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Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

Hepp Report: Infectious Diseases In Corrections, Vol. 5 No. 8/9, Hiv & Hepatitis Education Prison Project

Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report (IDCR)

No abstract provided.

Ard News August 2002

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
ARD Unit Resources and Performance Indicators for FY 2001
Status of FY 2003 CSREES Appropriations
Nebraska Research Initiative Grants
Research Authorizations in the 2002 Farm Bill
Undergraduate Honors Research Program
New or Revised Projects
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Grants and Contracts Received June and July, 2002
Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for 2002-2003
Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award

Wsu Research News, Fall 2002, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs, Wright State University

WSU Research News

A sixteen page newsletter of the WSU Research News. The WSU Research News was published monthly beginning in June of 1968 and issued by the Office of Research Development. This newsletter was created to provide information to the WSU faculty about the availability of outside funds for research and educational programs, new developments that may affect availability of funds, and general information on research and educational activities at Wright State University.

Human Exposure To Herpesvirus B–Seropositive Macaques, Bali, Indonesia, Gregory A. Engel, Lisa Jones-Engel, Michael A. Schillaci, Komang Gde Suaryana, Artha Putra, Agustin Fuentes, Richard Henkel

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Herpesvirus B (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) has been implicated as the cause of approximately 40 cases of meningoencephalitis affecting persons in direct or indirect contact with laboratory macaques. However, the threat of herpesvirus B in nonlaboratory settings worldwide remains to be addressed. We investigated the potential for exposure to herpesvirus B in workers at a “monkey forest” (a temple that has become a tourist attraction because of its monkeys) in Bali, Indonesia. In July 2000, 105 workers at the Sangeh Monkey Forest in Central Bali were surveyed about contact with macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Nearly half of those interviewed had …

Extended Visions July-August 2002

Extended Visions Newsletter (ARDC)

No abstract provided.

Waiting To Exhale?: Global Warming And Tax Policy, Roberta Mann

American University Law Review

This article explores the links between energy policy, tax policy and global warming. This article focuses on tax policy, because the emerging consensus among legal scholars favors economic incentives rather than command-and-control regulations for reaching environmental goals, and the Federal income tax has proved an effective delivery system for economic incentives.

After briefly discussing of the science of global warming and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, the article reviews the impact of both existing tax law and current proposals for energy legislation on global warming, as well as potential international law consequences of failure to act …

Flight Physician - August, 2002, Civil Aviation Medical Association

Browse all Civil Aviation Medical Association Newsletters

A sixteen page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Structure-Function Studies Of The Vaccinia Virus Complement Control Protein., Scott Alan Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The vaccinia virus complement control protein (VCP) is involved in the modulation of the host inflammatory response during vaccinia virus infection. It possesses the ability to inhibit both classical and alternative pathways of complement activation, as well as bind to heparin or heparan sulfate proteoglycans, making it a unique multifunctional protein with therapeutic potential. VCP is able to block complement activity through its ability to bind C3b and C4b. Other very novel activities arise from VCP's ability to bind heparin and heparan sulfate proteoglycans, allowing the protein to attach itself to cell surfaces. The goal of this research was to …

The Development Of Occupational Therapy In Kenya, Mindy C. Owens

Masters Theses

Occupational therapy is a profession that is growing throughout the world. Kenya is one country in which occupational therapy is fairly well established. The purpose of this study was to document how occupational therapy has evolved over recent years. A major focus of this study was to identify the educational levels of occupational therapists in Kenya, types of practice settings, prominent diagnoses of patients treated, utilization of rehabilitation services, current trends and practice in occupational therapy, and acquisition, use, and maintenance of adaptive equipment.

The Development of Occupational Therapy in Kenya survey was sent to 28 practicing occupational therapists in …

Nutrition Education In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum At The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, S H. Badruddin, S N B Inam

Section of Internal Medicine

No abstract provided.

