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Synapse - Newsletter of ALHeLa

This is the January, 1982 edition of the ALHeLa newsletter - Synapse.

Contents include:

• ALHELA fall conference
• Dr. Pittman welcomes conference participants
• Afternoon session features videotape
• Business meeting
• Statewide cooperative programs discussed
• Meeting concludes
• Evening activities

The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors, Attitudes, And The Frequency Of Pap Smears Of Female Patients In A Rural Health Care Center, Kathy Ann Barnes

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Fifty-seven women over the age of 16, seeking care at a rural health center, completed questionnaires concerning demographic factors and health beliefs and attitudes. Correlation coefficients and Z scores were computed for the variables. There was significant positive correlation in both demographic and health belief and attitude areas. Discussed also are factors possibly contributing to the test results, as well as alternative research models.

Immunological Approaches To The Diagnosis Of Systemic Candidiasis, Gene Elizabeth Burges

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

The increasing incidence of systemic candidiasis and the difficulties diagnosing the disease on the basis of clinical data and culture results have prompted investigation into immunological methods of diagnosis. Detection of anti-Candida antibodies has proved to be not sufficiently specific for diagnosis of systemic disease since antibodies are frequently found in the normal individual in whom the organism lives as a commensal and in superficially infected individuals. Our project resulted in the development of a new quantitative immunofluorescence assay for quantitation of anti-Candida antibodies which is able to differentiate quite well (p< 0.0005) between systemically infected patients and normals or superficially infected patients. We have also investigated the value of purified antigens and have shown that the use of cytoplasmic protein antigens rather than those containing cell wall polysaccharide confers greater specificity on a qualitative test for anti-Candida antibodies but that a carbohydrate-containing antigen is adequate for differentiating systemic disease when a quantitative test is used. Attempts to diagnose systemic candidiasis by detection of circulating antigen have met with varying degrees of success. We were unable to detect antigen by counter-immunoelectrophoresis, a quantitative immunofluorescence inhibition assay, or an ELISA inhibition assay in the sera of rabbits in whom a Candida endocarditis was induced or in the sera of systemically infected patients. One postulated reason for this failure is the presence of the antigen in the form of circulating immune complexes. We have, therefore, investigated the possibility of the existence of complexes containing Candida antigen and antibody in the sera of patients with systemic candidiasis. Using four screening tests, a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was found for immune complex levels in a group of patients and a group of normal individuals. Isolation and characterization of immune complex-containing fractions from five patients with candidiasis indicated the presence of anti-Candida antibodies and/or antigen in at least three of them. Therefore, these fungal immune complexes can be assumed to exist and may play a role in the difficulties in detecting circulating antigen and, furthermore, may be involved in the pathogenesis and progression of disseminated candidiasis.

1982 Commencement For Thomas Jefferson University College Of Allied Health Sciences School Of Nursing

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

No abstract provided.

The University Of Health Sciences Journal: Summer/Fall 1982, University Of Health Sciences College Of Osteopathic Medicine, James F. Ryan

University of Health Sciences Journal (1981-1985)

Contents: The Faces of 1982-83 at UHS -- The 100th College of Osteopathic Medicine Class -- Physician/Teacher to Thousands -- One-Day Maternity Care -- "D.O. BE OR NOT TO BE?" -- Commencement 1982 -- Family Medical Care Center -- Taking a Closer Look: Endoscopy -- Alumni Album -- COMments -- People -- In Memoriam -- P.S.

Argt Caused By Toxic Antibiodies : Research Report, P Vogel

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A fortunate coincidence, discovered recently, has provided annual ryegrass toxicity researchers with valuable knowledge which may help them understand how the ARGT toxins affect animals, and further their investigations into vaccine development. A toxic antibiotic, identified years ago, has proved to be closely related to the ARGT toxins. Antibiotics are generally regarded as effective agents for the control of many bacterial and fungal infections. However, some of them are toxic to both the bacteria and the host, whether man or animal.

