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Checkup, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Checkup

No abstract provided.

Mobilizing Your Defense Forces, Winston J. Craig

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Linking Adult Reproduction And Larval Density Of Invasive Carp In A Large River, Michael J. Vanni, Kristin K. Arend, Mary T. Bremigan, David B. Bunnell, James E. Garvey, Maria J. Gonzalez, William H. Renwick, Patricia A. Soranno, Roy A. Stein

Publications

Eeotogists increasingly recognize the need to understand how landscapes ami food webs interact. Reservoir ecosystems are heavily subsidized by nutrients and detritus from surrounding watersheds, and ofren contain abundant populations of gizzard shad, an omnivorous ftsh that consumes plankton and detritus. Gizzard shad link terrestrial landscapes ami pelagic reservoir food webs by consuming detritus, translocating nutrients from sedimctn detritus to the water column, and consuming zooplaukton. The abundance of gizzard shad increases with watershed agricuhuralization, most likely through n variety oj mechanisms npeniting on ttuvat and adult life stages. Gizzard shad have myriad effects on reservoirs, including impacts on nutrients, …

Clustering Of Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors In Jordanian Hypertensive Patients, Nadia F Khasawneh, Saafan Al-Safi, Abla Albsoul-Younes, Ousayla N. Borqan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the coronary artery disease risk factors in hypertensive Jordanian patients in various hospitals in Jordan. METHODS: Two hundred and seven patients were assessed by physicians in various hospitals in Jordan including King Hussein Medical Center , Prince Rashid Medical Hospital and King Abdullah University Hospital Primary Health Care Internal Medicine Clinic from March 2003 to October 2003. Clinical assessment included blood pressure (BP), anthropometric data, metabolic and chemical profile were collected. RESULTS: The average age of sample was 58.9 + 11.28 years old. The mean body mass index was 29.4 + 6.4 kg/m2, 77 patients (37.2%) were …

Hhp 317.01: Coaching Clinic, Steven E. Gaskill, Lew Curry, Adrienne M. Corti

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

“Midlands Magazine,” Krps Radio, Recordings, 1988-1990, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

Recordings of a locally-produced, daily, thirty minute news and feature program produced and aired by KRPS Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate station located at Pittsburg State University, from 1988 to 1990. The recordings contain news broadcasts, weather, business reports, and interviews pertaining to regional activities and guests.

Nebline, February 2005

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

The Scoop on Poop: Lessons in Wastewater Biology
Fertilizing Cropland With Biosolids
Shopping for Plants, Seeds
Colorful Coleus Make Good Bedding or Container Plants
Garden Guide: Things to do this month
Bromeliads Need Strong Light, Warm Temperatures to Survive
The Acreage Yard and Garden: an Ongoing Process
Shock Chlorination of Domestic Water Supplies
Rural Living Clinic on Raising Fruits, Feb. 10
Fewer “Trips to the Attic” of the Food Guide Pyramid Create Great Health Benefits
Italian White Bean Soup Recipe
Eating Well as We Age, Part 1
“Blooming” Chocolate Won’t Hurt You
President’s Notes — Janet’s Jargon
Household Hints: Beat …

Polarisome Meets Spitzenkö̈Rper: Microscopy, Genetics, And Genomics Converge, Steven D. Harris, Nick D. Read, Robert W. Roberson, Brian Shaw, Stephan Seiler, Mike Plamann, Michelle Momany

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The impact of filamentous fungi on human welfare has never been greater. Fungi are acknowledged as the most economically devastating plant pathogens (1) and are attaining increasing notoriety for their ability to cause life-threatening infections in humans (57, 71), and fungal products sustain a billion dollar manufacturing industry (70). The tools available to study filamentous fungi are more sophisticated than ever and include the complete annotated genome sequences of multiple filamentous fungi (12), resources being made available through various functional genomics projects, and advanced bioimaging methods, including high-resolution live-cell imaging (20, 32) and electron tomography (19, 50). The increasing impact …

Multiple Metabolic Hits Converge On Cd36 As Novel Mediator Of Tubular Epithelial Apoptosis In Diabetic Nephropathy., Katalin Susztak, Emilio Ciccone, Peter Mccue, Kumar Sharma, Erwin P Böttinger

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Diabetic nephropathy (DNP) is a common complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus and the most common cause of kidney failure. While DNP manifests with albuminuria and diabetic glomerulopathy, its progression correlates best with tubular epithelial degeneration (TED) and interstitial fibrosis. However, mechanisms leading to TED in DNP remain poorly understood.

