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Synapse, Alabama Health Libraries Association

Synapse - Newsletter of ALHeLa

This is the February, 1981 edition of the ALHeLa newsletter - Synapse.

Contents include:

• ALHELA to hold first annual meeting
• Focus on alabama health libraries
• ALHELA steering committee meets
• Position open
• Online services introduces at SAMC
• Southeast chapter of the medical library association elects officers
• Membership application
• Letters

Ariel - Volume 11 Number 5, Saul Helfing, David Polin, Jeff Greenwald, Steve Edmundowicz, Kevin Hardy, Allan Cummings

Ariel

Executive Editors

Ellen Feldman

Leonardo S. Nasca, Jr.

Business Managers

Alex Macones

Martin B. Getzow

News Editor

Hugh A. Gelabert

Features Editor

Aaron D. Bleznak

CAHS Editor

Joan M. Greco

Editorial Page Editor

Samuel Markind

Photography Editor

Todd L. Demmy

Sports Editor

Paul F. Mansfield

Commons Editor

Saul I. Helfing

Winter 1981, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Sig

The Sig Newsletter from the Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy - Winter 1981

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, June 1981, Perma E. Davis, Doris E. Bowman, Jeanne Holzbaur, Patricia Zarella, Lynn Marcolina, Janet Hindson, Margaret M. Cossman, Martha E. Riland, Dolores Hughes

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Calendar

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Letter from the President

School of Nursing Annual Report

Frontier Nursing by Debbie Jones, 1978

The Infection Control Practitioner by Jeanne Holzbauer, 1951

Commencement Address by Patricia Zarella, 1951

Student Affairs Council

Nurses Scholarship Fund

Nurses Relief Fund Benefits

Committee Reports

Alumni Office News

Ways and Means Committee Report

Memorial Gifts

Class Notes

Pictures, Luncheon

School of Nursing, Graduates 1981

School of Nursing, 1981 Awards

Resume' of Minutes of Alumni Association Meeings

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary, Class 1931

Marriages and Births

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Alumni

Notices

Change of Address Form

A Cyproheptadine-Reversible Defect In Acth Control Persisting After Removal Of The Pituitary Tumor In Cushing's Disease, Harvey V. Lankford , M.D., H. St. George Tucker , M.D., William G. Blackard , M.D.

Internal Medicine Publications

Abstract

We studied two phases of cortisol feedback suppression of ACTH in nine patients who had had adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease. Four had been treated by adrenalectomy alone and presumably had ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors. Five others were studied two or more years after transsphenoidal removal of an ACTH-secreting microadenoma. In both groups, cortisol-ACTH feedback during the first 30 minutes of cortisol infusion was abnormal; plasma ACTH fell only 2.7±2.6 per cent (mean ±S.E.), as compared with 28.0±10.1 per cent in five hypoadrenal controls (P<0.01). The fall in ACTH during the second phase of cortisol infusion was similar in the patients and the controls. Cyproheptadine corrected the feedback abnormality occurring during the first phase in both groups of patients with Cushing's disease; ACTH fell by 24.4±4.8 per cent (P<0.005). Persistence of a cortisol-ACTH feedback abnormality after removal of the pituitary tumor in Cushing's disease, as well as the correction by cyproheptadine, suggests that higher centers have a role in the pathophysiology of Cushing's disease. (N Engl J Med. 1981; 305:1244–8.)

Physical Education And The Hearing Impaired, Lesley K. Wilke

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper compares the performance of perceptual-motor skills of physically and mentally normal hearing-impaired children who have participated in a physical education program with those who have not participated in a physical education program.

Should Homework Be Required? Parent Attitudes At Central Institute For The Deaf, Laurie Johnson

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses a study on parental attitudes towards homework for hearing impaired children.

Optical Environment In Classrooms For Hearing-Impaired Children: Recent Developments And Continuing Needs, Susan Langtry

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper is a review of the literature regarding design of classrooms for hearing impaired children.

Analisis Gramatical Del Lenguaje Elicitado Nivel Sencillo: A Spanish Translation Of The Grammatical Analysis Of Elicited Language: Simple Sentence Level, William Michael Mudrovic

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper presents a Spanish translation of the Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language: Simple Sentence Level. Also included are some suggested changes in vocabulary and sentence structure for the Spanish version.

A Russian Language Speech Discrimination Test For Clinical Audiometry, Amy Pearlman

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper contains a speech discrimination test in the Russian language composed of fifty known Russian monosyllables.

A Comparison Of Physical Measurements Of Pure-Tones, Third-Octave Bands Of Noise And Third-Octave Bands Of Speech To Subjective Judgments Of Audibility Threshold, Mcl And Ucl For Three Normally Hearing Listeners, John K. , Jr. Dawson

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study investigates the relation between physical measurements of pure-tones, third-octave bands of noise and third-octave bands of speech and subjective judgments of auditory threshold, most-comfortable listening level (MCL) and uncomfortable-listening level (UCL) for three normally hearing listeners.

How The Listener's Experience Influences The Rating Of The Intelligibility Of Hearing-Impaired Children's Speech, Laura Ferguson

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the importance of listener experience as a factor when developing intelligibility measures for hearing impaired children.

Speech Perception By The Chinchilla: Discrimination Of /I/ And /A/ In Various Consonantal Contexts, Nan Lynn Dunlop

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses a study done with chinchillas and their ability to organize speech sounds into auditory concepts.