Leptospirosis : A Disease Of Animals And Man, G M. Robertson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Leptospirosis is best known in Western Australia as an insidious cause of abortion in pigs and cattle. Less well known is the fact that leptospirosis can occur in any warm blooded animal, including man, and that farmers, meat workers and veterinarians frequently risk infection. The disease is difficult to diagnose but research in the Microbiology Section of the Department of Agriculture's Animal Health Laboratory has resulted in the development of a new test which overcomes some of these difficulties

Modulation Of Membrane Fusion By Calcium-Binding Proteins, K. Hong, Nejat Düzgüneş, Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

The effects of several Ca2+-binding proteins (calmodulin, prothrombin, and synexin) on the kinetics of Ca2+-induced membrane fusion were examined. Membrane fusion was assayed by following the mixing of aqueous contents of phospholipid vesicles. Calmodulin inhibited slightly the fusion of phospholipid vesicles. Bovine prothrombin and its proteolytic fragment 1 had a strong inhibitory effect on fusion. Depending on the phospholipid composition, synexin could either facilitate or inhibit Ca2+-induced fusion of vesicles. The effects of synexin were Ca2+ specific. 10 microM Ca2+ was sufficient to induce fusion of vesicles composed of phosphatidic acid/phosphatidylethanolamine (1:3) in the presence of synexin and 1 mM …

Dental Advertising: A Survey Of Practicing Dentists In South Carolina, Francis M. Beylotte

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

An advertising survey was conducted amongst the practicing dentists in South Carolina (1046) dentists. The survey consisted of three distinct parts. The first section contained specific demographic questions regarding a dentist's age, length of practice, the practice location, and the size of the community which the dentist serves. The second section consisted of an opinionaire, in which, the dentist's attitude concerning the using of personal dental advertisements were evaluated. Through a third section, the number and percentage of responding dentists utilizing personal dental advertising, the type of advertisement being used, and the amount of monies being allocated for advertising were …

1982 Beef Cattle Report, Daniel B. Faulkner, John K. Ward, Terry J. Klopfenstein, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, V. J. Gibney, J. B. Campbell, D. C. Clanton, D. J. Boxler, M. K. Petersen, Robert A. (Bud) Britton, J. K. Ward, G. Llamas, G. H. Deutscher, B. L. Peverley, J. E. Kinder, M. L. Day, K. Imakawa, R. J. Kittok, W. A. Zollinger, M. K. Nielsen, R. M. Koch, D. S. Buchanan, J. T. Nichols, A. M. Gray, Darrel Myran, Keith Dehaan, Rick Stock, Steve Abrams, Dennis Brink, Felipe Cook, John K. Merrill, Mike L. Mcdonnell, Mark Nelson, Ivan Rush, Ray Carr, Warren Sahs, Abe Turgeon Jr., Dave Harmon, Bob Steele, Paul Q. Guyer, Stanley D. Farlin, Gregory Schindler, Stephen Lowry, Roy G. Arnold, Leo E. Lucas

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Maximizing Forage in Beef Growing-Finishing Rations

Computer Simulation of Plant and Animal Growth

Effects of Cattle Lice on Gains of Cattle Fed Varied Nutrition Levels

Bypass Protein from Blood Meal in Range Supplements

Ammonia Treatment of Wheat Straw

Estrous Synchronization Programs Utilizing Utalyse

Endocrine Regulation of Puberty in the Beef Heifer

Dietary Energy Intake Influence-Reproductive Hormone Secretion in Beef Heifers I

Dietary Energy Intake Influence-Reproductive Hormone Secretion in Beef Heifers II

Genetic Trend in Weaning Weight

Genetic Gain Bias in Weaning Weight Estimated Breeding Values

Selection Applied in Three Lines of Hereford Cattle

Response (Estimated and Predicted) to Selection in …

The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report, Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin, Mary Ellen Dennis

Maine Collection

The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report

by Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin & Mary Ellen Dennis

Division of Environmental Evaluation and Lake Studies, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta, Maine 1982.

Contents: Understanding Maine's Lakes and Ponds / Acknowledgement / Temperature / Dissolved Oxygen / Other Measures of Lake Water Quality / Nutrients / Algae and Chlorophyll a / Transparency / Morphometry / Sampling / Protection / Classification / Answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions / Glossary of Terms / Appendix A : Maximum, Minimum, and Mean Values / Appendix B : Phosphate Content of Common Cleansers …

The Promise Of Abundant Life: Patenting A Magnificent Obsession, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

The purpose of this essay will be to explore the parameters of the scientific imperative to explore truth. The scope of this inquiry is shaped in part by the United States patent laws and administrative interpretations and, more specifically, by the United States Supreme Court in its recent holding allowing the new forms of life created in a laboratory to be patented. The ultimate purpose of this piece, then, is to refute the arrogance of power theory expressed as being implicit in the investigations of the vast potential for the positive achievement of good through harnessing the "New Biology." Thus, …

