolysis light, the photofragment angular momentum distribution arising from pure parallel transitions can be described with only one parameter, photofragment angular momentum distributions arising from pure perpendicular transitions require only two parameters, and photofragment angular momentum distributions arising from mixed transitions, having both parallel and perpendicular character, can be described with five parameters: the two (coherent) interference terms and in addition to the three incoherent terms mentioned above. We describe procedures for the measurement of the complete angular momentum distribution of state-selected photofragments using laser detection (such as REMPI) and some form of laboratory velocity selection (such as time-of-flight mass spectrometry,Dopplerspectroscopy, or ion imaging). The laser-detection probability of a single photofragment is presented in the form where is the angle between the recoil direction and the photolysispolarization, Θ and Φ are the spherical polar angles describing the orientation of the probe polarization about the recoil direction, and β is the spatial anisotropy parameter. The physical significance of the is discussed; in particular, the and describe the photofragment m-state distribution along the recoil direction; the describe how broken cylindrical symmetry in the parent molecule is reflected in the photofragment angular momentum distribution in a plane perpendicular to the recoil direction; and the are related to the asymptotic phase difference associated with the interfering channels, and are thus sensitive to the shapes of the dissociative surfaces.
Measurements of Cl-atom photofragment angular momentum distributions in the photodissociation of and ICl110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478201View Description Hide Description
We have studied the complete Cl-atom molecular-frame photofragment angular momentum distributions from the photodissociation of and ICl in the 320–560 nm region using time-of-flightmass spectroscopy with laser detection. The experimental signals were analyzed using the polarization-parameter formalism described in the preceding paper. These experiments study three distinct cases. The first case is the 470 nm dissociation of through the state accessed via a parallel transition, yielding Cl-atom photofragments with polarizations described by the single parameter The second case is the 320 nm dissociation of through the state accessed via a perpendicular transition, yielding Cl-atom photofragments with polarizations described by the two parameters and The third case is the dissociation of ICl in the 490–560 nm region in which dissociative states of both parallel and perpendicular character are accessed. In this wavelength region, the polarizations of the resulting Cl-atom photofragments are completely described by the approximately constant incoherent parameters, and whereas the interference contributions to the polarization, the and oscillate sinusoidally with excitation wavelength in a fashion that is sensitive to the shapes of the dissociative surfaces.
Structural studies of alkali methylidyne radicals: High resolution spectroscopy of NaCH and KCH110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478202View Description Hide Description
High resolution spectroscopic measurements have been carried out for alkali methylidyne radicals. The pure rotational spectra of NaCH and KCH, along with their deuterium isotopomers, have been recorded in the frequency range 328–529 GHz using millimeter/submillimeter direct absorption techniques. These molecules were created in a dc discharge by the reaction of metal vapor and or These data indicate that KCH and NaCH are linear molecules with ground electronic states arising from a configuration. Spectroscopic constants for KCH and NaCH have been determined from the data, including rotational, spin–spin, and spin–rotation parameters, as well as bond lengths. In comparison with other alkali and transition metal-bearing molecules, these results suggest some degree of covalent bonding in the alkali methylidynes, with carbon atom undergoing sp hybridization.
Determination of a methane intermolecular potential model for use in molecular simulations from ab initio calculations110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478203View Description Hide Description
The possibility of obtaining an accurate site-site potential model suitable for use in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of methane from ab initio calculations has been explored. Counterpoise-corrected (CPC),supermolecule,ab initio energies at the level were computed for eleven relative orientations of two methane molecules as a function of C-C separation distance. C-C, C-H, and H-H interaction parameters in a pairwise-additive, site-site potential model for rigid methane molecules were regressed from the ab initio energies, and the resultant model accurately reproduced the ab initio energies. The model suggests that C-H attractions are dominant in weakly binding the methane dimer. CPC energies for methane trimers, tetramers, and a pentamer were also calculated at the same level. The results indicate that the -mer energy per pair of interactions monotonically converges with increasing but that the assumption of pairwise additivity commonly used in MD simulations is reasonably valid. A limited number of higher-level calculations using and MP4/aug-cc-pVTZ were also performed to investigate the possibility of obtaining the intermolecular potentialmodel from higher accuracy calculations without a substantial increase in computer resources. Results suggest that a Ne-methane probe method is not useful in this regard, but that limited, high-level computations, coupled with more extensive lower-level values, may be used to improve the model at minimal cost.
Conformational energy and dynamics of 9-ethylfluorene110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478204View Description Hide Description
The excited state and cation ground state of jet cooled 9-ethylfluorene have been studied experimentally using resonant enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy. The spectroscopy has identified two conformations of the ethyl chain which are labeled symmetric and unsymmetric both of which exist in the supersonic expansion. Density functional quantum chemical calculations are used to calculate the ground state and cation energies of each conformer as well as the barrier to conformer interconversion via a bond rotation. Dynamics on the surface are measured using picosecond and nanosecond ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy. Fast irreversible vibrational redistribution is measured at energies ⩾990 cm−1 and the ZEKE spectra are shown to have a unique signature for each of the two isomers. Picosecond and nanosecond ZEKE spectroscopy are used to search for conformer interconversion but even at the highest energy probed (2648 cm−1) no evidence is seen for a dynamic barrier crossing. Statistical density of states calculations are used to predict the relative populations of each conformer expected as a function of excess energy as well as related Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus calculations to predict the expected isomerization rates.
