Showing papers by "Saint Anselm College published in 2001"

Long-term oxygen therapy in the home.

Abstract: Medicare introduced new policies and guidelines for oxygen therapy in 1998 including the HCFA 484.2, Certificate of Medical Necessity: Oxygen. This article outlines how nurses can collaborate with prescribers and oxygen suppliers to ensure that patients receive the appropriate oxygen delivery system that best meets their lifestyle, needs, and oxygen prescription.

The HOLO Series: Critical Ground-Based Demonstrations of Holographic Scanning Lidars

Abstract: Results of two lidar measurement campaigns are presented, HOLO-1 (Utah, March 1999) and HOLO-2 (New Hampshire, June 1999). These tests demonstrate the ability of lidars utilizing holographic optical elements (HOEs) to determine tropospheric wind velocity and direction at cloud altitude. Several instruments were employed. HOLO-1 used the 1.064 mm transmission-HOE lidar (HARLIE, Goddard Space Flight Center), a zenith-staring 532 nm lidar (AROL-2, Utah State University), and a wide-field video camera (SkyCam) for imagery of clouds overhead. HOLO-2 included these instruments plus the 532 nm reflection-HOE lidar (PHASERS, St. Anselm College). HARLIE and PHASERS scan the sky at constant cone angles of 45° and 42° from normal, respectively. The progress of clouds and entire cloud fields across the sky is tracked by the repetitive conical scans of the HOE lidars. AROL-2 provides the altitude information enabling the SkyCam cloud images to be analyzed for independent data on cloud motion. Data from the HOE lidars are reduced by means of correlations, visualization by animation techniques, and kinematic diagrams of cloud feature motion. Excellent agreement is observed between the HOE lidar results and those obtained with video imagery and lidar ranging.

End users and GIS: a demonstration is worth a thousand words

Abstract: Publisher Summary Geographic information systems (GISs) are in wide use by city planners, landscape architects, natural resource managers, and other specialists who have the expertise or the trained staff to use them Many non-specialists also like to be able to use GIS However, GIS software is not accessible to them, because, in its current incarnation, it requires knowledge of geography, cartography, and database systems Despite an enormous pool of potential non-specialist users, GIS is not at this time a mainstream, mass marketed application This chapter presents a programming-by-demonstration (PBD) approach to geographic information systems (GISs) The aim of this approach is to enable non-specialist users to avail themselves of the software without having to resort to the help of expert users The chapter outlines the problem faced by non-specialist users with GIS software It then summarizes the findings of a study highlighting why GIS software is hard for non-specialist users to use Finally, the chapter explains the PBD approach for GIS and explains how this component may be integrated into a GIS

The Influence of Social Critical Theory on Edward Schillebeeckx's Theology of Suffering for Others

Abstract: Edward Schillebeeckx has consolidated the theoretical and practical dimensions of the Christian approach to human suffering in his theological method, specifically his theology of suffering for others. The various elements and sources of his method can be gleaned from his later writings, especially those published during the 1970s and 1980s. Schillebeeckx's theology is anchored in (1) the Thomist-phenomenological approach of Flemish philosopher Dominic De Petter; (2) the historical-experiential theology of Marie-Dominique Chenu; and (3) the social theory of the Frankfurt School. De Petter's perspective on Aquinas integrated a Thomist epistemology with the phenomenological notion that concepts cannot ultimately capture the reality of human experience. From Chenu, Schillebeeckx acquired his commitment to both solid historical research and engagement with socio-political problems facing church and world. The problem of suffering, which constitutes an essential dimension of Schillebeeckx's theological ethics with its dual emphasis on theory and praxis, raises the question of human responsibility in the face of unjust and needless suffering. His theoretical-practical approach to the alleviation of human suffering evolved within the framework of social critical theory, specifically: (a) Schillebeeckx's theological integration of Theodor Adorno's negative dialectics into his own method of correlation, which promotes various forms of critical resistance to socio-political injustice rather than a single program; and (b) the unification of theory and praxis, a priority of Jurgen Habermas's ‘new’ critical theory that Schillebeeckx endorses. Both principles of critical theory — negative dialectics and the union of theory and praxis — inform Schillebeeckx's eschatological orientation and his conception of liturgy as a form of social ethics.

The conjoined twins of Malta: direct or indirect killing?

Abstract: In November 2000, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Manchester, England, Jodie and Mary, conjoined since birth, underwent surgery to separate them. As a consequence of this surgery, Jodie lived and, as of this writing, appears to be thriving. Her twin sister, Mary, did not survive the surgery. Their story begins some eight months earlier on the island of Malta when their mother, who was approximately four months pregnant, had an ultrasound that revealed that she was carrying conjoined twins. A doctor at the hospital, who had trained at St. Mary’s Hospital and knew of its excellence, advised the parents to seek treatment there. Once in England, and at a latter stage of the pregnancy, it became clear that the difficulties with the twins were greater than had originally been thought. In light of these difficulties the doctors advised the parents to terminate the pregnancy. The couple, deeply religious Roman Catholics, refused this option and decided to continue with the pregnancy. The twins were born on August 8, 2000. From the time of their birth to the day of the surgery some four months later, the case of Jodie and Mary gripped the public interest and their case received intense international coverage in the media. Every aspect of the case, medical, legal, and ethical, was analyzed and commented on. In this present article, I will deal principally with the ethical issues surrounding the surgery and its aftermath. I will conclude, tentatively, that the surgery was morally permissible under the principle of double effect. In order to arrive at this tentative conclusion, I will examine first the medical condition of each of the twins prior to the surgery; second, I will look at the nature of the operation to separate the twins.1 Finally, based on the facts of the surgery, I will

Algorithms of Boundless Beauty

Abstract: Arabesques Decorative Art in Morocco. Jean-Marc Castera. ACR [Art, Creation, Realisation], Paris, 1999. 480 pp. 680 FF, EUR 103.67. ISBN 2-86770-124-4. This coffee-table book offers a stunningly presented sample of Islamic tiling and architecture from Morocco along with mathematical analyses of the artists9 myriad approaches to the geometry.