TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE USING THE CAYCE WET CELL BATTERY

Parkinson's disease, a condition involving progressive deterioration of the nervous system, is at present incurable by conventional medicine. Here we report on a study in which we have evidence of clinical improvement from using a treatment modality recommended by Edgar Cayce, a subtle energy device known as the wet cell battery. Cayce said that the wet cell would transfer vibratory energy into the body, and specifically recommended it for neurological disorders, but there have been no previous clinical studies of this modality. T en participants with Parkinson's disease used the wet cell, a chemical battery, with gold and silver solutions, for a four-month treatment period at home. Nine of the ten people followed the protocol consistently (but none completely or perfectly). They averaged slight to moderate improvement in Parkinson's disease symptoms over four months, based on observations by researchers and subjective questionnaires. Over the long term (three years), one participant obtained almost complete remission of his Parkinson's disease symptoms. Since there was no control group the placebo effect cannot be ruled out. However, many minor symptoms showed interesting improvement in several individuals. For example, two people reported regaining their sense of smell, and one had improved color vision. Several people had more facial emotional expressiveness, and reported reduced tremors

IMPROVEMENT OF CIRCUlATION USING THE RADIAL APPLIANCE

The purpose of this study was to determine if a subtle energy device, the Cayce Radial Appliance, could improve circulation in the extremities. There were two aspects to the study: a doubleblind, placebo-controlled experiment and a small clinical investigation. In the experiment, 30 subjects were selected for cold extremities, with the criterion that either the hands or the feet had to be below 800 F during the initial measurement session. To measure improvement of circulation, we used digital thermometers to record the temperatures of the thumbs and big toes on both hands and feet. Subjects were instructed to use the appliance 16 times; laboratory measurements were taken during the 1st, 4th and 16th sessions. Skin temperature turned our to be a difficult variable to work with, due to the wide variability in temperature apparently unrelated to the experimental siruation. The strongest results were observed in the 4th session. During session baseline, differences between hand and foot temperatures of the experimental group were significantly greater than those of the control group (t [13,11] 2.49, p '" .02). The 16th session did not yield significant differences between the experimental and control groups. However, in the experimental group, there was a correlation of r (9) -.56 (p '" .07) of hand temperarure increase with the number of days it took to complete the 16 sessions. That is, those subjects who were more consistent in using the appliance may have obtained better results, though statistically the result is only suggestive due to the small sample size. In contrast, in a clinical follow-up study with five subjects and no control group, we found that all subjects had a substantial increase in hand temperature following three sessions on the appliance (Mean increase'" 8.40 F, SO = 3.3). This increase was well in excess of that seen in either the experimental or control groups in the previous study. One important difference was that in the clinical study, use of the appliance was closely supervised, whereas in the blind study most of the appliance sessions were conducted by the subjects alone in their homes

Prevention and management of chronic disease in Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Services in Queensland: a quality improvement study assessing change in selected clinical performance indicators over time in a cohort of services

OBJECTIVE To evaluate clinical healthcare performance in Aboriginal Medical Services in Queensland and to consider future directions in supporting improvement through measurement, target setting and standards development. DESIGN Longitudinal study assessing baseline performance and improvements in service delivery, clinical care and selected outcomes against key performance indicators 2009-2010. SETTING 27 Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Services (AICCHSs) in Queensland, who are members of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC). PARTICIPANTS 22 AICCHS with medical clinics. INTERVENTION Implementation and use of an electronic clinical information system that integrates with electronic health records supported by the QAIHC quality improvement programme-the Close the Gap Collaborative. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proportion of patients with current recording of key healthcare activities and the prevalence of risk factors and chronic disease. RESULTS Aggregated performance was high on a number of key risk factors and healthcare activities including assessment of tobacco use and management of hypertension but low for others. Performance between services showed greatest variation for care planning and health check activity. CONCLUSIONS Data collected by the QAIHC health information system highlight the risk factor workload facing the AICCHS in Queensland, demonstrating the need for ongoing support and workforce planning. Development of targets and weighting models is necessary to enable robust between-service comparisons of performance, which has implications for health reform initiatives in Australia. The limited information available suggests that although performance on key activities in the AICCHS sector has potential for improvement in some areas, it is nonetheless at a higher level than for mainstream providers. IMPLICATIONS The work demonstrates the role that the Community Controlled sector can play in closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes by leading the use of clinical data to record and assess the quality of services and health outcome.Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT, Australia

A cross-sectional exploratory analysis between pet ownership and sleep, exercise, health and neighborhood perceptions : The Whitehall II cohort study

