Made up of several muscles and tendons, your rotator cuffs connect your upper arm bones to your shoulder blades. Occasionally, the muscles or tendons of the rotator cuff become irritated or damaged as a result of injury or overuse. After a few days of rest, gentle exercises can help rehabilitate the rotator cuff and strengthen the shoulder. Performing these rotator cuff exercises in a swimming pool allows for an effective workout without placing unnecessary stress on the cuff.
Aquatic Therapy Benefits
In April 2000, the "Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy" published the results of a study that compared the effects of land and water exercises on the rotator cuff. Researchers found that muscles were activated significantly less during the water exercises. While the water’s buoyancy minimizes the amount of stress placed on the rotator cuff, the resistance created by the water actually improved the effectiveness of the exercises. The study concluded that aquatic therapy allows for earlier rehabilitation after rotator cuff surgery or injury without compromising the patient’s safety.
Aquatic Exercises
Begin aquatic therapy standing in shoulder-deep water. Gently swing your arms in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to warm up the muscles. Stand straight with your arms resting at your sides. Keeping your elbow straight, slowly raise your arms at a 30-degree angle to the front of the body. Continue lifting until your hands are almost at shoulder height. Repeat 10 times with each arm. Still in a standing position, bend your elbows to a 90-degree angle and keep your arms near the sides of your body. In this position, your forearms should be parallel with the pool floor and thumbs should be pointing up. Keeping the 90-degree angle at the elbow, move your hands away from your body until you feel a stretch in the rotator cuff. Hold for 30 seconds before returning to the starting position. Repeat five times with each arm.
Exercises to Avoid
The repetitive overhead strokes used in swimming are one of the most common causes of rotator cuff injury, according to Shoulder Pain Management. Since this overhead motion can further irritate the injury, involve these types of movements while exercising in the swimming pool. If possible, focus on water aerobics exercises rather than traditional swimming strokes. Additionally, avoid exercises that require you to throw a ball or move your arms overhead repeatedly.
Considerations
When the rotator cuff is weak or injured, it typically causes significant pain, tenderness and weakness in the shoulder. These symptoms often become more severe when you reach your arms overhead or behind your back. To ensure safety, use a flotation device while exercising in the pool. However, avoid grasping onto a buoyancy barbell, as this could further irritate your rotator cuff injury. Instead, wear a flotation belt or grasp a buoyancy noodle between your legs.


Working at a desk job? You're certainly not alone. Unfortunately, all that sitting and not moving much is contributing to the rise in national obesity. To combat the problem, many companies are designing desks that are attached to treadmills, like the TreadDesk, but they're so pricey that most people wouldn't dare splurge on one.
I found a cheaper solution though: the AirDesk ($189). It's a stand that holds your laptop, and it rests on the floor so you can use it with either a treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, or StairMaster. It's a brilliant idea for anyone who works from home but isn't happy about having to sit in front of her computer all day. It allows you to stretch your muscles and burn calories, and it may even help you think more clearly. Could you ever see yourself using this?


Aim: To evaluate the soft tissue changes in upper lip, vermilion, and alar bases after surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE). A new flap design was proposed to obtain more esthetic results. Methods: Sixteen patients who had undergone SARPE for skeletal deformities were evaluated. None of the patients treated had any previous maxillary or nasal surgery, nor did they have any previous trauma to the midface. The soft tissue was clinically evaluated before and after surgery. Lip length and width were traced and measured on the radiograph, both preoperatively and postoperatively, by the same investigator. Preoperative and 6-month postoperative photographs were added. Results: The data suggested that the greater the stability in the soft tissue, particularly in the vermilion width and alar base, the more conservative the maxillary vestibular incision could be. Conclusion: A conservative anterior vestibular incision at 6 months resulted in better esthetics, influencing a smaller loss of vermilion and less widening of alar bases. Otherwise, a traditional incision associated with decreased lip length slightly increased with the modified incision. SARPE can be effectively performed with a more conservative vestibular incision to prevent excessive scarring and shortening of the lip to achieve predictable results. ORTHODONTICS (CHIC) 2012;13:168–175.


WebMD offers a simple chart on its website showing target blood sugar levels for diabetics before and after meals, after fasting, before exercise and before bed. Normal blood glucose levels when fasting are under 100 milligrams per deciliter, according to WebMD.Continue Reading
Blood glucose levels measured one to two hours after a meal should be under 180 milligrams per deciliter, states WebMD. Levels before a meal should range from 70 to 130 milligrams per deciliter. Diabetics should strive for a blood glucose reading between 100 and 140 milligrams per deciliter before bedtime. Testing and recording blood sugar levels on a regular basis helps measure the success of treatment and encourages proper management of diabetes.Learn more about Medical Ranges & Levels


Kill ants by sprinkling them with baby powder, or spray the area where the ants are found with white vinegar and water to cover their scent trails. For a more powerful spray, add tea tree oil to vinegar and water.Continue Reading
Bay leaves, cloves or cayenne pepper can be placed at the ants' point of entry into the house to deter them from entering. While a mixture of soap and water can kill ants, a mixture of borax, sugar and water placed in discreet areas around a house can kill the ants and prevent them from coming back to the house.Learn more about Invasive Insects


Professional cooks and culinary enthusiasts like using Thermador ovens and ranges because of their large capacity, multiple cooking modes and cooktops that feature recessed burners. Additionally, some of Thermador cooking appliances, such as the Pro Grand Steam Range, allow steam cooking, which has numerous benefits.Continue Reading
Thermador steam ranges and ovens let cooks steam, bake, proof and defrost food. Steam cooking allows food to retain vitamins and minerals in addition to changing its taste. Some Thermador ovens feature a combination mode that lets cooks prepare a 14-pound turkey in less than 90 minutes. They also make for a good option when preparing gourmet meals because they keep the food crisp while maintaining the moisture on the inside. Professional cooks also enjoy the pre-installed water tank, meaning that no pre-plumbing is required, and 40 preprogrammed modes that control the temperature and humidity while the food is being prepared.
Thermador double wall ovens do not require preheating, which allows them to reduce the cooking times up to 30 percent when compared to the models that lack that feature. They have 4.7 cubic feet of cooking space and a rotisserie that can handle up to 12 pounds. Furthermore, they feature a self-cleaning function that takes about 2 hours to complete. However, the problem with the self-cleaning mode is that it doesn’t clean properly after roasting in convection, according to Kurt’s Kitchen.Learn more about Ovens & Ranges


In Allegany County, several facts have been constant themes for the forward facing economic debate. Here's a quick list. 1. Since the early 1950s, Allegany County has steadily decreased in population. 2. Since the early 1950s, Allegany County has declined in manufacturing jobs. 3. Since the early 1950s, Allegany County real estate value has not kept pace with the nation or the rest of the state. These circumstances are not unique. They are shared throughout America's Rust Belt, a geographic swath of places once characterized by heavy manufacturing that have suffered major economic decline as manufacturing moved south and off shore in the second half of the 20th century. If any of these communities could "assume a can opener" to replace lost jobs they surely would have by now.
I gather that Rust Belt residents are tired of policy leftovers that haven't rescued other shrinking cities from their economic funk.


Integrating Education and Community - A Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland Date2005-12-13 Author
Tallon, Kyra
Advisor
DuPuy, Karl
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This thesis argues that architecture can enhance the education process through both the plan strategy and the expression of details. This thesis investigates this idea through the development of a middle school, which emphasizes the involvement and exchange between the school, the community, and local business establishments. Mixed-use and urban environments offer distinct amenities not found in suburban areas. Planning that recognizes and incorporates the community amenities into the school, and vice versa, will produce better schools and enhance the community. The site for this project is the eastern segment of Patterson Park, in East Baltimore, Maryland. The site is at the junction of three distinct zones; the residential community, the commercial district, and the park. Developing this site affords the opportunity to create an urban space, which unites the three elements and establishes the school as a physical and symbolic transition between all three zones.


Bat distributions are still comparatively poorlyknown in Africa and updated national species lists do notexist for many countries. We present a revised checklist ofthe bats of Swaziland, which includes seven species notpreviously listed. Of these, two species are recent additions(Mops midas and Myotis bocagii) and these recordsmarginally extend their known distributional range. Atotal of 26 species of bats are now known from the country,but additional surveys are predicted to add more taxato the list. These new records predominantly come fromhuman-modified landscapes, underscoring the importanceof further surveys in such transformed habitats.


Introduction
Established in May 2005, the School of Education and Arts now known as School of Social Sciences and Humanities, was the successor to the Faculty of Educational Management and Technology (FEMT) that was setup earlier in 1999. The school offers doctoral, graduate and undergraduate degree programs aimed at preparing social scientists, professionals and educators for the uplift of society. The school actively collaborates with governmental and non-governmental organizations to meet national targets of research and development.
The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is committed to produce individuals who are capable of applying new knowledge to solve the social problems. All programs are capable of meeting the challenges of technology that relies heavily on the use of the computers, internet and social media.
The School encourages participants to re-conceptualize learning in a given context through critical thinking, cooperative learning and action research. It rewards research and originality. Interaction between teachers and students is a key ingredient of school's approach to education. Students are encouraged to write a journal that tracks their impressions of the learning environment and recommend improvements. Concerned teachers respond to these suggestions effectively.
The school arranges dialogues, debates and discussions over a wide range of topics covering social sector and current issues. Guest speakers are eminent professionals who are widely respected in their specialties. The discussions are often candid and conducted in a congenial atmosphere. Students are free to express their views on any social, academic or cultural issue.
The School of Social Sciences and Humanities has constituted the Boards of Studies (BoS) in its various disciplines that revise or update courses according to contemporary developments and indigenous needs. Each BoS comprises of distinguished scholars and academicians from the public and private sector.
The School of Social Sciences and Humanities holds conferences and seminars on social sector issues. On these forums academicians and researchers share their knowledge and experiences.
Most of the faculty is member of highly respected professional organizations. The Alumni of this school contribute positively both at national and international levels.