Survey Attitudes Toward Stem Cell Research, Ejinkonye C. Anekwe

Theses and Dissertations

In the following research study, a self-administered questionnaire was utilized to assess opinions regarding embryonic stem cell research based on three objectives: willingness to accept stem cells, educational background, and religion. A total of 1 13 fixed-alternative questionnaires were distributed to a diverse group of respondents. Nonprobability sampling using the accidental approach was performed. Support of stem cell research was dependent on Question 9, which asked what people thought about the cloning of human embryonic stem cells. The data revealed that most respondents from all groups surveyed opposed stem cell research. Neither education nor religion was a major determinant in …

Buy, Don't Borrow: Bibliographers' Analysis Of Academic Library Collection Development Through Interlibrary Loan Requests, Kristine J. Anderson, Robert S. Freeman, Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel, Lawrence J. Mykytiuk, Judith M. Nixon, Suzanne M. Ward

Libraries Research Publications

In 2000, the Purdue University Libraries implemented a Books On Demand program. Instead of borrowing books requested through Interlibrary Loan, staff purchased selected titles and added them to the collection after patron use. After two years, five subject bibliographers analyzed 800 titles acquired through the program in their subject areas and compared them with titles acquired during the same time period through normal selection. The bibliographers concluded that the patron-driven Books On Demand program is a valuable complementary collection development tool. It consistently adds a very high percentage of relevant scholarly titles to the collection which provides input from patrons …

Effect Of Peptidoglycan-Polysaccharide Complex On Reproductive Efficiency And Mastitis In Sheep, Ida Holaskova

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Bacterial infections associated with mastitis reduce pregnancies in cattle. Effects on pregnancy and incidence of mastitis in sheep were investigated after immunization with peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) and killed cells from Strep. pyogenes. Rambouillet (n = 100) and mixed breed (n = 18) ewe lambs were immunized (∼d42 and 22 before breeding) with PG-PS (30mugPG/kg/bw) or killed cells or were not immunized (Control, n = 117). IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA. Ewes were bred at synchronized estrus. All immunized and half of non-immunized ewes were challenged with PG-PS (60mugPG/kg/bw) d5 after breeding. Although proportion of ewes pregnant at d42 did not …

Efficacy Of Rifampicin Plus Doxycycline Versus Rifampicin Plus Quinolone In The Treatment Of Brucellosis, Nese Saltoglu, Yesim Tasova, Ayse S. Inal, Tugba Seki, Hasan S. Aksu

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy, tolerability and side effects of 2 treatment regimens for brucellosis. METHODS: Fifty-seven patients with brucellosis were followed up in our clinic. The patients were given rifampicin plus doxycycline or rifampicin plus quinolone. Thirty patients (group one) received rifampicin 600mg/daily plus doxycycline 100mg twice daily and 27 patients (group 2) received quinolones (ofloxacin 200mg twice daily peroral) plus rifampicin 600mg/daily. Both regimens were administered for 45-days. During the course of treatment, patients were followed for the disappearance of physical signs and symptoms. All patients were followed up at least 6-months …

Case Note: Taylor V. Kurapati: The Court Of Appeals Of Michigan's Decision Of Refusing To Recognize The Tort Of Wrongful Birth, Monique Ann-Marie Croon

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Case Briefs, Depaul College Of Law

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

The Obesity Pandemic--Implications For Pakistan, D J. Nanan

Community Health Sciences

Background: Adverse health outcomes are associated with overweight and obesity. In February 2000, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, the International Association for the Study of Obesity and the International Obesity Task Force published provisional recommendations for adults for the Asia-Pacific region: overweight at Body Mass Index (BMI) > or = 23 and obesity at BMI > or = 25.Methods: Data from the National Health Survey of Pakistan, 1990-94 were reanalyzed using BMI cut-offs recommended for Asians to reassess prevalence of overweight and obesity in the adult Pakistani population.Results: Prevalence of obesity (BMI > or = 25) in 25-44 year olds …

Msl: Michif Sign Language-The Noun Phrases, Jacqueline Foster Ferraro

Theses and Dissertations

By focusing on the noun portion of the conventional Michif sentence, consisting of Cree verb phrases with the intertwining of French noun phrases, the objective of this research is to attempt to reveal some novel parallels in languages, as an initial step in the process of understanding more about the genesis of Michif and American Sign Language. In examining the separate and individual histories and applications of French Sign Language (FSL), American Sign Language (ASL), North American Indian Sign Language (NAISL), and the Amerindian Michif Language, certain commonalities and parallels are indeed present, even transcending the boundaries of diverse races, …

Culture And Adolescent Development, C S. Chen, Susan Farruggia

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

This paper summarizes several of the most significant issues in the area of culture and adolescent development. First, we discuss the classical debates regarding the universality of adolescence as a distinct period of life and as a period of emotional turmoil. Second, we focus on the role of culture in the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of adolescents. Finally, we outline two emerging issues in cross-cultural adolescent psychology (i.e., developmental processes and the effects of social change and globalization).

