The Netherlands – Transatlantic litigation: the Bijlmer air crash case

Article reporting on the international litigation aspects of the crash of an El Al cargo plane into two apartment buildings in the south-eastern (“Bijlmer”) district of Amsterdam on Sunday 4 October 1992. Published in the Letter from … section of Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

Sustainable global medical mission work: the CSB/SJU Global Medical Brigade

International medical mission work, especially programs that include undergraduate students are under increasing fire as an unsustainable method for providing care to marginalized populations in developing countries. Medical mission work is often short-sighted and neglects to address the underlying causes of diseases. Annually, the CSB/SJU Global Health Affairs Club plans and executes a Global Medical Brigade to Honduras in conjunction with Global Brigades, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Global Brigades is different than most medical mission organizations in that it follows a holistic model to address health concerns. Through seven separate brigades, Global Brigades addresses both immediate health concerns and their underlying causes. Tyler Bruinsma \u2717 is a past President of the Global Health Affairs Club and was Program Director of the May 2016 Global Medical Brigade that involved 34 CSB/SJU students and 2 healthcare providers. Through the lens of the Global Brigades Holistic Model he presents on all aspects of global health incorporating experiences from the CSB/SJU Global Medical Brigades in 2014, ‘15, and ‘16

High intensity versus resistance exercise on postprandial triglycerides in healthy college students

Elevated postprandial triglycerides contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. Prior exercise is a well-established method to lower postprandial triglycerides; however, most exercise protocols involve prolonged aerobic exercise of sixty to ninety minutes which is not attainable by the general population. PURPOSE: The present study investigates the effect of high intensity interval training (HIIT) of twenty minutes and resistance training of thirty minutes on postprandial triglycerides. METHODS: Approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University and signed informed consents were provided by all participants. Thirty healthy college-age students (5 males, 25 females) were recruited from nutrition and exercise science courses. All subjects completed the control, HIIT, and resistance protocols one week apart. Subjects performed the exercise protocols 12-16 hours prior to an oral fat tolerance test (milkshake, 1 g of fat per kg of body weight). Each exercise session was supervised; high intensity interval training consisted of four 30 second sprints with 4 minutes of walking recovery and the low-volume resistance training consisted of six machine-based lifts, 2 sets of 8 repetitions at 75% of one repetition maximum. Postprandial triglycerides were measured at baseline and three hours following consumption of the milkshake using the CardioChek PA blood analyzer. Data was analyzed using a three way repeated measures ANOVA statistical test. RESULTS: The means are as follows for each treatment and time point (baseline, and postprandial respectively): Control 107 +/- 49, 140 +/- 73 mg/dL; HIIT 93 +/- 34, 122 +/- 59 mg/dL; and Resistance 108 +/- 47, 144 +/- 64 mg/dL. A significant effect of treatment was noted indicating that HIIT TG values were lower than control (p=0.027); however, the treatment and time interaction was not significant (p=0.699). CONCLUSION: Twenty minutes of HIIT provided a sufficient energy deficit to significantly lower fasting and postprandial triglyceride values in a healthy, college-age population. Thirty minutes of low volume resistance training did not alter fasting or postprandial triglycerides in comparison to control values

Phase diagram of the random field Ising model on the Bethe lattice

The phase diagram of the random field Ising model on the Bethe lattice with a symmetric dichotomous random field is closely investigated with respect to the transition between the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic regime. Refining arguments of Bleher, Ruiz and Zagrebnov [J. Stat. Phys. 93, 33 (1998)] an exact upper bound for the existence of a unique paramagnetic phase is found which considerably improves the earlier results. Several numerical estimates of transition lines between a ferromagnetic and a paramagnetic regime are presented. The obtained results do not coincide with a lower bound for the onset of ferromagnetism proposed by Bruinsma [Phys. Rev. B 30, 289 (1984)]. If the latter one proves correct this would hint to a region of coexistence of stable ferromagnetic phases and a stable paramagnetic phase.Comment: Article has been condensed and reorganized; Figs 3,5,6 merged; Fig 4 omitted; Some discussion added at end of Sec. III; 9 pages, 5 figs, RevTeX4, AMSTe