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What's Happening: May 13, 1981, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Intestinal Bicarbonate Secretion In Amphiuma Measured By Ph Stat In Vitro: Relationship With Metabolism And Transport Of Sodium And Chloride Ions, Michael A. Imon, John F. White

Department of Anesthesia Faculty Articles

1. Isolated Amphiuma small intestine exposed on both surfaces to buffered or unbuffered media generated gradients of pH under short-circuited conditions consistent with secretion of HCO3(-). 2. When unbuffered mucosal medium was maintained at pH 7.4 by addition of acid, alkalinization of the mucosal medium occurred at a rate of 1-2 microequiv/hr cm2 under short-circuit conditions (Isc) and was reduced by anoxia, acetazolamide or removal of CO2. 3. The rate of HCO3(-) secretion (JHCO3(-)) was reduced at a mucosal pH above or below 7.4 and was proportional to serosal HCO3(-). 4. JHCO3(-) was reduced in Na+-free (choline) and Cl-free (SO4(2-) …

Vital Signs, May 1981, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

Art Therapy As A Means Of Ego Enhancement For Severely And Profoundly Mentally Retardedk, Kimberly Riemer

Theses

Kimberly Riemer’s thesis, Art Therapy as a Means of Ego Enhancement for the Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded (1981), explores the impact of art therapy on individuals with severe and profound mental retardation. The study was conducted as part of a six-month practicum, during which Riemer worked with both children and adults in a specialized educational and vocational setting.

Drawing from psychological theories, particularly those of Erik Erikson, Riemer argues that ego development is crucial for mentally retarded individuals. She hypothesizes that if art therapy can aid emotionally disturbed individuals, it should also benefit those with cognitive impairments. Through structured …

Newsletter, Volume 26, Number 03, May - June 1981

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Cyclotron Will Provide New Research and Treatment Opportunities
• Conference Focuses on Nursing and Cooperation Among Disciplines in Pediatric Oncology
• Scientists Investigate the Links Between Nutrition and Cancer at 34th Symposium
• Two New Books Published
• UT MDAH Announces New Referral Guide
• Louise C. Strong Appointed to Killam Professorship
• Nationwide Hotline Offers Oncology Nursing Expertise
• New Professorship Named in Honor of R. Lee Cark

Bioavailability Of Calcium, Fluoride And Iron In Mechanically-Deboned Beef Fed To Growing Rats, Kathryn Mclaughlin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Weanling rats were fed diets containing raw lyophylized hand-deboned shank beef (HDS) supplemented with CaCO₃, retorted lyophylized mechanically deboned shank beef (MDS), or raw lyophylized MDS. Ca in the latter two diets originated from bone during the mechanical deboning process. Ca absorption, Ca retention, bone weight, and bone breaking strength were similar for comparative dietary levels of Ca regardless of the source. Bone ash and Ca content was significantly higher (P < .05) in the MDS 393 (3.93 g Ca/kg diet) diet and in the retorted MDS 460 diet compared with the HDS 488 diet. Relative biological values for the MDS diets calculated relative to the HDS diets ranged from 102 to 132 when the linear regression of Ca consumed, Ca retained, or dietary Ca level vs bone ash or bone Ca content was obtained. The retorted MDS 460 diet contained the highest Fe level and exhibited a lower percent absorption, terminal hemoglobin level, and liver Fe storage. Humerus F content increased as dietary F (also present from bone) level increased. Dietary F level did not determine humerus breaking strength.

Support Systems Of Mexican-American Women And Their Attitudes Regarding Infant Feeding, Susan Marie Krantz

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This was a descriptive study of 37 recently migrated to the United States, Spanish-speaking, Mexican-American women. Attitudes and support systems associated with their choice to breast or bottle feed their infants were studied. The purpose of this research was to answer the following questions:

1. What are the differences in the attitudes of Mexican- American primiparas who choose to breast feed and those who choose to bottle feed?

2. What are the differences in the practice, recommendations, and proximity of location of significant members of the women's support systems?

