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Washington University Record, September 1, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Reduction In Urinary Arsenic With Bottled-Water Intervention, Arun B. Josyula, Hannah Mcclellen, Tracy A. Hysong, Margaret Kurzius-Spencer, Gerald S. Poplin, Stefan Stürup, Jefferey L. Burgess

Dartmouth Scholarship

The study was conducted to measure the effectiveness of providing bottled water in reducing arsenic exposure. Urine, tap-water and toenail samples were collected from non-smoking adults residing in Ajo (n=40) and Tucson (n=33), Arizona, USA. The Ajo subjects were provided bottled water for 12 months prior to re-sampling. The mean total arsenic (microg/L) in tap-water was 20.3+/-3.7 in Ajo and 4.0+/-2.3 in Tucson. Baseline urinary total inorganic arsenic (microg/L) was significantly higher among the Ajo subjects (n=40, 29.1+/-20.4) than among the Tucson subjects (n=32, 11.0+/-12.0, p<0.001), as was creatinine-adjusted urinary total inorganic arsenic (microg/g) (35.5+/-25.2 vs 13.2+/-9.3, p<0.001). Baseline concentrations of arsenic (microg/g) in toenails were also higher among the Ajo subjects (0.51+/-0.72) than among the Tucson subjects (0.17+/-0.21) (p<0.001). After the intervention, the mean urinary total inorganic arsenic in Ajo (n=36) dropped by 21%, from 29.4+/-21.1 to 23.2+/-23.2 (p=0.026). The creatinine-adjusted urinary total inorganic arsenic and toenail arsenic levels did not differ significantly with the intervention. Provision of arsenic-free bottled water resulted in a modest reduction in urinary total inorganic arsenic.

Fitness, Friendship, And Fun: University Sponsored Community Pe Program, Wendi Wilcox Stanley, George M. De Marco, Lloyd L. Laubach, Corinne M. Daprano

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

This paper describes a University-sponsored community physical education program and the feedback received about it from teachers, children, and the college students who oversaw it. The program, called Fitness, Friendship, and Fun, was staffed by 65 first-year student interns from the University of Dayton; four graduate assistants; and two university professors. It began with 65 male and female elementary students, primarily from the fifth and sixth grades at a nearby elementary school.

Exchange Rate Stability And Poverty Reduction In Nigeria, Greg Nzekwu

Bullion

The paper discusses the role of macroeconomic policy in achieving social as well as macroeconomic objectives in attaining poverty reduction in Nigeria. Nigeria's economy is growing at an impressive rate compared to the historical. This reflects in part increased investor confidence due t o the improvement in macroeconomic management and positive dividends of the new found economic direction and general political stability. However, the renewed optimism is unlikely to be sustained if appreciable progress is not made to advance growth, general macroeconomic stability and poverty reduction. The reveals that, In order for growth to be poverty reducing, the link between …

The Relationship Among Sensory Preferences, Play Preferences, Motivation, And Mastery In Guiding Children's Play: A Review Of The Literature, Part 2, Elissa Miller, Heather Miller-Kuhaneck

Occupational Therapy Faculty Publications

Currently, the emphasis throughout health care is on providing evidence-based practice. Occupational therapy practitioners are involved in critical examination of the profession's assumptions and beliefs and are conducting research that supports its theoretical underpinnings. In many areas of practice, practitioners have created bodies of literature to support interventions; and in other areas, we rely on literature from fields outside of the profession. Pediatric occupational therapy is no exception. Although exciting research is currently under way, existing research from outside the profession supports many of our methods and beliefs. A review of the literature found evidence from both inside and outside …

Psc 501.01: Public Administration, Jeffrey D. Greene

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Making Health Care Accountable: Why Performance-Based Funding Of Health Services In Developing Countries Is Getting More Attention. A Review, Nkenchor N. Igue

Economic and Financial Review

This article examines the impact of performance based health funding in developing countries. It findings reveals that developing countries spent more on performance based health services which was identified as key factor to actualizing the target goal of the United Nation (UN) program called Millennium Development Goals.

Metabolic Hormones Profile In 2 Weeks Old Healthy Infants Of Diabetic Mothers, Soad M. Jaber

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the concentration of plasma leptin and other metabolic hormones in offspring of diabetic and none diabetic mothers after 2 weeks of age. The relationship between leptin and metabolic hormones was also investigated. METHODS: Included in the study were 79 newborns from the Neonatal Unit at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 2004-January 2005. The newborns were categorized into 3 main groups: the control group, consisting of 32 infants of non-diabetic mothers; the gestational diabetes mothers (GDM) group, consisting of 26 infants; and the frank diabetic mothers (FDM), consisting of 21 infants. Infants …

Gene Expression In The Mouse Placenta: Developmental And Stress Responses, Ciprian P. Gheorghe