Children as projects
A philosopher argues that children, and childhood, are inadequately accounted for in both philosophy and life. Too often children are viewed as the adults they will become, rather than in terms of their current experience. For example, when a child has a major triumph or a problem, do you see it in terms of now, or how it will affect the child's future life as an adult?
Guests Associate Professor Samantha Brennan Chair of the department of philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. Currently a visiting fellow at the ANU Further Information Credits Presenter Richard Aedy Producer Jackie May Researcher Ann Arnold


The Minnesota State Legislature’s attempt to expand the amount of electricity that utility companies secure from renewable energy sources cleared a major hurdle recently, as H.F. 956 was included in the House omnibus energy bill. H.F. 956 proposes to increase Minnesota’s renewable energy standard (“RES”) to 40% by 2030. The current standard requires that Minnesota’s utilities secure 25% of their power from renewable sources by 2025 (30% for Xcel Energy in exchange for nuclear waste storage at Prairie Island).
Although the Senate companion bill, S.F. 901, does not include the same language, the bill includes a 40% by 2030 renewable energy transmission and integration study. Such a study lays the foundation for an expanded RES, possibly as soon as the conference committee.
In addition to the RES expansion, the bills set forth requirements for the creation of a solar electricity standard and an expansion of the use of distributed generation. The solar electricity standard contained in S.F. 901 would require utilities to generate or procure solar electric generation capacity at a minimum percentage (not yet specified) by 2016, 2020, and 2025. Like the current RES, the solar electricity standard would set different values for Xcel Energy. Notably, the solar energy procured for the solar electricity standard could not be used to satisfy the utilities’ obligations under the RES. H.F. 956 seeks to expand the use of distributed generation throughout Minnesota by requiring the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to initiate a proceeding to establish a generic standard for utility tariffs for interconnection and parallel operation of distributed generation projects. Among other things, the tariff standards must encourage maximum penetration of distributed generation.
Despite the recent success, more hurdles remain for these bills. The bills must pass additional legislative committees, the House and Senate floors, a conference committee, and secure the Governor’s signature. The remaining seven weeks of the 2013 legislative session should provide some interesting developments.


This course prepares adult learners with life and employment readiness skills that assist them to pursue individual occupational and/or educational goals within a changing and diverse world. (This course satisfies one elective requirement toward the BC Adult Graduation Diploma.)
Hours: 120 (Lecture Hours: 90; On the Job Experience: 30)
Total Weeks: 20
Prerequisites: ENGL 030 or English 10 or permission of instructor.
Non-Course Prerequisites: None
Co-requisite Statement: None
Course Content: EDCP Core skills units are mandatory while five of the other seven units may be chosen from. While suggestions for specific topics are provided for each major skill area, it is recognized that the exact content of courses may vary. Core Skills: 1) Communication Skills - Active Listening - Effective Speaking - Information from Visual and Electronic Media - Cross-cultural Communication Styles - Non-verbal Communication Cues - Effective Writing in a Variety of Contexts - Self Awareness -Critical Thinking Skills 2) Career Exploration: - Current and Future Market Trends - Occupational and Educational Research - Funding Supports - Entrepreneurial Options - Aptitude Testing - Work-related Community Resources - Student Support Services - Short- and Long-Term Goals Elective Skills (Chose five of seven ) 3) Study Skills - Learning Styles - Reading Skills - Note Taking - Test Taking - Time Management - Memory and Retention - Computer Use - College-Environment Responsibilities - Value of Life-long Learning 4) Interpersonal Skills - Group Process - Problem Solving - Conflict Resolution - Assertiveness - Assumptions based on Bias, Gender, Age, etc. - Relationships and Interactions - Positive Relationships and Effective Communication - Relationships and Canadian Cultures 5) Personal Awareness - Self-esteem Awareness - Strategies for Anger, Stress Management - Values and Impact - Personal Choice and Assumptions - Time Management Strategies - Awareness of Self 6) Living Skills - Budgeting and Financial Planning - Nutrition and Personal Health - Personal Wellness - Support and Advocacy - Community Resources - Lifestyle Choices - Effective Consumer 7) Job Search - Job Search Process - Effective resume writing and cover letters - Interview Strategies - Resume and Cover Letter - Job Search Network 8) Work/Training Experience - Gain Exposure to Training - Work Habits - Vocational Choices - Interpersonal Skills on Job - Strategies for Success - Industry Training Certificates 9) Career Management - Labour/Union and Human Rights - Labour Standards Act - Entrepreneurial Options - Career Transition - Maintain Employment - Workplace Ethics
Learning Outcomes: The learner will be able to: 1) Communication Skills - Identify and practice active listening skills in a variety of situations - Demonstrate knowledge of the range of effective speaking strategies - Extract, assess, and exchange information using visual and electronic media - Recognize diverse cultures styles of communication - Identify and interpret non-verbal communication - Develop and apply effective writing processes in a variety of contexts - Develop self-awareness of personal qualities, values, interest, and abilities - Apply critical thinking skills 2) Career Exploration: - Analyze current labour market and future trends - Investigate and develop a personal network - Undertake occupational and educational research - Identify available funding supports - Apply personal values, aptitudes, and interests to optional career paths - Recognize entrepreneurial options - Investigate and utilize work-related community resources - Familiarize themselves with student support services - Demonstrate the ability to set short- and long-term educational and career goals Additional Skills (Chose five of seven) 3) Study Skills - Recognize how personal learning style affects perception and processing information - Develop strategies to effectively work in all learning styles - Identify and practice active reading skills necessary to gather information - Develop and apply effective test-taking strategies - Develop and apply effective note-taking strategies - Identify strategies for effective time management - Identify and use a variety of memory techniques and strategies - Perform tasks in word processing - Describe student responsibilities in a college environment - Increase their understanding of the value of life-long learning 4) Interpersonal Skills - Examine group process and practice the skills necessary for successful group experiences - Review problem solving models and develop group decision-making strategies - Research and use the various methods of conflict resolution and demonstrate their use - Clarify the definition of assertiveness and implement successful techniques - Analyze the reasons for bias and develop the ability to recognize it in everyday situations - Identify issues around all forms of prejudice and practice nondiscriminatory interpersonal skills - Investigate the various types of relationships and interaction they have with others - Identify methods of developing positive relationships, including effective communication techniques - Examine the diversity of relationships and cultures in Canadian society 5) Personal Awareness - Recognize that self-esteem is a life-long process - Recognize personal feelings and their influence - Employ strategies to deal with anger - Assess and manage stress - Analyze and utilize time-management strategies - Explore and connect personal assumptions with behaviour - Clarify personal values and their impact on choices - Create awareness of the spiritual, physical, intellectual, and emotional dimensions of self 6) Living Skills - Design and implement a personal budget - Formulate financial planning for the future - Investigate nutrition and impact on personal health - Assess personal wellness - Strengthen personal support system and advocacy options - Examine the impact of lifestyle choices - Explore techniques for being an effective consumer - Effective Consumer 7) Job Search - Identify and plan the major steps of the job search process - Develop effective interview strategies - Develop and maintain job search networks - Create effective resume and cover letter 8) Work/Training Experience - Gain exposure to a work or training situation - Demonstrate appropriate work habits - Gather information about vocational choices - Demonstrate interpersonal skills with coworkers and supervisors - Identify work adjustment needs and strategies for success - Explore and/or participate in required industry training certificates 9) Career Management - Examine labour/union negotiation and human rights - Review Labour Standards Act - Investigate entrepreneurial options - Develop strategies preparing for career transition - Develop strategies and attitudes to maintain employment - Identify workplace ethics Also refer to the Guidelines for Provincial Education and Career Planning in the Articulation Handbook at http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/abe/welcome.htm
Grading System: Letters
Passing Grade: D (50%)
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Textbooks:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current book lists.