Summary Of Experiments., T. N. Khan, K. Brain, G. Oldfield

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(I) General comments and highlights. (II) Scald: Fungicidal control. 82BA21, 82E18, 82MT19, 82WH23, 82WH23. (III) Scald: Opportunity trial on fungicidal control. 82AL85, 82BA22, 82MT20. (IV) Scald: Epidemic in segregating populations. (V) Scald: Host reaction in hill plots and single plants. 82MT21, 82BA23, (VI) Scald: Seeding rate in evaluating cultivars for resistance. 82MT22, (VII) Net-type net blotch: Screening fungicides. 82BA25, 82KA25. (VIII) Net-type net blotch: Reactions in single plants and hill plots. 82A3, 82BA26. (IX) Spot-type net blotch: Screening fungicides. 82C16. (X) Spot-type net blotch: Potential yield losses. 82C14, 82C15. (XI) Effect of simulated stubble mulching on disease and yield. 82BA36, …

Diseases Of Lupins And Lupinosis., P M. Wood

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin diseases, 82 TS 30, 82 TS 29, 82 TS 28, 82 GE 24, 82 ME 45, 82 ME 46, 82 BR 20,

Vital Signs, January 1982, 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.

The Protective Role Of Superoxide Dismutase Against The Beta Cell Toxicity Of Diabetogenic Drugs, Samuel Evans Gandy Iii

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a scavenger of the toxic superoxide radical and thereby protects the integrity of cell components from oxidative damage. This enzyme is an essential part of the biological defense system of aerobic cells, both directly by removing the superoxide anion and indirectly by preventing the formation of hydroxyl radical when superoxide reacts with hydrogen peroxide. The chemical diabetogenic agent streptozotocin, alloxan and Vacor are reported to directly inhibit the activity of this enzyme. The role of SOD in protection of pancreatic beta cells from the toxicity of diabetogenic drugs and the interaction of the drug with enzyme …

Developing An Attitude Test To Predict Treatment Outcome In Depressed And Anxious Outpatients : An Exploratory Study, Kathryn Ainslie Paris

Dissertations and Theses

While much research has examined factors thought to affect patient compliance with therapeutic regimen, relatively little is known about the relationship between psychiatric patients' attitudes toward treatment regimen and their adherence to the treatment regimen. Compliance rates for psychiatric patients remain the lowest of the medical patient population, probably due to psychological and social characteristics of psychiatric patients. Because of a trend in the United States toward self-medication for an increasingly ambulatory psychiatric patient population, the ability to predict patient compliance with medication regimen has become more important than ever before. Before potential noncompliers can be identified and patient compliance …

Perspectives On Speechlessness : A Case Study, Michelle Alexander Carlson

Dissertations and Theses

This study addresses a problem of speech disruption as an individual abruptly and without explanation stops speaking to those around her. The matter for investigation involves the meaning this event has for those who are closely involved with this individual either in a practical day to day way or in a continuing relationship.

Role-Taking And Behavior, Jane Wynne Uphoff

Dissertations and Theses

The present study examined the relationship between the cognitive skill of role-or perspective-taking and naturally occurring behavior of behaviorally disordered children. Twenty-six boys, aged five years, nine months to twelve years, two months were tested and observed at their treatment facility. It was predicted that children who could take the perspective of others would prefer peer to adult interaction, would more likely give positive attention to their peers and would be more likely to use effective language than their non perspective-taking peers. These and related hypotheses were examined by observing each participant's interactive behavior for 36 minutes distributed over three …

Pragmatics: The Verbal Expression Of Feelings, Ann Paula Zimmerman

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this investigation was to determine at which age levels, between four and eight years, children express Praise, Apology, Commiseration, Blame, Challenge, Endearment, and both a Positive and Negative State.

Subjects were thirty children, six from each age level between four and eight years, selected from an elementary and preschool within the Portland area. Sixteen picture cards and stories were designed to elicit the eight different feelings. Each subject responded to questions at the end of the story and was given two chances to express the appropriate feeling. Each response was judged as appropriate or inappropriate and scored …

The Relationship Of Role Organization And Role Deprivation To Nurses' Views Toward The Requirement For Entry Into Professional Practice And Its Related Issues, Paula G. Morton

Dissertations and Theses

A national resolution to alter the educational and practice requirements for nurses by 1985 has been adopted in Oregon. It has been theorized that how nurses organize their multiple roles and the degrees of role deprivation they experience will affect their views toward professional issues. Prior research suggests there be a relationship between certain demographic variables and nurses' role organization and role deprivation.

