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Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, May 1960
Accreditation of Programs in Nursing
Alumnae Meetings, 1959
Committee Reports
Greetings from the President
Highlights from first issue of Alumnae Bulletin
Living in the new nurses residence
Lost Members
Marriages
Necrology
New Arrivals
Notices
Personal Items of Interest
Report of the School of Nursing and Nursing Services
Staff Nurses Association
Student Activities
Year of tremendous growth and expansio
Too Close for Comfort? Isotopic Niche Segregation in New Zealand’s Odontocetes
Species occurring in sympatry and relying on similar and limited resources may partition resource use to avoid overlap and interspecific competition. Aotearoa, New Zealand hosts an extraordinarily rich marine megafauna, including 50% of the world’s cetacean species. In this study, we used carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as ecological tracers to investigate isotopic niche overlap between 21 odontocete (toothed whale) species inhabiting neritic, mesopelagic, and bathypelagic waters. Results showed a clear niche separation for the bathypelagic Gray’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon grayi) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), but high isotopic niche overlap and potential interspecific competition for neritic and mesopelagic species. For these species, competition could be reduced via temporal or finer-scale spatial segregation or differences in foraging behaviour. This study represents the first insights into the coexistence of odontocetes in a biodiverse hotspot. The data presented here provide a critical baseline to a system already ongoing ecosystem change via ocean warming and subsequent effects on prey abundance and distributions
Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1959
Alumnae News
Anniversary Class of /34
Article from Pennsylvania Nurse
Committee Reports
Current Events at Jefferson
Greetings from the President
Jefferson Story
Lost Members
Letter - Past President
Marriages
Necrology
New Arrivals
Notices
Pictured - Student Nurses\u27 Residence
Report of the School of Nursing and Nursing Services
Staff Nurses Social Functions
Student Activities
Voluntary Service
Year of Great Activity and Expansio
Life in lockdown:A longitudinal study investigating the impact of the UK COVID-19 lockdown measures on lifestyle behaviours and mental health.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the UK government enforcing lockdown restrictions to control virus transmission. Such restrictions present opportunities and barriers for physical activity and healthy eating. Emerging research suggests that in the early stages of the pandemic, physical activity levels decreased, consumption of unhealthy foods increased, while levels of mental distress increased. Our aims were to understand patterns of diet, physical activity, and mental health during the first lockdown, how these had changed twelve-months later, and the factors associated with change. METHODS: An online survey was conducted with UK adults (N = 636; 78% female) during the first national lockdown (May–June 2020). The survey collected information on demographics, physical activity, diet, mental health, and how participants perceived lifestyle behaviours had changed from before the pandemic. Participants who provided contact details were invited to complete a twelve-month follow-up survey (May–June 2021), 160 adults completed the survey at both time-points. Descriptive statistics, T-tests and McNemar Chi Square statistics were used to assess patterns of diet, physical activity, and mental health at baseline and change in behaviours between baseline and follow-up. Linear regression models were conducted to explore prospective associations between demographic and psycho-social variables at baseline with change in healthy eating habit, anxiety, and wellbeing respectively. RESULTS: Between baseline and follow-up, healthy eating habit strength, and the importance of and confidence in eating healthily reduced. Self-rated health (positively) and confidence in eating healthily (negatively) were associated with change in healthy eating habit. There were no differences between baseline and follow-up for depression or physical activity. Mean anxiety score reduced, and wellbeing increased, from baseline to follow-up. Living with children aged 12–17 (compared to living alone) was associated with an increase in anxiety, while perceiving mental health to have worsened during the first lockdown (compared to staying the same) was associated with reduced anxiety and an increase in mental wellbeing. CONCLUSIONS: While healthy eating habits worsened in the 12 months since the onset of the pandemic, anxiety and mental wellbeing improved. However, anxiety may have increased for parents of secondary school aged children. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-13888-1
Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, June 1965
President\u27s Page
Officers and Committee Chairmen
Financial Report
Hospital and School of Nursing Report
Student Activities Annual Report
Students Activities Annual Report
Student Activities Annual Report
Jefferson Expansion Program
Psychiatric Unit
Progress of the Alumnae Association
Nightingale Pledge
Resume of Alumnae Meetings
Nursing Service Staff Association
Scholarship
Program
Sick and Welfare
Social Committee Report
Bulletin
Membership- WHY JOIN?
