Monday, October 20, 1997
Community Briefs
Campus roads will change to one-way
Starting this Monday, portions of De Neve and Circle Drive will
be converted to one-way traffic.
The construction-related adjustment will stay in place until
Friday, October 30.
De Neve Drive will be converted to one-way between Circle Drive
West and Bellagio Drive.
Circle Drive West will undergo the same change, between the two
De Neve intersections.
Traffic will flow in a clockwise direction through the impacted
area. According to Transportation Services, all parking structures
and buildings in the area will be accessible.
Circle Drive West is still closed between Strathmore and De Neve
drive. That will remain closed until November 21.
Additional traffic tie-ups can be expected as construction
traffic continues on Gayley. Trucks and vehicles will be entering
the construction site through January 31, 1998, from Gayley Avenue
north of Strathmore.
The changes are due to continued construction of the De Neve
Plaza Project, a new structure that will combine academic areas,
with residences for faculty, staff and students.
The Plaza Project is set to be completed in 1999. Questions
should be directed to Steve Rand in Transportation Services, at
extension 50702.
Law gives patients new info on pain treatment
The Pain Patient’s Bill of Rights, which requires physicians to
inform patients suffering from severe, chronic, intractable pain of
the availability of physicians who specialize in the treatment of
such pain, was signed into law by Governor Pete Wilson last
week.
SB 402, sponsored by Senator Leroy Greene (D-Carmichael), will
open options to chronically ill patients.
"We should not have to watch helplessly as our loved ones
needlessly suffer when there are treatments and prescriptions that
can help them," said Governor Wilson.
"Patients that are in chronic, intractable pain should have
medial options available to them," Wilson continued.
The bill also requires physicians to inform patients of the
availability of opiates, including morphine and codeine, to relieve
their pain.
The bill takes effect on January 1, 1998.
Research on Digital Processors funded
Digital signal processors, the engines behind cellular phones,
modems, and hard drives, got a $25 million boost last week. Texas
Instruments, Inc. pledged to support university research on the
high performance chip around the world.
"(Digital Signal Processors) represent the single most exciting
frontier for researchers in industry and academia today," said John
Scarisbrick, senior vice president of Texas Instrument’s
Semiconductor Group.
More than 900 universities worldwide are participating in the
research.
The benefits of increased research will be seen in digital
cellular phones, video conferencing units, and mass storage
devices.
Future applications will include portable video-phones,
ultra-high speed modems 100 times faster than today’s modems, and
digital video applications.
Texas Instruments has supported DSP innovation for over 15
years, pouring more than $50 million into research.
"This collaboration will accelerate the development of DSP
technologies and create the next wave of DSP-based applications,"
Scarisbrick said.
Texas Instruments began accepting abstracts from universities
Oct. 13.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.