Abundance And Condition Indices Of Coyotes On Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon, Mike R. Dunbar, Mark R. Giordano

Western North American Naturalist

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (HMNAR), southeastern Oregon, documented high pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) fawn mortality, subsequent low fawn recruitment, and declining pronghorn numbers from 1996 to 1999. Coyote (Canis latrans) predation was the primary cause, accounting for 60–85% of fawn mortalities each year, and fawns were not physiologically predisposed to predation. Therefore, we investigated certain coyote population parameters (age structure, survival, density, physiology) to evaluate how or if these factors influence coyote predation rates on pronghorn fawns. We captured 11 coyotes (5 male and 6 female) in December 1998. …

A Stochastic Formulation Of The Bass Model Of New-Product Diffusion, Shun-Chen Niu

Review of Marketing Science Working Papers

In the past several decades, new-product diffusion models has been an active area of research in marketing (see, e.g., Mahajan, Muller, and Wind 2000, and Mahajan and Wind 1986). Such models are useful because they can provide important insights into the timing of initial purchase of new products by consumers. Much of the work in this area has been spawned by a seminal paper of Bass (1969), in which it was postulated that the trajectory of cumulative adoptions of a new product follows a deterministic function whose instantaneous growth rate depends on two parameters, one of which captures a consumer?s …

Washington University Record, July 19, 2002

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

July 15, 2002 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting The Determination Of Threshold Doses For Allergenic Foods: How Much Is Too Much?, Steve L. Taylor, Susan L. Hefle, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, S. Allan Bock, A. Wesley Burks Jr., Lynn Christie, David J. Hill, Arne Host, Jonathan O'B. Hourihane, Gideon Lack, Dean D. Metcalfe, Denise Anne Moneret-Vautrin, Peter A. Vadas, Fabienne Rance, Daniel J. Skrypec, Thomas A. Trautman, Ingrid Malmheden Yman, Robert S. Zeiger

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Background: Ingestion of small amounts of an offending food can elicit adverse reactions in individuals with IgE-mediated food allergies. The threshold dose for provocation of such reactions is often considered to be zero. However, because of various practical limitations in food production and processing, foods may occasionally contain trace residues of the offending food. Are these very low, residual quantities hazardous to allergic consumers? How much of the offending food is too much? Very little quantitative information exists to allow any risk assessments to be conducted by the food industry.

Objective: We sought to determine whether the quality and quantity …

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 36, No. 3, Summer 2002, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

“I Saw People Who Were in Pain”
Meet Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., ’62, researcher, clinician, administrator, politician, husband, father and, since 1984, the federal government’s chief point man in the fight against AIDS.
By Donald N.S. Unger

Reading Indonesia: A Profile of Professor Susan Rodgers
“My main work,” says Professor Susan Rodgers, former chair of the department of sociology and anthropology, “is on textuality, on issues of the politics and aesthetics of a minority literature in Sumatra, that of the Angkola Batak.”
By Donald N.S. Unger

The Comedian
As a student, the rugby team tagged him, “The Guy Who Thinks …

Healthy You, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy You

No abstract provided.

Biosecurity: Moving Toward A Comprehensive Approach, Laura A. Meyerson, Jamie K. Reaser

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Biosecurity itself is more than a buzzword; it is the vital work of strategy, efforts, and planning to protect human, animal, and environmental health against biological threats. The primary goal of biosecurity is to protect against the risk posed by disease and organisms; the primary tools of biosecurity are exclusion, eradication, and control, supported by expert system management, practical protocols, and the rapid and efficient securing and sharing of vital information. Biosecurity is therefore the sum of risk management practices in defense against biological threats. (NASDA 2001, p. 1