This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of Mexican immigrant fathers who migrate to and settle in the United States initially alone and eventually bring the rest of their families from Mexico to join them permanently. This project explores fathers’ understanding of their fathering efforts along the journey of migration; from departure from Mexico to family resettlement in the U.S. There is a conspicuous paucity of research focusing on the fathering experience among these men. In addition, negative stereotypes about the Mexican men in general abound. Thus, this study clarifies and contributes to the existing knowledge about these men. Fifteen Mexican immigrant fathers participated in the study through extensive qualitative interviews and field observation. Interviews were carried out in Spanish, audio taped, and simultaneously translated and transcribed into English. Data were treated through the process of phenomenological reduction. Nine core themes emerged: (1) fathers immigrate to rescue their families from poverty and fulfill what they perceive to be their roles as breadwinners; (2) they could not embark upon this journey without the support of family and kin in both countries; (3) they sacrifice themselves and their families as well; (4) despite the geographical distance, their fathering efforts involve much more than providing for their children; (5) they vow to ensure that neither they nor their families would ever experience certain risks again; (6) once in the U.S., they experience a type of poverty they did not anticipate; (7) due to immigration policy, the border is never left behind; (8) the role of the wife is significant throughout the father’s experience; and (9) despite the challenges experienced, fathers recognize and appreciate the gains from their decisions to engage in cross-border fathering. The essence of the phenomenon involves the recognition that although the Mexico - U.S. border is left behind after crossing the border, the father never stops crossing familial, social, and psychological borders. As a triangulation strategy, five professionals with significant experience working with Mexican immigrant families were also interviewed. Implications for practice, education, research, and policy are identified and discussed. Questions about the future of this population group are raised.
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A fluid filtration system using 15 psi of pressure on the penetrating fluid was used to quantify the amount of microleakage of a stainless-steel post and a carbon-fiber post system, each placed with various cements. Statistical analysis showed that there was a significant difference in microleakage between the cements (p < 0.001). Zinc phosphate cement… (More)


Digitalis is a chemical known as an alkaloyd. These nitrogen containing substances are what many pharmaceuticals are based on. One of their characteristic properties is how their soluability is affected by pH. In acid environments they form alkaloyd salts and are water soluable. In a basic environment they are nonpolar compounds and are soluable in nonpolar solvents. Extraction involves exposing dried plant material to a basic solution of Sodium or Potassium hydroxide in a separatory funnel. To this is added a nonpolar solvent like hexane or petroleum ether. The alkaloys will pass from the water into the nonpolar solvent. The solvent is separated and when evaporated, the alkaloyds remain as a sticky white substance. Alkaloyds are characterized by a bitter taste. Most of these compounds have either stimulatory or sedative effects on the central nervous system and can be toxic in large doses. Digitalis itself is used as a heart stimulant.


آشنایی و خاطره در سندرم ویلیامز
کد مقاله سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی ترجمه فارسی تعداد کلمات 40148 2013 11 صفحه PDF سفارش دهید محاسبه نشده Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت) Journal : Cortex, Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 232–242 چکیده انگلیسی
Interest is being shown in a componential analysis of performance on declarative memory tasks that distinguishes two different kinds of access to stored memories, recollection and familiarity. From a developmental perspective, it has been hypothesized that recollection emerges later and shows more developmental changes than familiarity. Nevertheless, the contribution of recollection and familiarity to the recognition performance of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) has been rarely examined. The present study was aimed at investigating the qualitative profile of declarative long-term memory in a group of individuals with Williams syndrome (WS). We compared 13 individuals with WS and 13 mental-age-matched typically developing children in two different experimental paradigms to assess the contribution of familiarity and recollection to recognition performance. We adopted a modified version of the process dissociation procedure and a task dissociation procedure, both of which are suited to individuals with ID. Results of both experimental paradigms demonstrated reduced recollection and spared familiarity in the declarative memory performances of individuals with WS. These results provide direct evidence of a dissociation between recollection and familiarity in a neurodevelopmental disorder and are discussed in relation to alternative approaches for explaining abnormal cognition in individuals with ID.


Interventional pulmonology (IP) provides comprehensive care to patients with structural airway disorders and pleural diseases. A growing armamentarium of diagnostic and therapeutic tools has expanded the interventional pulmonologist’s ability to care for pulmonary patients with complex abnormalities, often in concert and close collaboration with physicians in other specialties, such as thoracic surgery. Innovative technologies promise to have an impact on diseases and clinical entities not traditionally treated by invasive pulmonary interventions, such as asthma, COPD, and the solitary pulmonary nodule. Training, credentialing, reimbursement, and scientific validation remain key necessities for the continued growth of IP, and require a concerted effort by chest physicians and their professional organizations.


Abstract
The mortgage interest deduction (MID) is the largest single federal subsidy for owner-occupied housing, but the benefits are not evenly distributed among taxpayers. Only individuals who itemize deductions can benefit from the MID, and the value of the deduction increases with the marginal tax rate. If the government wishes to promote homeownership, a refundable tax credit available to all taxpayers would be more effective. This report presents new distributional estimates both of the current deduction's benefits by income group, family type, and race/ethnicity and of proposals to eliminate, scale back, or replace the MID with more broad-based tax incentives.


Translating Experience
"The knowledge of foreign cultures is a vital element of any culture; I don’t believe we can ever have enough of it. A culture must be open to foreign influences if it wants to keep its own creative power alive." — Italo Calvino
How can we best prepare tomorrow’s leaders to engage with complex issues that affect multiple regions, cultures and disciplines? This is the challenge we address in “Translating Experience” — an ambitious project to teach students how to deepen their knowledge of other regions and cultures of the world, as well as transfer and translate their learning to other contexts and disciplines.
Carleton has made global engagement a priority. This is reflected in the new graduation requirement for “Global Citizenship,” as well as our Strategic Planning priority of internationalization. Given our current strengths in foreign languages and area studies, and our very high rate of student participation in off-campus studies, we can now help our students deepen their understanding of world regions and global issues. We will achieve this goal by enhancing integration between current institutional structures, particularly within the curriculum and between the curriculum and off-campus studies.


ERIC Number:ED208332 Record Type:RIE Publication Date:1981-May Pages:10 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:0 ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
Altering a Parent's Perception of Child Behavior by Environmental Factors.
McCuan, Richard A.; Lloyd, Paul J.
The perceptual process involved in parental guidance and discipline of children may be sensitive to distortion by aversive environmental conditions. Married couples (N=24) completed a written interview to examine the relationship between exposure to disruptive life-events and a parent's ability to discern different types of child misbehaviors. Results revealed that fathers demonstrated a weaker discrimination of child misbehaviors and were more affected by stress. The findings suggest that problems in parent-child interaction may be due to the probability that a distortion in the perception of child misbehaviors often leads to response discrepancies. A parent may respond the same way to more serious misbehaviors as to less serious ones and vice-versa. The mother and father must also reconcile perceptual differences before they can be consistent in response to the child. Additionally, the findings support a shift from emphasizing psychopathological models in understanding family problems to a more general approach including environmental, situational, economic, historical, and personality factors. (Author/JAC)
Publication Type:Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers Education Level:N/A Audience:N/A Language:English Sponsor:N/A Authoring Institution:N/A Note:Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (53rd, Detroit, MI, April 30-May 2, 1981).


I recently had the pleasure of editing
City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner, releasing October 1 from Moody Publishers. In this volume, Gerson and Wehner draw on their experience as former White House staff, journalists, and commentators on religion (especially evangelicalism) to chart a new course for Christians to engage with politics in a post-Religious-Right era.
Rather than focusing on specific strategies for influencing legislation or electing politicians, the authors outline broad biblical principles that should inform believers as they engage the realm of politics—the “City of Man” in the words of Augustine. Such principles include fighting for human rights, defending life, supporting the family and other character-shaping institutions, and engaging with political and ideological opponents in a civil and respectful manner.
What I most appreciate about
City of Man is that it isn’t partisan in its approach, though both authors are well-known conservatives, but that it strives to present biblically and theologically sound first principles that apply to Christians of all political persuasions. I believe the authors succeed, and I recommend this volume to any Christian looking for a deeper understanding of how the City of God relates to the City of Man.
You can download the foreword (by Timothy Keller) and preface in PDF format here.


For patients with medically operable clinical stage I non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lobectomy or pneumonectomy is the standard approach. For patients with medically inoperable stage I NSCLC, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has become a standard of care. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to compare the patterns of failure (primary tumor control, local control, regional control, and distant control) between each method.
A recent study published in the February 2013 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC)
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, concludes that there are comparable patterns of failure between treatments.
Researchers looked at 454 patients (336 surgery, 118 SBRT) treated at Washington University in St. Louis between January 2004 and January 2008. The results demonstrate that patterns of failure between optimal surgery (lobar resection) and optimally dosed SBRT are similar. However, their results also highlight the difficulties in making such comparisons, given the inherent imbalance in both patient and tumor-related factors. For example, lobar resection patients were younger, healthier, and had superior pulmonary function, while more patients in the SBRT group had smaller tumors.
While researchers were unable to control for factors predictive of overall survival, they were able to match 76 patients in each group based on tumor size. Researchers noted, "In a T-stage matched comparison of 152 patients, there was no significant difference in patterns of failure or cancer-specific survival"
They conclude that, "In this retrospective comparison, overall survival was superior for surgery, though cancer-specific survival was similar. Randomized trials are necessary to control for fundamental differences in co-morbidity that impact interpretation of both tumor control and survival."
Explore further: SBRT provides better outcomes than surgery for cancer patients with common lung disease


When the first edition of A House Called Helen was published in 1993, there were only a handful of children's hospices in existence, all of them within the UK. There are now more than twenty in operation, and a significant number at the project stage, in the UK alone, and children's hospiceshave been set up in Canada, the USA, Australia and continental Europe. The concept of a children's hospice, seen as innovative when the first, Helen House, opened in Oxford in 1982, is now well established and the growth in the number of children's hospices has seen corresponding importantdevelopments in the field of paediatric palliative care. This book provides an authoritative account of how Helen House came into being. It records the events surrounding the foundation of the hospice and how it stemmed directly from what was learnt from the events following the sudden illness of the author's eldest daughter Helen, after whom it wasnamed. The book sets out the philosophy which underpinned the hospice, which was taken up as the guiding philosophy of children's hospice care. It describes the hospice's operational framework and details the service provided by Helen House, which is widely cited as a model for children's hospicecare worldwide. It provides valuable insight into the needs of the families who use hospice services and touches both on the difficulties they face caring, often over a long period of time, for a child with a life-limiting illness, and on the role and attitudes of professionals and indeed of thepublic at large. In this new edition an additional chapter reviews the growth of children's hospices and reflects on the challenges they face in their maturity. It considers the development of children's hospice care in relation to wider service provision and examines current and future issues surrounding the careof children with life-limiting illness.