METHODS AND FINDINGS: We found that expression of scavenger receptor CD36 coincided with proximal tubular epithelial cell (PTEC) apoptosis and TED specifically in human DNP. High glucose stimulated cell surface expression of CD36 in PTECs. CD36 expression was necessary and sufficient to mediate PTEC apoptosis induced …

County-Level Extension Programming: Continuity And Change In The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Laura Robinson, Mark Dubois, Conner Bailey

Journal of Extension

Production agriculture is no longer a dominant feature of Alabama's rural life. Forestry and natural resource issues have emerged as significant concerns expressed by County Advisory Boards designed to help shape county-level Extension programming in Alabama. Our findings indicate that county-level Extension programming continues to put greater emphasis on traditional agricultural programs than on forestry and natural resources even though County Advisory Boards considered the latter issues to have greater priority. We examine the potential causes for the continued dominance of traditional programs in Alabama and conclude that initiatives to change program priorities are unlikely to begin at the county …

Tritrophic Interaction Of Parasitoid Lysiphlebus Testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), Greenbug, Schizaphis Graminum (Homoptera: Aphididae), And Greenbug-Resistant Sorghum Hybrids, Mahmut Dogramaci, Z. B. Mayo, Robert J. Wright, John C. Reese

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Interactions of the parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) and the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), on greenbug-resistant ‘Cargill 607E’ (antibiosis), ‘Cargill 797’ (primarily tolerance), and -susceptible ‘Golden Harvest 510B’ sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, were tested using three levels of biotype I greenbug infestation. The parasitoid infestation rate was 0.5 female and 1.0 male L. testaceipes per plant. For all three greenbug infestation levels, the parasitoid brought the greenbug under control (i.e., prevented the greenbugs from killing the plants) on both resistant hybrids, but it did not prevent heavy leaf damage at the higher greenbug infestation rates. At the low greenbug infestation …

The Bg News February 1, 2005, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 1, 2005. Volume 95-Issue 90.

Extension Professionals' Ever-Changing Roles When Working With At-Risk Clientele, Alayne Torretta

Journal of Extension

Extension's role is to educate participants of its programs and measure impact upon clientele. While Extension professionals are educators, the at-risk clientele have many issues that supersede education. Therefore, a framework from which the Extension professional can operate in order to clarify roles and visualize outcomes for clientele is necessary. Extension professionals can use the Cooperative Extension At-Risk Service Model as this framework. This will assist them in moving clients to adopt improved practices while maintaining boundaries in the professional relationship.

Non-Traditional Extension Education Using Video Conference, Dan Nudell, Beth Roth, David Saxowsky

Journal of Extension

This article describes Extension efforts to connect clients in remote rural areas to a wide variety of educational opportunities. This includes improving access to the land-grant system for people who live a great distance from campus as well as establishing new relationships with educational providers that are not a part of our traditional offerings. We describe some success stories in delivering non-traditional programming to new clients and discuss some of the issues arising from this new venture.

Social Marketing: Meeting The Outreach Challenges Of Today, Joanne Skelly

Journal of Extension

Social marketing uses traditional marketing strategies to create social change by maximizing audience response. The social marketing framework holds great promise for extending Extension's outreach to new audiences on new and old issues. Extension professionals can greatly benefit the communities they serve by employing some simple, but strategized marketing techniques. Six simple tools are shared to develop a social marketing toolbox.

Nitrate Quiktest For Rapid Detection Of High Nitrate Levels In Forages, S Dennis Cash, Julie Hager, Linda Keddington, Ron Carlstrom

Journal of Extension

The Nitrate "QuikTest" Program was implemented in 2000 to assist Montana livestock producers in dealing with toxic levels of nitrate in drought-stressed forages. A certification program similar to that for pesticide applicator licensing was developed for safe use and interpretation of the test. All training materials and examinations are now posted on an interactive Extension Web site. Since 2000, 110 users in 50 counties (89% of Montana counties) have been certified to conduct the Nitrate QuikTest, and 6,615 samples were evaluated. This has been a high-impact, timely program to educate and serve our livestock producers.