Structure and dynamics of 9-ethylfluorene- van der Waals complexes110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478205View Description Hide Description
The neutral excited state and the ion ground state of 9-ethylfluorene- van der Waals complexes have been studied for Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionizationspectroscopy of the state of the argon clusters reveals multiple isomeric structures for each of the cluster sizes studies coupled with the two monomerconformations. The cluster shows three isomers, one of the symmetric 9-ethylfluorene and two of the unsymmetric. The clusters has four possible isomers all of which are assigned to a (1|1) conformation, although each represents a unique structure with different argon binding sites. The cluster collapses down to two dominate isomers, one for each conformation of the parent. Mass analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy was used to investigate the ion, as well as assisting in isomer assignment of the spectrum. IVR and dissociation of the argon complexes have also been studied with MATI spectroscopy.Ab initio calculations are used to determine the binding energy for all conformers and isomers of the complex. These values are in excellent agreement with the experimentally bracketed values, and prove useful in isomer assignments. Redistribution of the 208 cm−1 band of the symmetric conformation shows dynamics suggesting interconversion of all isomers to a new unassigned structure. Preferential dissociation of the argon located on the ethyl chain side of the sym-9-ethylfluorene- complex is observed in both isomers.
Neon and argon matrix ESR and theoretical studies of the and radicals110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478206View Description Hide Description
Electron spin resonance(ESR) studies are reported for the first time on the various isotopomers of the radical isolated in neon and argon matrices. The radicals were generated in neon matrices by the reaction of laser-ablated cadmium metal and various methyl precursors, and in argon matrices by x-irradiation. The neon matrix values measured were and and estimates were derived for and The argon matrix values measured were and and an estimate was derived for The ESR experimental values for the neon and the argon matrices agree with the reported gas-phase value [J. Chem. Phys. 101, 6396 (1994)]. The matrix ESR values show small shifts compared with the gas-phase results (5% greater for the neon matrix and 12% greater for the argon matrix). At 4.3 K in the neon matrices, additional ESR lines assigned to tunneling phenomena were observed. The radical geometry obtained from ab initio calculations was consistent with that reported from the various experimental results. Multireference single and double excitation configuration interaction (MRSDCI) calculations of the hyperfine interactions gave values that were consistently below the experimental values of and for H, and MRSDCI calculations for the CdH radical showed an analogous trend.
Photodissociation of J-dependent anisotropy revealed in photofragment images110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478207View Description Hide Description
Photofragment imaging is used to measure the state-specific angular distributions of produced in the ultraviolet photodissociation of REMPI (resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization) through the state is used to ionize individual rotational states of between and produced when is dissociated by light of approximately 203 nm. The anisotropy parameter, β, used to characterize the angular distributions of the ion images, is greater than one for the lower rotational levels probed, and decreases to approximately zero for the highest rotational levels of The positive beta parameter indicates that the products arise primarily from a parallel transition to the state in the parent molecule, and the decrease in β with increasing J of is due to increased bending in the parent during dissociation. The ion images also allow us to assign transitions in a spectroscopically perturbed region of the photofragment REMPI spectrum and to reveal the production of products in the first vibrationally excited state.
The potential energy surface and near-dissociation states of He-110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478208View Description Hide Description
The potential energy surface for the ground state of He- is calculated using ab initio QCISD(T) calculations and a correlation-consistent basis set. The geometries chosen include all combinations of 21 intermolecular distances three H-H distances and seven Jacobi angles The final potential is fitted to a functional form that incorporates the correct long-range behavior. Close-coupling calculations of both low-lying and near-dissociation vibration-rotation states are carried out. The results are expected to be of assistance in assigning the microwave spectra of He- in near-dissociation states [Carrington et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 260, 395 (1996)].
reaction. IV. Rotationally resolved total cross sections110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478209View Description Hide Description
The photochemical reaction has been studied in a crossed-beam experiment with electronic excitation of Cs atoms and laser-induced fluorescence detection of CsH products. The reactive cross section is measured at a collision energy of 0.09 eV: The rotational distributions of CsH products measured on for and on for are close to statistical ones with 16% of products in A quasi-classical 3D trajectory calculation of this reaction yields both rotational and vibrational distributions of CsH products and their angular scattering probability. The reactive cross section measured with excitation is an order of magnitude smaller than the cross section which is re-evaluated in this article.
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A new interpretation of the OH-stretch spectrum of ice110(1999); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.478210View Description Hide Description
A new interpretation is presented of the vibrational band shapes of the proton disordered ice Ih and Ic in the OH and OD stretch region. The vibrationally excited states are shown to be related to those of a periodic system, whose unit cell is composed of four oscillating dipoles in a tetrahedral arrangement around an O-atom. Analysis of the excitations in this periodic system and of the perturbation induced by disorder is used to provide a detailed assignment of the band shapes of the measured spectra.