January 1997Volume 3, Number 1 JEL classification: R1, J00
Major industrial and government restructurings have dominated employment reports in the New York-New Jersey region, leading to widespread pessimism about the region's job prospects. Nevertheless, for the past several years, the two states have managed to achieve modest job gains. In 1997, employment growth in New York and New Jersey will accelerate slightly as the pace of restructurings slows.


The importance of the extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoprotein tenascin-C (TnC) and the ECM degrading enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) -2 and -9, in cerebellar histogenesis is well established. This study aimed to examine whether there is a functional relationship between these molecules in regulating structural plasticity of the lateral deep… (More)


Plastic phenotypes of antennule shape in Bosmina longirostris controlled by physical stimuli from predators
Limnol. Oceanogr., 52(5), 2007, 2072-2078 | DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2072
ABSTRACT: Three antennule morphotypes in the small cladoceran
Bosmina longirostris have been considered to be hereditarily rigid phenotypes. However, we found that monoclonal populations of Bosmina collected from a Japanese lake were composed of individuals with all three antennule types when grown under laboratory conditions. This suggests that each of the morphotypes represents a phenotype of the species. A morphotype named pellucida observed in the monoclonal cultures has been considered to be effective in avoiding copepod predations. We therefore hypothesized that the morphotype is induced by factors from the predator, cyclopoid copepod. To test this hypothesis, a laboratory experiment was conducted in which the monoclonal individuals were exposed to the kairomones of the copepod Acanthocyclops with or without physical contacts with the predator. The morphotype was not altered when Bosmina was exposed to the predator kairomone alone, but to direct predation by the copepod. This suggests that the antennule type of B. longirostris is controlled by physical stimuli from the copepod. The individual death rate of B. longirostris resulting from a copepod strike is low, even though the population dynamics of the animals are often governed by copepod predation. This may have made the physical stimuli of attempted predations useful factors for the prey Bosmina.


FDA Approves Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®), a PD-1 Antibody, for Head and Neck Cancer
August 08, 2016 |
On Friday, the FDA announced its approval of
pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) to treat recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer that has failed to respond to chemotherapy. The drug, which targets the PD-1 molecule found on immune cells, “releases the brakes” on the immune system, enabling a stronger attack against cancer. Pembrolizumab, manufactured by Merck, is the first checkpoint inhibitor to receive FDA approval for head and neck cancer.
The accelerated approval for this was based on results from the phase Ib trial KEYNOTE-012 (NCT01848834). This trial enrolled 192 patients with head and neck cancer who were given pembrolizumab after they failed chemotherapy. Patients had an objective response rate of 16%, with 5% of patients experiencing a complete response. Immunotherapy can also provide durable responses. In this study, 82% of patients who responded saw their responses last at least 6 months. The median overall survival was 9.6 months, compared to the historical median overall survival of only 6 months in this patient population.
Head and Neck Cancer
A collective term that includes tumors that develop in or around the throat, voice box, sinuses, and mouth
In 2016, approximately 62,000 people will develop one of these cancers in the United States, and 13,000 will die
With treatment, the goal is not only to remove the cancer, but also to preserve the functions of the structures involved in speaking, swallowing, and expression
Risk factors for head and neck cancers include tobacco use and alcohol consumption, along with infection with human papillomavirus (HPV)
“Survival rates for advanced head and neck cancer remain dismal, and there are no consistently-effective treatments in the second-line setting,” said Andrew G. Sikora, M.D., Ph.D., a head and neck cancer expert who was not on the trial, who serves as associate professor of otolaryngology and co-director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program at Baylor College of Medicine and is a CRI Clinical Trial Scientific Advisory Committee member. “Advances in immunomodulatory agents, like pembrolizumab, are offering hope that we can treat patients in the second-line, get responses like those seen in the pembro trial, and, hopefully, move toward a cure for head and neck cancer.”
CRI has been instrumental in the development of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapies. We funded research in four laboratories that helped discover the PD-1 pathway and establish it as a new target for cancer immunotherapy drugs. For this groundbreaking work, CRI honored these researchers with the 2014 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology.
Since 2014, PD-1 pathway drugs—which, aside from pembro, include Bristol-Myers Squibb’s nivolumab (Opdivo®) and Genentech’s atezolizumab (Tecentriq™)—have been FDA-approved for melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, kidney cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, and bladder cancer.


In Europe natural gas prices remained veryhigh during the first six months of 2001. Despite a significant reduction ofthese prices during the second half of 2001, the average annual export pricesfor Russian natural gas exceeded the 2000 prices by 14.5%. Prices for someother commodities also turned upward (i.e. nitrogen fertilizers, newsprintpaper, etc.).
Last year, fuel and energy remained high onthe list of most important items of Russian exports to non-CIS states. Thereduction, against the previous year, of average export oil and oil productprices was set off by the growing exports of these commodities by 8% and 15%respectively, including the expanding exports of other products of the fuel andenergy complex. As a result, the aggregate value of fuel and energy exportsremained at the level of 2000, and the share of said commodities in the totalexports to non-CIS states went up to 56.2% as compared to 54.0% in 2000.
Table 36
The dynamics of the volume of stapleexports to non-CIS states
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When officials at the Federal Reserve meet later this month, they are not expected to significantly increase purchases of mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasuries. However, other adjustments are possible as bond yields rise and the economy appears to be improving. While some Fed officials are more confident that the economy is stabilizing, divisions are emerging over the next step.


Abstract: Human tRNA Lys3 UUU (htRNA Lys3 UUU) decodes the lysine codons AAA and AAG during translation and also plays a crucial role as the primer for HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus type 1) reverse transcription. The posttranscriptional modifications 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine (mcm 5s 2U 34), 2-methylthio-N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (ms 2t 6A 37), and pseudouridine (Ψ 39) in the tRNA's anticodon domain are critical for ribosomal binding and HIV-1 reverse transcription. To understand the importance of modified nucleoside contributions, we determined the structure and function of this tRNA's anticodon stem and loop (ASL) domain with these modifications at positions 34, 37, and 39, respectively (hASL Lys3 UUU-mcm 5s 2U 34;ms 2t 6A 37;Ψ 39). Ribosome binding assays in vitro revealed that the hASL Lys3 UUU-mcm 5s 2U 34;ms 2t 6A 37;Ψ 39 bound AAA and AAG codons, whereas binding of the unmodified ASL Lys3 UUUwas barely detectable. The UV hyperchromicity, the circular dichroism, and the structural analyses indicated that Ψ 39 enhanced the thermodynamic stability of the ASL through base stacking while ms 2t 6A 37 restrained the anticodon to adopt an open loop conformation that is required for ribosomal binding. The NMR-restrained molecular-dynamics-derived solution structure revealed that the modifications provided an open, ordered loop for codon binding. The crystal structures of the hASL Lys3 UUU-mcm 5s 2U 34;ms 2t 6A 37;Ψ 39 bound to the 30S ribosomal subunit with each codon in the A site showed that the modified nucleotides mcm 5s 2U 34 and ms 2t 6A 37 participate in the stability of the anticodon–codon interaction. Importantly, the mcm 5s 2U 34·G 3wobble base pair is in the Watson–Crick geometry, requiring unusual hydrogen bonding to G in which mcm 5s 2U 34 must shift from the keto to the enol form. The results unambiguously demonstrate that modifications pre-structure the anticodon as a key prerequisite for efficient and accurate recognition of cognate and wobble codons.


Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) play an important role in the pathology of ischemia-reperfusion. This study sought to determine if the proinflammatory effects of complement modulate iNOS and SOD in the rat after gastrointestinal ischemia and reperfusion (GI/R). An inhibitory or noninhibitory anti-complement component 5 (C5) monoclonal antibody (18A or 16C, respectively) was administered before GI/R. RT-PCR revealed a significant increase in intestinal iNOS mRNA compared with sham after GI/R that was attenuated significantly by 18A. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated increased iNOS protein expression within the intestinal crypts after GI/R. Cu/Zn SOD (mRNA and protein) was unaffected by GI/R, whereas Cu/Zn SOD activity was reduced significantly. Mn SOD protein expression was decreased significantly by GI/R. Anti-C5 preserved Cu/Zn SOD activity and Mn SOD protein expression. Staining for nitrotyrosine showed that anti-C5 treatment reduced protein nitration in the reperfused intestine. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated prominent phosphorylated (p) inhibitory factor-kappaB (IkappaB)-alpha staining of intestinal tissue after GI/R, whereas anti-C5 reduced p-IkappaB-alpha expression. These data indicate that complement may mediate tissue damage during GI/R by increasing intestinal iNOS and decreasing the activity and protein levels of Cu/Zn SOD and Mn SOD, respectively.


p<0.001). Significant improvement in patients’ pain scores for the weekly API was also achieved ( p<0.001) when an analysis was performed in patients randomized to continue receiving CEP-33237 in comparison to those randomized to receive placebo. “There’s a significant need for an acetaminophen-free, extended-release hydrocodone formulation with potential abuse-deterrent properties,” said clinical investigator Martin Hale, M.D., medical director of Gold Coast Research, L.L.C. “While no technology can completely eliminate abuse, this abuse-deterrent formulation of hydrocodone is a potential positive step in the right direction.”


