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Part-Time Farmer Dies After Tractor Leaves Public Roadway And Over-Turns, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 58-year-old part-time farmer, on route to his home, was killed when the tractor he was operating ran off the road and overturned. The victim was traveling west on State Route 32 at approximately 1:15 pm on Saturday, May 21, 1994. The victim had just completed plowing a neighbor's vegetable garden and was driving the half mile home to his farm at the time of the incident. The right front wheel of the tractor edged off the roadway onto the narrow shoulder and over an embankment. The tractor momentum and the steep embankment caused the tractor to turn over onto …

Comparison Of Micrscan Identification And Susceptibility Testing Methods For Streptococcus Dysgalactiae To Conventional Biochemical Reactions And Kirby-Bauer Susceptibility Testing Methods, Anthony Hatcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A total of 100 isolates of Streptococcus dysgalact iae from bovine mastitis infections was used to evaluate and compare the biochemical reactions of the gram positive Combo Type 6 panel on the MicroScan autoSCANR system to a conventional procedure for identification of streptococci. Of the 100 isolates, 83.3% was identified as "Very Rare Biotype" by the MicroScan and classified as S. dysgalactiae by conventional methods. Of the remaining 16.7%, MicroScan identified 3.3% as Streptococcus morbillorum, 3.3% as Aerococcus viridians, 3.3% as Streptococcus constellatum/milleri, 1.7% as Streptococcus agalactiae, 1.7% as Streptococcus mitis, 1.7% as Streptococcus sanguis, and 1.7% as Streptococcus intermidis/rni …

Ua66/14/4 Kentucky Partnership Newsletter, Vol. Ii, No. 4, Kentucky Partnership For Farm Family Health & Safety

University Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Kentucky Partnership for Farm Family Health & Safety.

The Role Of Cd8+T Cells In The Immune Response To Trypanosoma Cruzi In Mice Held At Elevated Environmental Temperature, Zhijan Ming

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

When maintained at 36°C, T. cruzi infected C3H mice survive an infection that is lethal to mice maintained at room temperature. To study the role of CD8+ T cells in this phenomenon, anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody (MAb) was used to deplete CD8+ T cells in vivo. An IgG2a-producing rat hybridoma (designated 53-6.72) was adapted to serum free medium, and anti-CD8 MAb was purified from culture supernatant by ammonium sulfate precipitation. Mice were injected intraperitoneally with 200(ig of MAb for three consecutive days. On the fifth day, the result of the in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells was determined by an …

The Role Of Cd4+T Cells In The Immune Response To Trypanosoma Cruzi In Mice Held At Elevated Environmental Temperature, Qi Guo

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The immune response of mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (the causative agent of Chagas' disease) has been extensively studied, and it has been demonstrated that changes in environmental temperature can influence the resistance of infected mice to the parasite. In particular, several investigators have demonstrated an increased resistance to T. cruzi infection when infected mice are maintained at 36°C. This increased resistance is reflected in decreased parasitemias and increased longevity. In addition, this enhanced resistance has been shown to be an immunological phenomenon. CD4+ T cells play a very important role in immune responses to parasitic infections through the secretion …

Ureterorenoscopy In Children, K Rasheed, A Memon

Section of Paediatric Surgery

No abstract provided.

An Abattoir Study Of Tuberculosis In A Herd Of Farmed Elk, Terry L. Whiting, Stacy V. Tessaro

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and distribution of grossly visible lesions of tuberculosis in a herd of 344 North American elk (Cervus elaphus) depopulated during a three-month period in 1991. Abattoir inspection detected mycobacterial lesions in 134 (39.8%) of the 337 animals received for slaughter. The prevalence of lesions increased with the age of the animals. Lesions were predominantly suppurative rather than caseous, and mineralization was less evident than in tuberculous lesions in cattle. Lesions occurred predominantly -in lymph nodes, and lungs were the only organs in which mycobacterial lesions were found. The …

Immediate Emotional Responses To The Southern California Firestorms, E. Alison Holman, Roxane Cohen Silver

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.

Spiritual Well-Being, Self-Esteem And Intimacy Among Couples Using Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring, Donna M. Lawrence

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Making decisions about achieving and avoiding pregnancy and the methods used to attain those ends are some of the most central decisions during a couple's reproductive life. Health professionals (especially professional nurses) are often consulted to aid couples in their reproductive decisions and provide couples with choices of reproductive control. Information provided on family planning choices, however, is often limited and usually involves issues of effectiveness to avoid pregnancy, convenience, health risks, and life-style preferences.1,2 Little information is provided on how family planning methods compare on psychological, spiritual, and social well-being variables. One method of family planning that needs further …

Location Report, Alumni And Former Housestaff, Unm School Of Medicine Office Of Development And Alumni Relations

University of New Mexico School of Medicine Location Report

No abstract provided.

