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2002 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Annual Meeting - Platform Session IV, Substance Abuse and Detection, Abstracts 118–121

This special issue of Clinical Toxicology contains abstracts from the 2002 North American Congress of Clincal Toxicology Anual Meeting held September 24 - 29, 20002 in Palm Springs California. The abstracts have been grouped for online delivery based on the date and type of presentation as shown in the Program Outline for the conference. The Program Outline, Subject Index and Author Index for the meeting has been included at the end of each grouping for reference purposes.

2002 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Annual Meeting - Platform Session III, Clinical Toxicology and Basic Science, Abstracts 63–67

This special issue of Clinical Toxicology contains abstracts from the 2002 North American Congress of Clincal Toxicology Anual Meeting held September 24 - 29, 20002 in Palm Springs California. The abstracts have been grouped for online delivery based on the date and type of presentation as shown in the Program Outline for the conference. The Program Outline, Subject Index and Author Index for the meeting has been included at the end of each grouping for reference purposes.

Palm Springs weekend: the architecture and design of a midcentury oasis

The mention of Palm Springs usually evokes notions of Hollywood glamour and leisure. But there is another side to Palm Springs that serves as a powerful locus of interest to the reemerging purveyors of modernist design and architecture. Palm Springs is where Bauhaus architect and Le Corbusier compatriot Albert Frey built signature homes, office buildings, and the City Hall. Some of the legendary Case Study Houses of the 40s reside here. Stars like Bob Hope and Elvis Presley had custom homes in the modernist style. Palm Springs Vernacular is where postwar design, Hollywood glamour, and the drama of the desert coalesce, with a thorough historical and architectural historical overview by Alan Hess and copious vintage and contemporary illustrations.

Wind Energy Landscapes: Society and Technology in the California Desert

There may be no more conspicuous example of a conflict between society and technology thana wind energy landscape. The fastest growing renewable energy resource in the world, wind energy has evoked a cool public response. Through the use of interviews, the published literature, governing legislation, and personal experience, this article examines this conflict near Palm Springs, California. Its purpose is to summarize and explain the opposition that developed there from the earliest days, what has been done to mitigate it, and how the local experience is reflected in similar developments elsewhere. This particular conflict between society and technology has the potential, with proper guidance, controls, and sensitivity, to diminish with time.

Technological Advancements in Liquid Handling Robotics

By Maria E. DiLorenzo, Conal F. Timoney, and Robin A. Felder, Ph.D., University of Virginia The Hamilton Company has served the scientific community for nearly 50 years, providing innovation in precision liquid handling technology. Founded on analytical syringe technology, Hamilton has diversified its expertise and technology to encompass semiautomated and fully automated liquid handling instrumentation. Hamilton was the first to provide microliter syringe technology and later pioneered the first Cartesian laboratory robotics. Hamilton's innovation and advancement stem from worldclass engineering and manufacturing facilities in Reno, Nevada and Bonaduz, Switzerland. Both facilities are committed to detail, quality, and service, earning Hamilton ISO-9001 certification. There is a new energy at Hamilton with the introduction of three new products to the robotics market. Each offers improved design and new technologies for more reliable and usable automation. The new MICRO LAB STAR (Figure 1), Hamilton's flagship liquid handling platform, was introduced to the American market in January at LabAutomation2001 in Palm Springs, California. Figure 1. The new MICROLAB STAR. The STAR is an automated liquid handler featuring several new technologies including the patented CO-RE technology, Dynamic Positioning System, and Monitored Air Displacement pipetting.

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting November 16–19, 2000, Palm Springs, California

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting November 16–19, 2000, Palm Springs, California

Researchers Offer Theories On Chronic Fatigue Causes

Researchers Offer Theories On Chronic Fatigue Causes

Body position does not influence the location of ventilator-induced lung injury.