Lately it seems that most of the stocks in my database have become overpriced relative to historical valuations. Some might consider these prices justified based on the merits of the individual companies or macro economic factors affecting the biopharma sector. They may be correct, but I have to consider at least the possibility of a developing bubble and limit my exposure. This leaves me a few options regarding my remaining cash reserves.
1. Keep it in cash and stay on the sidelines. Very wise for a retirement strategy but the whole point of my biopharma concentration is to get wealthy before retirement. Cash isn't going to get me there. 2. Short stocks. I've started doing this with mixed results so far. Being deep under water on Acadia has negated my gains on the other five stocks I've shorted. 3. Diversify into cheap spec stocks that have a good chance of going to zero but can also become multibaggers. I've always hated this strategy because it attracts the lowest common denominator of traders who have zero objectivity, do minimal DD, and believe everything management says. In a word, suckers. On the other hand, there are ways for a trader with experience in the sector to optimize his chances of picking a winner rather than going to zero. No matter how bloated valuations get in the biopharma sectors, there will always be sub-dollar stocks that are existing under the radar. With that in mind, I've recently taken significant positions in Palatin, Mast, and Cytomedix. What I look for in these companies is cash and catalysts. Reverse splits, dilution, and stagnation are death for this strategy. In general, the best time to buy is on a stiff decline after a financing with a defined catalyst within a year's time. In the case of Cytomedix, a nasty dilutive financing drove the stock down from the 0.70 range to the 0.50 range but the company had 7M in cash as of the end of Q1 and commitments for another 18M which should prevent another sharp decline before the end of the year. Meanwhile, the first interim analysis in the RECOVER-Stroke trial will take place in the near future and barring any nasty surprises may draw some stem cell hypers back to the stock. Topline data is expected in H1 2014. Keep in mind that I believe the late stage trials in progress for all the companies I have mentioned will fail. Because the stocks trade in the pennies and at low volumes, someone will have to draw attention to the upcoming catalysts to create a run. That person won't be me. I might bet on hype and manipulation, but I won't have any hand in creating it. [more]


The pelegongan andir dance ritual of possession has been performed by a small community (Banjar Carik) in the village of Tista, Bali, in Indonesia since about the 1930s. The community prizes this exorcistic practice above all other ceremonial events, since its enactment fulfills a crucial role in determining communal welfare. At the same time, the dance symbolically embodies local identity in the person of the spiritually possessed dancer. This paper presents a historical and ethnographic discussion of its performance during 1995–2001 and posits that the community's religious practice may ultimately contest national policies on dance and circumvent the government's efforts to establish a pan-Indonesian identity.


Webinar Description
Advanced mathematics is the gateway to college and future achievement for all middle school and high school students, no matter what their future plans may be.
For English Language Learners (ELLs), making it through this gateway is especially challenging because of the need for support in everyday and academic language.
Join
Risa Wolfson for a 90-minute webinar on how you can help ELL students succeed in grades 7-12 math by differentiating and scaffolding your math lessons. Risa will share strategies and activities to help your ELL students better understand functions and their multiple representations. She will guide you in balancing the content and pedagogy of your lessons so that you can engage your students as they gain a secure footing in math. These strategies also are valuable for any student that struggles with math! Webinar Topics: Creating math lessons for culturally diverse learners Strategies for developing the academic language students will need for math Checking and assessing student understanding in your mathematics lesson Do’s and dont’s for communicating mathematical ideas to ELLs How to use and connect multiple representations for understanding Understanding and interpreting functions as a relationship between two quantities Building and analyzing linear functions in context, using different representations


January 2010
Supplemental Security Income Recipients Eligible for Veterans Benefits (A-01-09-19031) Objective
To identify Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who were potentially eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits instead of SSI payments.
Background
Generally, individuals are not eligible for SSI if they fail to take all the appropriate steps to apply for all other benefits for which they may be eligible—including VA benefits.
VA administers a pension program that provides benefits to financially needy veterans who are aged or have disabilities unrelated to their military service. VA considers individuals disabled if they have been determined disabled by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Veterans must also meet eligibility requirements related to their military service to qualify for VA pension benefits.To view the full report, visit http://www.ssa.gov/oig/ADOBEPDF/A-01-09-19031df
Our Findings
We found that some SSI recipients appeared potentially eligible for VA benefits instead of SSI payments. Based on our review, we estimate SSA paid about $1.3 billion to approximately 22,000 SSI recipients who appeared to meet VA requirements for benefits. In addition, we estimate that SSA will continue to pay about $126 million in SSI payments over the next 12 months to individuals who appear eligible for VA benefits instead of SSI payments.
For example, in one case, a disabled SSI recipient had military earnings during the Vietnam era. This recipient served in the Army from October 1968 to July 1970 for approximately 640 days—with at least 1 day during wartime—and received an honorable discharge from the military. Therefore, he appeared to meet VA’s requirements for benefits and received about $104,000 in SSI payments from January 1993 to June 2009. According to SSA’s systems, there was no indication this individual had applied for VA benefits.
VA benefits are generally of greater monetary value than SSI payments—so it is usually more advantageous for the individuals to receive VA benefits. Specifically, in Fiscal Year 2007, the average monthly VA benefit was $709, whereas the average monthly SSI payment was $468. Therefore, if these individuals are in fact eligible for VA benefits, they could receive higher monthly benefit payments.
Recommendation
We recommended SSA continue its efforts to work with VA to ensure individuals who should be receiving VA benefits instead of SSI payments are, in fact, receiving VA benefits. SSA agreed with the recommendation.


A letter in the January edition of
Minnesota Medicine describes the recruitment challenges currently facing neurology and calls for the support for two pieces of legislation that aim to mitigate this issue—one offered by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate, and another by Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) in the House of Representatives.
Co-authored by AAN Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Catherine M. Rydell, CAE, and Holly Anderson, the president of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upper Midwest Chapter, the letter states both bills recognize a shortage of neurologists.
"If enacted, these bills would correct an omission in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that led to the exclusion of neurology from the list of specialties eligible for Medicare payment incentives," said Rydell and Anderson. "We commend Senators Klobuchar and Collins and Congressman Grimm for addressing elements of the problem, but much more needs to be done."


Is it impossible to inhibit isoluminant items, or does it simply take longer? Evidence from preview search. Braithwaite JJ., Hulleman J., Watson DG., Humphreys GW.
Visual search can be facilitated when participants receive a preview of half the distractors (the preview benefit in search; Watson & Humphreys, 1997). Donk and Theeuwes (2001) have argued that preview-based benefits are abolished if the display items are isoluminant to a background. This is consistent with the preview benefit being due to onset capture by the new stimuli. In contrast, the present experiments challenge this suggestion and show that preview benefits can occur under isoluminant conditions, providing that they are given enough time to occur. In Experiment 1, we showed that a preview benefit can occur even with isoluminant stimuli, provided that the old items are previewed for a sufficient time. In Experiment 2, we tested and rejected the idea that this advantage is due to low-level sensory fatigue for the preview stimuli. These findings indicate that the preview effect is not caused solely by onset capture.


The final comprehensive plan is scheduled to be delivered to Congress and the Florida Legislature in July 1999. If Congress authorizes the plan, it will set in motion the next steps which include detailed planning, analysis and design. If Congress funds the federal share of the project, land acquisition and construction will begin. The Restudy will be one of the most significant factors shaping the Florida of tomorrow.
The benefits of updating the Central and Southern Florida Project will impact us all. Seasonal floods the system now sends out to the ocean will be stored in reservoirs for the ``non-rainy'' days. The extreme highs and lows of Lake Okeechobee will be reduced and the lake's ecology will rebound resulting in improved recreational fishing. The Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries will not suffer as many damaging Lake Okeechobee and local basin releases which upset their salinity balances with too much fresh water and stress the seagrasses and the fish. The Everglades will enjoy a more natural timing, flow, and quantity of water resulting in less encroachment of nutrient-rich plants and diverse, more natural habitat for flora and fauna. Additional land will buffer urban growth from the shrinking green natural areas.
All of us live within a few miles of a body of water. An ever-present blue sky and the sound of water lapping a shoreline remind us why we came. We invite you to help us restore and preserve this very special and unique ecosystem so our children and their children will discover the treasures of South Florida.
Together, we can create a plan to catch more of our abundant rainfall during the wet season, store it for use during the dry season, and share it for a sustainable future.


John H. Golbeck Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Professor of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University
This work involves the design, fabrication, characterization, and optimization of a biological/organic hybrid electrochemical half-cell that couples Photosystem I, which efficiently captures and stores energy derived from sunlight, with either a [FeFe]-H2ase or a [NiFe]-H2ase, which can generate a high rate of H2 evolution with an input of reducing power. Using a method that does not depend on inefficient solution (diffusion) chemistry, the challenge is to deliver the highly reducing electron from Photosystem I to the H2ase rapidly and efficiently in vitro. To this end, we have designed a covalently bonded molecular wire that will connect the active sites of the two enzymes. The result is that the low-potential electron can be transferred without loss and at high rates directly from PS I to the H2ase enzyme. The PS I-molecular wire-H2ase complex will be tethered to a gold electrode through a baseplate of cytochrome c6, which will additionally serve as a conduit of electrons from the gold to Photosystem I. Cytochrome c6 and the other proteins will be covalently bonded to the electrode through a self-assembling monolayer of functionalized alkanethiols The device should be capable of transferring at least 1000 electrons per second from PS I to the H2ase to carry out the reaction: 2H+ + 2e- + 2hv -> H2.