A Thyroid Hormone-Regulated Gene In Xenopus Laevis Encodes A Type Iii Iodothyronine 5-Deiodinase., Donald L. St Germain, Robert Schwartzman, Walburga Croteau, Akira Kanamori, Zhou Wang, Donald D. Brown, Valerie Galton

Dartmouth Scholarship

The type III iodothyronine 5-deiodinase metabolizes thyroxine and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine to inactive metabolites by catalyzing the removal of iodine from the inner ring. The enzyme is expressed in a tissue-specific pattern during particular stages of development in amphibia, birds, and mammals. Recently, a PCR-based subtractive hybridization technique has been used to isolate cDNAs prepared from Xenopus laevis tadpole tail mRNA that represent genes upregulated by thyroid hormone during metamorphosis. Sequence analysis of one of these cDNAs (XL-15) revealed regions of homology to the mRNA encoding the rat type I (outer ring) 5'-deiodinase, including a conserved UGA codon that encodes selenocysteine in …

The Oral Health Of Native Americans: A Chart Book Of Recent Findings, Trends And Regional Differences, William Niendorff

Native Health Database Full Text

This study disseminates a wide range of information regarding the oral health and dental treatment needs of Native American to individuals and groups currently involved or wanting to become involved with community health matters.

Reflections On The Spirituality Of Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Immunohistochemistry In Tumour Diagnosis--Who Actually Needs It?, S Pervez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

No abstract provided.

Small Group Market Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperatives Revisited, Karl Polzer

National Health Policy Forum

As Congress was in the final stages of considering the Clinton administration's proposal for comprehensive health reform and various derivatives of it, this Forum session examined the progress of several purchasing cooperatives in helping employees of small firms find affordable insurance coverage. The first half of the meeting focused on California's purchasing alliance, especially its impact on prices in the small-group insurance market. Varying models of cooperatives (or alliances) being set up in Florida, Iowa, and Kentucky also were discussed, with special attention being paid to their potential for addressing fundamental problems such as rising costs and access to insurance.

Trends And Differentials In Mortality From Cancers Of The Oral Cavity And Pharynx In The United States, 1973-1 987, Howard I. Goldberg, Stuart A. Lockwood, Stephen W. Wyatt, Linda S. Crossett

United States Public Health Resources

Background. This analysis consisted of an examination of trends and differentials in mortality from cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in the United States for a recent 15-year period.

Methods. The authors have used national cause of death data for the United States and intercensal population estimates to examine mortality from oral and pharyngeal cancers between 1973 and 1987 and to study differentials according to gender, race, and region of residence.

Results. The overall mortality rate from these cancers decreased by 19% during the 15-year period, with most of the decline occurring after 1979. Mortality was …

Synapse, Alabama Health Libraries Association

Synapse - Newsletter of ALHeLa

This is the Summer, 1994 edition of the ALHeLa newsletter - Synapse.

Contents include:

• Presidential notes - Sondra Pfeiffer
• Executive committee minutes submitted by Mary Fran Prottsman
• UA Health Sciences Reference librarian Retires by Martha Tillotson
• ALHeLA internet discussion group
• Short topics
• Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Meeting

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 1994

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Evaluation And Comparison Of Environmental Contaminants Present In Two Types Of Swine Rearing Facilities, Carolyn Crowe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It has been reported that pigs weaned and moved into an isolated nursery have greater growth rates measured on an average daily gain, and thymus gland weights than do their counterparts in a conventional nursery. In this study I explored the association of this biological difference with environmental contaminants. Levels of total and respirable dust and endotoxin, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and temperature and percent relative humidity were measured in two types of swine rearing facilities: isolated nursery and nursery within a conventional farm. We found isolated nurseries have significantly (p<0.05) less total and respirable dust and endotoxin and greater growth rates. With few exceptions, our measurements of levels of total and respirable dust and total endotoxin were within published ranges. Levels of respirable endotoxin were higher than published ranges.

Method In Jewish Bioethics: An Overview, Dena S. Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This essay introduces the reader to the processes by which Jewish ethical-legal reasoning brings old insights to bear on new problems generated by advances in science and medicine. There are at least four reasons why Jewish legal thinking in this area is important to the wider community of Western legal scholars. First, because the law often strives to consider different religious beliefs, it is important to understand these beliefs, the history of these beliefs, and how they function within their religious community.

Second, Jewish legal thinking is important because representatives of religious traditions frequently serve on policy and law-making bodies. …

Impairment Of The Cellular Immune Response In Acute Murine Toxoplasmosis: Regulation Of Interleukin 2 Production And Macrophage-Mediated Inhibitory Effects., Sakhina Haque, Imtiaz Khan, Azizul Haque, Lloyd Kasper

Dartmouth Scholarship

Depression of the cellular immune response to Toxoplasma gondii has been reported in both mice and humans. The present study was undertaken to determine the kinetics and mechanism of the observed downregulation of interleukin 2 (IL-2) production during experimental murine toxoplasmosis. For these investigations, the cell-mediated immune response to the wild type (PTg) was compared with that to the less-virulent mutant parasite (PTgB), which is deficient in the major surface antigen, p30 (SAG-1). Spleen cells from infected A/J mice failed to proliferate in response to Toxoplasma antigens during the first week of infection. Both PTg- and PTgB-infected A/J mice exhibited …

High Rates Of Frameshift Mutations Within Homo-Oligomeric Runs During A Single Cycle Of Retroviral Replication, Dawn P. Wooley, H. M. Temin