The Loss Of Critique And The Critique Of Violence, Ariella Azoulay

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Health, Globalization And Developing Countries, Nesrin Cilingiroglu

Saudi Medical Journal

In health care today, scientific and technological frontiers are expanding at unprecedented rates, even as economic and financial pressures shrink profit margins, intensify competition, and constrain the funds available for investment. Therefore, the world today has more economic, and social opportunities for people than 10 or 100 years since globalization has created a new ground somewhat characterized by rapid economic transformation, deregulation of national markets by new trade regimes, amazing transport, electronic communication possibilities and high turnover of foreign investment and capital flow as well as skilled labor. These trends can easily mask great inequalities in developing countries such as …

Dietary Macronutrient Intake Of Saudi Males And Its Relationship To Classical Coronary Risk Factors, Eman M. Alissa, Suhad M. Bahijri, Gordon A. Ferns

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the dietary intake of energy; macronutrients; and fiber differ between age groups, racial groups and socio-economic classes among males from the Western province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: Data were collected from 303 male subjects, aged 15-80 years. They were selected randomly from King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA from October 2001 to November 2003 and grouped according to their age into 3 groups. The subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning their demographic characteristics, health history, lifestyle, and dietary habits. RESULTS: Energy and carbohydrates intake fell with age (p<0.05). Total dietary carbohydrates and fat intake were similar for all groups when expressed as a percentage of energy intake. The percentage energy as protein increased with age (p<0.05). Mean cholesterol intake was high for all groups, but fell with age group (p<0.0001). Saturated fat and monounsaturated fat intake, expressed as percentage energy intake were both high, whereas polyunsaturated fat intake was low. The youngest group had the highest percentage energy provided by saturated fatty acid (p<0.001), and the lowest percentage energy as polyunsaturated fatty acid (p<0.05) compared to the other groups. The intake of fibre rose with age was significantly higher in the older group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Diet consumed by urban dwellers in KSA appears to have resulted in an imbalance of macronutrient intake among all sectors of the population. This problem can only be averted by raising public awareness and the development of appropriate population-specific nutritional guidelines.

The Effect Of Dietary Supplementation Of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine On Glutathione Concentration And Lipid Peroxidation In Cigarette Smoke-Exposed Rats Fed A Low-Protein Diet, Adel A. Alhamdan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to investigate the modulatory effects of dietary supplementation of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) on glutathione (GSH) concentration in liver and lung, and lipid peroxidation in cigarette smoke-exposed rats fed a low-protein diet. METHODS: Rats were divided randomly into 4 dietary groups; 8 per group. The control group (Group 1) was fed a normal-protein diet and received room air as a sham-smoke exposure. Group 2 was fed a normal-protein diet, Group 3 was fed with a low-protein diet and Group 4 was fed with a low-protein diet supplemented with NAC, and exposed to the smoke of …

Leuconostoc Bacteremia In A Child With Short-Gut Syndrome, Abdulnasser Helali, Diane Mcalear, Abimbola Osoba

Saudi Medical Journal

In the last decade Leuconostoc species have been reported with increasing frequency as human pathogens, causing bacteremia, meningitis and peritonitis. We report here a child with short-bowel syndrome who developed bacteremia following multiple surgeries for necrotizing enterocolitis. Leuconostoc species was isolated from the blood cultures. The child was successfully treated with ampicillin and gentamycin. He however remained total parenteral nutrition dependent due to his multiple abnormalities. We call the attention of microbiologists and pediatricians to this emerging pathogen, which is intrinsically resistant to vancomycin and can be misidentified in the microbiology laboratory as Viridans streptococci or Enterococci. Increased awareness by …

Warfarin Resistance In A Patient With Mechanical Valve Prosthesis, Hikmat N. Abdel-Razeq, Ali A. Bajouda, Manar M. Khalil, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Changing The Tide: An Internet/Video Exercise And Low Fat Diet Intervention With Middle School Students, Marilyn Frenn, Shelly Malin, Roger L. Brown, Yvonne Greer, Jaime Fox, Jennifer Greer, Sarah Smyczek

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The rising tide of obesity erodes the health of youths and many times results in adult obesity. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of an eight-session health promotion/transtheoretical model Internet/video-delivered intervention to increase physical activity and reduce dietary fat among low-income, culturally diverse, seventh-grade students. Those who completed more than half the sessions increased exercise, t(103) = −1.99, p = .05, and decreased the percentage of dietary fat, t(87) = 2.73, p = .008. Responses to the intervention by stage of change, race, and income are examined.

