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Exercise Training May Enhance Functional Capacity And Improve Heart Rate Impairment In Coronary Artery Disease Patients With Chronotropic Incompetence, Chen-Jung Hsu, Ssu-Yuan Chen, Ching Lan, Der-Sheng Han, Jin-Shin Lai

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

This study investigated whether coronary artery disease patients with chronotropic incompetence (CI) can significantly improve their functional capacity after exercise training. Forty-two men (mean age: 55.3±9.3yr) underwent coronary revascularization and without beta-blockade participated in a threemonth outpatient exercise training program. Patients were separated into a CI group (n=18) and a non-CI group (n=24) based on whether they could reach 85% of the age-predicted peak heart rate (HR). Chronotropic incompetence was defined as failure to achieve 85% of the age-predicted maximal HR. Bicycle exercise workouts were conducted three times weekly. The exercise duration was 30 minutes per session included 5 minutes …

Effects Of A Lateral Wedged Insole In Patients With Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis Of The Knee, Li-Wei Chou, Mu-Jung Kao, Pey-Yu Yang, Nai-Hsin Meng, Sui-Foon Lo, Hong-Wen Wu, Horng-Chaung Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Background: Medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is one of the most prevalent and disabling chronic conditions affecting older adults. This study assesses the efficacy of an inserted lateral wedged insole for the conservative treatment of medial compartment knee OA.Methods: Thirteen outpatients (9 females and 4 males with a mean age of 71.0 and a standard deviation of 5.5) with medial compartment knee OA were prospectively treated with an inserted lateral wedged insole with an elevation of 12 mm for three months. The baseline and three-month visual analog scale (VAS) scores for subjective knee pain and the remission score …

Argininosuccinic Acidemia: A Casereport, Chih-Wei Lin, Huey-Jen Lay, I-Ju Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Urea cycle disorder (UCD) is one of inborn error diseases. Citrullinemia is the most common disease (1/57000) among them, followed by argininosuccinic acidemia (ASA) (1/70000). The common characteristic of UCD is hyperammonemia induced by the abnormal liver function. Common symptoms at the onset of diseases include altered consciousness, respiratory insufficiency and seizures. Developmental delay, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and learning disability are common findings in long-term follow-ups. In this report, we give an account of a patient with ASA. Besides the aforementioned symptoms and long-term sequelae, this patient also has the problem of ataxia. However, the patient's conditions and developments …

Of Breaches Of The Peace, Home Invasions, And Securities Fraud, A. Christine Hurt

Faculty Scholarship

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The Icj's Uganda Wall: A Barrier To The Principle Of Distinction And An Entry Point For Lawfare, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

The intermixing of combatants with civilians while engaging in hostilities violates one of the most fundamental principles of the law of armed conflict: the principle of distinction. This bedrock principle of the law of war requires those involved in conflict to mark themselves so they can be distinguished from those who are not involved in combat. The most common method of compliance is for combatants to wear a uniform. By requiring distinction, both combatants and civilians know who is involved in the combat and who is not. Derogation from the principle of distinction is among the most serious issues facing …

The Proliferation Security Initiative (Psi) : The Compability With Unclos And The 2005 Sua Convention - The Way Forward In The East Asian Region, Tokimasa Yokoi

World Maritime University Dissertations

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A Growing Gap Between The Integrated Systems On The Bridge And The End Users : An Approach Considering Safety And Risk Management, R. Cavalleri

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Below The Radar : An Analysis Of The "Small Boat Threat" To Maritime Security, Crawford J. Crawford

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Arctic Sea Routes : Marine Environmental Impacts On Effect Of The Climate Change And Opening Of The Passages For International Shipping Traffic, Mohamed A. Essallamy

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Upgrading Met Instructors : The Skills And Knowledge Enhancement Demanded By Met Stakeholders, Tarek Gamil

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 30, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2007

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Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 30, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2007

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Periodontal Disease And Diabetes: Knowledge And Attitudes Assessment Project