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

Homo-oligomeric runs were inserted into a spleen necrosis virus-based retrovirus vector to determine the nature and rate of mutations within runs of 10 to 12 identical nucleotides during a single replication cycle. Clones of helper cells containing integrated copies of retroviral vectors were used to produce virus for infection of target (nonhelper) cells. Proviral sequences from target cell clones were compared with proviral sequences from helper cell clones to study mutations that occurred during a single cycle of replication. In addition to the internal region spanning the homo-oligomeric inserts, a naturally occurring run of 10 T's in the long terminal …

Question: What Is The Difference Between Volmax® And Proventil Repetabs®?, Jeffery A. Goad, Robert Andonian, Chris Chang, Greg Thompson

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Answer: There are noticeable differences between Volmax and Proventil Repetabs, two of the available oral forms of administering albuterol to patients suffering from asthma. These differences are discussed below.

Nsu Programs For Higher Education Catalog 1994–1995 (Includes Application And Admission Forms), Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Polyclonal Infections Due To Mycobacterium Avium Complex In Patients With Aids Detected By Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Of Sequential Clinical Isolates., Alexander M. Slutsky, Robert D. Arbeit, Thomas W. Barber, Josiah Rich, C Fordham Von Reyn

Dartmouth Scholarship

Invasive infection with organisms of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is common among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. In previous studies, we analyzed multiple individual colonies of MAC isolated from specimens obtained at the same time and observed that 14 to 20% of patients are simultaneously infected with more than one strain. In this study, we examined sequential isolates from 12 patients with AIDS who had two or more MAC isolates available from clinical specimens collected more than 1 week apart; the intervals between the first and last specimens ranged from 8 to 192 (median, 46) days. For …

Contrast Enhancement Of Medical Images Using Multiscale Edge Representation, Jian Lu, Dennis M. Healy Jr., John B. Weaver

Dartmouth Scholarship

Experience suggests the existence of a connection between the contrast of a gray-scale image and the gradient magnitude of intensity edges in the neighborhood where the contrast is measured. This observation motivates the development of edge-based contrast enhancement techniques. We present a simple and effective method for image contrast enhancement based on the multiscale edge representation of images. The contrast of an image can be enhanced simply by stretching or upscaling the multiscale gradient maxima of the image. This method offers flexibility to selectively enhance features of different sizes and ability to control noise magnification. We present some experimental results …

Aging And Exercise: A Health Perspective, Joanna L. Bokovoy, Steven N. Blair

Faculty Publications

Habitual exercise provides protection against fatal coronary heart disease, extends longevity, and enhances quality of life. National surveys show less physical activity in older men and women compared with middle-aged and younger persons; older women are particularly sedentary. Although there are still few longitudinal studies on exercise and physical activity in older individuals, the data support a positive relationship between physical activity and health function in older individuals. The data further show that with regular physical activity, health and fitness are maintained or even increased over time in older individuals. Studies on physical activity requirements for beneficial health effects in …

Adoptive Transfer Of Polyclonal And Cloned Cytolytic T Lymphocytes (Ctl) Specific For Mouse Aids-Associated Tumors Is Effective In Preserving Ctl Responses: A Measure Of Protection Against Lp-Bm5 Retrovirus-Induced Immunodeficiency., William R. Green, Kathy A. Green, Karen M. Crassi

Dartmouth Scholarship

Cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) can be raised against C57BL/6 B-cell lymphomas from mice with LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus-induced AIDS (MAIDS). Adoptive transfer of polyclonal anti-MAIDS tumor CTL or two CTL clones specific for the B6-1710 MAIDS lymphoma caused preservation of major histocompatibility complex-restricted and allogeneic CTL responses, which may be interpreted as indices of protection from LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus-induced immunodeficiency.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xliii, Number 4, Summer 1994

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIII, Number 4, Summer 1994

The social transformation of practice, page 8

How medicine is taught differently now, page 8

The only constant is change, page 8

Medicine is being challenged and physicians must respond, page 8

Vascular Ectasias of the colon, page 9

Jefferson and AIDS care in Uganda, page 10

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Pennsylvania hospital, page 10

Nintendo comes to medicine: 3-D MRI of congenital heart disease, page 11

Imaging of psychiatric conditions, page 12

Effects of space flight on human physiology: A Jefferson Study, page 12

Aesthetic considerations after trauma, page 13 …

Rearrangement Of The Bcl-6 Gene As A Prognostic Marker In Diffuse Large-Cell Lymphoma, K. Offit, D.C. Louie, N. Z. Parsa, Denis H. Y. Leung, C. Portlock, B.H. Ye, F. Lista, D.A. Filippa, A. Rosenbaum, M. Ladanyi, S. Jhanwar, R. Dalla-Favera, R.S.K. Changanti

Research Collection School Of Economics

Current therapy can induce a long-term remission in half the patients with diffuse lymphomas with a large-cell component (DLLC), but more intensive treatment has the potential to improve outcome. Rearrangement of a novel candidate proto-oncogene, bcl-6, correlates with a favorable clinical outcome in DLLC and may thus serve as a prognostic marker.