Private Duty Report
Annual Giving Report - 1964
PIT
Alumnae Day Notes
Building Fund Report - 1965
Vital Statistics
IN MEMORIAM
Class News
Affiliated Institutions
Notice
Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, June 1964
President\u27s Message
Officers and Committee Chairmen
Financial Report
Hospital and School of Nursing Report
Student Activities
Jefferson Expansion Program
Resume of Alumnae Meetings
Staff Nurses
Private Duty
Social Committee Reports
Program
Scholarship
Bulletin Committee Report
Annual Luncheon Notes
Membership and Dues
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Annual Giving Drive 1963
Report of Ways and Means Committee
Jefferson Building Fund Contributions
Annual Giving Contributions 1964
Jefferson Building Fund Report
Help the Building Fund Committee!
Vital Statistics
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Variabilidad del índice de conicidad en la adolescencia: Análisis comparativos de poblaciones de Argentina, Venezuela y España
El objetivo del presente trabajo –que se enmarca en un proyecto común denominado “Condición nutricional y biodiversidad en las poblaciones humanas”- es determinar el modelo de distribución de grasa corporal existente durante las edades de la adolescencia, y si existen diferencias entre poblaciones española e iberoamericanas. La muestra está formada por 1452 jóvenes entre 12 y 17 años, argentinos (Catamarca y Jujuy), españoles (Comunidad de Madrid), y venezolanos (Caracas y Mérida). Se analizó la distribución de grasa corporal haciendo especial énfasis en el Índice de Conicidad (IC). Al analizar este índice respecto a edad se observa que cambia en mayor grado que otros indicadores de adiposidad. Cada serie presenta, además, su propio patrón de variación. Los resultados obtenidos se interpretan en función de parámetros geográficos y socioeconómicos en los que se desenvuelven las poblaciones analizadas.Simposio: Nutrición en la globalización.Asociación de Antropología Biológica de la República Argentin
Subscapular and triceps skinfolds reference values of Hispanic American children and adolescents and their comparison with the reference of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Introduction: the assessment of the skinfold thickness is an objective measure of adiposity. Therefore, it is a useful tool for nutritional diagnosis and prevention of metabolic risk associated with excess fat in chilhood and adolescence.
Objective: to provide percentiles of subscapular and triceps skinfolds for Hispanic American schoolchildren and compare them with those published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from United States, that it have been commonly used as a reference in most of these countries.
Methods: subscapular and triceps skinfolds were measured in 9.973 schoolchildren 4-19 aged from Spain, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico with Holtain caliper with 0.2 mm accuracy. Percentiles were obtained with the LMS statistical method and were presented in tables divided in stages of 6 months and in curves graphics. The difference between Hispanic American and CDC mean values were provided for P3, P50 and P97 in mm and also were graphically represented.
Results: skinfolds measurements obviously increased with age in both sexes but, in boys, this increase is much more marked in highest percentiles between 8 and 13 years; this maximum is reached earlier than what occurs in CDC reference. In both sexes, all percentiles analized in Hispanic American schoolchildren were higher than the CDC reference except P97 up to 10 or 13 years that was notably smaller.
Conclusions: the skinfolds percentiles of Hispanic American children and adolescents differ from CDC that are usually used as reference. The values of subscapular and triceps skinfolds provided in this study, could be applied to populations of a similar ethnic background, especially in comparative studies of body composition
Effects of antiplatelet therapy on stroke risk by brain imaging features of intracerebral haemorrhage and cerebral small vessel diseases: subgroup analyses of the RESTART randomised, open-label trial
Background
Findings from the RESTART trial suggest that starting antiplatelet therapy might reduce the risk of recurrent symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage compared with avoiding antiplatelet therapy. Brain imaging features of intracerebral haemorrhage and cerebral small vessel diseases (such as cerebral microbleeds) are associated with greater risks of recurrent intracerebral haemorrhage. We did subgroup analyses of the RESTART trial to explore whether these brain imaging features modify the effects of antiplatelet therapy
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities, yet little is known about the specific genetic loci that influence human cortical structure. To identify genetic variants that affect cortical structure, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of brain magnetic resonance imaging data from 51,665 individuals. We analyzed the surface area and average thickness of the whole cortex and 34 regions with known functional specializations. We identified 199 significant loci and found significant enrichment for loci influencing total surface area within regulatory elements that are active during prenatal cortical development, supporting the radial unit hypothesis. Loci that affect regional surface area cluster near genes in Wnt signaling pathways, which influence progenitor expansion and areal identity. Variation in cortical structure is genetically correlated with cognitive function, Parkinson's disease, insomnia, depression, neuroticism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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