The study sought to establish the relationship of selected demographic variables and the variables of type of role organization and deprivation to nurses' views of four facets of the 1985 Resolution. The intent was to examine the …

การประเมินผลทางคลินิคของสารเภสัชรังสีชนิดใหม่ ในการวินิจฉัยแยกโรคตับและระบบน้ำดี, มาคุ้มครอง โปษยะจินดา, สัจพันธ์ อิศระเสนา, ประพันธ์ กิตติสิน, พินิจ กุลละวณิชย์, ชาญวิทย์ ตันติ์พิพัฒน์

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Protein Sparing Modified Fast On Insulin And Glucagon Levels, Elizabeth Anne Shirley

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A total of 18 obese men and women volunteered and participated in a seven-day protein sparing modified fast providing 400 calories per day. The subjects were concurrently participating in an eight-week weight control program combining the facets of nutrition education, group therapy, and values clarification. The modified fast, which was optional, was conducted during two different time periods with a conventional low calorie diet prescribed during the four-week interval.

The diet formula consisted of a high biological value protein, dried egg white, and either glucose or corn starch as the carbohydrate source. The composition of the diets varied as follows: …

Musical Expertise And Melodic Structure In Memory For Musical Notation, Andrea R. Halpern, Gordon H. Bower

Faculty Journal Articles

Two experiments plus a pilot investigated the role of melodic structure on short-term memory for musical notation by musicians and nonmusicians. In the pilot experiment, visually similar melodies that had been rated as either "good" or "bad" were presented briefly, followed by a 15-sec retention interval and then recall. Musicians remembered good melodies better than they remembered bad ones: nonmusicians did not distinguish between them. In the second experiment, good, bad, and random melodies were briefly presented, followed by immediate recall. The advantage of musicians over nonmusicians decreased as the melody type progressed from good to bad to random. In …

Effects Of A Supplementary Depth Jumping Program On Leg Strength, Leg Power, And Sprinting Speed In Sprinters And Jumpers, Christopher E. Bucknam

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Many sport activities require strength and power training programs to help athletes achieve optimal performances. These types of programs are aimed at developing strength and power only through the voluntary shortening of the muscle during contraction. Research has indicated, however, that the faster a muscle is forced to lengthen, or stretch before shortening the greater tension it will exert. Plyometric training, specifically depth jumping, is one technique that does emphasize a forced maximum stretch over a short period of time. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of a plyometric conditioning program, when used in addition to …

A Comparison Of Perceived Exertion Ratings And Heart Rate Responses Of College Athletes During A Standardized Treadmill Test, Mpakaboari Fyneface

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Duties Of The Athletic Director And Activities Director In Central Illinois High Schools, Joe Tomlinson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Menstrual Cycle Effects On Blood Pressure, Body Weight And Heart Rates During Rest, Exercise And Recovery On College Athletes, Dawn J. Shutter

Masters Theses

Ten members of the Eastern Illinois University women's track team were used as subjects to determine the relationship of body weight, blood pressure and heart rate during rest, exercise and recovery to menstruation.

The subjects were tested on two different occasions. The first test was administered within twenty-four hours of the onset of menstruation. The second test was conducted seven days later. During both testing periods blood pressure, body weight and resting heart rate measurements were taken before beginning the treadmill protocol (progressive grade and speed increases up to 4% and 8 mph, respectively). The subjects ran on a motor …

Synapsis: Philadelphia Campus (1982), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

All Yearbooks

The 1982 Synapsis includes Christmas Show, Founders' Day Follies, Lambda Omicron Gamma, LOG, (ΛΟΓ), Phi Sigma Gamma, PSG, (ΦΣΓ), Delta Omega, DO, (ΔΩ), H.O.G. Fraternity, Student Council, Class Officers, Student Spouses Auxiliary, Christian Medical Society, Jewish Medical Society, Volleyball, Rugby, Note Service, Student Osteopathic Medical Association, SOMA, Yearbook Staff.

A Photograph of the Class of 1960 is available online: DO Class of 1960

Extended Report Of Rorschach Personality And Barnum Statements, Richard H. Dana, Patricia A. Thomas

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

Frequent and Infrequent concepts were identified in psychological reports. These concepts were presented with established Barnum statements to 70 college students for estimation of the percentages of persons described by each concept. Significant differences between the three concept categories were obtained although rates of endorsement for all concepts were high.