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Successful placental development is crucial for optimal growth, maturation, and survival of the embryo/fetus. Placental failure and placental pathology contributes to both morbidity and mortality of the fetus. We sought to understand normal placental development and also placental responses to stress using oligonucleotide microarray technology. To examine genetic aspects of normal placental development, we investigated gene expression patterns in the murine placenta at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5), E12.5, E15.5, and E17.5. Hypoxia has been identified as a major stressor in placental and fetal development. In order to comprehend more completely hypoxic stress responses we sought to measure gene expression changes …

Inhibitory Effect Of Crude Extract Of Local Horsetail Equisetum Arvense L. Upon Some Fungi, M. Kh. Al-Bayati, S. A. Zokian, R. M. Al-Mawla

Baghdad Science Journal

Study has been performed on the vegetative parts of the local Horsetail Equisetum arvense L., which grow naturally in Haj Umran north of Iraq, to assess some nutritional minerals and toxic heavy metals. and investigate the inhibitory effects of crude extracts upon some fungi. The results revealed that the plant was rich in calcium, potassium and other important nutritional minerals with trace percentage of toxic heavy metals. The crude extracts had no inhibitory effect on fungi and yeast, with exception of Penicilium digitatum that had been inhibited by using (100)mg/ml ethanolic extract (by direct drops method).

Eficiency Of Some Micro Nutrients Intake On Hair Loss Of Pregnant And Lactating Women, Fatin Fakhri Aldeen Al-Talib, Fatima Faiq Juma Al-Ani

Baghdad Science Journal

Rates of hair loss during pregnancy and lactation and their relationship with the dietary intakes of vit.A, iron, zinc as well as the complex of vit.B6, folic acid and vit. B12 were the objectives of the present research. The data showed that when the daily dietary intake of vit.A, iron, zinc, and vit.B complex by pregnant women was less than the RDA, the hair fall percentages increased reaching their highest values of 18.6%, 68.9%, 8.3%, 57.2%, 28.9%, and 61.7% for vit.A, iron, zinc, vit.B6, folic acid and vit. B12, respectively. It was also shown that the lack in the RDA …

Intestinal Enzymes During Malnutrition & Infection In Rabbits, Sufia Islam, Amal K. Mitra, Ashish K. Chowdhury, Nur Haque Alam

Faculty Publications

Background & objectives: Malnutrition plays an important role in the intestinal absorption of nutrients. However, reports are not consistent whether intestinal enzymes are decreased in the presence of malnutrition. It is also not clear whether simultaneous presence of malnutrition and infection adds to the problem of malabsorption of nutrients. The aim of the present study was to determine intestinal functions in terms of concentrations of disaccharidase enzymes during diarrhoea and protein energy malnutrition. Methods: Concentrations of three disaccharidase enzymes, namely maltase, sucrase and lactase were measured in nine energy-restricted and five control rabbits during diarrhoea induced by rabbit diarrhoeagenic Escherichia …

The Use Of A Molecular Technique For The Detection Of Porcine Ingredients In The Malaysian Food Market, Abd-Elaziem Farouk, Mohamed F. Batcha, Ralf Greiner, Hamzah M. Salleh, Mohamad R. Salleh, Abdur R. Sirajudin

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To develop a molecular technique that is fast and reliable in detecting porcine contamination or ingredients in foods. METHODS: The method applied involved DNA amplification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology. Thus, the sequence of a certain gene found uniquely in pork was identified and its sequence was used to design specific primers for the PCR. The extraction of DNA was optimized in respect to PCR and detection limits were established. The optimized method was then used to identify pork in food products obtained from various local hypermarkets. The latest results were confirmed in triplicates on the 20th April …

Inventory And Monitoring Of Aquatic Bird Species On Lakes Mead And Mohave 2004 - 2006, Joseph Barnes

Wildlife Monitoring

This project was completed as part of a task agreements awarded by the National Park Service (NPS), Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAME), to the Public Lands Institute (PLI) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). This final report was completed under a task agreement ending on September 30, 2006, and was completed in support of an NPS project funded by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (PLMA) to inventory and monitor shoreline and near-shore natural resources on Lakes Mead and Mohave (DOI 2005). This report details inventory and monitoring efforts on shoreline and aquatic bird species between …

Diabetes Knowledge, Beliefs And Practices Among People With Diabetes Attending A University Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, G Rafique, S I. Azam, F White

Community Health Sciences

A structured questionnaire on knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding diabetes was administered to 199 persons with diabetes (92.5% type 2) attending the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Mean age [standard deviation (SD)] was 53 (11) years. Mean duration of diabetes (SD) was 8 (7) years in men and 9 (6) years in women. Men had a significantly better knowledge score than women (P = 0.02); there was no significant difference in the beliefs and practices scores. Scores were classed as good (> 60%) in only 13.6% of participants for knowledge, 17.6% for beliefs and 11.2% for practices. About 38% of …

