California State University, Long Beach

About: California State University, Long Beach is a education organization based out in Long Beach, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 10036 authors who have published 13933 publications receiving 377394 citations. The organization is also known as: Cal State Long Beach & Long Beach State.

United States Patent Office: stereoscopic-television apparatus for individual use

Abstract: My invention is directed to improvements in stereo-scopic-televisiou apparatus for individual use. MY invention generally speaking comprises the following elements: a hollow casing, a pair of optical units, a pair of television tube units, a pair of ear phones and a pair of air discharge nozzles, all coacting to cause the user to comfortably see the images, hear the sound effects and to be sensitive to the air discharge of said nozzles. One object of nay invention is to provide easily adjustable and comfortable means for causing the apparatus containing the optical units, to be held in proper position on the head of tim user so that the apparatus does not sag, and so that its weight is evenly distributed over the bone structure of the front and back of the head, without the necessity of holding the apparatus tap by hand, Another object is to provide means whereby the optical and television tube units may be individually adjusted to bring said units into their proper positions with respect to the eyes of the user and with respect to each olher. Another object is to provide ear phones which are so designed that the outer eat" is completely free and untouched , thus allowing the ear phones to operate fully as sound focusing organs. Another object is to provide means for independently adjusting the pair of ear phones to bring them into proper position with respect to the ears of the user. Another object is to provide means for conveying to th0 head of the spectator, air currents of varying velocities , temperatures and odors. Another object is to provide the optical units with a special lens arrangcruent which will bend the peripheral rays coming from tile television tube so that they enter the eyes of the user from the sides thereof, creating the sensation of peripheral vision filling an arc of more than 140 ° horizontally and vertically. A practical embodiment of nay invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 represents a diagrammatic view showing the relative positions of the optical units, the television tubes and the eyes of the user. Fig. 2 represents a detailed perspective view of the apparatus with the ear phones omitted. Fig. 3 represents on an enlarged scale a top plan view of the apparatus with the top of the hollow casing removed. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal section taken …

Cross-Cultural Differences in the Elicitation of Sexual Jealousy

Abstract: This paper focuses on cross‐cultural differences in sexual jealousy. It is assumed that cultures differ (a) in the incidence of sexual jealousy, (b) in the range of acceptable strategies for coping with a jealousy situation, and (c) in the behavior evoking sexual jealousy. We addressed the last aspect. Subjects were 2,079 students from seven industrialized nations: Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Results showed that in nearly all of these nations, kissing, flirting, and sexual involvement of one of the partners with an interloper evoked jealousy. On the other hand, dancing, hugging, and sexual fantasies led, on the average, to a neutral reaction in all nations surveyed. Nevertheless, there were striking cross‐national differences in the relative value attached to a particular behavior. Furthermore, there were cross‐cultural sex differences. In all seven nations, women became more upset when their partner kissed someone else, and men reacted r...

Time-of-transaction foreign currency conversion

Abstract: A method of performing a time-of-transaction currency conversion from a merchant's local currency to a cardholder's credit card currency is disclosed. The conversion rate is developed by reference to the particular merchant, acquirer, card association and issuer (206,210,212). After a merchant has generated an authorization re quest in the merchant's currency for a transaction by a cardholder in a different currency, the transaction amount in the authorization is converted from the merchant's currency to the currency of the cardholder's issuing currency (208), and optionally modified to include additional fees. The converted authorization request is then transmitted to the appropriate card association (210) and then to the issuing bank (212) for authorization, with a response returned to the merchant (201). The cardholder sees and approves the transaction in the cardholder's currency, and in an amount identical to the amount for which he will be billed.

Experimenting with active learning in geography: Dispelling the myths that perpetuate resistance

Abstract: While some geographers have embraced active learning as a means to engage students in a course, many others stick to conventional teaching methods. They are often deterred by suggestions that it can be difficult to implement active learning where students have no prior knowledge of a subject, that active learning requires too much work of lecturers and students, and that there are significant institutional constraints to implementing active learning. In this article the authors draw on their experiences of utilizing active learning in five different countries before dispelling myths which continue to constrain the uptake of active learning methods. Finally, they provide simple guidelines for successful integration of active learning in geography courses.

Upsloping S-T segments in exercise stress testing. Six year follow-up study of 438 patients and correlation with 248 angiograms.

Abstract: A 6 year follow-up study of 438 patients who underwent maximal treadmill stress testing revealed the following annual incidence rate of coronary events (death, myocardial infarction or onset or progression of angina pectoris): 13 percent in 84 subjects whose stress test produced 2 mm downsloping S-T segment depression, 9 percent in 230 subjects with 2 mm horizontal S-T depression and 9 percent in 124 subjects who had an upsloping S-T segment with 2 mm S-T depression measured 0.08 second from the J point. Coronary angiograms were obtained in another group of 248 subjects who underwent maximal treadmill stress testing. They revealed major (greater than 50 percent) obstruction of two or three vessels in 67 percent of 62 subjects with a downsloping S-T pattern on the stress test, in 60 percent of 116 subjects with horizontal S-T depression and in 57 percent of 70 subjects with upsloping S-T depression. Patients with an upsloping pattern of S-T depression during stress testing had the same incidence of coronary events as those with a horizontal pattern of S-T depression. Upsloping S-T depression should not be confused with isolated J point depression. Subjects with an upsloping segment also had the same incidence of major two or three vessel disease as those with horizontal depression. Subjects with a downsloping pattern has a slightly greater incidence of coronary events and major two or three vessel disease.