A cross-sectional exploratory analysis between pet ownership and sleep, exercise, health and neighbourhood perceptions: The Whitehall II cohort study Gill Mein (corresponding author), Robert Grant. Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education. Kingston University and St George’s University of London Background: To explore associations between pets, and specifically dog ownership and sleep, health, exercise and neighbourhood. Methods: Cross sectional examination of 6575 participants of the Whitehall II study aged between 59-79 years. We used self-assessed measurement scales of the Short Form (SF36), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Control, Autonomy, Self-realisation and Pleasure (CASP), Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), sleep, exercise, and perceptions of local neighbourhood. In addition the Mini Mental State Examination which is administered to test global cognitive status (MMSE) Results: We found 2/7 people owned a pet and of those 64% were “very” attached to their pet. Mild exercise in metabolic equivalents (MET-hours) was significantly higher in pet owners than non-owners (median 27.8 (IQR 18.1 to 41.8) vs 25.7 (IQR 16.8 to 38.7), p=0.0001), and in dog owners than other pets (median 32.3 (IQR 20.8 to 46.1) vs 25.6 (IQR 16.8 to 38.5), p<0.0001). Moderate exercise was also significantly higher in pet owners than non pet owners (median 11.8 (IQR 4.2 to 21.9) vs 9.8 (IQR 2.8 to 19.5), p<0.0001), and dog owners than owners of other pets (median 12.3 (IQR 4.2 to 22.2) vs 10.1 (3.1 to 20.0), p=0.0002) but there were no significant differences with vigorous exercise. We found that pet owners were significantly more positive about their neighbourhood than non-owners on 8/9 questions, while dog owners were (significantly) even more positive than owners of other pets on 8/9 questions. Associations with sleep were mixed, although dog owners had less trouble falling asleep than non-dog owners, with borderline statistical significance. Conclusion: Dog owners feel more positive about their neighbourhood, do more exercise, and fall asleep more easily than non-dog owners. These results suggest that dog owners could be more likely to exercise by walking their dogs and therefore may be more familiar and positive about the area in which they walk their dog

Efectos del programa "Mi clase favorita" para la mejora de la producción oral del inglés en niños de primer grado de primaria de la IE FAP José A. Quiñones

Tesis para optar el título de Licenciada en EducaciónEsta tesis se propone mostrar que para lograr la habilidad en speaking (producción oral), una de las cuatro habilidades que conforman la enseñanza del idioma inglés (listening, speaking, reading, writing), es necesario que el docente conozca los principios que deben ser considerados para que esta competencia se haga posible. Enseñar el inglés no solo requiere que el docente posea dominio lingüístico sino también un dominio metodológico, de manera que propicie mejores aprendizajes en dicha lengua extranjera.Índice general Índice general .................................................................................................................. 2 Introducción .................................................................................................................... 4 CAPÍTULO I................................................................................................................... 7 PLANTEAMIENTO DEL PROBLEMA ..................................................................... 7 1.1. Descripción del problema.................................................................................... 7 1.1.1 Formulación del problema................................................................................ 10 1.2. Formulación de objetivos.................................................................................. 10 1.2.1. Objetivo general.................................................................................................. 10 1.2.2. Objetivos Específicos.......................................................................................... 11 1.3. Justificación.......................................................................................................... 11 1.4. Limitaciones de la investigación ........................................................................... 11 CAPÍTULO II .............................................................................................................. 13 MARCO TEÓRICO .................................................................................................... 13 2.1. Antecedentes de la investigación .......................................................................... 13 2.2 Bases teóricas........................................................................................................... 18 2.2.1. Recursos didácticos............................................................................................. 18 2.2.1.1 Clasificación de Recursos Didácticos. ............................................................. 19 2.2.1.2. Criterios para la clasificación de Recursos Didácticos................................. 21 2.2.2. Producción oral. .................................................................................................. 22 2.2.2.1. Tipos de situaciones de habla para los niños................................................. 24 2.2.2.2. Actividades comunicativas basadas en la precisión...................................... 24 2.2.2.3. Actividades comunicativas basadas en la fluidez.......................................... 24 2.2.3. Naturaleza del programa “Mi clase favorita”.................................................. 27 2.2.4. Objetivos del programa..................................................................................... 28 2.2.5. Formulación de las hipótesis............................................................................. 29 CAPÍTULO III.............................................................................................................. 30 METODOLOGÍA......................................................................................................... 30 3.1 Método de investigación ......................................................................................... 30 3.2 Diseño de investigación........................................................................................... 30 3.3 Sujetos de investigación.......................................................................................... 31 3.3.1 Criterios de inclusión y exclusión de la muestra ............................................... 31 3.4 Instrumentos............................................................................................................ 32 3.4.1 Programa “Mi clase favorita” ............................................................................ 32 3.4.2 Test de Cambrigde............................................................................................... 32 3.5 Procedimiento para la recolección de datos. ........................................................ 33 CAPÍTULO IV.............................................................................................................. 34 RESULTADOS ............................................................................................................. 34 4.1 Resultados................................................................................................................ 34 4.2 Resultados descriptivos .......................................................................................... 34 4.3 Contrastación de hipótesis ..................................................................................... 36 4.4 Análisis y discusión de resultados.......................................................................... 41 CAPÍTULO V ............................................................................................................... 44 CONCLUSIONES Y RECOMENDACIONES.......................................................... 44 5.1 Conclusiones....................................................................................................... 44 5.2 Recomendaciones.................................................................................................... 45 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS........................................................................ 46 ANEXO 1 DESARROLLO DEL PROGRAMA “MI CLASE FAVORITA”......... 49 ANEXO 2 ESTRUCTURA DEL TEST DE CAMBRIGDE ..................................... 62 ANEXO 3 RESULTADOS DE APLICACIÓN DEL PRE Y POST TEST ……….63Tesí