Twenty-one breast feeders and 16 bottle feeders were interviewed in Spanish …

Exercise And Stress Tolerance, Richard A. Dienstbier, James Crabbe, Glen O. Johnson, William Thorland, Julie A. Jorgensen, Mitchel M. Sadar, Dennis C. Lavelle

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Presented in this paper is research designed in part to show that although moderate running by well-trained runners plays a significant role in reducing stress response to subsequently introduced stressors, running at the level of marathon competition alters psychological and physiological dispositions in a manner not conducive to reduced stress responses. In these demonstrations, the choice of our psychological and physiological dependent measures was guided by a larger theoretical framework concerning the relationship of exercise to temperament. We will discuss this larger view first because it provides a theoretical perspective that is useful in considering our specific hypotheses. We believe …

Vital Signs, April 1981, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 1981), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 1981 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• Report of the Capital Campaign
• Neurosensory Diagnostic Center
• Faculty Notes
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital
• Tour of 4190
• Nurses Alumnae Banquet
• Bookstore
• Synapsis '82
• Spring Sports
• Worth Mentioning
• New Appointments
• From the Alumni Office
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam
• Founders Day Schedule

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xxx, Number 3 Spring 1981

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XXX, Number 3 Spring 1981

Jefferson scene, Page 2

The Gross Clinic, Page 11

Latrobe: family medicine affiliate, Page 21

Class notes, Page 28

The Effects Of Glucocorticoids On Gluconeogenesis In Diabetic And Normal Chinese Hamsters, Charles James Woody

Masters Theses

The objective of this study was to determine whether diabetic Chinese Hamsters maintained elevated endogenous cortisol concentrations and whether the previously reported elevation in gluconeogenesis in these diabetic animals was correlated with these cortisol concentrations.

It was found that nonketotic diabetic Chinese Hamsters maintained plasma cortisol concentrations similar to those of controls for the morning and evening time periods examined. Their rate of gluconeogenesis and absorption of injected pyruvate is much greater than that of controls in the morning. Furthermore, adrenalectomy increases gluconeogenesis and pyruvate absorption in both diabetics and normals and alleviates the difference seen in these parameters in …

An Analysis Of Behavioral Approaches To Obesity/Weight Reduction, Charlene Marie Curtis

Masters Theses

Behavioral technology has been applied to obesity/weight reduction. Three problems are identified: (1) the discrepancy between the measurement of, and the duration of time required for the acquisition and remediation of obesity and of weight; (2) the consensus of various reviewers that there are a number of methodological deficiencies in experimental studies termed behavioral approaches to obesity/weight reduction; (3) the absence of expressed methodological criteria stated by reviewers for their recommendations of certain procedures. There is compliance to some of the methodological c rite ria of the experimental analysis of behavior as adapted to obesity, and to weight in the …

What's Happening: March 18, 1981, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Synthesis And Use Of Diagnostic Radio-Pharmaceuticals Comprising Radioactive Isotopes Of Bromine With Dyes, John W. Triplett, Randall B. Smith

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

A process for preparing bromine-containing dyes labelled with gamma-emitting isotopes of bromine, and the product thereof which is useful as an imaging agent for the hepato-biliary system, particularly in dynamic imaging methods. The dyes prepared are from the class of triarylmethane dyes, and also from the phthalein subclass of the class of xanthene dyes, and the labelling thereof is effected with ⁷⁶Br, ⁷⁷ Br or ⁸² Br. The process for preparing these dyes involves reacting the non-brominated dye precursor with either ⁷⁶ Br₂, ⁷⁷ Br₂ or ⁸² Br₂. This is a substitution type of …

The Isolation Of Ecdysterone Inducible Genes By Hybridization Subtraction Chromatography, Michael P. Vitek, Susan G. Kreissman, Robert H. Gross

Dartmouth Scholarship

We have developed a procedure for selectively enriching a mRNA population for inducible sequences. Other than the induced mRNA species, the population of mRNA in control cells is approximately the same as the mRNA population in induced cells. Cytoplasmic mRNA from control cells is bound to oligo (dT)-cellulose and used as a template for reverse transcriptase, the oligo (dT) serving as a primer. After removing the template mRNAs, the cDNA-cellulose column is used to hybridize a population of mRNAs from induced cells. The non-hybridized poly A ⁺ RNAs are greatly enriched in the inducible sequences. We have used this technique …

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Local Hyperthermia And Radiation: A Biologically-Oriented Clinical Scheduling, G. Arcangeli, A. Cividalli

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

In a series of animal tumor studies, heat was directly delivered into the tumor mass with an interstitial applicator. After hyperthermia (44°-45°C for 45 minutes) or radiation alone (3x10 Gy), only a slight delay in tumor growth was observed, while the combined treatment, either simultaneous or sequential (i.e., heat delivered four hours after irradiation), appeared to be the most effective. The cure rate in the two combined treatment groups was 100%, in contrast to the lack of cure in the first two groups. The simultaneous use of heat and x-ray appeared to be slightly more effective than the sequential schedule; …

Glucose Metabolism In Mouse Tumor And Liver With And Without Hyperthermia, Christian Streffer, Siegelinde Hengstebeck, Peter Tamulevicius