Extremes of growth invariably excite both medical and lay interest and during the past 30 years, extensive efforts have been directed at the delineation of disorders which cause gigantism and dwarfism.
This article reveals the new goals and expectations for the treatment of hypertension that have evolved during the last decade, and examines the role that ACE inhibitors and calcium blockers might play in achieving these new objectives.


Purpose. To investigate a novel approach for the determination of liposomal membrane-water partition coefficients and lipophilicity profiles of ionizable drugs.
Methods. The measurements were performed by using a pH-metric technique in a system consisting of dioleylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) unilamellar vesicles in 0.15 M KC1 at 25°C. The DOPC unilamellar vesicle suspension was prepared via an extrusion process.
Results. The liposomal membrane-water partition coefficients of eight ionizable drugs: ibuprofen, diclofenac, 5-phenylvaleric acid, warfarin, propranolol, lidocaine, tetracaine and procaine were determined and the values for neutral and ionized species were found to be in the ranges of approximately 4.5 to 2.4 and 2.6 to 0.8 logarithmic units, respectively.
Conclusions. It has been shown that the liposomal membrane-water partition coefficients as derived from the pH-metric technique are consistent with those obtained from alternative methods such as ultrafiltration and dialysis. It was found that in liposome system, partitioning of the ionized species is significant and is influenced by electrostatic interaction with the membranes. We have demonstrated that the pH-metric technique is an efficient and accurate way to determine the liposomal membrane-water partition coefficients of ionizable substances.


Fire Prevention Week: Safe 9-Volt Battery Storage
9-volt batteries power our smoke detectors, household items, and toys. They can be found in most homes, but these batteries can be a fire hazard if not stored safely or disposed of with care.
It is unsafe to store 9-volt batteries in a drawer near paper clips, coins, pens, or other batteries. Do not store common household items such as steel wool, aluminum foil, and keys near 9-volts. If these items touch the two posts, there is a greater risk of a fire starting.
Keep 9-volt batteries in the original packaging until you are ready to use them. If loose, keep the posts covered with masking, duct, or electrical tape. Store batteries standing up. Do not store them in containers with other batteries.


Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America
In the last three decades, a brand of black conservatism espoused by a controversial group of African American intellectuals has become a fixture in the nation's political landscape, its proponents having shaped policy debates over some of the most pressing matters that confront contemporary American society. Their ideas, though, have been neglected by scholars of the African American experience—and much of the responsibility for explaining black conservatism's historical and contemporary significance has fallen to highly partisan journalists. Typically, those pundits have addressed black conservatives as an undifferentiated mass, proclaiming them good or bad, right or wrong, color-blind visionaries or Uncle Toms.
In
Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America, Michael L. Ondaatje delves deeply into the historical archive to chronicle the origins of black conservatism in the United States from the early 1980s to the present. Focusing on three significant policy issues—affirmative action, welfare, and education—Ondaatje critically engages with the ideas of nine of the most influential black conservatives. He further documents how their ideas were received, both by white conservatives eager to capitalize on black support for their ideas and by activists on the left who too often sought to impugn the motives of black conservatives instead of challenging the merits of their claims. While Ondaatje's investigation uncovers the themes and issues that link these voices together, he debunks the myth of a monolithic black conservatism. Figures such as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the Hoover Institution's Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele, and cultural theorist John McWhorter emerge as individuals with their own distinct understandings of and relationships to the conservative political tradition.
Title: Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America
Author: Michael L. Ondaatje
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Monthly Archive: March 2015
Any new media manager who has ever posted, shared, retweeted, pinned, or tumbled an infographic has first hand experience of how popular and powerful infographics can be online. Communicating your data and calls-to-action in visual format is smart strategy. However, you can have an exceptionally well-designed, useful infographic,
Working at a nonprofit often pays less than the for-profit sector, but the perks of extended vacation time, flex time, and the personal satisfaction of having a meaningful professional life can outweigh the financial downside of building a nonprofit career. And the good news is that 2015 is predicted
15-second video interviews are the new elevator pitch. In a world where attention spans are waning, the ability to communicate a message succinctly and on camera is a very valuable skill. While a few individuals succeeded in just one take, most needed two or three takes. Getting


The productivity of CPH faculty/staff in the extramural funding arena is important and impressive. CPH faculty/staff research efforts range from bench research activities to community-based research. These efforts are directed at issues that present significant challenges to the health and well-being of Kentuckians including research on; aging-related issues, cancer, injury prevention, occupational safety and health, HIV, and public health systems. In addition, these significant research activities result in numerous opportunities for CPH students to actively engage in the conduct of research during their time at UK.


Masked and costume balls thrived in Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries during a period of rich literary and theatrical experimentation. The first study of its kind, The Modernist Masquerade examines the cultural history of masquerades in Russia and their representations in influential literary works.
The masquerade's widespread appearance as a literary motif in works by such writers as Anna Akhmatova, Leonid Andreev, Andrei Bely, Aleksandr Blok, and Fyodor Sologub mirrored its popularity as a leisure-time activity and illuminated its integral role in the Russian modernist creative consciousness. Colleen McQuillen charts how the political, cultural, and personal significance of lavish costumes and other forms of self-stylizing evolved in Russia over time. She shows how their representations in literature engaged in dialog with the diverse aesthetic trends of Decadence, Symbolism, and Futurism and with the era's artistic philosophies.


This book critically examines the phenomenon and the consequences of the increasing inter-dependence between industry, universities and national laboratories. It explores the contrasts and similarities between the patterns of formal and informal links in a technologically dynamic industry (electronic components) with those in a traditional industry (flow measurement) in the UK, France and Belgium. It uses evidence from interviews with firms, academics and industry organisations in the three countries to identify the major factors which regulate links.
ISBN: 9780230595422 Publication Date: 23 / 03 / 2000


Georgia is known for its extraordinary rich biodiversity of plants, which may now be threatened due to the spread of invasive alien plants (IAP). We aimed to identify (1) the most prominent IAP out of 9 selected potentially invasive and harmful IAP by predicting their distribution under current and future climate conditions in Georgia as well as in its 43… (More)


Yes, they mean the same thing.
Student or Learner
How should I understand the following underlined phrases? Do "This raises the question..." and "It prompts the question..." mean "This indicate that..."? Thanks! This raises the questionof leadership which is able to foster the quality of collegiality most likely to achieve these six aims. It prompts the questionas to how teachers are, in the first instance, inducted into a profession and what measures leaders take to sustain their professionalism over time. Without opportunities to address the emotional intelligence of teaching, without opportunities for ref lection and critical re-appraisal of conventional wisdom, teachers will simply replicate the status quo, or even more worrisome, regress to the didactics of a mythical golden age when supposedly standards were high, when teachers taught and children learned. (The author is John MacBeath, a professor emeritus from Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. I cited the quotation from Chapter 3 "Leading learning in a world of change" of a report titled "Leadership for 21st century learning" published by OECD in 2013.) Yes, they mean the same thing. They both refer to the preceding paragraph at the foot of page 65, which mentions the six emerging competences identified by Birgitte Malm. http://www.oecd.org/officialdocument...docLanguage=En " This raises the question"and " It prompts the question"are phrases used to ask the reader to think hard about what they have just read, and to apply those ideas to what the writer then states after after these two phrases. In simple shorthand both are similar to, "Think aboutleadership which is able to foster the quality........", and "Think abouthow teachers are, in the first instance, inducted into a profession..............".


Docu{rithm} Algorithmic Narration of Human Experience
Our access to the world is increasingly narrated by computer algorithms—from Markov chains used to generate news article summaries, to traveling the globe through immersive 360-degree panoramas, to organizing our email inbox, to personalized advertisements. Yet what happens when our faith in algorithms as responsible agents of such mediation becomes frustrated? What is that faith built upon in the first place? How sturdy are its foundations?
Over the course of my MFA program in Experimental and Documentary Arts, I have designed and constructed a series of interactive cameras that explores the implications of algorithmic narration of human experience; a reverse image search camera, a photosphere camera that shifts perspective based on orientation, a camera gun with facial detection safety features, a first person shooter game, and a face activated screen. The algorithmic logic framing these cameras’ vantage points is at times familiar and comforting and at times confrontational and dissociative. These works invite participants to survey the emerging algorithmic landscape enveloping and reorienting the relationship between producer, subject, and consumer of digital media—to consider a world where humans are fleshy nodes within larger fields of algorithmic curation.
- Aaron Kutnick


