Urban Renewal: The Huntington Experience

This study is based on the premise that restrictive regulations of the Huntington, West Virginia Urban Renewal Authority had a detrimental effect on new development in the downtown area of that city during the period between 1958 to the present. Background research was conducted on the history of urban renewal at the federal, state, and local levels to better understand the setting for events that occurred during the stated time frame. Using mostly urban renewal documents and interviews with local community leaders, an analysis was made of each urban renewal project undertaken in Huntington. Individual requirements of the Urban Renewal Plan were compared to what was actually constructed, to determine if the Plan’s requirements had been met. The results of this study indicated that in fact the local Urban Renewal Authority did not in many cases follow its own rules when it came to approving projects; therefore, the hypothesis that the Authority’s restrictions delayed or stopped development is false

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Unified Protocol among Trauma-Exposed Adults with and without PTSD

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the Unified Protocol (UP)—a mechanistically transdiagnostic psychological treatment—provides benefit to individuals with a range of trauma histories, psychological difficulties, and diagnostic comorbidity. Using data from a sequential multiple-assignment randomized trial (SMART), this exploratory analysis included a sample of 69 community-recruited adults seeking outpatient mental health treatment. We examined reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms and changes in aversive and avoidant reactions to intense emotions—the UP’s putative mechanism—first by comparing individuals with and without trauma histories and then specifically among participants with PTSD. Findings suggest that the UP may lead to similar improvements in clinical diagnostic severity, anxiety, and depression among patients with trauma exposure as those without trauma exposure. Roughly half of participants with PTSD demonstrated reductions in PTSD clinical severity, anxiety, depression, and distress aversion, suggesting the UP may be an efficacious treatment for people with PTSD and comorbid conditions

Epidemiologia de la fiebre amarilla selvática en colombia durante los últimos años

La primera manifestación de Fiebre Amarilla Selvática en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia se registro en agosto de 1934 en forma de un brote epidémico en la vecindad de la población de Restrepo, y se prolongó hasta febrero de 1935 (1). En la segunda mitad del mismo año la enfermedad apareció en los alrededores de Villavicencio y Acacías; en los últimos meses de 1936 se registraron casos en las tres regiones. Nuevas manifestaciones se presentaron en 1937 en el curso inferior de los ríos correspondientes a tales regiones, seguidas por un silencio que se prolongó hasta 1940, año en que principió el brote actual. No hubo explicación satisfactoria respecto al origen del brote de 1934. Era evidente que la infección atacaba de preferencia a los peones que trabajaban en el bosque. En ningún sitio de toda esa región, a pesar de larga y cuidadosa búsqueda, fue posible encontrar larvas o adultos de Aedes aegypti