Florida Public Health Review

There is a growing body of evidence showing that periodontal disease is more prevalent among diabetic patients than among non-diabetic patients. This same evidence also shows that the more poorly controlled the diabetes, the more severe the periodontal disease. However, it is unclear if the increased risk of periodontal disease is known by the diabetes community. Two hundred diabetic patients voluntarily participated in an intervention to increase the diabetic patient’s knowledge of and attitudes toward periodontal disease. The study was conducted at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) during the month of May 2005. The purpose …

Regional Body Composition In College-Aged Caucasians From Anthropometric Measures, Robert T. Davidson, Cameron B. Ritchie

Faculty Publications

Quantitating fat and lean tissue in isolated body regions may be helpful or required in obesity and health-outcomes research. However, current methods of regional body composition measurement require specialized, expensive equipment such as that used in computed tomography or dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Simple body size or circumference measurement relationships to body composition have been developed but are limited to whole-body applications. We investigated relationships between body size measurements and regional body composition. Methods Using DEXA technology we determined the fat and lean tissue composition for six regions of the body in predominantly Caucasian, college-aged men (n = 32) …

An Optical Model For Heat And Salt Budget Estimation For Shallow Seas, Hari Warrior, Kendall L. Carder

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The effects of the underwater light field on heat-budget calculations for shallow waters are developed and applied for the region of Bahamas. Most of the general circulation models use a simplified heat budget scheme based on Jerlov water types, and do not account for optical bottom effects. by optical bottom effect, we mean the bottom absorption and reflection of the short-wave radiation, which in turn affects the thermal stratification and heat exchange with the atmosphere. In this paper, this optical bottom effect is added to a 3D turbulence model (a 1D model called GOTM is coupled to a 3D model …

Gary Ross Mormino Collection Of Political Ephemera : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Shawn Reynolds, Gary Ross Mormino

Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items

Gary R. Mormino, a professor of History and Florida Studies at USF St. Petersburg, donated this collection of political ephemera to the Poynter Library in 2004, with subsequent accessions in 2005 and 2006. The buttons, bumper stickers, and other ephemera focus primarily on presidential campaigns between the early 1960s and 2000. Mormino, a member of the USF faculty since 1977, teaches in the fields of American History, Social History, Immigration History, and Florida Studies. Since transferring from the Tampa campus, he has served as co-director of the Florida Studies Program of Distinction.

Aristotle's Analytic Tools, Mary Mulhern

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Aristotle developed analytic tools to deal with conceptual difficulties that were important in his time. Some of these tools are his explicit analysis of homonymy, his eightfold classification of subjects and predicates and its elaboration into the predicaments and predicables, his syntactical analysis of ordinary language sentences, and his construction of a formal language for deductive and demonstrative syllogistic. Some of these conceptual difficulties are traceable to theories of Ideas, in which definitory predicates were not distinguished from non-definitory ones, as for instance in Hypothesis V of the Parmenides, where it is argued that the (non-existent) one is not equal …

Impacts Of Climate Warming And Permafrost Thaw On The Riverine Transport Of Nitrogen And Phosphorus To The Kara Sea, Karen E. Frey, James W. Mcclelland, Robert M. Holmes, Laurence G. Smith

Geography

Measurements of nitrogen and phosphorus (N and P) concentrations from previously unstudied streams and rivers throughout west Siberia suggest that climate warming and/or associated permafrost thaw will likely amplify the transport of N and P to the Kara Sea and adjacent Arctic Ocean. We present concentrations of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), ammonium (NH4-N), nitrate (NO3-N), total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), and total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) from 96 streams and rivers within the Ob'-Iriysh, Nadym, and Pur river drainage basins. The sampled sites span ∼106 km2, a large climatic gradient (∼55°N-68°N), and include 41 cold, permafrost-influenced and 55 warm, permafrost-free watersheds. Concentrations …

Health-Related Quality Of Life Of Patients Following Selected Types Of Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Pilot Study, Karen L. Saban, Sue M. Penckofer, Ida Androwich, Fred B. Bryant