Association Between Dietary Carbohydrates And Body Weight, Yunsheng Ma, Barbara Olendzki, David Chiriboga, James R. Hébert, Youfu Li, Wenjun Li, Mary Jane Campbell, Katherine Gendreau, Ira S. Ockene

Faculty Publications

The role of dietary carbohydrates in weight loss has received considerable attention in light of the current obesity epidemic. The authors investigated the association of body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)²) with dietary intake of carbohydrates and with measures of the induced glycemic response, using data from an observational study of 572 healthy adults in central Massachusetts. Anthropometric measurements, 7-day dietary recalls, and physical activity recalls were collected quarterly from each subject throughout a 1-year study period. Data were collected between 1994 and 1998. Longitudinal analyses were conducted, and results were adjusted for other factors related to body …

A Regional Food-Frequency Questionnaire For The Us Mississippi Delta, Katherine L. Tucker, Janice Maras, Catherine Champagne, Carol L. Connell, Susan Goolsby, Judith Weber, Sahar Zaghloul, Teresa Carithers, Margaret L. Bogle

Faculty Publications

Objective: To describe food sources of nutrient intake for white and African American adults in the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD), and their use in the development of a regional food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) based on an earlier version of the National Cancer Institute's Health Habits and History Questionnaire. Design: We ranked food sources of energy, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, and examined portion size distributions for 842 white and 857 African American residents aged 19 years and older, using 24-hour dietary intake recall data from a telephone survey of 36 LMD counties. These values were used to develop a regional FFQ, which …

Storage Of Sunflower-Seeds: Variation On The Wax Content Of The Oil, Silvana Martini, Maria Cristina Anon

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Storage conditions of oil seeds before industrial extraction might influence the quality of the crude oil. The objective of this work was to study the influence of sunflower seed storage conditions (temperature and time) on the quality of the resulting oil in terms of its wax content and composition. Sunflower seeds were stored under different conditions, 10, 21 and 37 °C, in sealed recipients. Extractions of the seeds with hexane were made to obtain the oil at different storage times. The amount of oil extracted (25–40%) showed no significant differences with storage conditions. Wax content of the samples was determined …

University Of San Diego Women's Rowing Media Guide 2004-2005, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Rowing (Women)

12 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

Aspirin For Primary Prevention In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Kenneth X. Nguyen, Jacqueline S. Marinac, Chao Sun

Faculty and Staff Publications

Background and objectives: Evidence supports the routine use of low-dose aspirin (ASA) in the prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In 1997, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended ASA prophylaxis for all diabetic patients over the age of 30 with one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our objective was to determine the adherence to the ADA guidelines for ASA therapy in DM using a national database.

Methods: Data from the 1997-2000 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) was used to determine the usage rates of ASA in patients with DM over age 30 …

Development And Validation Of A Food-Frequency Questionnaire For The Determination Of Detailed Fatty Acid Intakes, Maria Cantwell, Michael Gibney, Denis Cronin, Katherine Younger, John O'Neill, Linda Hogan, Mary Flynn

Articles

Objective: To validate a fat intake questionnaire (FIQ) developed to assess habitual dietary intake while focusing on the assessment of detailed fatty acid intake including total trans unsaturated fatty acids (TUFA). Design: An 88 food item/food group FIQ was developed using a meal pattern technique. Validation was achieved by comparison with dietary intake assessed by a modified diet history (DH) in a cross-over design. Eighty-four individuals supplied adipose tissue biopsies for linoleic acid and total TUFA analysis as an independent validation of the FIQ and DH. Setting: Medical Centre, Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. Subjects: One hundred and five healthy …

Extension Staff Response To Increased Programming For At-Risk Audiences, Diane Klemme, Cheryl O. Hausafus, Karen Shirer

Journal of Extension

The study described here examined individual and organizational assumptions that contribute to or inhibit Extension staff's work with at-risk audiences. Three focus group interview sessions were conducted with Extension staff. Analysis of emerging themes identified a number of individual and organizational assumptions that inhibit the organization's ability to change. For example, the study showed that staff lacked clarity about the meaning of the term "at-risk" and staff questioned if the organization valued at-risk programs efforts. The study demonstrated that to create meaningful and sustained change in an organization, individual and organizational assumptions need to be exposed and alternative scenarios developed.