To ascertain whether the locations of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) are influenced by body position. Randomized prospective short-term study. Animal laboratory at a university school of medicine. Twelve white rabbits were mechanically ventilated in IMV mode with an infant ventilator (V.I.P. Bird, Bird Products, Palm Springs, Calif., USA). Based on the results of a preliminary study to determine the ventilator settings at which the lungs of rabbits were injured within 5 h in the supine position, the ventilator was set at F(I)O2 0.21, at a rate of 30/min, T(I) 0.6 s, peak inspiratory pressure 30 cm H2O, inspiratory flow 10 l/min with no applied positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Six of the animals were tested in the supine position and the other six in the prone position. Respiratory gases were measured and CT scanning was performed every 30 min. The animals were ventilated for 5 h or until pulmonary parenchymal opacification was detected. The lungs were divided into three areas from apex to base and three levels from ventral to dorsal, and the location of opacification was ascribed according to this scheme. After the experiment, the lungs were excised and examined histologically. Parenchymal opacification occurred mainly in the dorsal lung areas. The time from the beginning of ventilation to the appearance of lung damage was 60-120 min in the supine (S) group, and 60-270 min in the prone (P) group, and it was significantly longer in the prone group (P < 0.01). We observed diffuse lung damage, including hyaline membrane formation, intra-alveolar edema, and infiltration of inflammatory cells. Body position affected the time course of the development of VILI, but it did not affect the location.

Performance of Transport Ventilator With Patient-Triggered Ventilation

Transport ventilators with inspiratory triggering functions and pressure support-control modes have recently become commercially available. We evaluated these ventilators in comparison with a standard ICU ventilator. Laboratory study with a mechanical lung model. We compared the performance of four transport ventilators (model 740, Mallinckrodt, Pleasanton, CA; TBird, Bird Products Corp, Palm Springs, CA; LTV1000, Pulmonetic Systems, Colton, CA; Esprit, Respironics, Vista, CA) with a standard ICU ventilator (model 7200ae; Mallinckrodt) using a test lung that simulated spontaneous breathing (compliance, 46.8 mL/cm H(2)O; resistance, 5 cm H(2)O/L/s). The settings of ventilators were positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 0 or 5 cm H(2)O, and pressure support (PS) of 0 or 10 cm H(2)O. The settings of the test lung were inspiratory time of 1 s, respiratory rate of 10/min, peak inspiratory flow of 40, 60, and 80 L/min. To evaluate inspiratory function at each setting, we measured the inspiratory delay time (DT), inspiratory trigger pressure (P-I), and the time for airway pressure to rise from the baseline pressure to 90% of the end-inspiratory pressure (T(90%)); for expiratory function, supraplateau expiratory pressure (P-E) and the time constant (taue) for pressure decrease during exhalation were evaluated. Oxygen requirement was assessed as the time required to empty a 3.5-L oxygen tank. For inspiratory triggering, four transport ventilators had DT < 100 ms, which is considered clinically satisfactory, in all the settings except for PS 0 cm H(2)O, PEEP 0 cm H(2)O, and inspiratory flow of 80 L/min with LTV1000. P-I increased only in LTV1000 when PEEP was increased from 0 to 5 cm H(2)O. taue for the transport ventilators was > 50% shorter than for the ICU ventilator except for PS 0 cm H(2)O and PEEP 5 cm H(2)O with TBird. Oxygen requirement was lowest for the Esprit, followed by the 740, LTV1000, and TBird. The newer Food and Drug Administration-approved transport ventilators have performance indexes comparable to the ventilator currently used in ICUs and can probably be recommended for clinical use.

