A study of the factors causing the breakdown of health of executives

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the opinions of executives and medical directors as to the contributing factors inn the breakdown of health of top-level executives, and (2) those areas in which there was a significant difference between the opinions of the executives and the medical directors. The study was limited to two hundred and eight executives who attended the Industrail Relations Conference of the National Association of Manufacturers in 1956 and one hundred thirty-three industrial medical directors whose names were suggested by Doctor Edward C. Holmblad, Managing Director of the Industrial Medical Association

The Pendleton Community Garden Project--More Than Just Planting Seeds

The Pendleton Community Garden Project is more than just planting seeds. It is about planting ideas, growing skills, and nurturing leadership and self-esteem in participants. Extension Family and Community Development, 4-H, and Agriculture faculty provided leadership in bringing together 22 local agencies to work with at-risk youth and senior volunteers. Thirty-five at-risk youth and over 100 seniors and community volunteers turned a vacant lot into a community garden that supplied fresh produce to local food bank recipients and homebound seniors. Both seniors and youth benefited from this intergenerational partnership, thus strengthening Extension\u27s leadership role in forging partnerships for sustainable communities

780-4 ST Segment Depression Risk, Menopause, Hysterectomy and Exogenous Estrogen in Asymptomatic Women

In a 1993 follow-up survey, the Women Take Heart Project assessed 1992 menopausal status, including hysterectomy, and validated exogenous estrogen use (both estrogen replacement therapy and birth control pills) in 5932 women (W) who were examined and treadmill stress tested during 1992. 5449 W provided complete data for these analyses.Using logistic regression to estimate the relative likelihood of significant ST segment depression (1mm at 80 msec) while taking into account age, body mass index (kg/m2), cholesterol, resting heart rate, supine systolic blood pressure (SBP, mmHg). educational attainment and weekly aerobic exercise frequency as continuous variables, and employment, black race and smoking as categorical factors, the effects of estrogen and menopausal status (pre-menopausal: Pre, menopausallpost: M, and hysterectomy: Hyst) were examined. Hyst-W were younger than M-W at examination (mean age 56.4 vs. 59.3). and their mean age at hysterectomy was younger than either the mean age of menopause onset or completion that M-W reported (41 vs. 47 and 50 years old). The overall fit of the model was highly significant (model chi-square with 14 df=211.67, p<0.0001).VariableBS.E.dfSigOdds RatioAge (each addtl yr)0.0090.004710.04931.01Estrogen Use0.3720.077510.00001.45Reprod Status Overall30.0048(Pre-menopause: reference category)1.00Menopausal/post0.1870.058210.00131.21Late hyst (<35 yrs)0.1140.063610.07251.12Early hyst–0.2540.092410.00590.78Conclusions: 1) Post-menopausal status, independent of aging, appears to increase women's cardiovascular disease risk. 2) Exogenous estrogen appears to increase women's likelihood of responding to exercise stress testing with ST segment depression

The nucleotide-binding site of Aquifex aeolicus LpxC

The structure of UDP-3-O-acyl-N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase (LpxC) in complex with UDP is reported. The complex allows for a description of how the enzyme recognizes and binds a nucleotide moiety and enables the construction of an LpxC-substrate model

An Update on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science

Climate change is threatening an uncalculated number of archaeological sites globally, totalling perhaps hundreds of thousands of culturally and paleoenvironmentally significant resources. As with all archaeological sites, they provide evidence of humanity’s past and help us understand our place in the present world. Coastal sites, clustered at the water’s edge, are already experiencing some of the most dramatic damage due to anthropogenic climate change; and the situation is predicted to worsen in the future. In the face of catastrophic loss, organizations around the world are developing new ways of working with this threatened coastal resource. This paper uses three examples, from Scotland, Florida and Maine, to highlight how new partnerships and citizen science approaches are building communities of practice to better manage threatened coastal heritage. It compares methods on either side of the Atlantic and highlights challenges and solutions. The approaches are applicable to the increasing number of heritage sites everywhere at risk from climate change; the study of coastal sites thus helps society prepare for climate change impacts to heritage worldwide.PostprintPeer reviewe