Animals must coordinate development with fluctuating nutrient availability. Nutrient availability governs post-embryonic development in Caenorhabditis elegans: larvae that hatch in the absence of food do not initiate post-embryonic development but enter "L1 arrest" (or "L1 diapause") and can survive starvation for weeks, while rapidly resume normal development once get fed. Insulin-like signaling (IIS) has been shown to be a key regulator of L1 arrest and recovery. However, the C. elegans genome encodes 40 insulin-like peptides (ILPs), and it is unknown which peptides participate in nutritional control of L1 arrest and recovery. Work in other contexts has identified putative receptor agonists and antagonists, but the extent of specificity versus redundancy is unclear beyond this distinction.
We measured mRNA expression dynamics with high temporal resolution for all 40 insulin-like genes during entry into and recovery from L1 arrest. Nutrient availability influences expression of the majority of insulin-like genes, with variable dynamics suggesting complex regulation. We identified 13 candidate agonists and 8 candidate antagonists based on expression in response to nutrient availability. We selected ten candidate agonists (daf-28, ins-3, ins-4, ins-5, ins-6, ins-7, ins-9, ins-26, ins-33 and ins-35) for further characterization in L1 stage larvae. We used destabilized reporter genes to determine spatial expression patterns. Expression of candidate agonists was largely overlapping in L1 stage larvae, suggesting a role of the intestine, chemosensory neurons ASI and ASJ, and the interneuron PVT in systemic control of L1 development. Transcriptional regulation of candidate agonists was most significant in the intestine, as if nutrient uptake was a more important influence on transcription than sensory perception. Scanning in the 5' upstream promoter region of these 40 ILPs, We found that transcription factor PQM-1 and GATA putative binding sites are depleted in the promoter region of antagonists. A novel motif was also found to be over-represented in ILPs.
Phenotypic analysis of single and compound deletion mutants did not reveal effects on L1 recovery/developmental dynamics, though simultaneous disruption of ins-4 and daf-28 extended survival of L1 arrest without enhancing thermal tolerance, while overexpression of ins-4, ins-6 or daf-28 shortened L1 survival. Simultaneous disruption of several ILPs showed a temperature independent, transient dauer phenotype. These results revealed the relative redundancy and specificity among agonistic ILPs.
TGF- β and steroid hormone (SH) signaling have been reported to control the dauer formation along with IIS. Our preliminary results suggest they may also mediate the IIS control of L1 arrest and recovery, as the expression of several key components of TGF-β and SH signaling pathway genes are negatively regulated by DAF-16, and loss-of-function of these genes partially represses daf-16 null phenotype in L1 arrest, and causes a retardation in L1 development.
In summary, my dissertation study focused on the IIS, characterized the dynamics and sites of ILPs expression in response to nutrient availability, revealed the function of specific agonistic ILPs in L1 arrest, and suggested potential cross-regulation among IIS, TGF-β signaling and SH signaling in controlling L1 arrest and recovery. These findings provide insights into how post-embryonic development is governed by insulin-like signaling and nutrient availability.


To properly fit an interior door in your home, the door jamb must match the thickness of the finished wall or be slightly deeper than the wall. If the wall is thicker than the jamb depth, the door trim (called casing) will not fit properly over the jambs and wall surfaces.
Dimensions
A standard interior wall consists of a two-by-four frame with one layer of 1/2-inch-thick drywall on each side, for a total thickness of approximately 4 1/2 inches. The depth of a standard door jamb is 4 5/8 inches, which provides an extra 1/8 inch to account for slightly thicker walls due to stud size variation.
Variations
While most modern homes have standard wall thicknesses, older homes often have thicker walls, as well as variation in thickness from wall to wall. For these cases, you can try a special split-jamb interior door, which has a slightly adjustable depth. Another option is to create door jamb extensions: hold one side of the door jamb flush with the wall and measure the distance needed to make the jamb flush with the opposite side. Use a table saw to rip strips of wood to the width needed, and attach the strips to the edges of the jamb.
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This timely study offers a concise, yet thorough, introduction to the illicit arms trade. The main theme of the book confronts the complex reality, that while it is proper to think of two separate trades in arms--legal and illegal--in practice there is a considerable overlap between the two. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Phythian argues that the lessons of the most important and extensive cases of the last 20 years suggest that a significant element of the illicit trade in arms has in fact been sanctioned at some level of government in the pursuit of broader security or geopolitical ends.


- According to a new study conducted at the Early Learning Laboratory (University of Auckland), 13-month-old babies are able to distinguish differences between languages. At this age they understand already that people don't use the same words in the same way, depending of the language spoken.
- Those results show, counter to what is often believed, that babies don't absorb language passively. They can, very early, make distinctions between the words they hear and use. This faculty may help them to focus on the words shared by the members of their own linguistic group.
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As spring approaches, your design rm has been tasked with designing a two-lane highway in rural Wyoming. The highway descends a hill, crosses a river, and must shift to a parallel alignment on level terrain. You must design the vertical alignment, horizontal alignment, and the exible pavement. Top-view and prole diagrams are on the next page, and more details are as follows:
The river crossing must occur where indicated in the diagram. For right-of-way reasons, the horizontal alignment must be straight until station 140+00, and the transition to the new alignment must be completed within 3000 ft (measured along the original alignment, as shown in the gure on the next page.)
The natural terrain is level at elevation 7100 ft until station 100+00. Between station 100+00 and 120+00, the elevation of the terrain bears a striking resemblance to the curve 7050+50 cos(x=2000), where x is the distance past station 100+00 in feet. From station 120+00 onward, the terrain is level at 7000 ft.
If you can, design the alignment to be safe when traveled at 65 mph; however, you may lower the design speed for short sections if necessary. If you do so, this must be indicated in your report. If you use superelevation on your horizontal curves, there must be a traight transition section between the curves of 60 feet per 0.01 change in superelevation. (For instance, if one horizontal curve has e = 0:03 and the other has e = 0:02, you need 300 feet of transition (because the two curves are banked in the opposite direction).
The average daily volume is 23,000 vehicles in each direction, with 90% of them passenger vehicles and 10% semi-tractor trailers. This volume is expected to grow by 2% per year.
Assume that passenger vehicles on average weigh 2000 pounds per axle, and that the semi-tractor trailers each have two tandem axles with a 34,000 pound load, and a single axle with an 8,000 pound load.
Design the pavement to last ten years with a reliability level of 95%, with initial and nal serviceability indices 4 and 2.5, an overall standard deviation of 0.45. Water drains from the pavement within a week, and the pavement is saturated with moisture 1% of the time.
The resilient moduli of the asphalt concrete, base course, subbase, and subgrade materials are 300,000 psi; 21,000 psi; 11,000 psi; and 8,000 psi, respectively.


Standard & Poor's Ratings Service Monday removed Canadian coal and base metals miner Teck from CreditWatch with negative implications, and affirmed S&P's ‘BB+' long-term corporate credit and senior secured debt ratings on the company.
However, S&P retained its negative outlook for Teck.
We believe that the recent extension of the company's credit facilities, as well as successful placement of the proposed notes, substantially addresses near-term maturity risks, although weak demand for its core metals products combined with high financing costs have slown the pace of debt reduction, and have contributed to a speculative-grade credit profile, said S&P Credit Analyst Donald Marleau.
Teck incurred US$9.8 billion in debt late last year to acquire the remaining 60% of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, which the company did not already own. However, S&P said, Teck has a business profile that we consider satisfactory for a diversified metals and mining company with low-cost, long-lived mines.
While noting that market conditions in Teck's core commodities have improved to date, S&P nevertheless advises that stronger metals prices are susceptible to declining quickly amid the prevailing economic uncertainty. As such, we expect that Teck will continue selling assets to reduce debt, and we believe that prospects are good for the company to reduce debt significantly without cutting into its core assets.
In his analysis, Marleau wrote, The company's reserve base is solid in our view, with more than 15 years of proven and probable reserves for its most significant assets and we believe it has good prospects to extend mine lives by converting its large resources into reserves. Teck is among the world's largest producers of zinc and seaborne hard coking coal and a significant producer of copper and lead, giving it a diversified source of earnings.
Teck's key profit drivers-the Teck Coal, Red Dog, Highland Valley, and the Antamina mining operations-have in our opinion competitive cost profiles that support solid midcycle cash flow and profitability, which are offset by high-cost, mature assets (such as Highland Valley) that have a high degree of operating leverage, which contributes to high earnings volatility.
Teck's operating earnings remain strong in our view, but heavy financing costs have reduced the company's cash flow protection measures, Marleau advised. He warned that debt leverage and interest coverage ratios will likely weaken through 2009 along with weaker metallurgical coal prices and volumes, and as attractive copper hedges roll off.
We believe that debt reduction in 2009 and 2010 will depend heavily on Teck's ability to monetize assets, and its cash from operations is heavily levered to met coal prices and volumes, he added. As such the company will need to maintain about C$1 billion of free operating cash flow for debt reduction in the next several years to maintain the ratings. Moreover, the company could breach covenants on its bridge and term credit facilities later in 2009 if weaker metals prices coincide with its persistently high debt levels.