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

We measured levels of glycolytic metabolites in mouse tumor and liver after administering a glucose load of 6 mg/g of body weight and after hyperthermia for one hour at 43°C. Metabolites included glucose, glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-1.6-diphosphate, dihydroxyacetone-phosphate, glycerol-3-phosphate, pyruvate, and lactate, as well as acetoacetate and β-hydroxybutyrate. The combined treatment led to an increase of the lactate level and apparently enhanced glucose degradation. The redoxequilibria states were shifted to the reduced metabolites. It is possible that hypoxia was induced or enhanced, which could have significance for tumor therapy. At later periods after hyperthermia, metabolic alterations occurred that have also been observed …

Fight For Alternatives Gathers Momentum: Commitments To Help Lab Animals Are Extracted From Industry And Government

Close Up Reports

The Humane Society of the United States wants to see an eventual end to all pain and suffering inflicted on animals in the laboratory. We are working hard to make this happen, and the "alternatives" concept is basic to our program. We want scientists to find alternative methods of testing and experimentation that do not involve the use of animals.

Hyperthermia, F. K. Storm

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This report describes the history of hyperthermia and reviews current forms of treatment at both low (42°-43°C) and higher (<45°C) temperatures. Hyperthermia treatment at low temperatures includes fluid immersion and irrigation, regional perfusion with heated fluids, and electromagnetic radiofrequency waves. Low-temperature hyperthermia has also been combined with radiation therapy and with chemotherapy in recent clinical trials. At higher temperatures, we and other investigators have also had promising, preliminary results in treating tumors safely. With the specialized radiofrequency instrumentation we have developed to apply hyperthermia at any depth without preferential surface tissue heating, further clinical investigation of both superficial and deep internal solid tumors is now possible. Recent data suggest that hyperthermia may be an especially effective form of therapy for larger tumors that resist standard forms of treatment. Clinical trials are now underway to determine the most therapeutic dose/time regimen, to determine toxicity and therapeutic enhancement ratios of combined chemotherapy and x-irradiation with hyperthermia, and to evaluate any changes in the host immune system with such therapies.

Local Microwave Hyperthermia In Cancer Therapy: Preliminary Report, Carlos A. Perez, Walter Kopecky, Robert Baglan, D. Venkata Rao, Richard Johnson

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This report summarizes our preliminary experience at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology treating 26 patients with metastatic tumors with hyperthermia and irradiation. Patients received 400 rad fractions given every 72 hours (twice weekly) for a total of 2400, 2800, 3200, or 4000 rad followed by hyperthermia. In addition, 18 lesions were treated according to a protocol designed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for superficial measurable tumors to receive three doses of 500 rad followed by hyperthermia (six lesions) or irradiation alone (three doses of 600, 700, or 800 rad) every 72 hours. Hyperthermia was administered with 2450 MHz …

Microwave Hyperthermia At 2450 And 915 Megahertz Frequencies, Kenneth H. Luk

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Microwave hyperthermia at frequencies of 2450 and 915 megahertz (MHz) was used to treat superficial measurable tumors of different histopathologies at various sites. Forty-seven patients received 59 courses of treatment; they were able to tolerate temperatures up to 42.5X1. Although hyperthermia alone (40°-42.5°C) did not produce an effective response, hyperthermia and radiation together (up to 2700 rad in nine fractions over three weeks) produced complete and partial responses in three-fourths of the treatment courses. The combination of hyperthermia and chemotherapy may have great potential, but confirmation of these clinical impressions will depend on a much larger series of patient data. …

Hyperthermia Treatment Of Experimental Tumors, J. Denekamp, S. A. Hill, F. A. Stewart

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The therapeutic advantage of combining hyperthermia with x-irradiation to treat tumors depends on whether or not it is possible to achieve greater thermal sensitization of tumors than of normal tissues. To determine such therapeutic gain factors (TGE), we assessed the response of mouse skin and seven transplantable mouse tumors to graded x-ray doses given alone or combined with moderate heat (42.5°C for 60 minutes). We constructed dose response curves for the average early skin reaction and for the induced delay in tumor regrowth to an arbitrarily chosen size. We studied the following areas: 1) the therapeutic gain of combining heat …

Toward A Seventh-Day Adventist Theology Of Health, Hedrick J. Edwards

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Seventh-day Adventist Church espouses the Three Angels' Messages of Revelation 14 as its raison d'etre. In its view the special mission of its members is to take these messages to the entire world. Yet about twenty-five percent of the church's financial worth and a much higher percentage of its paid employees are involved in the healthcare enterprise. Does this fact represent a dichotomy in the church's mission, or is it theologically defensible?

This investigation submits that the denomination's involvement in healthcare and training in the healing arts is theologically defensible and does not represent a departure from or a …

Vital Signs, February, 1981, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Front Matter, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Vol. 5, Index

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.