Religious Coping Among People Of Individuals With Hiv/Aids, Boitumelo Rakwena

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study examined how religion affects one’s psychological health as he/she deals with life crisis. Religious coping strategies explained variance above and beyond demographics variables. Although religious and spiritual beliefs and practices have been frequently associated with greater psychological well-being among the illness populations, religious coping remains rather unexplored. Further, studies on the role of religious coping on caregivers of the chronically ill are even less available. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore religious coping in parents/caregivers who care for teens/adults with HIV/AIDS. This study proposed to examine this facet of illness in a community health center …

Aku Newsletter : September 2006, Volume 7, Issue 2, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Insuring The Uninsured: Reducing The Barriers To Public Insurance, Cynthia M. Saunders

The Qualitative Report

Health insurance is one of the essential enabling resources to gain access to medical care and ultimately increase health status. Over 11 million or one quarter of the nation’s uninsured individuals are eligible for Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), but are not enrolled. Interviews with 368 individuals from 1999 through 2003 identify eight primary barriers to enrollment in public insurance. These include: economic aspects of qualifying, lack of knowledge, benefit design of public programs, poor experiences and stigma, complexity and literacy, immigration status, poor customer service, and fear of fraud. These results suggest policy options alone …

Focused Group Interviews As An Innovative Quanti- Qualitative Methodology (Qqm ): Integrating Quantitative Elements Into A Qualitative Methodology, Brian J. Grim, Alison H. Harmon, Judy C. Gromis

The Qualitative Report

There is a sharp divide between quantitative and qualitative methodologies in the social sciences. We investigate an innovative way to bridge this gap that incorporates quantitative techniques into a qualitative method, the “quanti-qualitative method” (QQM). Specifically, our research utilized small survey questionnaires and experiment-like activities as part of the question rout e in a series of five focused group interviews on nutrition education. We show how these quantitative-type activities fit naturally with our question route and contributed to testing the hypotheses within the context of the five important characteristics of focused group interviews. The innovative use of QQM in focused …

Newly Identified Vitamin K-Producing Bacteria Isolated From The Neonatal Faecal Flora, Gordon Cooke, John Behan, Mary Costello

Articles

Fat-soluble vitamin K is an essential component of the blood clotting process. Menaquinones are the naturally occurring form of vitamin K identified in bacteria. Lipid extracts were made from three bacteria originally isolated from the human neonatal gut and identified as Enterobacter agglomerans, Serratia marcescens and Enterococcus faecium. Following preparative thin layer chromatography (TLC), the lipid extracts were subjected to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. Peak analysis of the LC-MS data showed that the three bacteria produce various forms of menaquinone.

Arbiter, August 31, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, August 31, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 127, Issue 5

Panama Works To Avert Prison Disaster, Mike Leffert

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

August 31, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

August 31, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Jumping On The Mommy Track: A Tax For Working Mothers, Jessica C. Kornberg

ExpressO

“Jumping on the Mommy Track: a Tax for Working Mothers,” was written in response to recent data suggesting that mothers experience a wage penalty unrelated to diminished work productivity or commitment. This Article starts from the assumption that a wage penalty, in combination with already existing disadvantages to working mothers embedded in the tax code, drives women out of the workforce and into less economically efficient activity. The Article proposes remedying this distortion by implementing a targeted regressive tax on working mothers.

Estimation In Semiparametric Transition Measurement Error Models For Longitudinal Data, Wenqin Pan, Donglin Zeng, Xihong Lin

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Dimensions In Health: Defining And Understanding Vulnerable Populations In New Mexico, Anne Mattarella

Global, Rural, & Cultural Health Book Series

Contributors to volume 1: Keri Black, Carol Capitano, Marjorie Cypress, Maribeth Doren, Martha Faulkner, Gail Guiterrez, Dora Hernandez, Judy Liesvald, Ann Marie McCarthy, Rebecca Mayo, Yolanda Morales, Mary Mugavin, Mary Ann Osuchowski-Sanchex and Ruby Williams. Foreword by Jennifer B. Averill. Contributors to volume 2:Maribeth Doren, Keri Black, Mary Ann Osuchowski-Sanchez, Martha J. Faulkner, Yolanda Madrid Morales, Rebecca Mayo

The Validity Of Self-Rated Health As A Measure Of Health Status Among Young Military Personnel: Evidence From A Cross-Sectional Survey, Christopher K. Haddock, Walker S.C. Poston, Sara Pyle, Robert C. Klesges, Mark W. Vander Weg, Alan Peterson, Margaret Debon

Faculty and Staff Publications

Background: Single item questions about self ratings of overall health status are widely used in both military and civilian surveys. Limited information is available to date that examines what relationships exist between self-rated health, health status and health related behaviors among relatively young, healthy individuals.

Methods: The current study uses the population of active duty United States Air Force recruits (N = 31,108). Participants completed surveys that asked about health behaviors and health states and were rated their health on a continuum from poor to excellent.

Results: Ratings of health were consistently lower for those who used tobacco (F = …

Arbiter, August 28, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.