Overview
The pancreas is an organ located behind the stomach, and connects to the intestines just below the stomach. This organ is responsible for producing enzymes that aid in the digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in foods, according to the Jackson Seigelbaum Gastroenterology website. It is also responsible for producing insulin, which regulates glucose levels in the bloodstream. Diabetes, alcoholism and other factors can cause a variety of pancreas diseases, including acute pancreatitis. While medical attention is required for pancreatic disease, certain foods can also contribute to pancreas inflammation and damage.
Nutritional therapy is not meant to replace medical attention. Check with your doctor before changing your diet. Processed Foods
Processed foods, such as those that contain large amounts of refined white flour, sugar and partially hydrogenated oils, can aggravate the symptoms of pancreas disease, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. White bread, pastas and sugary snack foods can all trigger a spike in insulin production, which can damage the liver. Whole grain breads, whole wheat pastas and low-sugar snacks can replace sugary, refined foods.
Red Meat
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, people with pancreatitis and other pancreas diseases should avoid eating red meat, which contains high levels of saturated fats. Other meats high in saturated fats, such as bacon and ham, are also harmful to the pancreas. High triglyceride levels contribute heavily to pancreatitis, notes Dr. James F. Balch, author of Prescription for Nutritional Healing. Lean meats, tofu, beans and fish are excellent protein replacements for red meats.
Alcohol
Alcohol is one of the most significant contributors to pancreas disease, according to Dr. Balch. People with pancreatitis should avoid using alcohol in any form. Like refined sugars, alcohol increases insulin production in the bloodstream. It also lowers levels of antioxidants in the body, which increases the likelihood of pancreatitis, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.


Since men have faster metabolisms than women, losing weight quickly is easier for men than for their female counterparts. Nonetheless, losing weight quickly will require a certain measure of commitment and dedication. By following a strict routine of diet and cardiovascular exercise, you'll find yourself shedding the pounds in no time. Follow these steps carefully for best results.
Step 1
Decrease your daily caloric intake. Since caloric intake is the primary dietary determinant of weight loss and weight gain, this step is critical. Use a basal metabolic rate calculator to determine your individual basal metabolic rate based on your age, gender, height and weight. Since you're looking to lose weight as quickly as possible, aim to construct a diet that falls approximately 1,000 calories short of this number, using the nutritional information on your desired foods and drinks as your guide. Since 1 lb. of fat is equivalent to 3,500 calories, this will cause you to lose approximately 2 lbs. of fat per week, according to Harvard Health. When adjusting your current diet to meet this guideline, start by eliminating junk foods, sweets and soft drinks. If necessary, continue by carefully reducing your mealtime serving sizes.
Step 2
Increase your daily protein intake. Although you're not looking to build muscle, protein still serves an important purpose in your regimen. Protein supplementation acts as an appetite suppressant in those experiencing a calorie-restricted diet, according to a 2004 study published in the "International Journal of Obesity." This will allow you better control over your cravings and thus a better chance at sticking to your diet overall. As such, aim to replace at least one daily serving of carbohydrates with an equivalent serving of protein. Great foods for this purpose include fish, meats, egg whites, beans and tofu. If necessary, you may substitute a high-quality whey protein powder for these foods.
Step 3
Perform cardiovascular exercise daily. This will not only burn fat and calories directly, but also allow you to maintain your metabolism in spite of your calorie-restricted diet. Starting with as little as 15 minutes per session, aim to increase the duration of your sessions as your level of cardiovascular fitness improves. Examples of appropriate activities include running, biking, swimming, rowing and organized sports.


Comprehensive Plans
What is a comprehensive plan?
A comprehensive plan is a guide for community land use development. It is based on a community vision and portrays the dynamics, unique qualities, and concerns of a community. It represents how residents see their community.
A comprehensive plan promotes orderly growth by providing a framework for decisions about land use, transportation, public facilities, economic development, housing and other factors that are vital to a healthy and livable community. It includes guidelines for determining the type and location of industrial, commercial, recreational and residential development.
How is a comprehensive plan developed?
Developing a comprehensive plan typically involves four basic steps:
Profile the current conditions in the community.
Analyze the trends and forecast future trends if current conditions continue.
Identify issues and concerns and create a vision that identifies what the community wants to become and how it wants to look.
Prepare recommendations with an implementation plan that identifies the actions and policies needed to achieve the community's vision.
The final comprehensive plan typically includes a community description, identification of issues, goals and objectives, a land use plan map depicting the desired pattern of community development, and strategies for implementing the plan's recommendations.
List of Comprehensive Plans
Per AMC 21.05.020, the purpose of the comprehensive plan is to set forth the goals, objectives and policies governing the future land use development of the Municipality that guide the Assembly in taking action to implement the plan. Individual comprehensive plans are elements of the overall municipal comprehensive plan.
Anchorage 2020-Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Plan (2001)
Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan Update (2006)
Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan (1993)
Turnagain Arm Comprehensive Plan (2009)
Girdwood Area Plan Update (underway)
Girdwood Area Plan (1995)


Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion. Yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services. Rainforests are also attractive tourist spaces and where they have been used as a tourism resource have generated significant income for local communities.
However, not all use of rainforests as a tourism resource has been sustainable. Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management argues that sustainability must be the foundation on which tourism use of this complex but ultimately fragile ecosystem must be built upon. It provides a multi-disciplinary perspective, incorporating rainforest science, management and tourism issues. Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management is organized into four sections commencing with Rainforest Ecology and Management followed by People and Rainforests, Opportunities for Rainforest Tourism Development and finally Threats to Rainforests. Each major rainforest region is covered, including the Amazon, Central America, Africa, Australia and south-east Asia, in the context of a specific issue. For example rainforests in Papua New Guinea are examined in the context of community-based ecotourism development, while the rainforests in Borneo are discussed in an examination of wildlife issues. Other issues covered in this manner include governance, empowerment issues for rainforest peoples and climate change.
"The significance of rainforests in many parts of the world suggests that this text is long overdue as it explores the challenges for the sustainable development, conservation and management of rainforests for the benefit of tourism. With a highly experienced international list of contributors, the editor has delivered a timely, engaging and challenging text that is both diverse in its coverage and critical in its investigation. With a plethora of international case examples and variety of global perspectives this is a highly recommended text for those with a passion for the world's rainforests and the challenges and opportunities for the sustainable development of tourism."
– Alan Fyall, University of Central Florida, USA. "This book addresses a significant gap in our understanding of rainforests and the opportunities they offer as tourist attractions. Two particularly noteworthy features are a chapter that outlines the science behind rainforest management and the inclusion of researchers from many of the countries where rainforests are found including Brazil, Chile, Uganda, Jamaica and Sabah." – Bob McKercher, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. "Despite their popularity as venues for tourism, rainforests are among the most fragile ecosystems on earth, acutely endangered by anthropogenic exploits, including tourism. This exceptional volume is chockfull of sagacious studies and essays that underscore the importance of rainforests as one of the most desired, albeit delicate, resources on the planet. Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management is an unequivocal must-read for every scholar who is interested in tourism and its consequences for our planet!" – Dallen J. Timothy, Arizona State University, USA.
1. Introduction
Bruce Prideaux
2. Rainforest Ecology and Biodiversity
Bruce Prideaux
3. Threats to Rainforests
Steve Turton
4. Making World Heritage Matter: Wet Tropics Management Authority Partnership Initiatives to Enhance Quality of Tourism and Visitor Experiences
Alistair Birtles
5. Protected Rainforest Areas in Chile : A Review and Current Issues
Mirko Vera Campos, Noel Scott and Noreen Breakey
6. The Lamington National Park: A Contrasts Approach to Rainforest Tourism Research
Noel Scott, Don Getz, Steve Noakes and Eric Laws
7. National Parks, Rainforests and Tourism in Australia: An Historical Perspective
Warwick Frost
8. Tourism Stakeholders in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
Julie Carmody and Bruce Prideaux
9. Visitor Experiences of a Rainforest Walk: Implications for Tourism Management
Jennifer L. Hill and Georgina Gough
10. Enabling Rainforest Ecotourism: A Case Study from Amazonian Peru
Jennifer L. Hill and Ross A. Hill
11. Indigenous Peoples and Rainforest Tourism: Canopy Walkways as Tourist Attractions
Heather Zeppel
12. Community Based Ecotourism: Opportunities and Difficulties for Local Communities
Hana Sakata and Bruce Prideaux
13. Empowerment, Ecotourism and Rainforest Communities
Adrian Mendoza and Bruce Prideaux
14. The Brazilian Amazon: A Missed Opportunity for Rainforest Tourism
Cristina Rodrigues and Bruce Prideaux
15. Opportunities for Rainforest Tourism in PNG
Grace Guaigu and Bruce Prideaux
16. Rainforest Primate Tourism in Uganda
Dan Musiguzi, Eddy K. Tukamushaba and Celestine Katongole
17. Rainforest Wildlife: Opportunities and Threats
Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim and Bruce Prideaux
18. Sustainable Tourism of the Forest in Jamaica in Cockpit Country
Novadene Miller
19. Birdwatching in Papua, Indonesia
Sharon Hardwood
20. Trees, Tourists and Trade-offs: The Political Ecology of Rainforest Tourism, Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Madagascar
Ivan Scales
21. Climate Change and Changes to the Stability of Protect Area Rainforests: Implications for Tourism
Bruce Prideaux
22. Cairns Case Study: Climate Change, Impacts, and Response Strategies for Rainforest Tourism
Robyn Wilson
23. Feral Animals in Rainforests: are they Seen as ‘Pests’ by Tourists?
Kana Koichi
24. Conclusion
Bruce Prideaux
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Bruce Prideaux is Professor of Marketing and Tourism Management, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.


We expect a lot from our feet. They get us to all the places we need to go, while providing the anchor and balance crucial to physical activity. Our ability to stay active often depends on keeping our feet healthy.
The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology published cholesterol guidelines early in November aimed at preventing a first heart attack or stroke, which sparked controversy among researchers and has been heavily covered by media.
According to media reports, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston charged that the guidelines relied on old data and that the formula over-estimates cardiovascular risk in certain individuals, which can result in unnecessary, or over treatment.