Der Gegenübertragungstraum – oder: Das Ping-Pong-Spiel der beiderseitigen Unbewussten

In einem Brief an Freud hatte Lou Andreas-Salomé wegen des ihr unverständlichen Stillstands einer Analyse um Rat gefragt. Freud antwortete: >>Was man nicht deklinieren kann, das sehe man als - Übertragung an<< (Freud und Andreas-Salomé, 1966/1980, S.  133, Brief vom 23.3.1923). Er variiert damit die alte Grammatikregel: Was man nicht deklinieren kann, das sehe man als ein Neutrum an. Es handelt sich um keine feste grammatische Gesetzmäßigkeit wie >>Alle Substantiva mit der Endung -um sind Neutra<<, sondern um eine mehr pragmatische Regel zum Einsortieren. Diese Äußerung mag belegen, wie Freud die Übertragung auffasste: nicht als etwas faktisch Gegebenes, sondern als etwas zu Unterstellendes und - vor allem modischen Konstruktivismus - in der Analyse zu >>Konstruierendes<< (vgl. Freud, 1937d). Es ist nützlich, sich immer wieder Stellen wie diese in Freuds Schriften vor Augen zu halten, um nicht dem verbreiteten trügerischen Begriffsrealismus zu verfallen: Wenn es das Wort gibt (Übertragung, Ödipuskomplex oder was auch immer), dann gibt es auch den damit bezeichneten Sachverhalt

Multiwavelength studies of MHD waves in the solar chromosphere: An overview of recent results

The chromosphere is a thin layer of the solar atmosphere that bridges the relatively cool photosphere and the intensely heated transition region and corona. Compressible and incompressible waves propagating through the chromosphere can supply significant amounts of energy to the interface region and corona. In recent years an abundance of high-resolution observations from state-of-the-art facilities have provided new and exciting ways of disentangling the characteristics of oscillatory phenomena propagating through the dynamic chromosphere. Coupled with rapid advancements in magnetohydrodynamic wave theory, we are now in an ideal position to thoroughly investigate the role waves play in supplying energy to sustain chromospheric and coronal heating. Here, we review the recent progress made in characterising, categorising and interpreting oscillations manifesting in the solar chromosphere, with an impetus placed on their intrinsic energetics.Comment: 48 pages, 25 figures, accepted into Space Science Review

Physics of Solar Prominences: I - Spectral Diagnostics and Non-LTE Modelling

This review paper outlines background information and covers recent advances made via the analysis of spectra and images of prominence plasma and the increased sophistication of non-LTE (ie when there is a departure from Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium) radiative transfer models. We first describe the spectral inversion techniques that have been used to infer the plasma parameters important for the general properties of the prominence plasma in both its cool core and the hotter prominence-corona transition region. We also review studies devoted to the observation of bulk motions of the prominence plasma and to the determination of prominence mass. However, a simple inversion of spectroscopic data usually fails when the lines become optically thick at certain wavelengths. Therefore, complex non-LTE models become necessary. We thus present the basics of non-LTE radiative transfer theory and the associated multi-level radiative transfer problems. The main results of one- and two-dimensional models of the prominences and their fine-structures are presented. We then discuss the energy balance in various prominence models. Finally, we outline the outstanding observational and theoretical questions, and the directions for future progress in our understanding of solar prominences.Comment: 96 pages, 37 figures, Space Science Reviews. Some figures may have a better resolution in the published version. New version reflects minor changes brought after proof editin