The Developmental Sentence Analysis And The Grammatical Analysis Of Elicited Language - Complex Level: A Correlative Study, Gabrielle Rubin

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper studies the Developmental Sentence Analysis (DSA), which measures syntactic maturity of spontaneous utterances, and the Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language (GAEL), which uses a highly structured set of games and activities designed to elicit specific target sentences.

Effect Of Amplification Bandwidth On Intelligibility Of Several Different Speech Samples For A Listener With Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Gary Friedman

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines the effect of amplification bandwidth on speech intelligibility using multiple speech samples.

Hearing In Children With Diabetes Mellitus, Ann E. Sieger

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper compares auditory function in young, insulin-dependent diabetic subjects with auditory function in normally-hearing, non-diabetic subjects.

An Examination Of The Appropriateness Of The Cid Grammatical Analysis Of Elicted Language As An Instrument To Compare Language Acquisition In Deaf Children Enrolled In Cued Speech Vs. Oral And Signed English Programs, Elizabeth Hightower

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses a study to compare test results of the CID GAEL test among hearing impaired children who are enrolled in cued speech vs. oral vs. signed english programs.

Implementing Aural Habilitation: A Case Study, Linda Kozma-Spytek

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper reviews an aural rehabilitation program for hearing impaired children.

Density Of Myelinated Nerve Fibers In The Chinchilla Cochlea, April Kenworthy

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper reviews a study to obtain baseline values for the density of myelinated nerve fibers of the chinchilla cochlea.

The Effects Of Varying Amounts Of Visual Information On Telephone Intelligibility, Debra N. Levine, Mary C. Saggau

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examines whether similarly reduced amounts of visible articulatory information has potential for increasing speech intelligibility over the telephone to hearing-impaired listeners.

Methods For Hearing Aid Selection And Fitting, Regina A. Salomon Feiner

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper is a review of hearing aid practices in Mexico.

The Effects Of Varying Amounts Of Visual Information On Telephone Intelligibility, Mary C. Saggau, Debra N. Levine

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examines whether similarly reduced amounts of visible articulatory information has potential for increasing speech intelligibility over the telephone to hearing-impaired listeners.

An Analysis Of The Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests And The Diagnostic Reading Scales For Use With Hearing-Impaired Children, Judith K. Schlesinger

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines two individually administered diagnostic reading tests, the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests and the Diagnostic Reading Scales, to determine their value for use with hearing-impaired children.

Ua60/5 Wku Dental Hygiene Class Of 1981, Wku Dental Hygiene

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1981 dental hygiene class: Cindy Bakker, Cheri Banks, Lee Barnes, Tammy Blandford, Sara Johnson, Becky Meguiar, Dana Sandage, Zandy Stone, Sharon Thomas, Lynette Thompson, Sue Buhay, Joan Christ, Alice Kiger, Bonny Petty, Charlotte Yaeger and Cheri Westerfield.

The Psychology Of Euthanizing Animals: The Emotional Components, Charles E. Owens, Ricky Davis, Bill Hurt Smith

Human and Animal Bonding Collection

The emotional effects of euthanizing unwanted animals on professional animal control personnel are examined using written statements of and discussions among twenty-six euthanasia technicians at a workshop during a national session of the Animal Control Academy (Tuscaloosa, AL]. Emotional conflicts arise .in significant part from the dilemma that the same public which is responsible for the problem of unwanted animals also has a markedly negative perception of euthanasia, and by extension, of those who perform euthanasia. During discussions, the euthanasia technicians revealed a variety of strategies for coping with feelings of isolation, alienation and sorrow. These included intellectualization, avoidance of …

Ethical Concerns In Primate Use And Husbandry, Ardith A. Eudey

Experimentation Collection

Subsequent to World War II, a dramatic increase occurred in the utilization of nonhuman primates in biomedical and psychological research and industry. At the same time field studies on the ecological and social behavior of natural populations of primates also increased, making possible more realistic assessments of both the behavioral potentiality of primate populations and their conservation status. In spite of the growing body of information indicating the endangered or threatened status of most species, many laboratory workers and planning agencies continue to regard primates as renewable resources, even seeking to bypass protective legislation in habitat countries to obtain them. …

Biomedical Research And Animal Welfare: Traditional Viewpoints And Future Directions, Franklin M. Loew

Experimentation Collection

It has been twenty years since C.P. Snow first presented the concept of "The Two Cultures"; referring to the "culture" of scientists and the "culture" of literary intellectuals (mainly writers), Snow said (1969):

... constantly I felt I was moving among two groups- comparable in intelligence, identical in race, not grossly different in social origin, earning about the same incomes, who had almost ceased to communicate at all, who in intellectual, moral and psychological climate had so little in common ...

In some ways, "Two Cultures" goes far to characterize the current state of affairs surrounding those whose scientific endeavors …

Conversation With Henry Spira: Draize Test Activist, Lynne Harriton

Interviews

No abstract provided.

Football Media Guide 1981, Indiana State University

Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma — Major Mortality Reduction In Comatose Patients Treated Within Four Hours, John M. Seelig , M.D., Donald P. Becker , M.D., J. Douglas Miller , M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S., Richard P. Greenberg , M.D., Ph.D., John D. Ward , M.D., Sung C. Choi , Ph.D

Biostatistics Publications

To discover which factors contributed to recovery after surgical intracranial decompression, we reviewed the records of 82 consecutive comatose patients with traumatic acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) who were treated in a single center under a uniform protocol. The delay from injury to operation was the factor of greatest therapeutic importance. Patients who underwent surgery within the first four hours had a 30 per cent mortality rate, as compared with 90 per cent in those who had surgery after four hours (P