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Background

Over 500,000 spinal surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Although pain relief and improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are expectations following lumbar spinal surgery, there is limited research regarding this experience from the individual's perspective. In addition, no studies have examined the HRQOL of persons who have had this surgery using a comprehensive approach. The intent of this study was to address this deficiency by an assessment of both the individual and environmental factors that impact perceived HRQOL using the Wilson and Cleary Model for Health-Related Quality of Life in persons who have undergone lumbar spinal …

Extending The Information Partition Function: Modeling Interaction Effects In Highly Multivariate, Discrete Data, Paul C. Cannon

Theses and Dissertations

Because of the huge amounts of data made available by the technology boom in the late twentieth century, new methods are required to turn data into usable information. Much of this data is categorical in nature, which makes estimation difficult in highly multivariate settings. In this thesis we review various multivariate statistical methods, discuss various statistical methods of natural language processing (NLP), and discuss a general class of models described by Erosheva (2002) called generalized mixed membership models. We then propose extensions of the information partition function (IPF) derived by Engler (2002), Oliphant (2003), and Tolley (2006) that will allow …

The Weekly Challenger, December 27, 2007, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 27, 2007, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Hugh Gramling Oral History Interview, Hugh Gramling

West Central Florida Land Use Oral History Project

Hugh Gramling, executive director of the Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers and manger of the Nursery Trade Association in Hillsborough County, talks about agriculture and water usage in Hillsborough County. He discusses the Southwest Florida Water Management District Agricultural Advisory Committee, water usage by agriculture, development and its effect on water usage, farming in urban areas, and the bias against farming. He also mentions the cost of gasoline effecting growth and the competitive process for water permits.

December 26th 2007, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

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South Of The Border, December 26, 2007, Leilani Polk, Susan Andrews, Caroyn Fellman

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings

Write up about "If I Were Going: Apparatus for a Border Crossing" art installation by Susan Andrews and Caroyn Fellman, also known as the Oiseaux Sisters, at Studio@620.

Gender Performance In The Works Of Mary Davys, Barbara Glore

Theses and Dissertations

From 1700 to 1731, Mary Davys wrote six novels, two plays, and a poem. These works reveal her abiding concern with gender relations, moral behavior, and social order. Davys's work is an articulate critique of social and sexual politics of late Stuart and early Hanoverian England. Few scholars have traced the development of her gender ideology and this aspect of her work remains underexamined. Also, the author's early years in Ireland have not been closely considered even as doing so illuminates the shaping of her world view. As products of an Anglo Irish immigrant critiquing Teaching & Learning society, her …

The Use Of Information Books In The Preschool Classroom: Possibilities For Nurturing The Young Scientific Mind, Pamela A. Langlie

Theses and Dissertations

The use of information books in the preschool classroom, and the potential of the books and the learning activities associated with the books for promoting science among young children are explored. The research was first conducted with four children at a university children's center, and then replicated in a whole class setting at a college child development lab school in another state. Using qualitative procedures the study produced several grounded theories which led to the assertion that preschoolers, independently of their teachers, select information books according to their developmental interests, and use the books for exploring scientific concepts, and to …

Digital Germany: Virtual Archives, Powerful Portals, Wise Wikis, Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

Presented in the Winter 2006-2007 issue of the Global Resources Newsletter, the German-North American Resources Partnership issue. Online portals and digital gateways into focused subject and area studies are both boons and blessings. For German Studies but even more extensively, for all disciplines relevant to the German-North American Resources Partnership this past year has seen explosive growth in the preparation, expansion, proofing, and proclamation of virtual libraries, scholarly digital projects, and multidisciplinary portals. German digital scholarship has reached a maturity that calls for the types of systematic registry and centralized access that are vital to researchers from Aachen to Zzyzx.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 23, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2007

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 23, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2007

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Secretary Paulson Works To Help Families Stay In Their Homes, Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Documents

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