The American Wind Energy Associations Year 2000 Awards

The AWEA announced several Award winners at the ‘Windpower 2000’ conference in Palm Springs, California. The winners received their awards from outgoing AWEA President Robert Gates. Walt Musial and Sandy Butterfield, both of the National Wind Technology Center, jointly won the Technical Achievement Award. Musial and the National Wind Technology Center test team were honored “for developing a capability at the National Wind Technology Center to provide blade and drive train structural component testing to the U.S. wind industry”. Butterfield was recognized “for successfully overseeing development of a U.S.-based certification program.” The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) is situated in a spectacular setting at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, in the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site buffer zone in Golden, Colorado. A few turbines of varying sizes and models can be glimpsed on the open plateau from Route 128 out of Golden. However the small number of turbines belies the importance of this center for the wind power industry. Most of the NWTC's work is carried out indoors, in hangars and computer labs which make it one of the world's unique testing centers.

Morality, Space, and the Power of Wind‐Energy Landscapes

Most of us have not known—or cared—where our electricity comes from. Our attitude is changing, however, as we turn toward wind energy, now the fastest‐growing renewable energy resource in the world. Because we cannot extract and transport the raw energy of the wind, reaping its many environmental benefits requires that we cope with the landscape presence of its development wherever it occurs. Sometimes this interferes with the value of open space, and sometimes it may be close to subdivisions. It is the immobility and very visibility of wind power that makes its presence unavoidable. In that regard it cannot be hidden underground, stored in tanks, or moved by trains. It is an energy resource that reminds us that our electricity comes from somewhere. The more we wish to tap the power of the wind, the less we will be able to avoid the responsibilities that our demand for energy brings. This necessary bargain, first evident near Palm Springs, California, is now being experienced wherever wind power is being developed.

A Transportable System for Monitoring Ultralow Frequency Electromagnetic Signals Associated with Earthquakes

Claims that electromagnetic (EM) signals occur associated with some earthquakes, typically prior to but sometimes during seismic activity, have appeared in the literature for several decades (Parrot and Johnston, 1989; Park, et al., 1993; Park, 1996; Johnston, 1997). Such claims cover an exceptionally broad range of phenomena. For example, Gokhberg et al. (1982) and Yoshino (1991) observed increases in signal amplitude at 81 kHz from minutes to hours prior to earthquakes and up to hundreds of kilometers away from epicenters, and attributed these signals to seismoelectric emissions. Seismoelectric signals (SES) of a different nature have been suggested to precede some earthquakes in Greece (Varotsos et al., 1993a; Varotsos et al., 1993b). These SES are transients of amplitudes of 20 mv/km and durations of several minutes recorded on multiple dipoles of different length, and their mechanism of generation is subject to debate (Lighthill, 1996; Pham et al., 1999). Reported claims of EM anomalies associated with earthquakes also extend over a large frequency range, from megahertz down to quasi-dc. At the low end of the frequency range, Johnston and Mueller (1987) observed magnetic field offsets coinciding with the 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake, which occurred in Southern California close to the San Andreas Fault, and Johnston et al. (1994) also observed offsets at the time of the 1992 Landers earthquake in the same region. At the high-frequency end, radio emissions at 18 MHz were recorded on multiple northern hemisphere receivers for about fifteen minutes before the 1960 great Chilean earthquake (Warwick et al., 1982). In the ULF (0.01-10 Hz) frequency range, Fraser-Smith et al. (1990) recorded anomalous magnetic field fluctuations prior to the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta Ms = 7.1 earthquake in central California. In particular, there was an amplitude increase in activity about …

Last Undiscovered Tribe Exposed

Anthropology NewsVolume 41, Issue 2 p. 5-5 Last Undiscovered Tribe Exposed Lee Drummond, Lee Drummond Center for Peripheral Studies Lee Drummond: is director of the Center for Peripheral Studies in Palm Springs, CA (leedrummond@compaq.net) and author of the underground classic American Dreamtime (still unreviewed by AA).Search for more papers by this author Lee Drummond, Lee Drummond Center for Peripheral Studies Lee Drummond: is director of the Center for Peripheral Studies in Palm Springs, CA (leedrummond@compaq.net) and author of the underground classic American Dreamtime (still unreviewed by AA).Search for more papers by this author First published: 07 July 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/an.2000.41.2.5.2 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume41, Issue2February 2000Pages 5-5 RelatedInformation

Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting. March 9-12, 2000. Palm Springs, California, USA. Abstracts.

Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting. March 9-12, 2000. Palm Springs, California, USA. Abstracts.

Clinical Cytometry Society 14th Annual Meeting Clinical Applications of Cytometry, September 26‐29, 1999, Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Palm Springs, CA: Meeting Program

CytometryVolume 38, Issue 6 p. 308-311 Meeting ProgramFree Access Clinical Cytometry Society 14th Annual Meeting Clinical Applications of Cytometry, September 26-29, 1999, Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Palm Springs, CA: Meeting Program First published: 26 December 2002 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19991215)38:6<308::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-GAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume38, Issue615 December 1999Pages 308-311 RelatedInformation

Abstracts from the 14th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Cytometry Society, September 26-29, 1999, Palm Springs, California

Abstracts from the 14th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Cytometry Society, September 26-29, 1999, Palm Springs, California

Clinical Cytometry Society 14th Annual Meeting Clinical Applications of Cytometry, September 26-29, 1999, Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Palm Springs, CA: Meeting Program

Clinical Cytometry Society 14th Annual Meeting Clinical Applications of Cytometry, September 26-29, 1999, Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Palm Springs, CA: Meeting Program

What Postdocs Want--and How

POSTDOC ACTIVISMIn October 1998, postdocs from nine universities, research institutes, and national laboratories met in Palm Springs, California, at the annual conference of the Group on Graduate Research, Education, and Training, a subgroup of the Association of American Medical Colleges that includes faculty and deans from major North American medical schools. The meeting, informally dubbed the postdoc summit, produced a list of recommendations that postdocs are pushing for nationwide.

Public library business ventures ‐ risks, rubs and revenue

Public libraries are taking on business ventures that involve the selling of products and services. Most common are food services but these are primarily for customer and staff convenience rather than profit as they generally earn less than 0.25 percent of a library’s operating budget. The real income is in services, as in managing libraries at other institutions (Martin Library, York, PA), which earns nearly half of the library’s operating budget, or services such as issuing passports, and establishing a virtual university (Palm Springs Public Library, Palm Springs, CA) which are estimated to earn 15 to 20 percent of the library’s operating budget. In considering business ventures libraries should pay attention to the following considerations ‐ the library’s mission, its capability, the financial impact, legal aspects, community relations value, and professional and ethical issues.

Innovation in Meal Service System Increases Patient Satisfaction

Research has demonstrated “quality of service” and “courtesy of server” have the greatest influence on impacting the patients’ overall satisfaction with food service. However, with declining healthcare dollars, the staffing of labor necessary to provide the level of service desired by patients is not feasible. In fact, most hospital food service departments have had to reduce staffing in recent years. ARAMARK Healthcare Support Services approached this challenge by redesigning the traditional food service system to create an innovative service system that would potentially increase overall satisfaction while maintaining or reducing department operating costs. With the SelectServicesm system, the traditional trayline system is streamlined and patients verbally select their entrée and beverage at the point of service with not written menus to distribute, retrieve and modify. The base menu has been engineered to meet the needs of the majority of patients with a limited number of entrée choices. Those patients on highly restrictive or transitional diets receive a pre-selected entrée with their choice of beverage. In August 1996, the University of California San Diego Medical Center met their challenge with a reduction of $300,000, including reduction of 9 FTE's, by implementing SelectServicesm. Their overall patient satisfaction has increased in the very good and excellent ranges by 20%. Since that time Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California; Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio; and Fallston General Hospital, Fallston, Maryland have implemented the SelectServicesm system and shown an increase in their patient satisfaction by 19%, 17% and 6% respectively. SelectServicesm is planned for implementation in select hospitals throughout the country.